Sunday in the Gorge with Friends

When we left Donnie’s boat on Saturday, he said he’d call before noon Sunday to talk about plans for that day. True to his word, the phone rang at 11:58am. He said they’d been up visiting until 5am so really needed the sleep. Plus, they’d lost an hour with the time change…Spring ahead and all! They finally made it over to the house about 2. We ended up taking a drive out to the Gorge. While it was raining to the west, we were lucky and had dry weather the entire drive. I must say the lower hills along the Gorge were absolutely beautiful – there was a dusting of snow on the trees so each really stood out. Our first stop was, of course, Multnomah Falls. It was cold so Randy shot this obligatory picture of us in front of the fall and we left. We then drove over the Bridge of the Gods bridge to the Washington side and stopped in at the Skamania Lodge for a pint. From there, we headed to the Walking Man Brewpub in Stevenson for dinner before heading back toward Vancouver. And, of course, a quick stop for pictures every now and then, including this one of the moon… Here’s another shot of that cropped a different way… And this one at Crown Point. I do wish it had been a bit lighter when we got to Crown Point because it’s such a great place for pictures…next time! When we got back to Vancouver, we uncorked a couple bottles of wine and relaxed until it was time for John and Donnie to head back across the river. It had been another great day with great friends.