Snowbound

There’s an old highway between Mosier and Hood River that’s been turned into a hiking & biking trail. And on this old road are a pair of tunnels that have been carved out of the rock of the hillside. They’re pretty impressive. Stone arches that look out onto the river. Dark and sturdy after all these years.

And on the wall on one end, is an old note carved into a rock. A bit of old fashioned graffiti, if you will. It reads:

Snowbound

November 19 to 27 1921

Chas I. Sadilik

E. B. Marvin

Can you imagine? That’s 8 days sitting in the quiet darkness. No flashlight. No radio. No Thanksgiving pumpkin pie.