... Steigerwald National Wildlife Refuge located right at the entrance of the Columbia Gorge National Scenic Area. A close ... 2 meandering miles along sloughs and through columns of cottonwoods towards the Columbia River. Want to stretch your legs out more? Then head east or ... center of Washougal. All of this will be in my upcoming Day Hiking Columbia Gorge Book. You won't find it in any other book on ...

... country teammate, Chad Sperry, who is the race director for the Columbia Gorge Marathon. Chad and his wife were in Hood ... I wanted to go, so I enjoyed the two mile climb up to the Historic Columbia River Highway State Trail with Ryan ... Gorge Marathon in 2:45:29. Although about 1/2 mile short (about 3 min.), ... weather (high-40s, no wind - crazy for in the Gorge, overcast), the post-race food, the cool ...

Since I've been meaning to write a post for over a week now to recap the columbia gorge marathon, well, here goes! This year, I really wanted to do a fall marathon. Since my MN days, ... line. I drove out there on race morning, and was a little intimidated by some of the strong winds in the gorge in the amazingly dark early morning; if it was going to be that windy, the race would not be fun. ...

National Geographic Traveler magazine has just released its 2009 Destination Scorecard to the world's most iconic destinations. The Columbia Gorge region ranks #6 overall out of 133 places around the world. Click here to read about it from National Geographic Traveler The region received high-praise, including this comment ...

Here are some pics of our ride today. Group photo I'm second in from left side. Washington state on left and Oregon on the right. Attached Images Marc's-BZ-Corner-Ride-09.jpg (56.6 KB) Marc's-BZ-Corner-Ride-05.jpg (82.8 KB) Marc's-BZ-Corner-Ride-02.jpg (100.3 KB) Marc's-BZ-Corner-Ride-10.jpg (62.4 KB)

... We're had some beautiful evening skies, with clouds over the western gorge. I love it now that the leaves are gone, I can see the lights of Hood River. Apples Harvested The two ... and Music Abound Last night's entertainment was a book signing, slide show and talk by the authors of Cataclysms on the Columbia at the Columbia Gorge Center for the Arts. Lloyd now pretty much has the complete ...