Hiking and the Pacific Northwest go together like whipped cream and cherries.  You can have one without the other, but why?  Here in the Columbia River Gorge, every hike seems to end at a mountain vista of some kind.  So, this mixed media collage is a tribute to our kind of hikes – usually uphill, usually strenuous, and always breathtaking.  This piece includes the words: “discover,” “perspective,” “journey,” “release everything,” and “Mt. Hood, Oregon.”