Mt. Hood

In our day of exploring the Mt. Hood area my brother, David,and I discovered a great place to eat lunch. Saw Tooth Roadhouse sits along Hwy. 35 next to an active sawmill. It's small but the food was great.

It was fun watching them move logs around.

Pile of beautiful Douglas-fir.

Saw Tooth Roadhouse

Mt. Hood Forest Products in the background. On another note ~ We traded our Yukon in for a 2011 Subaru Outback ( in the above pic ) a week before my Oregon trip. I just have to say that the Outback  is my favorite vehicle I've ever owned. It's very comfortable, handles great and gets better gas mileage than the Yukon. I was in it pretty much every day the two weeks I was gone and I never got tired of sitting in it.

 

We watched this guy move logs for a little bit. It seemed like once he realized we were taking pictures he started grabbing bigger loads, to the point of some of the logs practically falling out. It made us laugh.

This picture doesn't even start to convey what it was like standing there. I took a picture of the road sign so I'd remember where that was. Mt. Hood is a little over 11,000 feet.

Mt. Hood in black and white. That's Hwy. 35 to the left.

We drove all the way around Mt. Hood that day. Every turn created new and fantastic views!

Lovely

 

 

 

My brother, David :)

David & I

Another view ~ I could have sat there all day staring at the beauty before us. 

Junction 26 is just down the road from this spot.

This was up the hill from where we pulled over to take pictures.

On our way back to Newberg we drove through Portland. I snapped a couple shots while we were driving. Portland is a very pretty city. I would like to take a few days next year to walk around capturing that city with my lens.

 

 What a fabulous day with a great guy! We had fun taking pictures, talking and just being out in this great big, beautiful world.