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The Long Way to Hood River

23 March 2024 • 660 km / 410 mi (map)

  • Added to Eric Scouten :: Travel on 24 March 2024
  • Oregon 11

A last-minute opportunity presented itself and so I am taking a few days to myself as a “me-cation” in the Columbia River Gorge.

I didn’t exactly go the direct route from home to Hood River. (You are shocked, I know.) And I was rewarded with some delightful desert cloudscapes along the way.

A gravel road stretches into the distance across flat sagebrush rangeland toward low, partly snow-dusted hills under a vast, dramatic sky of heavy gray storm clouds with visible rain falling in the distance. A wire fence runs along the right side of the road near the horizon.
A desert landscape with clouds in the background. · northwest of Warm Springs, Oregon
A wide, flat grassland plain under a dramatic, mostly overcast sky with towering gray storm clouds and streaks of rain visibly falling toward the horizon. A dark line of pine trees marks the far edge of the field, with low hills faintly visible in the distance.
A desert landscape with dramatic clouds in the background. · northwest of Warm Springs, Oregon
A high desert landscape northwest of Warm Springs, Oregon, with scattered rocks, dry grass, sagebrush, and juniper trees in the foreground, and a low canyon rim or plateau on the horizon under a heavy, dark gray overcast sky with streaks of rain in the distance.
A desert landscape with mountains and clouds in the background. · northwest of Warm Springs, Oregon
A high desert landscape northwest of Warm Springs, Oregon, with rolling grassy hills dotted with juniper trees leading toward flat-topped mesas and canyon rims under a heavy overcast sky. Dark rain clouds hang low over the horizon, with streaks of falling rain visible in the distance and a weathered fence line running along the near hillside.
A desert landscape with mountains and clouds in the background. · northwest of Warm Springs, Oregon
A wide high-desert landscape of rolling grasslands dotted with scattered juniper trees, backed by low mountains, all under a heavy, dark storm sky with visible rain falling in the distance.
A desert landscape with mountains and clouds in the background. · south of Maupin, Oregon
A green river canyon with steep basalt cliffs and grassy slopes, where a long freight train runs along the far bank beside the water under a dramatic sky of broken clouds with the sun breaking through in the upper left.
A railroad train passing through a river valley. · south of Maupin, Oregon

The night ended with some delightful jazz music at the Hood River Hotel.

Hood River Hotel, Hood River, Oregon
Poulsbo, Washington, to Hood River, Oregon · 660 km / 410 mi
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