Memaloose State Park

Beech at Horsetail Falls in Oregon on Columbia River

This is Multnomah Falls on the Columbia River

Picture taken from the Crown Point Vista House

Crown Point Vista House

The Crown Point Vista House is on the very top of this mountain

The owl that we saw at the Discovery Center

Aug 26th (Thur)

Trip meter reads 2996 so we traveled 149 miles today in a bad wind. It was a steady wind of over 25 miles per hour and gusts up to 50 mph. Sure does keep you on the ball while you are driving. We stopped at Columbia Gorge Discovery Center which explained the history from the Ice Age to the present. Also listened to a young lady tell us all about the owl. She can not move her eyes but can turn her head almost 360 degrees. We then drove on into Memaloose State Park where we will spend two days.

Aug 27 (Fri)

After the wind yesterday, the high was about 70 today. We traveled along Oregon 30 and looked at all the Falls. This is the Historic Columbia River Highway. We then went up Larch Mountain which is 4055 feet elevation. The temp dropped over 20 degrees as we went up the mountain. From the top, you can see Mt Helens, Mt Rainer, Mt Adams, Mt Hood and Mt Jefferson. We then stopped at the Chicken and Dumplings in Troutdale and ate Chicken and Dumplings.