Stuff from yesterday. I tried to sketch the scenery along the river in a moving car because it’s profoundly difficult to get good shots of the really sudden drop off in some of the basalt cliffs. But the two photos should give you an idea of the lighting contrast.
Images, Halloween spider, dead trees
I scouted along the bridge by these other, different falls, and the hills blocked light enough the bridge cast the sort of clear shadow you’d expect from later in the day.
Images, selfie with eye contact
Here’s photos from the Vista House. The river is very low thanks to the dry summer. I’ve included a selfie in part to show how windy it was! (I’d almost always wear my shapeless camo hat on a day this sunny, but literally couldn’t up there!)
Images, human but no eye contact
Before we got to the Vista House there was a place along the cliffs I stopped to grab photos of the river. You can make out the Vista House at right. My friend in the car got this photo of me while I was taking these!
Images, wildfires
Now the unpleasant part; heading out we saw the wildfire near Camas. From the Vista House you could see the smoke being caught up in the area, and by later in the afternoon it’d flattened as the fire continued.
Images, Halloween spider, dead trees
More from yesterday along the Hood River. Here’s the very cute mascot in a food court where we stopped but also a waterfall (two photos); the area was hit hard by fires in 2017 and you could still see some of the damage.