We drove to Washington Park in Portland. There we visited the International Rose Test Garden and the Japanese Garden. Two beautiful places.  We then drove the Oregon Scenic By-Way/Mt. Hood Scenic loop.   We drove south of the mountain and then north to the Columbia River Gorge and then west back to Fairview.  Some more grand scenery which pictures can barely capture.  Every turn is a postcard.  Look as we may we still haven't spotted bigfoot.  The Columbia river was full of people today for the holiday weekend.  There were windsurfers, kite surfers and boats everywhere today.  The mountain was crowded as well.  Every trailhead parking lot was overfilled.