Cascade Mountain Range- Andrey Bondar

Living in Portland, Or for a large portion of my life, the Cascade Mountain Range dominated the landscape. Anytime I visited peaks such as Hood, St. Helens, and Ranier, they had a profound affect on me spirituality. The effect the Northwest nature has had on me has been much more significant than anything I have experienced on the east side. Everything is just so serene, desolate, and uninhabited that it is hard to ignore God's whisper. Also, many of the places surrounding these mountains have been made extraordinary through ritual. My former church out west would always have retreats in the Cascades that left an impact on me and made me see these places in a different light.