We spent a wonderful Sunday visiting with Janet and got back on the road in the afternoon for the drive to Portland. The ride was nice-couldn't wait to see Mt. Rainier-we weren't disappointed as we rode down I-5 and caught site of it several times. It truly is a beautiful mountain-just as we both remembered it. Paul said he remembers seeing it everyday when he was stationed at Ft. Lewis-it always made you stop and look-not something you would get used to or take for granted seeing. As we drove-Mount St. Helens came into view. Also pretty amazing to see. Sorry we don't have any pictures-the traffic on I-5 is "nuts" and there is no place to pull over for photo ops. Got to Portland fairly late-had dinner-and hit the hay.
Got up early to get the spare tire mounted under the Mini. The guys at Rasmussen BMW/Mini were great and got us on the road by 10 and off to Salt Lake City. The first 175 miles or so of the ride were along the Columbia River Gorge and just a great drive...the weather and scenery couldn't have been better. We spotted Mount Hood quite a few times, once in the rearview where it appeared to be practically sitting in the river...very cool. Made a stop in Pendleton, OR and went to the Pendleton Wool factory. From there I-84 heads south and into the Blue Mountains. Back up into the higher elevations-beautiful views of the open ranchlands and farms. We are staying in Ontario, OR tonite, right on the border of Idaho with about 400 miles to Salt Lake City tomorrow.
Along the Columbia River Gorge
These are enormous-they went on forever-it was great to see them spinning along the way.
There they are.
One of the views from up high.
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