Travels With Difficult And More Difficult

Saturday, Karl and I drove out to Columbia River Gorge in Washington and we were given a sign... well, we were each given a sign to be exact....

Mt Hood

Our first climb was up Beacon Rock Trail - its apparently an old volcano "tube".

Karl posts pictures of me pointing so - here ya go...

At the top

Someone had just thrown some water on Karl and hit him really hard so he looks a little peaked :)

The beginning of our long journey up Hamilton Mountain - Karl contemplates ....

I like this picture because it proves that sometimes, the sun is so bright in Oregon that you have to squint. I seem to have hit that odd sunny day!

Once again - Karl contemplates....

This is called Rodney Falls - it was really pretty. You could go up to this rock area at the top where the falls come down and it was called the Pool of the Winds and it completely soaked you - like a mini Niagra Falls.

Up at the Pool of the Winds

Viewing Beacon Rock from Hamilton Mountain

On the Damn viewing deck... :)

The fish ladders that Karl loves so much to sit for hours and watch. They actualy drain and clean them in the winter months so - no fish viewing today.

Multonomah Falls at twilight.... too cold and too dark to really appreciate it so we moved on.