Hood River
TravelMorgan Stone Gretheroregon, pacific northwest, Hood River, crown point, waterfalls, horsetail falls, latourell falls, flower, Elaine Schimek, travel, Draper Girls Country Farm, Parkdale

A Drive to the Columbia Gorge and Hood River, Oregon

A foggy morning gave way to a sunny afternoon as Elaine and I took a drive from Portland up the Columbia Gorge to Hood River for lunch…

TravelMorgan Stone Gretheroregon, pacific northwest, Hood River, crown point, waterfalls, horsetail falls, latourell falls, flower, Elaine Schimek, travel, Draper Girls Country Farm, Parkdale
A Drive to the Columbia Gorge and Hood River, Oregon
TravelMorgan Stone GretherCoyote Wall, hiking, Washington, pacific northwest, columbia river gorge, columbia river, flower, spring, waterfalls, Hood River, Velvet 56, travel

Coyote Wall, Washington, April 2016

Last April I went hiking with Meghan Sinnott and four-legged friends, Maddy and Journey, up Coyote Wall at the eastern end of the Columbia River Gorge in Washington. The outing offered a great chance to try out my newly purchased Velvet 56 lens from Portland's own Lens Baby; the lens can do some really fun "velvety" bokah tricks (particularly along the frame edges) and looks nice whether you're shooting landscapes, portraits, or macros...

TravelMorgan Stone GretherCoyote Wall, hiking, Washington, pacific northwest, columbia river gorge, columbia river, flower, spring, waterfalls, Hood River, Velvet 56, travel
Coyote Wall, Washington, April 2016