Traveling up to the top of Mary's Peak on May Day is a double edge sword. Crisp, breezy air produced clear vistas of surf breaking on the Pacific shore on one side and snowy coated Cascades on the other. The down side, were there to be one, was the lack of wildflowers and butterflies. A few weeks of May will bring riotous clouds of both. Though, today there were a few small ground huggers blooming among the rocks.
The tree in the mid-pix stands at the top of the path giving a breath-taking contrast with the blue sky. Mt. Jefferson hosted some fluffy clouds for most of the day lending a softness to the Cascade Range. Not pictured are the ghosts of Mt. St. Helens, Mt. Rainier, Mt. Adams. Clearly Mt. Hood loomed large with sun blasting it's snowy side. The Three Sisters stood sentinel to Mt. Washington and Three Fingered Jack. Mt. Batchelor was not to be outdone in the south by Diamond. All in all, it was a juicy sight to behold, not only because the wind was watering my eyes, but because a sight like that is rare.
The west held a wobbly white line we all debated about until we zoomed in with lenses able to prove it was, indeed the Pacific surf. Wow! is all I can say about that!
Beautiful day to be alive.
ReplyDeleteWish I could have been there. Beautiful.
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