Wednesday, July 3

Columbia River Gorge

My mom is in town from Michigan and we visited the Columbia River Gorge area, just a 30 minute drive from downtown Portland. Here is what you see from the Crown Point viewing area that includes the historical Vista House. Inside the Vista House is a cute gift shop and the nicest public restrooms I have ever seen compete with marble floors and walls.

Our next stop were the falls including Multnomah Falls just one of many falls in the same area. Other sites includes Beacon rock, Cape Horn and Rooster Rock. How lucky we are here to have such breath taking scenery right outside our backdoor.








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