| Oregon or BUST! Day 1 - driving through Idaho and Oregon and Day 2 - exploring the Oregon rain forest |
| We have a love/hate relationship with Idaho. On the one hand, its nice to live in a semi-arid climate. There's fewer bugs, plenty of sunshine, and the winters are mild. However, the other hand holds the one main drawback - everything is brown-ish. |
| The trails were so pretty. We saw a bunch of little waterfalls, wildflowers, moss (everywhere)... |
| The first little part of Eastern Oregon isn't much better... |
| And finally, one of Portland's crown jewels: Mount Hood. |
| Suddenly, we found ourselves facing the Blue Mountains. |
| Aaaaand driving over the pass. Whew! (Not easy if you get any kind of altitude sickness - but we made it.) |
| The name is appropriate considering people crossed it in wagons: Dead Man's Pass (Pioneers were some kind of crazy!) |
| Apparently this bit of mountain was in the way. |
| McMenamins Edgefield in Troutdale, Oregon Our first night in Oregon was spent in this hotel. This picture isn't exactly what it looks like now - it was taken back during the 1930's when the property was used as a poor farm. However, it was bought by the McMenamins company and is now used as a hotel, brewery, winery and distillery. It houses several restaurants and bars, a golf course, a vineyard, lots of walking trails, and pretty comfy beds. (Oh, and the picture to the right is one of many murals to be found painted on any random wall inside.) |
| We decided to go explore the northern outskirts of Portland. Everything was green!! |
| Adam enjoying the McMenamins porches |
| and Adam is certain he spotted Sasquatch! |