It has been another cold, wet winter. That will be good for the snowpack in the higher elevations (which everyone in town watches carefully) because that water is what they will depend on this coming summer. It is also good for the packed base beneath the perfect powdery snow that the skiers love so much.
That is where you will find most of the visitors to the canyons now, the winter sports bringing in a good chunk of the revenues in the area. Cascade Inn, along with the various Bed and Breakfast Inns and the ski lodges at the mouth of the canyon, are all very busy this time of year.
Today the sun is out and shining brightly, a perfect day for skiing, but Kent, the town's resident photographer is not on the slopes, he has ventured up the sloppy trails with his camera. "When the light is right, you've got to strike," he often says, and today he is taking his own advice.
From up here he can see Main Street. Many businesses, including his own, are bathed in the sunlight now. Kent takes a number of shots with his digital camera, and then pulls out his brand new Nikon F6 to take it on a test drive. For Kent there is no better place to see the range of a camera than right up here on top of the falls, and he can't wait to see what his new toy will do.
You will be able to see his best photos at his upcoming show at the old Art Gallery. It might be his last show there, word is that Kent is hoping to open a gallery of his own soon.
