View Jon's untouched slides of Mt. St. Helens and Crater Lake National Park in the April 2005 archives section. These are some of my favorites.

John Day Painted Hills

John Day Painted Hills

"I'm King of the world."

Falls at Strawberry Mountain.

Jon and I standing in front of Strawberry Mountain.

The Poetry Stone at the Japanese Gardens.

View of downtown Portland via Japanese Gardens.

Sunset at Three Sisters.

Japanese Gardens.

Japanese Gardens.

Japanese Gardens

Jon and I visited the Strawberry Mountain wilderness area along with Clay, Kirstin, Todd and Chad. We hiked up to Little Strawberry Lake in 3 feet of snow in some points. Much less snow than last year due to the unseasonably mild spring in Oregon. After Strawberry, we stopped at John Day Fossil Beds Painted Hills Unit. For those of you not from Oregon, the stratified layers were composed over millions of years; they contain minerals such as manganese and iron. As it oxidized over time, the layers took on the color of the predominant mineral.

Also included in this trip is my venture to Portland's Rose Garden and Japanese Gardens.