From the Chamberlain Lake viewpoint

Here are a few mini-roadtrip photos of the eastern Columbia Gorge, taken at the Chamberlain Lake Safety Rest Area, on the Washington side of the river just off Highway 14 between White Salmon & Lyle.

The lake itself is weirdly hard to see from the viewpoint named after it. We're on a rocky promontory over the river, and the lake is east of us, with two other rocky promontories between it and us. Honestly it would have made more sense for this to be the McClure Lake viewpoint, since that's the lake directly across from us on the Oregon side of the river. But hey, I gather there really is a lake in the area somewhere, although I didn't see it while I was at the viewpoint. There are photos of the lake, and more of the viewpoint, here.

Look at the pics of the river for a moment. See all those whitecaps? The Chamberlain Lake viewpoint is extremely windy. It would be a very bad place to wear that old pair of parachute pants you've had in your closet since the M.C. Hammer days. Well, everywhere would be a very bad place for that, but here would be more dangerous than most. So you can't say you weren't warned.