Thur. We slept in till 8:30 which was good but we had a phone meeting at 8 that we missed. It is very foggy and cold (have our heat on 55 out) this morning so we are going to take our walk later. Before lunch we played cards and after lunch we went back to the beach for the phone and internet. We got the blog posted and Linda sent over many pictures off her phone to the computer. We then walked up the sand mountain to the top. Middle picture is Linda with the white sweater. It took us 20 min. to get to the top. We enjoyed the view from both directions for 5 min. because the wind was blowing sand in our face.. It took 10 min. to get down(what an achievement). The top middle picture is some art work along side the road. The bottom middle picture was some deer along side the road.
Fri. Our last morning it was very foggy and the tide was out the most we have seen it. We were able to talk to all three girls and my dad on our afternoon run to the beach. It will be nice to have phone, internet and TV. again. The second picture below is the last sunsets we enjoyed here. We were able to play putt putt and Linda had two hole in ones me none. We payed cards through out the day.
Sat. We drove to Troutdale Or. We got there to early so we did our shopping at Wal-Mart. After we got set up we went to McMenamins Edgefield Hotel. It was a home for farmers down on there luck and lost there land. Later it became the Edgefield Manor nursing home. Top left the hotel now middle what it looked like when built. Today there is several of this kind in the Oregon and Washington area. they have renovated them into Brewery,pubs and eatery places and on the grounds they hold free concerts and different venues like the glass blower(bottom left) and art work(bottom middle) which is on the walls and doors. The power station and and water tower(bottom right. They have a pitch and putt golf course and flower and herb gardens(2nd picture below) which they use the veg. at there restaurants. They have entertainment weekly.
When we got back to the campground we went to their ice cream social, had dinner and a boat ride down the Columbia River. When we got back we played cards and did the blog and looked at things to visit while we are here.
Sun. We went to church then drove into Portland to Washington Park. You could see the city and Mt.Hood(top left). It is a park that is 7 miles long with a zoo and we went to the rose garden(2nd and 3rd top). We went to a Japanese Garden(2nd picture below). We drove into town from there as we drove we saw many interesting sights(top right the bikes, middle right moving art, bottom left the elephants). We went to Powell Books a four story book store(1st 3 middle pictures). It is a block long and houses over a million used and new books and have 108 different sections, it has a coffee shop and more. We drove to two donut shops (that they specialize in)which both had long lines at 4 P.M. Blue Star (2nd bottom picture) which we got Blueberry Bourbon Basil(blueberries, Bulleit bourbon, and fresh basil) and Passion Fruit Cocoa Nib(passion fruit puree, dash of cayenne, and cocoa nibs). They both were very good. The other donut shop was Voodoo Doughnut(3rd bottom picture). Bottom right is the Riverplace which is Portlands own riverfront village with shops, restaurants(with outside eating), the Esplanade, and a marina.
Mon. We got an early start going up The Historic Columbia River Hwy 30 Gorge to Mt. Hood. The first stop was Crown Point Vista House(top 2 left pictures) It was a rest area when the hwy 30 was built in early 1900's. There were many different trees and plants along our walk from right along the road to 2.5 miles to see the many awesome water falls(2nd set of picture below) Each waterfall was between 1/2mile to 2.5mile hikes to see them. Some gave us a good workout! Thank goodness we had hiking boots and walking sticks. The middle picture I was standing in the middle of the trunk of the tree. The bottom right picture is called the Bridge of Gods as Indian love story of the Great Spirit. Where the first bridge was it had to be raised 44 feet when they built the Bonneville lock and dam. Total length is 1,858 ft and 35 ft wide.
This is the Bonneville Lock and Dam built in 1930 to put folks back to work during the depression. Top left the elec. part of dam. Middle two top and bottom the locks of the dam. Right three pictures is made so the salmon can swim up stream against the strong current to reproduce. Bottom left Pacific Lamprey they two are born in fresh water and swim to the ocean and return to reproduce. There was also a fish hatchery there(solomon mainly). We walked through and saw the fish in different ages.
The picture below is several pictures of Mt Hood as we drove to Timberline Lodge.
The Timberline Lodge was also built during the depression to put folks back to work. Picture below is the lodge. Top right is pictures of some movies made there("Bend in the River" 1951 and "All the Young Men" 1950. The U.S. Ski Team trains here in the summer. This Mt can be hiked with special hiking equipment.
Tues. As we drove to Wa. we drove through Portland(top middle picture). We went to St Helen Or. thinking it was near Mt. St. Helen. As we drove to Mt St. Helen we drove through Rainie Or. and Longview Wa. which are across the river from each other. The bottom right picture shows they are into logging. As we drove to Johnston Ridge Observatory we got stopped three time with road work and single lane traffic. One of the times we saw a bigfoot(bottom 2nd picture) Linda got out to take this picture and the traffic started to move. As she started to run she fell on loose gravel and hurt her knee, hand, wrist, and elbow. The rest of the pictures are Linda’s trees and flowers. I do like the top right how the pine cones just grow on the top of the tree. The 2nd collage pictures below is of Mt St. Helen. At the observatory they had some displays and movies showing the eruption and how it blew out of the side of the mountain not up out of the miiddle(see bottom left picture). The bottom right picture is the regrowth of the trees. They all had to be individually replanted below the ash on the mountains. It was very interesting to see and learn. When we got home Linda took her shower she was in a lot of pain when she put water on her cuts and had to get some pebbles out of the cuts. I got to wash the car and the boat.
Wed. We slept in, well, we had coffee in bed while we watched The Today Show. We were Able to put the boat away, washed the rig, and used our new vacuum on the car. I put away the hiking stuff and got the car and rig ready to move tomorrow. We got all our mail caught up and the bills done. We went to church and came home to bed and watched a little olympic's.
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