Lean In

It was winter. I was seven or eight years old, and my family had taken a drive down the old Scenic Highway in the Columbia River Gorge. It was one of our favorite things to do as a family, especially during the winter months, when there were no crowds.

If you have ever been to the Gorge in winter, you know the power of the billowing, blustering gusts that blow through the wind tunnel created by the hills and bluffs on either side of the river. Daddy’s favorite place for experiencing these gusts ...