I wish you were here
I really do! Yes, I’m talking to you. It’s simply spectacular up here, and I wish you could see it all with me. I mean, just look at this view!
On Saturday my friend Jerod talked me into driving out with him to Smith Rock State Park in central Oregon to get some pictures. I hopped along for the ride, and was not disappointed.
We started climbing up the trail to go right over the top of Smith Rock around five or so, and crossed to the other side to catch the sun setting over the farmlands to the west of us. The view on a clear day up there is spectacular. We also saw the famous Monkey Face Rock, which is immensely popular with rock climbers the world over.
I wish you could have been there, I really do. But since you weren’t, I took a bunch of pictures for you, and put them up on my new photo album page. It’s an out-of-the-box usage of the TanTanNoodles Flickr PhotoAlbum Plug-in for Wordpress. I haven’t gotten around to fully integrating it with the rest of my site so it’s still a little buggy, but in the meantime please enjoy.
Very cool! Almost unreal the way the valley carves through the rock like that.
*lays down next to you and breathes it all in*
Dave2: I think it’s a combination of the river carving through and the whole thing blowing up. Most of this rock is volcanic; I’m not real sure of the geological history of the place but I think it’s the remnant of a massive explosion.
Hilly: It’s great up here, isn’t it?
Gee, next time you want us to accompany you, couldja maybe give us a heads’ up before you actually get back?! I wish I’d been there. Photos look spectacular!!!
okay, since SHARI stood me up, i think i may have to draft you to show me around next time i’m west coasted. these pictures are gorgeous.
Shari, I totally will next time, I’m just a little bit intimidated by your incredible mountain climbing abilities but I think I’m over that now.
kat!, the trick with Shari is you need to start peer-pressuring her early on. This is pretty far away but there’s plenty of rugged landscape close by, as well. Did you ever find a good spot to get your bloody marys?