An Awesome View

The first stop that my son and I made on our June 3 trip to Multnomah Falls was Chanticleer Point.  According to Wikipedia, it is "the first notable overlook one encounters as one travels east on the Historic Columbia River Highway" (the Highway rates its own entry in Wikipedia.)

Chanticleer Point is officially known as the "Portland Women's Forum State Scenic Viewpoint," and a plaque placed at the site describes the Forum's support of this landmark. (http://www.portlandwomensforum.com/)

The photos I post in this blog cannot possibly do justice to the views from the Point.  Awesome is an overused term nowadays, but I was awed in the sense of being struck with "a mixed feeling of reverence, fear, and wonder, caused by something majestic, sublime, sacred, etc." (http://www.yourdictionary.com/)

We were there on a sunny day with a pleasant breeze.  I could not help but think of Lewis and Clark traveling this same area, west in November of 1805 and east in April of 1806.  The weather certainly would have been less favorable in those months.

When we drove east of Portland that day, we did not even know about Chanticleer Point - like Vista House (see June 7 blog entry), it was another unexpected bonus along the way.

Stay tuned.