Road Trip Part 3

Sun setting behind the Cascade Mountains

Because the sun is setting so early (around 4:30 pm) , we caught the sunset on our drive home over the mountains. It made it much harder to take photos from a moving vehicle, but I did what I could. Maralee

Road Trip Part 2 – Mt. Hood

Mount Hood, Oregon Cascades

Once we passed Mt. Jefferson, Mt. Hood loomed right in front of us. On a cloudless day, it is a spectacular sight to see this mountain right in front of you. Again, all photos were taken from a moving vehicles so they may not be tack sharp. Maralee

Road Trip Part 1

Mt. Jefferson, Oregon Cascades

We took a day trip over the mountains yesterday to attend an event. Normally I don't like to drive over the mountain passes in winter but winter has not yet arrived here. In fact, it was a gorgeous, sun-filled day and the mountains were spectacular. We didn't have time to stop to take photos so …

Autumn Sunset

sunset

We have had a lot of cloudy skies recently - fairly typical for autumn. But the clouds broke long enough for a nice sunset Thursday evening. There is snow on the mountains now but the skies haven't cleared long enough for me to get photographs of it yet. Maralee

Good Morning Sunshine

Sunrise on Lake Superior

The weather didn't cooperate much during my visit to northern Minnesota. It was mostly cloudy with scattered rain almost the entire time. But one morning there was a break in the clouds right at the horizon and we had a beautiful sunrise. Maralee