The Columbia River is the major dividing line between the states of Washington and Oregon. Its head waters begin in Canada and wind through Eastern Washington before depositing into the Pacific Ocean outside of Astoria, Oregon. This river is the defining feature for most of Eastern Washington and boasts many unique landmarks which John has captured on film.
Thousands of years ago, the Columbia River cut into basalt base through a sereies of cataclysmic floods during the last Ice Age. The channeled scablands were scoured out as a result of these mammoth floods along with the Columbia Gorge. This gorge has become a popular gathering place for wind surfers and several historic landmarks can be seen within the area. One of these is the towering Multnomah Falls located on the Oregon side of the Columbia, just north of Portland, OR. Another is the “Two Sisters” rock formation in the Wallula Water Gap.
The Snake River is another of the defining features of Eastern Washington. The largest tributary of the mighty Columbia, it flows through Wyoming, Idaho, Oregon, and then Washington - where it joins with the Columbia just outside of the Tri-cities. The Snake is also the river which flows through the majestic Hells’ Canyon in Idaho, as part of the Hells Canyon Wilderness Area.
“December’s Gold”
Wallula Gap Twilight
December Twilight Columbia River
“Dusk on the Columbia Gorge” LE/100
“Two Sisters Sunset”
Yakima Canyon Spring
Yakima Delta Fall
Fall Mist
Yakima Delta Sunrise
“White Bluffs Evening”
“Morning’s Glory”
Reflections of Dawn
Clover Island Light ll
“Flight Reflections”
“Dawn Stillness”
Columbia Point Sunrise
“Multnomah Falls”
“Multnomah Mist”
“Wawawai - Snake River”
“Goodnoe Hills”
Ancient Sage ll
“Wallula Gap 1/8/09”
“Ancient Sage”
“Sentinel Gap”
“Mt Hood and Lupine”
“Summer Skies - White Bluffs”
“Vantage Sculpture”
Vantage Sculpture ll
“Sunrise on the Reach”
“Lake Lenoir”
“Spring Vista Hells Canyon”
Columbia Tranquility
White Bluffs Dawn
Spring at the Bluffs
White Bluffs Gold
Ringold Twilight
Morning Glow White Bluffs
“Sunrise Convergence - Columbia River”
Wallula Gap Twilight
Crescent Bar
“Columbia Gorge Sunset”
“Hanford Twilight”
LE/50
“Ringold Squall”
“Convergence Reflection”
“Columbia Gorge Evening”
“White Bluffs - 1977”
“Columbia Gorge Homestead”
“Columbia Gorge Fall”
“White Bluffs - Columbia River”
Golden Sunrise Columbia
Crescent Bar
Wallula Moonrise
Golden Mist Howard Amon
Canoe Ridge Storm
Dalles Mtn. Rd. Twilight
Dalles Mtn. Road Spring
Golden Glow Columbia River
Hanford Panorama
Sentinel Gap Mist
