I woke up last weekend with a pinch of cabin fever, so I hopped in the car to take a quick drive up the Columbia Gorge.  It’s one of my favorite drives, and it’s just a short distance from the city.  And the colors this time of year are spectacular.

fall in the Columbia Gorge

I swear this view will never, ever get old for me.

After uploading this photo, I went back through my Flickr stream and found a few more taken from almost this exact spot.  Here’s one taken last year in September, before the green had begun to give way to the colors of fall.

columbia gorge east

And another one, taken the previous year to that in late October.

Columbia Gorge

With a view like that, can you blame me for going back and taking these shots again and again?  I can’t wait to take some serious hikes up along this part of state next spring.

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