Ruckel Creek · Columbia River Gorge · Bonneville · Oregon · USA Mossy Grotto Falls I
South Falls · Lower Silver Creek · Silver Creek State Park · Silverton · Oregon · USA Three-Part Harmony
Latourell Falls · Columbia River Gorge · Latourell · Oregon · USA A man tends to his cell phone. At the Crossroads of Oblivion
Ramona Falls · Mt. Hood National Forest · Zigzag · Oregon · USA In the Land of Dreams and Fairytales
Mt. Hood · Lost Lake · Hood River · Oregon · USA Point/Counterpoint
Unnamed tributary · Clear Branch Creek · Pinnacle Ridge Trail · Mt. Hood National Forest · Parkdale · Oregon · USA Convocation
Panther Creek Falls · Gifford Pinchot National Forest · Carson · Washington · USA Strings
Gorton Creek · Columbia River Gorge · Cascade Locks Oregon · USA Spilling Satin
Jefferson Park · Mt. Jefferson Wilderness · Willamette National Forest · Oregon Mt. Jefferson · Scout Lake
Gorton Creek · Columbia River Gorge · Cascade Locks Oregon · USA Sidekicks
Mt. Jefferson from Scout Lake · Jefferson Park · Mt. Jefferson Wilderness · Willamette National Forest · Oregon Even Whispers Will Be Heard
Punchbowl Falls · Eagle Creek · Columbia River Gorge · Bonneville · Oregon · USA Afterthoughts
Mt. Hood from Lost Lake · Mt. Hood National Forest · Hood River · Oregon · USA Placidity in Blue
Punchbowl Falls · Eagle Creek · Columbia River Gorge · Bonneville · Oregon · USA Network Interference
Redwood sorrell (Oxalis oregana) · Butte Creek Falls Trail · Scotts Mills · Oregon · USA Sublimelight
Falls Creek Falls · Falls Creek · Gifford Pinchot National Forest · Carson · Washington · USA Between Giants
Upper Butte Creek Falls · Butte Creek · Scotts Mills · Oregon · USA Front Row Seats
Mt. Hood from Mirror Lake · Mt. Hood National Forest · Government Camp · Oregon · USA Inspiration Point, and the Point of Inspiration
Unnamed tributary · Wahkeena Creek · Columbia River Gorge · Bridal Veil · Oregon · USA Fairy Falls II
Mt. Hood from Trillium Lake · Mt. Hood National Forest · Government Camp · Oregon · USA Indiglow
Tamanawas Falls · Mt. Hood National Forest · Parkdale · Oregon · USA Guardian Spirit
Unnamed tributary · Wahkeena Creek · Columbia River Gorge · Bridal Veil · Oregon · USA Actually taken in January 2011, but the palette was much more evocative of fall. Fairy Falls I
Mt. Hood from Bull of the Woods Mountain · Bull of the Woods Wilderness Area · Mt. Hood National Forest · Oregon · USA Soliloquy
Unnamed tributary · Clear Branch Creek · Pinnacle Ridge Trail · Mt. Hood National Forest · Parkdale · Oregon · USA Like Summer Rain
Emerald Falls · Gorton Creek · Columbia River Gorge · Cascade Locks · Oregon · USA The Promise of a Jewel
Unnamed tributary · Eagle Creek · Columbia River Gorge · Cascade Locks · Oregon · USA Days Gone By I
Panther Creek Falls · Gifford Pinchot National Forest · Carson · Washington · USA Reasonable Doubt
Ramona Creek · Mt. Hood National Forest · Zigzag · Oregon · USA Memories of Ramona III
My hiking buddy Jeff and I were having the damnedest time trying to find the Sahalie Falls trailhead due to the partial snow coverage, and we drove up this road and then back down it before I noticed this little guy lying motionless on the pavement. Don’t know how (or even if?) we missed him on the way up. Stopped the car and went to town on the pictures. No matter how close we got, the little thing didn’t so much as budge. But for some very slight nasal flaring and respiratory movements of the flanks, you’d have thought it was dead. When we realized it wasn’t, we decided it was just following instinct and doing what it was suppose to do (but why out on the pavement when the forest was just a few feet away?). So we drove off, found the trailhead, and hiked. Came back about an hour and a half later to find it was still lying in the exact same spot. Jeff wanted to check to see if it was alive, so he nudged it softly with his foot. It was definitely alive, but it just would…not…move…! We went back to the car not quite knowing what to do. We had thoughts of putting it in the car and taking it to a wildlife rehab center, but then visions of the deer scene in "Tommy Boy" danced in my head and that was that. Fortunately, a Mt. Hood Meadows or Timberline Lodge worker had driven up, and as he approached the fawn it got up weakly. He threw his jacket over it, which almost immediately subdued it, then scooped it up in his arms. Then he asked us if we were packing any lighter fluid or barbeque sauce. (KIDDING…) He speculated that it was possibly only a few hours old (I suspected older) and was orphaned, lying on the sun-baked pavement for warmth since there was still snow on the ground elsewhere. Fortunately, he had a couple of buddies driving up who could take it down to a wildlife rehab center. I’m going to assume the best for this little guy (or gal—we didn’t check, assuming their bits and pieces are similar to ours) from here on out. A respected and trusted member from another site later advised me that it’s not uncommon for mothers to go on long grazing sojourns and leave the fawn behind, who will obey instinct and can remain still for hours at a time. This member also acknowledged that lying on the pavement was not a safe place for the little guy to be and so didn’t disagree with the approach that was taken by the resort worker, and the intent here is strictly to educate and inform others in case they happen upon a similar circumstance. Have You Seen Mommy?
Mt. Hood · Lost Lake · Mt. Hood National Forest · Hood River · Oregon · USA And I Closed My Eyes and Dreamed of Eternity
Mt. Hood from Trillium Lake · Mt. Hood National Forest · Government Camp · Oregon · USA Cylinders at Sunrise
Gorton Creek · Pacific Crest Trail · Columbia River Gorge · Cascade Locks · Oregon · USA Gorton Creek Falls I
Seasonal tributary · Ramona Creek · Mt. Hood National Forest · Zigzag · Oregon · USA Velvet Rope
Horsetail Creek · Columbia River Gorge · Dodson · Oregon · USA Ponytail Falls I
Oneonta Creek · Columbia River Gorge · Dodson · Oregon · USA Autumn Whispers
Sahale Falls · Mt. Hood · Mt. Hood National Forest · Oregon · USA If you don't quite see her, click <a href="http://www.redbubble.com/people/tulatop/works/7659525-water-and-the-maiden">HERE </a> for the story. :) Water and the Maiden
Watson Falls · Watson Creek · Umpqua National Forest · Douglas · Oregon · USA Elementary
Warren Creek · Columbia River Gorge · Cascade Locks · Oregon · USA Warren Peace
Punchbowl Falls · Eagle Creek · Columbia River Gorge · Bonneville · Oregon · USA Roil Flush
Christmas Day 2010 · Metlako Falls · Eagle Creek · Columbia River Gorge · Oregon · USA An Eagle Creek White Christmas
Latourell Creek · Columbia River Gorge · Latourell · Oregon · USA Lyrical Flow
Mt. Hood from National Forest Development Road 2810 · Mt. Hood Wilderness · Parkdale · Oregon · USA Above the Fruited Plain
Mt. Hood from Sherrard Point · Larch Mountain · Mt. Hood National Forest · Dodson · Oregon · USA Rise Above
Cabin Creek · Starvation Ridge Trail · Starvation Creek State Park · Columbia River Gorge · Hood River · Oregon · USA Welcome Mat
Mt. Hood from Lost Lake · Mt. Hood National Forest · Hood River · Oregon · USA By Her Guiding Light
Mt. Hood from Mirror Lake · Mt. Hood National Forest · Government Camp · Oregon · USA Fire on the Mountain
Mt. Thielsen from Highway 138 · Umpqua National Forest · North Umpqua · Oregon · USA The Road to Sublimity
Gorton Creek · Columbia River Gorge · Cascade Locks · Oregon · USA Admit One
Fern amongst Oregon wood sorrel · Siouxon Creek Trail · Gifford Pinchot National Forest · Chelatchie · Washington · USA Velveteen
Coyote Creek · Yacolt Burn State Forest · Yacolt · Washington · USA The Howling III
Mossy Grotto Falls (Lower Ruckel Creek Falls) · Ruckel Creek · Columbia River Gorge · Bonneville · Oregon · USA</p> <a href="http://www.redbubble.com/people/tulatop/works/8776431-survivor-of-the-fall">The story behind the photo.</a> Survivor of the Fall
Mt. Jefferson from unnamed tarn · Jefferson Park · Willamette National Forest · Oregon · USA Untarnished II
Dry Creek Falls · Dry Creek · Pacific Crest Trail · Columbia River Gorge · Cascade Locks · Oregon · USA</p> <p><a href="http://www.redbubble.com/people/tulatop/works/8789722-momentum-swing">Click here to read the brief background.</a> Momentum Swing
Wiesendanger Falls · Multnomah Creek · Columbia River Gorge · Bridal Veil · Oregon · USA <a href="http://www.redbubble.com/people/tulatop/works/8828238-in-dreams">Words and prints here</a> In Dreams
Unnamed tributary · Wahkeena Creek · Columbia River Gorge · Bridal Veil · Oregon · USA <a href="http://www.redbubble.com/people/tulatop/works/8838082-fairy-falls-v">Words and prints here</a> Fairy Falls V