Thought I’d send some pics of our adventures geocaching around and in Hood River on Saturday. HR is just under an hour’s drive east of Portland in the still lush part of the Columbia River Gorge. Too much further east, and the Gorge’s weather is warmer and drier so the vegetation isn’t as green anymore. The small town of 5,000 people is known for its orchards and vineyards and now is considered a premiere windsurfing location. It has quite a trendy shopping district built into the hillside.
http://www.el.com/to/hoodriver/
http://www.hoodriver.org/
Our first cache was about 5 miles west of Hood River at Mitchell Point. The people who placed the cache feel that the overlook to which we hiked offers the best view of the Gorge. I don’t think that there’s a bad view of the Gorge, but this one was phenomenal. We hiked just under half a mile but the terrain was steep and at times a bit treacherous. The trail dumped us off into an alpine meadow-like setting at a sort of base just before the tip of the big rock that offered the view. Dave was the one who found the cache as I wouldn’t get any closer to the edge. After finding the cache, we sat and enjoyed the view for almost half an hour. The weather was perfect—warm with a slight breeze. Well, actually it was quite windy at the top of Mitchell Point, but that was fine. We hiked to the top of this rock. I must admit, it was a bit scary at times. Steep drop offs and all.
To the east: This was the view from the rock looking toward Hood River.
To the north: This is the view across the Columbia River in Washington. The greenery isn’t as lush here, but I loved the land formation in the water.
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