From the Washington shoreline on the north side of the Columbia River, we look over the river at the gorgeous hillside of Astoria, Oregon.
This particular photo was taken on a trip to Oregon in 2014. I am posting it now in 2017 just as the Eagle Creek fire is blazing and destroying so many areas of the beautiful Columbia Gorge. I am saddened that the gorge will never quite be the same as it is now. The fire was human caused which makes it more devestating. I realize mother nature has her way of using fire to rebuild, and replenish. But human caused fired is simply so sad and devastating.
