Columbia River Gorge, Mt. Hood and the Timberline Lodge

We spent 3 days hiking to numerous waterfalls throughout the Columbia Gorge with our friends from NJ, the Handels.  All were great hikes.....And we learned all of the waterfall classifications and have earned our PHDs in waterfall configurations.

Weather has been glorious with blue skies and sunshine everyday. 

Next we drove down to get a closeup of Mt. Hood with a grand dinner at Timberline Lodge at the 6,000 ft level.  The lodge was built in 1937 by the WPA using local craftsman.  A very incredible     structure using much of the local timber.   

Thanks to all of our blog followers and their request for a photo....So  here's one of our many pictures of Mt. Hood.  A quite stunning mountain!