After spending the night in La Grand, Oregon we learned that you cannot pump your own gas in Oregon. I was surprised to be as outraged that the attendant insisted on pumping the gas and cleaning the windshield now as I was that he would no longer do just that 30 years ago. With a full tank of gas and fresh big drinks, we headed for Portland traveling through Pendleton and down the Columbia River Gorge. The first stop was at the Tamastslikt Cultural Institute. I had picked up a brochure at the hotel and as we were passing it I asked Rodney to stop. Housed in a beautiful new building the exhibits included information about Lewis and Clark, the Oregon Trail, and the Cayuse, Umatilla and Walla Walla Tribes. We then drove down the Columbia
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