We stopped at Beacon Rock State Park near Skamania Washington to hike Beacon Rock this afternoon. The trail is 2 miles round trip with 800 ft of gain. The trail winds around to the southwest side of the rock and then goes through a doorway to a series of ramps switching back and forth up to the top of the rock. There ares some great views of the Columbia River to the south. Some...

The Mt Hood Penstock Pipeline Trail starts on the east side of the Hood River near the town of Hood River. The trail soon follows along the railroad tracks of the Mt Hood Railroad, heading south along the Hood River. About 0.8 mile from the trailhead, the trail continues on a gridded trail above the old pipeline. The pipeline crosses the Hood River then continues through the for...

We drove to Rowena Crest, between the Dalles and Hood River, to hike the short Shasta Loop Trail (one mile). It was very windy making it difficult to get good photos of the wildflowers. Beautiful area! Views along the trail

We drove out to Mill Creek Ridge Preserve to see the wildflowers. We hiked mostly along the trail to the northwest up on the ridge, then up to the top of the knoll along the southeastward trail before returning, our route was 3.4 miles with 350 ft of overall gain. Views along the trail heading up to the ridge

We drove to Catherine Creek to hike the lower loop trail. We went clockwise around the loop. Lots of wildflowers and views of the Columbia River. Views as we hiked around the trail including a waterfall on Catherine Creek .