http://www.travelblog.org/North-America/United-States/Oregon/Hood-River/ Travel adventures in journals and photos from North America , United States , Oregon , Hood River en-us Sun, 12 Oct 2008 19:30:23 BST Sun, 12 Oct 2008 19:30:23 BST Welcome from the Hood River area of the Columbia River Gorge. We have covered many miles since our last entry. Let me bring you up to date.We spent a day in Sacramento visiting family and friends and biking. There are 50 miles of bicycle trails along the rivers in Sacramento. Great trails and nice views. We biked for about 2 hours and enjoyed it thoroughly. Also had the opportunity to visit http://www.travelblog.org//North-America/United-States/Oregon/Hood-River/blog-286325.html Wersquore doing the Columbia River Historic Scenic Highway today a round trip commencing at Hood River driving towards Troutdale on Interstate 84 then moving on to the Scenic Highway and returning to Hood River.We stopped at Cascade Locks for breakfast and looked around. Now to the Columbia River Fish Hatchery at Bonneville which we hadnrsquot planned where they are trying to ensure the http://www.travelblog.org//North-America/United-States/Oregon/Hood-River/blog-227759.html Leaving downtown Portland was easier than driving in but we still enjoyed a few lsquoscenicrsquo routes before we navigated to the top of Rocky Butte State Park. What fantastic views around Portland. You can see Mt St Helens Mt Adams and Mt Hood around the city. I caught some terrific video of an airplane banking in front of Mt Hood as it came in to land at Portland Airport. It can be a l http://www.travelblog.org//North-America/United-States/Oregon/Hood-River/blog-227630.html We thought you might be interested in a few facts and statistics from the tourNumber of days on the road 73Miles travelled 14213 approximatelyGallons of fuel 362 approximatelyNumber of states 34 Oregon Washington Idaho Montana North Dakota South Dakota Nebraska Iowa Missouri Illinois Kentucky Tennessee Mississippi Alabama Florida Georgia South Carolina North Caroli http://www.travelblog.org//North-America/United-States/Oregon/Hood-River/blog-209855.html We knew it was going to take us a couple of days to make it back up to Hood River but it was so cold the next day and we were in ldquolet's get homerdquo mode that we decided to make it as far as we could on 6th. We were glad to be back in Oregon State and the scenery really is beautiful with rugged coast line and evergreen forests. We had not been going long when we saw an Elk stag an http://www.travelblog.org//North-America/United-States/Oregon/Hood-River/blog-209849.html Onaxthiel Writes Our drive out of Uncle M's house took us through downtown Seattle one last time and gave us a another chance to view what all the people native to the area say isn't all that common and every visitor to the neighborhood tells us is constant. The rain was constant for the entire day. Sometimes it was a light mist other times a torrent. But it was unremitting. Our only real s http://www.travelblog.org//North-America/United-States/Oregon/Hood-River/blog-208931.html I am not sure if we were really excited to sightsee today or if our motel was super scary but we were up early and moving. I finally got a internet connection and was able to update the blog and send a few emails. After some time surfing we headed to the grocery store to pick up some drinks and snacks. Next we headed back to Hood River and headed to the post office to grab some postcard stamps http://www.travelblog.org//North-America/United-States/Oregon/Hood-River/blog-178418.html I checked all my pockets and wallets again and again and again. I couldnrsquot find anything resembling a purple plastic card that was my livelihood here in a foreign country for the next seven weeks. I took apart my wallet and my daypack but I still couldnrsquot find a thing. Steph asked me why I was looking through my pockets frantically and I meekly offered ldquoI think I lost my cred http://www.travelblog.org//North-America/United-States/Oregon/Hood-River/blog-146301.html road trip with the family to oregon.i say visiting the cousin because... to my knowledge he is my only cousin. family couldnt be too much smaller.So visited some fam with the fam. along the coast of oregon. yahacts... something like that. anywho beautiful place. took some cool hikes beaches althogh much different from most socal beacher were quite nice. i think some were black sa http://www.travelblog.org//North-America/United-States/Oregon/Hood-River/blog-39385.html Every October when the third weekend of the month rolls around Hood River County celebrates its harvest bounty of apples and pears. Each year as the Hood River Valley Harvest Festival has grown larger smaller events have also sprung up to entice visitors to journey off the beaten path and explore the surrounding orchards at the base of Mt. Hood.The harvest festival is the perfect catalyst for http://www.travelblog.org//North-America/United-States/Oregon/Hood-River/blog-25941.html