I always enjoy bridges with unique design. Along the Columbia river east of Portland, there are a couple of aerial lift bridges. These are bridges which have a section that lifts vertically so that ships can pass under.
We are still quite a ways away from Mt. Hood, but it is very prominent on the horizon.
Where the Hood river joins the Columbia river we saw about 30 kite boarders and several sail boarders enjoying the winds and the water. The kite boarders have a large parasail type kite that has long cable leads attached to a handle and a harness which they wear. They ski back and forth and can jump 15-20 feet out of the water at times. It was fun to watch them and we wondered how they kept from getting tangled up in each others kites.
