Hood River And Its Views
This town has yet to disappoint me when it comes to scenery. If there’s anything about living in Hood River that isn’t boring or in vain (which has a certain irony to it, but only some) its the landscape.
Michael Chen and I have (with a few other friends) a couple times now made it out to one of the golf courses in town to hit some golf balls into the nether-world on a driving range. The first time we went out I was stupid and left all my CF cards at home and so had no proof of the ridiculous view we hit golf balls toward on the fancier of Hood River’s two golf courses. This time I was smarter and brought a CF card as well as both a tripod and my massive 70-200mm.
This evening we enjoyed some local brews and possibly Hood River’s best grilled burgers before learning that the driving range closes at six on Monday nights. (for mowing) Some quick thinking and action on Michael’s part took us to the other local course which is less fancy but has an equally fantastic view.
Not bad when the picture above on the right was taken from the exact place we sit in the picture on the left. Thats Mt. Hood in the background.
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agree. HR can be quite boring at times but the landscape never gets old. i love it!
ps. we’re out of town till the 16th but we want to hang out when we get back!
Do you find that living in a breathtaking place like Hood River is taken for granted? I mean we have lots of places in WV to go out and do, but we very rarely go out and do. The mundane of life gets in the way or at least tends to be overfocused upon. Like blinders on a horse, we miss out on so much. Nice picture.
-mike
Yes, definitely. But half the problem is that for me, I wouldn’t know where exactly to go or what to do until someone shows me or suggests it. It was the same way when I lived in Colorado, right up against the Rocky Mountains. That, and it seems taking things for granted is just way too easy when you’re surrounded by it. When I lived in Nebraska, each trip to the Colorado mountains was a special trip and usually was specifically to go to the mountains, so it wasn’t cheapened like living amongst them tends to be.
did you drink a beer with us in keystone? i can’t remember if we took your beer virignity or not. :)
or was it barley tea?
barley tea?
hippies…
Just kidding.
Beer virginity, that’s a good one. As long as it was IN Keystone and not A Keystone. That would be like Matthew Broderick in a cheap brothel (the movie Biloxi Blues)…
-mike