Welcome to Rowena Town Talk. Rowena is a viewpoint with a zip code: the Rowena Crest overlook and its famous loops of the old highway, the wildflower meadows of the Tom McCall Preserve blooming every spring, and Mayer State Park down on the river where the trout fishing is the real local religion. East of the crest the Gorge turns gold and dry, and the whole Columbia sweeps around the bend below you.
This is Rowena’s front porch. Wildflower reports, fishing stories, crest memories — share them below.