Columbia Gorge Weekend trip along the Columbia River. | ||
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| Lots of rain and not much sun here, based on all the moss | Vista House, built in the early part of this century, is a famous landmark on the Columbia. It looks pretty funny as it's being renovated with a geodesic dome around it. | |
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| The view from the Vista House. | Latourell Falls goes down straight over a cliff | |
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| The base of Latourell Falls. Fascinating how you can see the broken off bottoms of all the basalt volcanic columns. | Bonneville Dam | |
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| Lots of sturgeon fisherman were there when we visited. | This guy caught a 47 inch sturgeon. | |
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| Duck antics - must have been mating season, because the one on the left kept trying to get close to the female, and the one on the left kept chasing him away. | More sturgeon in a nearby viewing area. | |
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| Biking on the Columbia River Historic Trail. All bike trails should be like this - easy grade, sunny, and great views. | Unusual geological formation along the way. | |
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| We were thinking how cool it would be to have a house out here...sunny, isolated, scenic. | What a wide bike path! | |
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| I crawled to the edge of this cliff and looked down - straight down, to the railroad and the highway. | We stayed at the Beryl House Bed and Breakfast, Eric's first bed and breakfast. Friendly place. | |
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| The next morning we took what's called the "Fruit Loop" drive - more popular in fall harvest time. Great views of Mt. Hood. | Acres and acres of apple harvest boxes. | |
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| Another view of Mt. Hood from Panorama Point. We looked for a geocacache here, but didn't find it. | A view of rt. 30 from an overlook. | |
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| Pete, at the Dalles Dam visitor center, was very friendly and gave us a tour around. Very knowledgable about the operation of the dam. | Tours used to go there, but since Sept. 11th, it's been closed to visitors. The turbines only turn just over once per second. | |
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| Lunch in this diner in White Salmon. Not very memorable. | We were going to head back home via rt. 141. Unfortunately, we neglected to take a close look at the map. It degenerated into a forestry road, and then dead-ended where they'd stopped snowplowing. | |
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| A llama farm on the way home. | ||