Crown Point, Columbia Gorge, Oregon (July 2023).

Family at Crown Point (July 2023).

Vista House at Crown Point (July 2023).

Crown Point (July 2023).

Crown Point with a marine layer in the Gorge (July 2023).

Crown Point. Willy is walking the deer; Tom is walking the wolf (July 2023).

Crown Point (July 2023).

Davey taking in the views (July 2023).

Crown Point (July 2023).

Rooster Rock & the Columbia River from Crown Point (July 2023).

Rooster Rock (July 2023).

Davey and family at Crown Point (July 2023).

Next Gorge stop: heading for Latourell Falls (July 2023).

Latourell Falls (July 2023).

Family with Latourell Falls (July 2023).

Latourell Falls (July 2023).

Tom and William going in for a closer look (July 2023).

William and Tom (July 2023).

Latourell Falls (July 2023).

Back to the car (July 2023).

Heading for Multnomah Falls (July 2023).

Family at Multnomah Falls (July 2023).

The boys with the family at Multnomah Falls (July 2023).

Multnomah Falls in all of their glory (July 2023).

Family with Multnomah Falls in the background (July 2023).

Multnomah Falls (July 2023).

Back to the car (July 2023).

Next stop:  Bonneville Fish Hatchery (July 2023).

Bonneville Fish Hatchery (July 2023).

Off to see Herman the Sturgeon (July 2023).

Jason and Davey at Bonneville Fish Hatchery (July 2023).

Off to lunch we go (July 2023).

Cascade Locks, Columbia Gorge on the Oregon side. A nice, old school eatery (July 2023).

Good burgers and soft serve ice cream (July 2023).

Agata and the boys (July 2023).

The family, including the pups, enjoying the soft serve ice cream (July 2023).

Benny enjoying his soft serve ice cream (July 2023).

The British in front of the Bridge Of The Gods in Cascade Locks (July 2023).

The family heading up the Beacon Rock Trail on the Washington side of the Columbia Gorge (July 2023).

Tom, William, the pups, and myself heading up the Beacon Rock Trail. Wait – what happened to the rest of the crew?

Beacon Rock Trail (July 2023).

Beacon Rock Trail (July 2023).

William getting higher on Beacon Rock (July 2023).

Benny charging up (July 2023).

Views of the Columbia Gorge from Beacon Rock Trial (July 2023).

Tom and Davey Dog (July 2023).

Summit of Beacon Rock!

Looking at the inviting waters of the Columbia and the marina (July 2023).

Davey was trying to cut the switchbacks (July 2023).

Almost back (July 2023).

William and the boys at the marina (July 2023).

Come on man, throw it!!

Davey going in to steal the stick that Benny has just retrieved (July 2023).

The little, thieving monkey gets the stick (July 2023).

The monkey with a stick (July 2023).

Family with Beacon Rock in the background (July 2023).

The boys enjoying the Columbia beach (July 2023).

Warm Springs Indian Reservation later that evening. A quick bathroom stop on the way to Sisters, OR (July 2023).

Saturday morning in our Airbnb rental in Sisters, Oregon (July 2023).

William and Jason psyched about Smith Rock (July 2023).

Smith Rock formations in the early morning on Saturday (July 2023).

Family heading down. Hoping to get the climb done before things really heat up (July 2023).

William on pitch 1 of Cinnamon Slab route (July 2023).

More of William on the pitch 1 crack (July 2023).

Views of the Crooked River and Shiprock from Cinnamon Slab (July 2023).

William arriving at the first belay (July 2023).

At the first belay station (July 2023).

Shirley’s turn (July 2023).

Arriving atop pitch 1 (July 2023).

Shirley starting some bolted variation of pitch 2 of Cinnamon Slab (July 2023).

The family down below trying to squeeze themselves into the shrinking shadow (July 2023).

William on pitch 2 belayed by Shirley (July 2023).

William atop the Cinnamon Slab route. A little bruised but happy (July 2023).

William being lowered from the upper pitch (July 2023).

Agata and Benny hiking out (July 2023).

Hiking out (July 2023).

William cooling off before our uphill push out of the gorge (July 2023).

A quick water break before the hot uphill slog back to the car (July 2023).

Family and the Picnic Lunch Wall (as well as Shiprock). Happy to be back at the car (July 2023).

Tom looking to get nipped (July 2023).

Mr. Benny (July 2023).

A bit tired from the hot morning out (July 2023).

Cooling off in the Three Creek Lake some 30 minutes out of Sisters (July 2023).

All happy to be cooling off (July 2023).

The boys posing at the lake (July 2023).

So serious!

Three Creek Lake (July 2023).

Cooking up a storm at our place in Sisters (July 2023).

Skewer those kebabs dude!

At the Sisters house (July 2023).

Dinner time at the cabin (July 2023).

Checking out Sisters on Sunday morning (July 2023).

Looking to score some breakfast in Sisters (July 2023).

An all American breakfast for our visiting guests (July 2023).

Prineville, Oregon and the “Back To The Future” city (village) hall (July 2023).

Enjoying the phallic Steins Pillar just east of Prineville (July 2023).

At the Steins Pillar (July 2023).

A close-up of Steins Pillar (July 2023).

Steins Pillar towering over a farm (July 2023).

Painted Hills, Oregon (July 2023).

The family at Painted Hills (July 2023).

Jason (July 2023).

Painted Hills (July 2023).

Happy family, if a bit warm (July 2023).

A closer look (July 2023).

Another stop at the Painted Hills (July 2023).

Painted Hills (July 2023).

Painted Hills. Come on man, crank up the AC (July 2023).

Tried to punch trough directly north from Painted Hills but did not succeed. We had done this in the past but in the opposite direction (July 2023).

Getting remote in Central Oregon (July 2023).

Two posers!

Random sights in the middle of nowhere (July 2023).

Finally back near the highway. This is the eastern edge of the Columbia Gorge (July 2023).

Some mutts on a truck (July 2023).

Cooling off in Goose Lake (July 2023).

William and Jason at Goose Lake in Washington (July 2023).

Agata at Goose Lake (July 2023).

William and the boys at Goose Lake (July 2023).

Mount Rainier National Park in Washington (July 2023).

There she is (July 2023).

On the way up to check out some view point (July 2023).

Indian paintbrush and Mount Rainier (July 2023).

Water break (July 2023).

Indian paintbrush (July 2023).

William and Mount Rainier (July 2023).

Mount Rainier (July 2023).

Family with the Tatoosh Range in the background (July 2023).

The family and Mount Rainier (July 2023).

Mount Rainier (July 2023).

Family and the Tatoosh Range (July 2023).

William and Mount Rainier (July 2023).

Will and I went a bit higher to a better vista point. Unfortunately, the rando was asked for a photo was clearly a wanker (July 2023).

Glacial runoff (July 2023).

Mount Adams (July 2023).

William found a patch of snow (July 2023).

A rodent of some kind (July 2023).

Mount Rainier (July 2023).

Mount Rainier (July 2023).

Mount Rainier (July 2023).

Mount Rainier (July 2023).

A day in Portland (July 2023).

Family wanted to go see the zoo. I proposed a safari instead. Here we are walking down Broadway (July 2023).

You got any weed, man?

The Pearl District in Portland (July 2023).

William and some modern “art” installation (July 2023).

Coffee break (July 2023).

Agata, myself and coffee (July 2023).

Pittock Mansion in Portland (July 2023).

Pittock Mansion (July 2023).

Views of Portland from Pittock Mansion (July 2023).

Southwest Portland Waterfront (July 2023).

Tilikum Crossing Bridge (July 2023).

Agata and Jason on the Tilikum Crossing Bridge (July 2023).

Heading for the aerial tram station (July 2023).

At the tram station (July 2023).

Upper station (July 2023).

Views from the OHSU station (July 2023).

Views from the tram (July 2023).

Getting some drinks in the OHSU (hospital) cafeteria.  How else would you round out a trip?