Another Round Trip Across Oregon

Our only granddaughter turned 1 on April 10, so we made the trek to the "west side" again.  On the way back, we drove a portion of the Historic Columbia River Highway, always my favorite. Before we took that old highway at Mosier, we sailed past Multnomah Falls, but it was packed on a Monday, so I didn't want to stop.  Beautiful drive both ways...we just wish Hillsboro could be closer.

The ubiquitous wind towers lining the Washington horizon above the Columbia River

 Bighorn rams photographed at 70 mph from the car

 Portland has beautiful flowering trees, many of which line the streets.

 Magnolias were starting to bloom in Hillsboro

 Fascinating variety of growth on a tree limb

 Metal creature on Main Street in Hillsboro

 A most interesting combination of tenants

 Multnomah Falls, plunging from a mountain charred by the devastating Eagle Creek Fire of 2017

 View of Columbia upriver and I-84 East from Rowena Crest Overlook

 The famed Rowena Crest horseshoe highway

 Bighorn rams bedded down in the afternoon; we actually backed up on the freeway for this shot!

 Bighorn ewes look really rough this time of year.

The Boardman tree farm, now in small sections since the land was sold for other agricultural use.