Aug. 29, 2010
We hitched up the RV and drove to the Columbia River Gorge area for a few days. Our first stop, after setting up camp at Mt. Hood Village RV Resort was the Columbia River Gorge Discovery Center which interprets the area's geologic, natural and anthropological history.
Bill is standing beside a "dugout" tree trunk that was used as a boat. There were lots of life size exhibits in the museum. The museum told the history of Lewis and Clark and the Oregon Trail.
You know Bill, always looking at trucks or in this case, an old car.
The road to Rowena Crest was quite an engineering feat. There were several miles of these switchback curves on the way to the crest.
Glad we weren't hauling the RV!!
The view from Rowena Crest was stunning looking up (east) the Columbia River.
On the way back to the RV park, we stopped by the Timberline Lodge at Mt. Hood. Mt. Hood can be seen from several different highways in the area but I liked this picture with our flag blowing in the breeze. And, it was COLD up here, about mid 30s and windy. No wonder there's still snow on the mountain.
I didn't get a picture of the outside of the lodge as they were refurbishing it and had scaffolding set up. But the inside was awesome. Huge timbers and fireplaces and this door to an outside porch area were examples of WPA work done in the 1930s. It is a triumph of art and craftsmanship from the soaring lobby to this magnificent door. Notice the huge post to the left of Bill that was at the top of a stairway. Each post on each stairway had a different animal or bird carved on the top.
Tomorrow we'll visit the lower end of the Gorge from Troutdale to Hood River.
2 comments:
Timberline lodge is one of our favorite places in Oregon. The woodworking with the old growth timbers and intricate metalworking are amazing. And it always seems to be snowing up there, no matter the time of year!
Have your rv been like stop working in the middle of night at some lost place with rare people coming to that place?
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