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.
Trip Log
September 1, 2007
We went back into Washington for our trip to the coast. Saw Mount St.
August 31, 2007
We are in Fairview/Troutdale on the eastern edge of Portland. We followed the Columbia River and finally did see Mount Hood. Tomorrow we will tour the coast. After three nights here over the holiday we will probably go to the Redwood National Park in northern California.
August 30, 2007
It hit near 100 degrees today so we toured the tri-cities (Kennewick, Pasco and Richland) in the morning, walked and shopped in the mall, took Alesa to a movie (Harry Potter) in the afternoon and then back to the air conditioned trailer. We may hit the hot tub and pool again later this evening.
August 29, 2007
We left Idaho and went throught Spokane. We were both surprised at how flat southeast Washington is. It is more like desert or prairie than what we expected. We are now in Pasco on the Columbia River just north of the Oregon border. We will spend two nights here so we hope to have more pictu
August 28, 2007
We took a cruise on the lake today. We ended by going by the resort with a floating green where you need a water taxi to get to the green to putt out. They move the green every day with a set of cables making the hole anywhere from 75 to 175 yards. They also have a driving range which uses flo
August 27, 2007
We are now on Pacific time in an Idaho town on a beautiful 26 mile long mountain lake. There are float plane rides, parasailing, dinner cruises, resorts and tremendous views. We are going to stay another night and enjoy the day before moving on. We have half decided to continue to the Pacific
August 26, 2007
Drove about 100 miles northwest and settled in at Jim & Mary's RV park. I keep looking at the wide rivers and streams that we travel next to and and would like to spend some time fly fishing in them. Alesa keeps telling me to stop but don't know how good the fishing is this time of the year
August 25, 2007
We toured the local mountains and canyons before golfing this afternoon at the Old Works course in Anaconda. The course is on the site of an old copper smelting works and was designed by Jack Nicklaus. It is very beautiful and the sand traps are black because they used the tailings from the sme
August 24, 2007
We went past Yellowstone Park and up into the mountains. Through Bozeman, across the Continental Divide, through Butte to the Fairmont RV Park in Anaconda. We will stay here for a few days and see what the area has to offer. We drove back into Butte to tour the city and do some shopping. With