GLENWOOD RES DINO LANDSCAPE

I snuggled up for a fun read before bed, and the book brought to mind the last trip Bob & I did up the Gorge, in January of 2018 – the last year of Bob’s life this side of Heaven.

 

Glenwood Res Dino Landscape. Washington Gorge

2 hr. 26 mins straight driving.

Mount Adams seen from the Glenwood turnoff.

Glenwood Res Dino Landscape. Washington Gorge

My pretty girl, Precious: she was 1/2 Timber Wolf & 1/2 Gray Wolf: Bob fell in love with her too. Our granddaughter, Alyna, named her when we brought her home after she was weaned. When we were in the back country, we let her run free; but in town, we had to have a prong collar on her per Law, because she was "an exotic animal" and people got a little freaked until they got to know her. She was very peaceful and calm - she lived in-house with us, and slept in our bedroom.

Glenwood Res Dino Landscape. Washington Gorge

Glenwood Res Dino Landscape. Washington Gorge

Mount Adams is on Reservation land, so permits are required to visit it.  All access roads are blocked.

Yakima Indian Reservation Land

Heading back towards home via Goldendale-Klickitat Junction, up the Gorge; we’d make the loop before heading back home. About a 5 hour straight drive … all day when making scenic stops. We usually took Klickitat Junction, because it's 2 hours quicker - for a special treat, Bob would sometimes go all the way to Goldendale, which made the daytrip extra loooong. Mount Adams is one of 4 major volcanic monuments in our State.

Glenwood Dino Landscape. Washington Gorge

It really is a very primitive & ruggedly beautiful landscape there. I used to have pictures of the area, but when my old laptop died … the pictures went with it. There was an upper road viewing pullout along the road, and I used to call the landscape seen from there, “our own Grand Canyon in the Gorge”. There was a rock formation seen from this view that resembled a howling wolf. Very cool.

Seeing the landscape from above was awesome, but being on the valley floor among those towering volcanic spires and basalt pillars was magical ;-)