Day 52

We left Kitsap State Park and were on the road at 8:22. We took a less traveled route so we could bypass Seattle. The traffic is really bad on I-5 in Seattle no matter what time of day it is. It was overcast and misty today – I couldn’t believe we had mist on our squeaky clean truck! I guess we were fortunate to have 2 days of sunshine; we actually got to enjoy how beautiful Washington is.

On one of the motorcycle trips, Jan and his friends rode through the Columbia River Gorge and Jan wanted me to see it. The landscape in and around Portland is very green with thick foliage that continued for a fairly long distance. We stopped at Multnomah Falls, the main highlight along the Gorge. The falls and surrounding area are gorgeous and everything has been nicely set up to accommodate tourists (and there are a lot of them). They have a snack bar with patio seating, coffee kiosks, and a pretty large gift shop. Our “souvenir” purchase was 2 bear claws but they’ll be gone tomorrow morning.

Driving on away from the falls, the scenery along the river changed to smooth rolling mountains on one side and craggy towers of rock on the other side. A totally different kind of pretty.

We found an RV park in Broadman OR and it’s really a good one. It sits right on the Columbia River; it’s very grassy with paved RV parking pads, full hookups, and lots of space between the RVs. And it was only $23.50! We would highly recommend it.