OREGON VACATION DAY 6

I guess you noticed that there was no Day 5 on the blogspot. Everywhere we went, the sites were closed so no pictures were taken. Linda and I did go visit friends who were stationed in Azores with us. We had not seen them since we left the Azores in 1976. We had a great visit remembering old times. We left their house for a 2 hour drive back to Eagle Crest. We ran into a blizzard on the way back and at times we could only travel 20 miles per hour.

Wednesday turned out to be a great day. Linda had mapped out a trip to the Columbia River Gorge. The weather was great and the views were fantastic.

On the way to the gorge, we took many pictures of Mt Hood. The mountain was covered with clouds for most of the day, but the view was still beautiful.




Once we got the the beginning of the gorge tour, we drove down I-84 for aways. The river is so wide that it looks more like a lake in places. The views along the river were great.

We then went down historic highway 30 and saw a series of waterfalls. The first waterfall we saw required a 1 1/2 mile walk down a narrow trail which at times was about 18 inches wide. A slip or misstep would result in about a 250 foot drop in a lot of places.




We finally got back to Eagle Crest around 10 PM. We had a very tiring 14 hour day, but enjoyed it very much.