We are driving along I-84 heading to the Oregon Coast, leaving the Columbia Plateau heading into the Gorge. Evergreen trees, more cars, more water and boats, I begin to think about walking on the beach.
1.
![Photograph from the inside of a car looking out the front and passenger window being passed on the right by a semi truck with a reflection of the semi in the review mirror.](https://i0.wp.com/joepallen.com/wp-content/uploads/2024/10/20241022_jpallen_2888-2.jpg?resize=682%2C1024&ssl=1)
![thoughts of ocean waves/passed by semi -we swerve/toward the shoulder](https://i0.wp.com/joepallen.com/wp-content/uploads/2024/10/20241023_jpallen_Haiku_1.jpg?resize=1000%2C251&ssl=1)
2.
![Photographs of stones on a beach in a diagonal pattern, sunk in the sand after receding ocean wave.](https://i0.wp.com/joepallen.com/wp-content/uploads/2024/10/20241023_jpallen_2954.jpg?resize=683%2C1024&ssl=1)
![planning to stop/at the dam fish ladder…/stuck in traffic](https://i0.wp.com/joepallen.com/wp-content/uploads/2024/10/20241023_jpallen_Haiku_2.jpg?resize=1000%2C222&ssl=1)
3.
![Photograph of wispy clouds from the beach at Sunset over the ocean waves and two large rocks, one with an arch, on the left out in the ocean.](https://i0.wp.com/joepallen.com/wp-content/uploads/2024/10/20241022_jpallen_2916-2.jpg?resize=1000%2C666&ssl=1)
![above the roar/of ocean wave/lapping clouds](https://i0.wp.com/joepallen.com/wp-content/uploads/2024/10/20241023_jpallen_Haiku_3.jpg?resize=1000%2C239&ssl=1)
We are driving along I-84 heading to the Oregon Coast, leaving the Columbia Plateau heading into the Gorge. Evergreen trees, more cars, more water and boats, I begin to think about walking on the beach.
ohman, I miss the Pacific NW!
Hi Barbara, it has been awhile since I’ve traveled, it was nice to travel along side the waters of the Columbia River and walk along the ocean waves.
Dear Joe – That last shot is worthy of the Cloud Appreciation Society site! Say hello to the ocean from Ace! Blessings, ace
I shared your hello, Ace!
Beautiful views! Thanks.
Thank you, Bob, yes indeed, beautiful.
The honeymoon has begun. Yay!
We are enjoying our time together, thank you , dms!
The second and third photographs and the third poem are enchanting. Thank you.
You’re welcome, ZZ. Thank you for sharing what images and haiku spoke to you.