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We have a venue for our wedding! The ceremony will take place at dawn (around 5:45am) on the 21st July, 2007 at the grandly named James Wood Hill Park, set high atop Rocky Butte, an old volcanic plug. It has spectacular 360° views with the Cascades arrayed to the east and Portland itself to the west. If the day is clear, we should be able to see from Mt Rainier in the north to Mt Hood in the south... truly majestic!
We had originally planned to hire Council Crest Park in the hills to the south-west of Portland, but it proved to be unavailable for that day. S after a little research on the internet, we decided upon Rocky Butte and booked it immediately, sight unseen. So the next day, I jumped on my bike and went to have a look. I had to walk my bike up the last mile or so, as the road to the top is rather steep, but the views are certainly worth it, as you can see from this stitched panorama:
Try clicking and holding inside the movie to scroll from one end of the view to the other. You can also zoom in (Shift key)and out (Control key or the PC equivalent!).
The initial view is to the north and the panorama scrolls anti-clockwise to the west, past Portland International Airport (PDX) on the south bank of the Columbia River to Portland itself to the west. The Cascades run all the way from the south to the north on the eastern side, although all the major peaks are unfortunately hidden by cloud in this picture. The Columbia River runs through the spectacular Columbia River Gorge to the north west.
Posted in: chaosboy, photography, portland, wedding on June 11, 2007 at at 10:15:00 AM