Goat Wall from Riverview Trail

Our family vacation in Mazama this year was a bit different than every previous one.  Late August, weather should be perfect, right?  Not this year, it rained every day and we had to just take advantage of any break in the rain to get out and hike.  One morning the group split up with some walking to the Mazama Store, some biking the Valley trail and Catherine and I decided to walk the big loop of Jack’s/River Run trails up from the lodge.   We started out in rain jackets and ended in sun.  We walked through the meadow on Riverview just as it was starting to clear up and got this view of Goat Wall.

Had to do this one in oil, I wanted to be able to use big thick strokes to do the wall.  Probably my last chance to use oils now that the challenge is half way done so I knew this had to be today’s painting.