This week, the Grind is going to concentrate on the peaks of the Oregon Cascade Range. While most of the population of this state lives on the west side of the range, we Grinders live on the east side of the range. This is a photo I took a couple of weeks ago on my way to work, which on this particular day was a 3.5 hour-drive away, so I was beginning my trip just as sunrise was hitting the high desert. The Three Sisters--South, Middle, and North--stand out, while that huge cloud, pink form the rising sun, obscures Mt. Washington. Taken just outside of Madras, Oregon; March, 2012.