Sunday, May 27, 2007

Dog Mountain

Our trip to Dog Mountain!
May 27, 2007

Today we hiked up Dog Mountain, which is a hike about 50 miles from Portland on the Washington side of the Columbia river. It is one of those hikes they say that everyone in Portland has done at some point...and now we can join the ranks. The route we took is about a 7 mile loop, and it is very steep!













Get to know these flowers (yellow balsamroot)...you'll be seeing a lot more of them down below...









May and June are the peak months for wildflowers on Dog Mountain.










trailmarker..almost there










a view looking West










Flowers and the Columbia Gorge










Julia in the flowers.












Dan in the flowers.

3 comments:

Anonymous said...

Those flowers are GORGIOUS!

Miss (almost)Independent said...

Wow, looks like you enjoyed a beautiful view! Jerzy and I need to hike Mt. Tabor more before we're ready for something like that, but damn!

Jackie said...

Would a Wizard of Oz reference be out of place here?