Columbia River Gorge Portraits A photographic tour of the Columbia River Gorge 2005 Photography by Rick Stasel

Crown Point's Vista House, looking East into the Columbia River Gorge Many streams are scattered throughout the Western end of the Gorge Many Waterfalls too The Columbia River Gorge Highway has many roadside stops And stonework from another time Of all the Famous Waterfalls in the Gorge The most famous is probably Multnomah Falls One of the tallest falls of it's type There's a trail that leads to the top, with a bridge seperating the Upper, from the Lower falls Forested Recreational Parks Always dynamic Weather for photography A place where clouds, hug the land Also one of the busiest train corridors in the US Vanishing points and moving trains, one of my favorite subjects Boat Moorings show vibrant river environment around Hood River, Oregon Whether the weather is foggy and calm Or sunny and calm. The Hood River Bridge On a sunny calm day windsurfers get depressed, but Photographers get elated All the mighty stone face walls on the eastern end of the Gorge against a marbled sky Spendid Majestic Geography million year old history erosion and Synclines No where else like it with it's clean mountain streams Roaring waterfalls and trains that are both new and old Vistas where the land , sky and waters meet There's something for every photographer Something for every eye So as the sun begins to set in the west and the Sky turns from shade to hue The sun peeks out one more time to sets the Sky ablaze. So I leave it here at the end of this day. Clouds seem to quite literally burn away. Take some time if you're ever in the Pacific Northwest make plans to visit, the Columbia River Gorge