The RV-12 took me and my wife on what we call a "volcano tour" on Saturday. We timed it so that the Sun rose just before we reached Mount Hood. We flew one lap around it and then headed to St Helens, couple laps around that, and then back home. Mount Jefferson to the south, and Rainier and Adams to the north and east, were also prominent. Most interesting was how a layer of fog blanketed the east side of the mountains, with hills poking above it like islands, and it snaked its way down deep valleys and flowed like a river down the Columbia river gorge.
The Pacific Northwest is such an exceptionally beautiful corner of the world, and we're extremely fortunate to get to enjoy it from this unique perspective. 2.2 hours of great fun. Would have been less time in a faster RV but we weren't really in a hurry...
(My second solo flight in an RV was taking my wife - then girlfriend - along a very similar route, during sunset. This was shortly after purchasing my first RV, a 6A. Pretty sure it took about 1.3 to 1.5 hours. That was ten years ago next week).
I took the first photo below, the others are by Jill.
Helens, Rainier, and Adams, and the fog flowing down the Columbia river gorge. This is right when the Sun rose and we were on our way to Mt Hood:
Mount Adams and the sea of fog:
Going past Mount Saint Helens and turning back the way we came, you can see pointy Mount Hood on the horizon (and, just barely, Mount Jefferson to its right).
Mount Hood from a little closer: