We had the rental car (see previous day’s post) for two days. The second day we drove up the Columbia River Gorge, stopping at all the fantastic touristy vistas and other places, including every waterfall, small and large, along the Historic Columbia River Highway. Anyone driving behind us that day… well, if you were trying to get somewhere… sorry.

This is the rather famous Vista House located on Crown Point overlooking the gorge.

Oldie from our fantastic trip in 2007 to the “other” Portland in Oregon.

We rented a car and took a day trip out route 26 to the coast. (Aaron and the Hicks family will play Michael Stipe and tell me whether I can’t get there from here… I think it was 26…) This was at Cannon Beach. It was a little bit nippy, if I remember right, but it was sunny, great for hanging out on the beach and for flying a kite. I don’t have a picture of it, but there were horses on the beach too.

Need to go back!