Where credit is due. It has been 5 days with sunshine in the day! It is wonderful. This is a different place when you can see the landscape illuminated! Delights my soul. And not only is Mount Hood just right there, but a bit farther off is the expired volcano, Mount Saint Helens, which blew its top in 1980. My childhood memories: it had a point. Now it is like a boiled egg that has had the top sliced off. A magnificent view these mountains!!
Go to this link for fascinating information about post volcanic action.
http://www.fs.usda.gov/mountsthelens