Archived posting to the Leica Users Group, 2008/11/15
[Author Prev] [Author Next] [Thread Prev] [Thread Next] [Author Index] [Topic Index] [Home] [Search]Tina: My wife and I lived for several years up the Columbia River from Vancouver, WA (NO comparison to Vancouver, BC, by the way...) and STRONGLY urge you to spend a day in the Columbia Gorge. Best pix are from the Washington side. Especially Cape Horn - way way high up on a skinny state highway with breathtaking views east up the Columbia. Be sure to stop in Skamania at the River City Grill; jazz in the background, good food and mostly rain or hiking gear. Carson Hot Spring (just up the road) is a funky really old hotel with sulfer hot baths from Mt. St. Helens' gut. Continue East on WA Highway 14 to the Bridge of the Gods to Oregon and back on I-84 to Portland or contiunue up river and cross the bridge to Hood River, OR. Windsurfing mecca of the West. I'll leave the rest to you and all the folks to have additional recommendations. Whatever you do, go Up the Washington and Back on the Oregon side. Very spiritual. wierd, beautiful space, the Gorge. Go HERE http://photo.net/photodb/photo?photo_id=4789759 (copy and paste; not a link) for a shot I took some years ago fro Cape Horn looking east up the Columbia. Leica R9 with R Elmarit 70-180 APO Fuji Super 400 Print. Very heavy wind so a little camera shake even with a "chestpod" mount and open to f 2.8. Click on the image for more detail; it covers hundreds of square miles. Go forth and shoot! Bob in Seattle On Nov 15, 2008, at 5:22 PM, Tina Manley wrote: Thanks, Aram! I'm making a list. I will be taking my hiking boots and hope for some sunny weather. My son loves Portland because he loves rainy, foggy weather! I'm sure I'll be photographing my new grandbaby more than anything else, but I do hope for scenics, too ;-) Tina At 07:34 PM 11/15/2008, you wrote: > Tina. > Don't miss the Columbia gorge. May even be some fall color left at > all the > magnificent waterfalls. Take some short hikes to see other falls > that are > not along the road. Beautiful. And so close to Portland you could > almost > throw a rock and hit them. > > Also, take a drive to the Washington side and see Mt. St. Helens. > See both > views. One is very close to Portland, the other you need to drive > down hwy > 12 to get to. Windy Point is the name. This is, of course, if the > weather > is cooperating. Fall in the NW is very unpredictable. If you find > yourself > swinging by Yakima, drop me a line. Not really on your way to > anywhere, > though. > > The ocean is also a short drive to the west. > > Enjoy. > > Aram > > > Date: Fri, 14 Nov 2008 14:52:40 -0500 > > From: Tina Manley <images@comporium.net> > > Subject: [Leica] Thanksgiving in Oregon > > To: Leica Users Group <lug@leica-users.org> > > Message-ID: <200811141952.BEA42393@rg4.comporium.net> > > Content-Type: text/plain; charset="us-ascii"; format=flowed > > > > LUG: > > > > We are going to Portland, OR, to meet our new granddaughter at > > Thanksgiving. We decided as long as we were going all the way > across > > the USA, we might as well stay for 10 days. So, we'll be in Oregon > > from Nov 20th to 30th. We will spend the few days around T'giving > > with our son in Portland but the rest of the trip is pretty > > open. We'll have a rental car. > > > > Do you have any "don't miss" suggestions for the northwestern corner > > of the USA? > > > > TIA!! > > > > Tina > > > > Tina Manley > > www.tinamanley.com > > > > > > No virus found in this outgoing message. > Checked by AVG. > Version: 7.5.549 / Virus Database: 270.9.4/1790 - Release Date: > 11/15/2008 > 9:32 AM > > > _______________________________________________ > Leica Users Group. > See http://leica-users.org/mailman/listinfo/lug for more information _______________________________________________ Leica Users Group. See http://leica-users.org/mailman/listinfo/lug for more information