Our night along the Columbia River went well, only a few trains, some on either side of the river. More trains this morning after daylight.

This is a beautiful area, especially as the sun comes up against the mountains and the reflection on the water.

As we were leaving, I looked up and there was Mt. Hood as clear as can be. The last time we were in this area, a week or so ago, we could not even see it for the clouds.

We traveled east on I84 toward Portland and took I205 around the city south to I5 and then south to Myrtle Creek to the Tri City campground where we will be for a week or so while we get our mail and other items that will come via UPS, etc.

Not sure what we will do with all of our time, but tomorrow will be a day or rest for me as we drove a little over 300 miles today.

We need to spend some time working on the tow bar safety cables and replace some of the parts. I think we can find everything at a local hardware to make the repairs. I will take time to clean up the towbar and lubricate the slides and make sure all is working as it should before we leave again.


Our photos are of the sun bathed mountains across the river from our campsite.

Mt. Hood, which was shining brightly in the sunshine. And the old rail road bridge that raises in the middle to let the larger boats through. It appears to have been there a long time and apparently still in use.

I do not know of any other place that the train can cross the river. There is rail road tracks on both the Oregon and the Washington sides of the river.

We did not see much traffic on the river as far as freight was concerned, possibly due to the downturn in the economy and maybe just an off season for what they move in the barges.