Just got back from an amazing two week vacation to the Pacific Northwest. We spent a week in western Montana with my parents in their new house on the lake, and then a week with Alicia's Mom in Newberg, Oregon. Side trips included the Columbia River Gorge, the Oregon coast (mainly Cannon Beach and Seaside), and Mt. Hood.
This photo is from the south end of Trillium Lake, looking north to Mt. Hood. My parents tell me we camped here as a kid, and I'm ashamed to say I can't remember this beautiful place. (But I do remember a trip up to Timberline Lodge on Mt. Hood)
I'm beginning to think that the reason God placed me in Houston, Texas is to no longer take for granted where I live. I now really appreciate the beauty of the Western United States, and each time I travel out of Houston I'm put at awe to the beauty of the west. Someday we will return. Oregon? Idaho? Montana? Only God knows where, but we hope to return.