The first 10 days of our trip was hellish, but fun --- in a freakish kind of way. :-) Four days prior to our scheduled November 2nd departure for points south, I came down with a humdinger of a cold and dutifully spent 2 days in bed attempting to ward off a nasty case of bronchitis. Apparently, two days wasn't nearly sufficient rest, as I'm still spewing, hacking and dripping 2 weeks on. That … [Read more...]
3 Nights at Pearrygin Lake State Park
Although I'd been to the Methow Valley many times before, we were first introduced to Pearrygin Lake State Park last September by our friends, Pam and David, when we camped there for 2 nights. The days were HOT and the nights were COLD (near freezing) which led to our purchase of the T@B. As per the official site, "The State Park is a 743-acre camping park in the Methow Valley in north … [Read more...]
A Visit to the Tillamook Air Museum
One of the major reasons for our recent trip out to the Oregon Coast was to visit the Tillamook Air Museum, which located just south of Tillamook, Oregon at the Tillamook Airport. Described as "one of the country's top private World War II aircraft collections", the museum is a former military blimp hangar, and is the largest clear-span wooden structure in the world. It's massive! Built by the … [Read more...]
Two Days in the Columbia Gorge
After visiting the Stonehenge replica, we ventured west along SR14 which follows the north side of Columbia River in Washington into the Columbia Gorge scenic region. Scenic indeed. The Columbia Gorge area consists of almost 300,000 acres of sheer basalt cliffs, grassy plains, thickly forested mountains and a number of distinct places to see, including the following. Maryhill Museum of … [Read more...]
Dry Falls and the MegaFlood
Dry Falls is one of the greatest geological wonders in North America -- a former waterfall that now stands as a dry cliff 400 feet high and 3.5 miles wide. When active, this waterfall was ten times larger than Niagara Falls. The falls were created following the catastrophic collapse of an enormous ice-dam holding back the waters of what has been named "Glacier Lake Missoula". Water covering … [Read more...]