We drove back down to Sandy for some banking business and then continued along the Columbia River east on Hwy 84. We stopped at the spectacular Multnomah Falls. Plummeting 620 feet from its origins on Larch Mountain, Multnomah Falls is the second highest year-round waterfall in the United States. Nearly two million visitors a year come to see this waterfall making it Oregon’s number one public destination. I think there were approximately 1 million Japanese student tourists there today.
Our next stop was at the Bonneville Dam and the fish ladders. This was the first dam built on the Columbia River. The grounds are beautiful with flowers and shaded walkways. There are several fish holding ponds as well as a hatchery. There was an enormous Sturgeon, at least 7 feet long, in one of the holding ponds. We stopped for lunch in windsurfers paradise,Hood River before continuing on Hwy 35 back up Mt Hood through the orchards and past the fruit stands to our campground.
No comments:
Post a Comment