3715Here's a photo that I didn't take, that I wish I had, and that I've fallen rather in love with. It's also unusual for this blog's remit in as much it's a photo from the Heavy Westside rather than my beloved Heavy Eastside.
It's made in a place called Aloha, Oregon, which is a place lodged between (and, latterly, divided between) Hillsboro and Beaverton (and which we pronounce uh-LOW-uh, not as they do in the Hawai'ian Islands). It is as far west of the Portland City Center as the western half of Gresham is east. The north-south axis of this area is NW and SW 185th Avenue. And, by road, that's about a 75-mile trip, if you take the starting point as 185th and SW Tualatin Valley Highway, and the destination as Timberline Lodge ... at least, that's what Google Maps thinks.
All the more astounding then that Mike Warner, local news photographer (KATU) brought all this considerable skill to bear to make majestic Mt Hood ... Wy'east ... look as though it was right across the street from the middle of whereever you are in downtown Aloha, Oregon, during an alpenglow evening recently.
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| Mount Hood from TV Hwy in Aloha Photo by Mike Warner, used with permission |
This is the kind of photo that I've always wanted to take. I both envy ... and admire the skill.
Thank you to Mike Warner for simply being, and for his kind permission in using this photo. His Facebook page, where he posts a great deal of similar wonderfulness, is https://www.facebook.com/photosbymikewarner/
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