The Columbia River Gorge

A picture of Jim at his best!!

We took the Infinity Loop that shows the splendor of Mt. Hood (if it isn't cloudy), the rugged history of the Oregon trail and the rushing white waters of wild and scenic rivers. The Infinity Loop winds through some of Oregon's most beautiful and diversified landscapes. Any way you look at it, the Historic Columbia River Highway Scenic Byway is a marvel....for its visionary engineering, incredible scenery, and rich history. Internationally lauded for spectacular waterfalls, architectural gems and magnificent overlooks of the Columbia River Gorge, it's no wonder this Byway has been called "King of Roads."
Latourell Falls was a short walk from the Byway.

As were all of the falls.......Shepperds Dell

Douglas Fir

Bridal Veil Falls

Base of Bridal Veil Falls

Multnomah Falls

Awesome with the colored leaves!

We had a big rain storm so headed out to see the raging Snoqualmie Falls.

This was the view of the trestle looking toward our subdivision at the top of the mountain.

The falls were rushing and there was a log trapped at the top!

We saw another big log push it off!
Of course, we were drenched.

Then we drove along the Middle Fork of othe Snoqualmie River. The day before this rain you could see the river rock in the bottom of this river and it was only a stream.

We went to the Fish Hatchery in Issaquah to see the Coho salmon spawing. The creek was loaded with salmon as you can see.

The Coho is red in color. They die after they spawn. They harvest the eggs and milt and put millions of fish back into the rivers each year. The dead salmon are used for the the Food Bank, made into fertilizer and fish food, according to their quality.

Very interesting process!

We drove to the Fremont Bridge in Seattle to see the artistic Troll carved in the rock.
It is smashing a VW Beetle!

Then the sun came out!! So we got our customary picture of our guests at the golf course in front of Mt. Si! There was snow on the mountain top that fell the night before.

Since it was sunny we took a drive to Snoqualmie Pass and you guessed it.........SNOW!! But it was gorgeous!

October in the Pass!

Fall and winter all in one made for nice photography!!

Then we headed back to Snoqualmie......

For our grand finale...... Dungeness Crab dinner from Pike's Market!

It made a big hit!

We miss these crazy friends and hope they will come back soon!

Thank You for your visit Jean & Steve!!

We miss you!