Thursday, July 15, 2010

On to Salem, Oregon


We headed out of Idaho at 8:30 a.m. on a beautiful morning for riding! What scenery, it was just like being on the prairies in Canada for a while. I had the camera and took a picture of a dust tornado, boy was it ever big. We stopped in the tri-city region at the Panda Express for chinese lunch. Continued on until 10 miles west of the Dalles, Oregon and camped in the Melamoose State Park in the Columbia Gorge. Their parks are great with showers and full hook-ups. Had a good sleep. We leisurely got up and left at 9:30 and took Hwy 25 south at Hood River into the Mount Hood National Park. The orchards and grape wineries could match any we see in B.C.The ride was great and with all the nice weather Mt Hood was as clear as a bell. We stopped at Calamity Jane's for lunch and it sure was unique, they even served the Hamburgers in Lodge Cast Iron Fry Pans! We noticed that they were real big so we split one. We arrived at Dick & Jerry's around 2:00 p.m. Rick and Dick are going out to what Jerry refers to as the "old farts coffee clatch". I have got the laundry all caught up once again.

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