Beautiful Oregon

My trip to Oregon for HTC was my first experience in the Pacific Northwest. It is an incredibly beautiful and diverse area. I tried to capture the beauty with my camera, but somehow the photos pale in comparison to the real thing.  These pictures were my attempt to capture the magnificent scenes of Oregon.

 

Aunt Sally's cute purple house and amazing roses

You see houses of every color in Portland!

Vineyard in Sandy,OR.

A peek of Mt Hood

Downtown Portland and the Wilamette River

Mt St Helens.  This is as good as I could do from a moving car window . . .
 we were driving to our next exchange with no time for sight seeing!!

This little beauty was hidden in the woods at one of our exchanges.

Our adorable cottage in Seaside, OR.

Beach Street, the view from our cottage.

This was the ADORABLE house next door.  Hmmmmm, HTC 2013 digs??

Seaside

A jog on the beach?? Really?
 You didn't get enough running in the last 36 hours??

Part of Team Kid Free Weekend
Notice we are NOT running on the beach.

Haystack Rock

Cannon Beach.  Hydrangeas everywhere, tons of shopping, and Haystack Rock.
This little town was adorable.

The Goonies House.  Yep, I did the truffle shuffle.

We could hear these guys from the Goonies House.  Elizabeth says they are the
slugs of the sea, but I thought they were super cute.

Astoria, Oregon

View from Chanticleer Point
 

 Vista House.  A beautiful lookout point.

View from Vista House. I mean, really!!

Oregon Scenic Highway

 Multnomah Falls

Multnomah Falls.  We hiked up to that little bridge-
 the smell and the view are both breathtaking.

Columbia River

An exchange in Vernonia, OR.
We were exhausted but it was too beautiful to close our eyes.

The trees are so tall and the stars are so bright
The air is cool and clean
It is magical.

I had lunch at the end of this pier on my last day in Oregon. 

Shipyard on the Columbia

Mt Hood from the air



P.S. 323 miles down, 177 to go.