Mt. Hood and more

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Day trip...east along I-84 hugging the Oregon side of the Columbia River, to Hood River, to Mt. Hood and back home to Gresham.

Had enough time to do one good hike, so I pulled off 84 at Wygant state park about 5 miles before Hood River. Any trail that goes into the woods is going up, and going up is going to offer some nice views. In the parking lot area I saw a sign for Mitchell Point...sounded promising.

It was around 1130am and the temp was between 80-85--not really dressed right for a hike, but what the heck...boots, jeans, t-shirt and I'd just have to fling mc jacket over the shoulder.

Google maps area photo...


From the parking looking up...I didn't know it at the time, but those rocks up there was where I was heading:


Quick hiway 84 view from the parking lot overlook


after 45 minutes, 2.5 mile hike...about 1300 elevation gain. Looking east:


Met one guy hiking down--actually saw him while I was a good 100 hards from the top...he was scampering for cover, naked as the day he was born, frantically looking for his clothes. Oh well...

If you look close, you can see the parking lot below, center, surrounded by green


Where's my bike?!?

Looking west towards Portland


After taking in the views for half an hour, headed back down...there she is:


After lunch in Hood River, found my way on 281 through the cherry orhards, north of Mt. Hood.


Hiway 281 to Clear Creek Road, then Cooper Spur Road, then over to Hiway 35 and around to Mt. Hood at Timberline


I think that's my photo limit