Oregon

Map Oregon

 

Columbia River Gorge

 

Multnomah Falls

Columbia River Gorge

Myself and Ian by the falls.

Astoria

From Battleground we drove down the mighty Columbia River to its mouth into the Pacific Ocean.

 

Megler Bridge

Our entry to Astoria was across the impressive 14 mile long Megler Bridge

 

 

The old port city of Astoria is interesting and a little unusual.

This trolley takes tourists up and down the waterfront for a few dollars.

The 100 year old Trolley is a draw card to this picturesque coastal town.

The restored Trolley has been fitted with an electric motor and it tows a generator to power it.

The operators point interesting things and fill us in with the history of the town.

 

The remains of a once thriving port is evident along the shoreline.

This building was bought by an artist to establish a gallery on the water.

 

Cannon Beach

 

Haystack Rock

Cannon Beach

A view of Haystack Rock from the south.

A couple of interesting coastal vista's.

Note: a mist rolls in from the right. 

Our views were continually being blocked by these fogs.

 

We came to a stop on the coast called Sea Lion Caves.

From the car park at road level we caught an elevator down a couple of hundred feet to the caves. Beats walking up the steep cliff.

The elevator opens to a cave which overlooks the sea lion cave.

The road continually opened to magnificent vistas.

 

Brookings and Harbour

 

One of our Boondocking venues are Casinos.

We stayed overnight at the Lucky 7 Casino and woke up to a local club car meet.

This unassuming beast was a 1995 Ford Windstar people mover hiding a second supercharged chevy 350 engine. 14 cylinders in total. He blows away any takers at the lights.

A Hot Rod Tow Truck.

This 1960 Corvette is for sale. $55K.

51 Ford F-1 Pickup with mega noise in the tub.

 

 

 



Washington (State)

Map Washington State.

 

Back in Washington we went to the RV Park in Issaquah, near Seattle.

Chris caught up with her chores and I with mine.

Vista of Seattle.

The Pike Place Market

This is famous fish shop at the market where they attract a crowd to watch them throw large fish across to the fishmongers for filleting. The crowd roars and applauds each time one takes a flight.

The market has a huge selection of seafood and other fresh goods for sale.

 

There was a fair on and I heard the Blue Angels were to put on a air show.

 

I had to go and see them. We went to Mercer Island, an area near the river that we thought we would get a good vantage point. As we walked down toward the river the Blue Angels flew over behind us on a low level pass and at super sonic speed. I had to brace myself as the sound shocked me and nearly knocked me off my feet.

 

 The aerial display was awesome.

It seemed many other locals had the same idea and we got caught up in a huge traffic jam when we tried to leave.
 

There is a picturesque scenic drive out of Seattle called the The Cascade Loop

 

 

Mossy trees in one of the forests.

The melting spring snow on North Cascades NP

A mossy creek.

A farm house that has been crushed, I guess by snow.

Ross Lake overlook.

In the midst of this spectacular vista runs high tension power lines. In fact the island in the lake made a good base for this tower.

Washington Pass

 

My Sister and brother-in-law, Lyn and Ian, flew in to Portland, Oregon to join us on a road trip down the coast and across to Las Vegas. We set up camp near Battlefield close to the Oregon State Line.

Our first trip was to Mount St. Helens

This is one of the bridges on the road leading to the mountain.

 

North Fort Toutle River

This was a crystal clear mountain lake we stopped to view on the way up.

Ian enjoys the view.

Mount St. Helens 

For those old enough to remember, Mount St. Helens erupted in 1980 exploding out the side of the mountain and causing many deaths and major destruction.

 

Here the ranger at the Visitors Centre shows 2 photographs. The left is the mountain as it looked some time before the eruption and the right shows the enormous bulge just prior to the eruption.

 

A ground squirrel watches the tourists.

Ian, Lyn, myself and Chris.

 

Happy hour by a fire.