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Wasco, Oregon has a small population, but a big sense of humor. Wasco is in the arid portion of Oregon which is divided by the mountains. The Columbia River is only 8 miles away.
I showed you earlier that the Native Americans were allowed to use nets to catch salmon. The rest of the population has to catch salmon one at a time with rod and reels. This is a fleet of small private boats all doing slow trolling circles over a school of salmon.
A picture of the highway from the Rowena Crest. A beautiful ride.
One of the many falls created when ice dams broke in Idaho and Montana. This one is Horsetail Falls. Probably the most famous waterfall is Multnomah, but visitation was limited by limiting parking to a few spaces. I opted out.
Wahkeena Fall. Yakima for most beautiful. Pretty, but most beautiful?
Back to the city, where I met my friends from Texas A&M. Both are PHD electrical engineers that worked in labs that I helped to maintain. They work for Intel. Mehmet, on the right, is from Turkey. His wife is there helping a sick family member. Jaewoo is from Korea and he and his lovely wife are the proud parents of Leah and Anna (named by her older sister, from Frozen). I haven't seen the girls for 5 years, although Leah did do a Flat Stanley visit when they first moved to Oregon.
Leah rode my DRZ
Then it was Anna's turn.
We had lunch at this outdoor food court with about 20 food trucks and trailers. The menu was extensive.
I camped at the Home Valley campground for the 4th time. The camp hosts, a couple that sold their house, cars, motorcycle and furniture to buy this truck and camper to see America, were tripped up by Covid19. Like me, they were denied entry into Canada. They have given up on the idea of being a camp host until the epidemic is over. They are retiring from their retirement job and headed out to see the USA next month.
I skipped about 70 miles of the coast highway in Washington so I was determined to start at the far northwest corner of Oregon to continue my coast ride. First stop after leaving the Portland area is Astoria where the streets are steep.
And, the bridges are high and long. This one sets a record for something, but I forget what it is. It is over 4 miles long. This is early morning fog. The fires are just getting started.
A friend visited Oregon and, for over a year, has posted a weekly picture of Haystack Rock on Facebook. I wanted to take many pictures of offshore rocks to reply to his weekly post just to show him there was more to see in Oregon than Cannon Beach, Haystack Rock and an adult beverage on the balcony of a condo. I was going to reply to his weekly post with a picture. He stopped posting Haystack.
My friend Yulia said it looked more like a part of the female anatomy than a haystack, so I had to return for another look from a different angle. Nah, she has a vivid imagination.
Along 101
I guess these could be considered hay bale rocks.
Escaping from quicksand.
beautiful, wide Oregon beach, but the water is cold. People wade.
I camped at Hebo Lake, a campground about 40 miles from the coast.
I showed you earlier that the Native Americans were allowed to use nets to catch salmon. The rest of the population has to catch salmon one at a time with rod and reels. This is a fleet of small private boats all doing slow trolling circles over a school of salmon.
A picture of the highway from the Rowena Crest. A beautiful ride.
One of the many falls created when ice dams broke in Idaho and Montana. This one is Horsetail Falls. Probably the most famous waterfall is Multnomah, but visitation was limited by limiting parking to a few spaces. I opted out.
Wahkeena Fall. Yakima for most beautiful. Pretty, but most beautiful?
Back to the city, where I met my friends from Texas A&M. Both are PHD electrical engineers that worked in labs that I helped to maintain. They work for Intel. Mehmet, on the right, is from Turkey. His wife is there helping a sick family member. Jaewoo is from Korea and he and his lovely wife are the proud parents of Leah and Anna (named by her older sister, from Frozen). I haven't seen the girls for 5 years, although Leah did do a Flat Stanley visit when they first moved to Oregon.
Leah rode my DRZ
Then it was Anna's turn.
We had lunch at this outdoor food court with about 20 food trucks and trailers. The menu was extensive.
I camped at the Home Valley campground for the 4th time. The camp hosts, a couple that sold their house, cars, motorcycle and furniture to buy this truck and camper to see America, were tripped up by Covid19. Like me, they were denied entry into Canada. They have given up on the idea of being a camp host until the epidemic is over. They are retiring from their retirement job and headed out to see the USA next month.
I skipped about 70 miles of the coast highway in Washington so I was determined to start at the far northwest corner of Oregon to continue my coast ride. First stop after leaving the Portland area is Astoria where the streets are steep.
And, the bridges are high and long. This one sets a record for something, but I forget what it is. It is over 4 miles long. This is early morning fog. The fires are just getting started.
A friend visited Oregon and, for over a year, has posted a weekly picture of Haystack Rock on Facebook. I wanted to take many pictures of offshore rocks to reply to his weekly post just to show him there was more to see in Oregon than Cannon Beach, Haystack Rock and an adult beverage on the balcony of a condo. I was going to reply to his weekly post with a picture. He stopped posting Haystack.
My friend Yulia said it looked more like a part of the female anatomy than a haystack, so I had to return for another look from a different angle. Nah, she has a vivid imagination.
Along 101
I guess these could be considered hay bale rocks.
Escaping from quicksand.
beautiful, wide Oregon beach, but the water is cold. People wade.
I camped at Hebo Lake, a campground about 40 miles from the coast.
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