I’m traveling with my daughter Sara now. We left Bend, and just outside of town is the High Desert Museum. It had a special exhibit called Imagine a World which covered utopian communities that started in the high desert, such as the Rajneesh movement which … Continue readingBend
I spent the last 3 days visiting with my daughter and her family in Portland, Oregon. I haven’t been to Portland since 2019 because of COVID. It was nice to get back to the Northwest – it’s such a favorite place of mine. We had … Continue readingPortland
Today we shared rides to Camp Disappointment State Park, Washington where there is another Lewis and Clark Interpretive Center. I wondered why the bus didn’t take us there yesterday when we were so close. But now, after riding up the steep, winding road to a … Continue readingFarewells
“Ocian in view! O! The Joy!” That’s the quote from Lewis and Clark, complete with misspellings. And that is how we are also feeling today. This is the last stop of this caravan. This is the furthest west my rig is going, the south bank … Continue reading“Ocian in view! O! The Joy!”
Today’s bus trip was to Mount Saint Helens. We made all the stops. First one was the Visitor Center at the base of the mountain, next to Silver Lake. Since it was a long bus ride to even get here at the beginning, we walked … Continue readingMount St Helens
Today was a day of river activities. The first bus stop was Multnomah Falls. Most of us climbed the path up to the bridge. A movie (.mov) of Multnomah-Falls, if you can tolerate the length of download. The next stop was the Fish Ladders at … Continue readingColumbia River
July 4th, what a day. A lot of us have been looking forward to this because it’s the Jet Boat Ride up the Snake River through Hells Canyon. And it didn’t disappoint. You could see lots of geology on the way up. The first thing … Continue readingHells Canyon
Today we visited the Nez Perce National Historical Park and learned about the Nez Perce Indians. The museum there had lots of their clothing. Afterwards, Robb and Pat drove to the other side of the river, into Idaho, and drove up to the ridge of … Continue readingClarkston WA
I haven’t had much to post since our activity was driving through beautiful mountains along side mountain streams. And since I’m driving, I can’t take photos. Four days ago, we drove over Big Hole Summit (7409 feet) and Chief Joseph Summit (7600 feet) to stay … Continue readingMissoula Montana
First stop was Camp Fortunate where Lewis and Clark stopped in mid-August 1805 because they ran out of navigable water. Now they needed horses to cross the mountains and look for the Columbia River draining into the Pacific Ocean. They went on foot from here … Continue readingDillon Montana