Columbia River trip Three nights along the Columbia River. | ||
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| A petrified tree stump at the Petrified Forest State Park | Frenchman's coulee - the "feathers", a natural rock formation, very popular with climbers. This gap in the rocks had a strong breeze running through it - it was like a natural air conditioner | |
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| Not a flattering picture! We ran into a sandstorm, and Peter and I got out of the car, just to see what it was like. | ||
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| The Riverwalk trail along the Columbia river, next to our hotel in Richland. We found some kids who were fishing | And someone swimming across the river | |
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| There was a really neat playground there | ||
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| Later we had a picnic at a park on the river, and saw this big barge go by. I wonder if they just go between dams? | A short hike at Twin Sisters | |
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| There was a freakishly large number of these spiders, EVERYWHERE. We waited till I found some big sticks to whack down all the spider webs | ||
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| Kenny found a snake skin | Just past Twin Sisters, there had been a derailment, which was being cleared up | |
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| An Amazon data center is being built in Umatilla, Oregon, where we stayed for the night. | And right next to it, the Two Rivers Correctional Institute - a prison. This is a shot of their workout area | |
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| Cottonwood Canyon, Oregon's newest state park. It was VERY quiet, we saw about 5 other visitors. | ||
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| Kenny found a great stick | It looked like there was an old road just below the cliff | |
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| Escaping ahead of a rainstorm | ||
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| In the town of Wasco | We spent the last night in Hood River | |
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| An arrowhead | At Horsetail Falls. This trail goes behind the waterfall | |
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