Oregon

13 Aug     Auburn, WA to Portland, OR     158 miles

We drove to Oregon today. We're staying at the Columbia River RV Park which is located outside of Portland. They have a Good Sam rate of $30 per day. We're going to stay here for 4 nights and just take it easy. This park is pretty nice. It's big and clean but our site is located right by a busy road so it's a little noisy.  I'm having a hard time finding nice RV parks in this area. I was actually trying to find a park closer to my cousin, Jake Yamanoha. He lives in Hillsboro which is about 40 minutes away from here.



15 Aug  We've spent the last 3 days just being lazy. We've been doing some cleaning and lot's of watching TV. This evening we drove out to Jake's house in Hillsboro. We had a nice evening visiting with Jake, his wife Yvonne and their children. They have a beautiful home in a convenient location to school and Yvonne's work. We had a nice visit....Joe drank too much and we left kind of late for a Thursday night. Both Yvonne and Jake had to work in the morning.

Yvonne, Kawika, Jake

Vista House

16 Aug   Today we drove the Historic Columbia River Highway. Our first stop was the Vista House on Crown Point. Vista House has an amazing view, it's the Columbia River Gorge scenic observation point. There were a lot of clouds in the way today, so we couldn't get a clear shot of the view. This historic highway runs about 12 miles. Amazing scenery with lots of waterfalls along the way. We took our time, hiked a little, had lunch, took a lot of pictures and just had a good time. We took about 3 hours to drive the highway.

Not a clear view, but still amazing

Multnomah Falls

Having lunch at Horsetail Falls

17 Aug   Portland to Canyonville, OR     212 miles     7 hrs 10 mins
We drove south today to Canyonville. It took us over 7 hours because we stopped at Woodburn Premium Outlets for about 2 hours to do a little shopping. I could have shopped longer but Joe was in the RV watching TV waiting for me. Then we went to Costco in Salem to fill up gas. We arrived at Seven Feathers RV Resort in the late afternoon. This really is a resort.....clean, spacious sites with tables, walking trails, indoor swimming pool, hot tub, fitness center, family style restroom and showers, laundry, horseshoe pits, free wi-fi and cable TV, and a complimentary shuttle to the Casino across the street. I'm so happy with this place, we're staying here for a week. They give a Good Sam discount and if you get a players card from the Casino you get another discount. So for our 1 week stay its costing us $200.88, good deal for a place like this.

Our home for the next week

Joe cooking dinner

18 Aug - 23 Aug  This last week was very relaxing for us. We started walking everyday, only about 40 minutes every morning. Just trying to get back in the groove of exercising. We also go swimming and sit in the hot tub everyday....life is good!
Here at Seven Feathers, they have a truck center with  a tire shop. Our front tires was wearing out uneven so Joe got our tires rotated.
We cleaned and waxed the RV and the Kia. After driving the Alaska highway, both needed a good cleaning. We're not completely done but it looks a lot better.

Seven Feathers Casino