The Great Columbian Gorge!

On the way to Mt. Hood, We travel up the Columbia River. This River, (second only to the Mississippi), cut a wide swath thru the Cascades Mountain range. So it in a sense creates a wind tunnel where the winds off the Pacific funnel down the gorge. So it is always very windy thru here!

On the way up the river,

we passed this outlook

on the edge of the cliff.

Click on the pic and

look closely at the

middle right side

to see a building on

the ledge!

The second
pic shows it better!

There was no sign of

exactly what the

building was.

It looked to be an

observation structure,

but it was all locked up.

Maybe because it was

later in the season.

Boy, it was so windy,

And much cooler temps!

Craig had a hard time

standing still taking

the last picture!