Friday after a skype
visit with John’s parents we drove the Mount Hood scenic route. Although it was foggy when we woke up, by the time we did the drive, the
day became sunny and warm. We had wonderful clear views of Mount Hood and as a
bonus there were great views of Mount Saint Helens as we came down off the
mountain toward Hood River.
From Hood River we went back to the RV park by the Historic Columbia river highway, stopping at numerous waterfalls along the route. At Multnomah Falls, we parked next to a car which had a window smashed out. The people had been at the fall for about an hour, and came back to find that someone had stolen a purse from the car. We lent them our whisk broom to sweep out the glass fragments.
After the area with the waterfalls, we got great views of the Columbia Valley from Vista House.
From Hood River we went back to the RV park by the Historic Columbia river highway, stopping at numerous waterfalls along the route. At Multnomah Falls, we parked next to a car which had a window smashed out. The people had been at the fall for about an hour, and came back to find that someone had stolen a purse from the car. We lent them our whisk broom to sweep out the glass fragments.
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| Horsetail Falls |
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| Multnomah Falls |
After the area with the waterfalls, we got great views of the Columbia Valley from Vista House.
Saturday we explored
main street of Troutdale, stopped and picked up some homemade salsa and some
lettuce at a framers market. We wandered through the Premium Outlet mall, only picking up some vitamins at a very good price. After going back to the trailer to have lunch and pick up the truck we
went to Kmart and Burlington coat factory. John found a jacket to his liking,
Joan is still looking for a new pair of jeans. This is the final day of
football, so we headed back to the trailer to watch the double header that
determined which teams are in the playoffs.
Sunday started as a
rainy day, as promised by the weatherman. We consoled ourselves by noting it was
snowing in Alberta. We walked to the Ye Olde Pub for breakfast. It appears to be
one of the few places open on a Sunday morning. After a nice breakfast we walked
back to the trailer in time to watch the 2nd last Nascar race of the season.
Joan made bread and while it was baking the sun came out.
Monday we enjoyed the
drive from Troutdale to the coast. It was a beautiful sunny warm day. We drove
through wine country and a wonderful forest. We stopped for lunch at a viewpoint
south of Licoln City. Around 1 we arrived at Beverly Beach State Park. After discussions with campground hosts, cleaning
staff and finally a park ranger we were able to get a site long enough for us,
that was full service. including cable tv. We knew that it would be impossible
to get a satellite signal through all these trees.
Tuesday morning we
made lunch and headed to the beach. We walked along the ocean for a couple of
hours, watched some seagulls having a bath in a stream flowing into the ocean as
well as some young people surfing. We assumed they are young people, because it
is far too cold for us more mature types to be in the ocean at this time of
year. There are very few birds on the shore,
It is much cooler here than it was at the gulf coast last winter. Lucky for us
the cold front that has come down from Canada and is causing havoc everywhere
else in the states is not effecting us along the coast. It was pretty bad along the Columbia around Portland, so our timing worked out well.
Wednesday, after doing some maintenance and house work we completed the
nature trail that encircles the park. The trail reminds us of many trails we
have enjoyed in various rain forests. There are many trees, called 'octopus trees' that look like the one below. Large stumps were left when the area was logged, and some new trees germinate on top of the old stump. They send roots down through the stump into the soil below, and after the old stump rots away, the tops of the roots are exposed, and grow bark to protect themselves.
Later in the afternoon we went up to the welcome centre so that John could get on-line to get instructions on how to use the app he downloaded on the phone to assist him in locating the satellite signal. We will try that app out the next time we are in a place that has fewer trees that this park. After dinner we got a text from Trever. Taylor is in the hospital with type 1 diabetes. Amazing since James was diagnosed with the same problem when we arrived back to Cochrane in August. We had a chat with Trev, he says Taylor is okay and they caught this problem earlier than they had with James.
Later in the afternoon we went up to the welcome centre so that John could get on-line to get instructions on how to use the app he downloaded on the phone to assist him in locating the satellite signal. We will try that app out the next time we are in a place that has fewer trees that this park. After dinner we got a text from Trever. Taylor is in the hospital with type 1 diabetes. Amazing since James was diagnosed with the same problem when we arrived back to Cochrane in August. We had a chat with Trev, he says Taylor is okay and they caught this problem earlier than they had with James.
Thursday we woke to our first rainy day. Since it was too wet to go walking
we drove south down the coast to check out campgrounds and pick up groceries. We
stopped at a few viewpoints to watch the surf boiling in on the shore.
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