Blogs from Oregon, United States, North America - page 129

Onaxthiel writes: Leaving Hood River in the morning showed that heading for a motel had probably been the right move. There was quite a bit of moisture on the ground from the nearly incessant rain the previous night. The dawn was looking promising though, with the sun out already and only partial cloud cover. Driving across the border into Washington again proved that the Pacific Northwest never really lost it's drizzle, but at least it was a mere drip this time, rather than the opening of the heavens we had experienced the day before. Our destinations for the morning were two sites we had seen on the map just about 30 miles inside the Washington border, Ice Caves and Lava Bridge. Both sounded interesting to us. The first town we passed through in Washington was called ... read more

I leave in one week and have just started packing. All I can take is one backpack so I am trying to figure out what to bring. What do you need in new zealand? I'm thinking hiking boots and Glamdring - Sword of Gandalf (thats a little Lord of the rings joke). Anyway I can only fit four pairs of nikes so I'm pretty much f%#*ed. ... read more

Travel Trivia Question and it is an easy one. What is the picture of? And you can't say, "a field." It's a specific type of field. Bonus Question: Where was this picture taken. As in, state and location within the state. The most specific answer wins so adding cities, towns, etc. to your answer will improve your chances, or not, depending. Susan has racheted up the quality of the gifts, mainly because she didn't leave it up to me, so just be aware this could be worth something good. Good luck. Moose and Squirrel ... read more

We write from the Prospect Inn and Motel, a Historic Inn on route 62 to Crater Lake. We are in the Zane Grey Room (he apparently stayed here). I don't think I've ever read a Zane Grey novel but that wasn't a requirement. I thought I would recap our trip over the last week or so. After we left the Hoh Rainforest, home of the Banana Slug, we hit parts of the Washington coast on our way to Astoria, OR. The WA coast, where accessible, is mostly shallow inlets and mudflats, filled with Canada Geese, ducks and herons. Not quite as scenic as Oregon's. The area, in general, appeared somewhat economically hard-hit with shacks and trailer parks. Maybe the decrease in logging has caused problems (although you wouldn't know it from the number of trucks on ... read more

It seems that no matter where we go there is road construction. Yesterday we couldn't get into Oregon because it was closed. Sorry! Actually it was just the bridge from WA but it has become a joke. No matter how small the town, there is road construction. Orange barrels rule America! Thanks for the info. Windie. We were in Astoria last night, which seemed pretty nice. Cannon City is close by so we'll check it out today. We drove along Lake Crescent twice going to Olympic but we didn't stay there. Maybe next time. It reminded us of Loch Lomand in Scotland (except the hills had trees instead of being bare). Olympic was great. We had marvelous views of Mt. Olympus and the Olympic Range and did two hikes in the rain forest. Incredible! I cannot ... read more