We woke to a beautiful morning and headed out by 9:30 to head towards Portland. Our goal today was the Historic Columbia Highway & Mt Hood.
The Historic Columbia Hwy was built between 1913 and 1915 to travel along the Columbia River on the Oregon side of the river. It is a beautiful stone walled highway that passes about 7-8 waterfalls and passes through beautiful forests and along stone walled cliffs. The highway has a high viewpoint to see the river and also the "Vista House" that is run by the state parks, and is three levels--all beautifully done in marble. Be sure to check out the pictures!
Along the highway there are many places that you can pull off to picnic, view falls, and even a few you can play in the water. Some falls are right on the road, and others you can view or hike up farther to. It was a beautiful drive, and the fog that was there when we arrived quickly burned off.
We went through Hood River and did the Mt Hood Loop. It was getting late, and we opted to not head up to Historic Timberline Lodge--even though we were only 5 miles away. We did get some great pictures and then headed off to get some dinner.
We arrived home around 9:30, unloaded the car and then got a few loads of laundry done before Bill arrived home from diving class. His dive for this weekend was canceled due to the cardiologist wanting more tests before his 60 ft dive. He has rescheduled his dive, and we are praying that all tests will be good, and he will be cleared for a dive prior to his scheduled dive in September.
Stay tuned for Crabbing Fun!!
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