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I spent last weekend on a family getaway to the Hood River valley, which runs from the northeast shoulder of Mt Hood down to the Columbia River.  There are a number of photos from this excursion that I will be posting as I have the chance to take a closer look at them in the next couple of weeks.  But I want to start things off with the last photo of the trip.  The one that almost got away.  This photo was taken from a ridge that I passed 2 or 3 times without climbing up to see the view.  Each time I passed it, I had the suspicion that it might give a nice view of the river below with some autumn colors thrown in.  On my way back from my last photo outing, feeling rushed one hour before we needed to check out of our vacation rental, I almost passed it by one more time.  I'm glad I didn't.