Mt. Hood Hood River, and Multnomah Falls

Mt Hood, Hood City, Multnomah Falls


Yesterday we drove from Crescent City to the Mt. Hood Region. Traffic made the drive crazy.  People were slowing down for no reason, causing others to break and break hard sometimes.  We saw two traffic accidents that also slowed down the traffic to a crawl for about 10 miles and I was about ready to choke somebody.  Could find anyone with their windows down so I just took it out on Cindy.  God love her because she does take a load of Smart Ash sometimes.  But we made it to the Toll Bridge Campground, owned by Hood River County.  It is pleasant but way in the woods and no WIFI connections and no cable either.  Those who know Cindy are rolling their eyes about now.  But she has improvised and is watching movies we brought with us.  Stupid Ash should have check for WIFI and Cable before booking this place. 
Last night we ate at this pizza place called Sawtooth because it is next to a sawmill (this is Oregon y’all).  Cindy started a conversation with a group of people at the next table who turned out to be local Law Enforcement.  To our surprise, the check turn out to be a note.    It was from the Law Enforcement Officers and they had picked up the check for us before leaving the restaurant.  Oregon has good people.
Today July 10, 2017, we went to see the Columbia Gorge area, much of it around Hood City, and we got good photos of Mt. Hood from the Panorama View point that was just off Hwy 35.  There was not much to take a picture of in the gorge except trees and I figured we have enough of those type photos, after visiting the redwoods.  We also visited Multnomah  Falls which is about 35 miles away.  Man was the place crowded and the roads were very narrow.  It was so crowded we could not find a parking place.  The highway was on Historic 30 Hwy and we decided to pass the falls and try to find other parking elsewhere.  We had seen other parking near the interstate I-84.  Well, we had to travel through this narrow highway with even narrower bridges.  I almost got my mirrors taken off and almost took some of their off as well.  The dully is a big truck with wide fenders, so it got a little close at times.   We finally made it off this road and got on the Interstate and came to a parking place made in the median of the Interstate just for Multnomah Falls.  So it was good and we got out and got a few good photos.
We also stopped at the Bonneville Dam which is on the Columbia River that separates Washington State from Oregon State.  It was impressive for a dam and provides power to several areas.
Today we got a text from Hunter Ash, our grandson, asking about our trip and saying that he missed us.  People who have grandchildren know how special it was for all of us.  We miss him a bunch also.














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