Rain usually does not come to the Columbia Gorge until late September, but we got an early shower today. It was good to see and feel.
The American West has become drier over recent years, so much so that reservoirs are drying up from Colorado to California to Arizona. Climate Change is hitting us fairly hard in recent years, and there does not seem to be any way of reversing the trend any time soon. Any rainfall between late June and late September is a relief.
I did not get many pictures due to the wind. I had planned to set my Deardorff up and do some 8×10’s for a post that I am working on about it’s return from the repairman. That never panned out, though. Mt Hood was not cooperating. It wouldn’t let go of the cloud cover, so we stopped at Apple Valley BBQ for lunch, and then stopped at The Gorge White House for some wine before starting back home. We stopped at a few places for pictures on the way back, which I took mostly as fodder for this post.
©2021 Gary L. Quay
Rain is back in the Columbia Gorge a little early this year. It did not make it to Hood River, but I got rained on at Cascade Locks. It was also thinking about raining at Odell, but I don’t think that it did. The West could use some rain this year.
Camera: Nikon D810
Lens: 24-85mm Nikon
©2021 Gary L. Quay
The clouds even made it to The Gorge White House. This is really the place where the Rainshadow begins. The wet west and the dry east meet here.
Camera: Nikon D810
Lens: 24-85mm Nikon
My post about the Rainshadow is here.
©2021 Gary L. Quay
I got rained on at Cascade Locks. This is good.
On the left is Saint Peter’s Dome. It’s a rock pinacle revealed by the Missoula Floods thousands of years ago. You can also see dome of the damage left by the Eagle Creek Fire of 2017.
Camera: Nikon D810
Lens: 24-85mm Nikon
I do not expect the rain to last very long, but, hopefully it can help prevent any late season fires from getting out of control in the Gorge this year.
Thanks for looking!
Gary L. Quay
