ROADTRIP  TO CRATER LAKE AND CALIFORNIA!
AUG 2011




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PITSTOP ON THE LOOMIS -OROVILLE ROAD JUST INTO THE USA! ALWAYS A GREAT ROUTE.




DRY FALLS,  SOUTH OF  GRAND COULEE!  BIGGEST WATERFALL EVER! LONG AGO THAT IS!



HEADING INTO SOAP LAKE WA!  GREAT ROUTE!



SAME


WE FOLLOW THE COLUMBIA RIVER  AND STOP JUST SHORT OF THE GORGE IN SUNNYSIDE WA.
TOOK TIME, LOTS OF STOPS, HAD THE COOLER FULL SO PICNICED ALL THE WAY!


BELIEVE IT OR NOT THIS WAS OUR HOTEL!

BARGAIN!!!


DAY 2



HEADING ALONG THE BACKROADS OF CENTRAL OREGON  i LOVE FINDING THESE BACKROADS, WE JUST KINDA  HEAD IN THE RIGHT DIRECTION AND IT USUALLY TAKES US DOWN SOME GREAT TRAILS!



WE WILL HEAD UP THERE! I KNOW THERE IS ONE LARGE RIVER BEYOND!

HEADING UP! I LOVE THIS KIND OF COUNTRY! LOTS OF ELEVATION AND BIG HILLS, ANDYOU CAN SEE FOREVER UP HERE!




THIS ROAD CAME OUT ON THE GORGE AT ROOSEVELT, WA.



WHERE DID SHE GO?????



HEADING DOWN TO THE RIVER!


ANOTHER GREAT DAY!


STONEHENGE!!!!  WHODATHOUGHT?






VIEW FROM STONHENGE..:)


COLUMBIA RIVER, MT HOOD IN BACKGROUND..WE WILL BE UP THERE THIS AFT!





SOUTH SIDE OF THE GORGE IS A INTERSTATE...NORTH SIDE IS QUIET AND WINDING...HAS LOTSA PARKS AND PULLOUTS. NICE!!



PICNIC TIME

ACROSS THE BRIDGE TO HOOD RIVER OREGON!


THIS IS A BIGGGGG RIVER!




WE GO FOR A TREK ALONG THE SHORE



BIG WINDS HERE..LOTS OF WINF/KITE SURFIN!




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