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| HISTORIC HIGHWAY -- TROUTDALE TO THE FALLS | |
Not quite ready to leave the Columbia Gorge, we moved from White Salmon, WA, to Troutdale, OR, near the western edge of the Gorge and the start of the historic Columbia River Highway. Geno cycled this part of the highway from our campground to the main waterfalls. |
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| A successful result of the Good Roads movement | Sandy River, near Troutdale |
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| A custom RV from Germany -- this
German couple logged more than 12,000 miles visiting several continents over 2 years |
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| This ATRV can go over any terrain but gets only 6 mpg...ouch! | |
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| The historic highway wraps around Vista House | |
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| Rooster Rock State Park, another L & C landmark | The historic highway snakes along the Gorge bluff |
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| Revisiting Multnomah Falls by bike and avoiding the crowded parking lot | |
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| Impressive stonework lines much of the old highway | |
| WATERFALL HIKES | |
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| Upper Latourelle Falls -- note dramatic layer of basalt formation | |
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| We started to hike the Oneonta Gorge, but a logjam would cause us to walk in chest-high water . . . | |
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| . . . so we started off from Horsetail Falls instead, hiking to Triple Falls | |
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| View of Beacon Rock from the Triple Falls trail | View of Ponytail Falls |
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| Trail to Triple Falls passes behind Ponytail Falls | |
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| Odd trees and thriving ferns | |
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| Triple Falls | Log bridge above the falls |
| OUT AND ABOUT NEAR PORTLAND | |
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| Celebrating the end of the Oregon Trail in Oregon City | |
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| We've seen segments of the Oregon Trail on previous trips -- Geno's '96 cross-country bike tour, return trip with our teardrop trailer in '04 -- so we had to see the "End of the Trail" | |
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| Another great roadside attraction -- plenty of fresh seafood . . . and buffalo? | |
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