We spent last night in Lafayette, OR at the Sleepy Hollow RV park. Not much of a park, but it had everything we needed and was secure. It was next to a rail road track, but no activity, at least while we were there.

It rained for a while before dark, but I did not hear it rain any during the night.

This morning we headed north east on 99W toward Portland where we picked up I5. North to the junction of I84 and east along the south side of the Columbia River Gorge. The river is within sight most of the time and you can see the traffic and the trains on the north side of the river which is in the state of Washington. There is also a rail road track on the Oregon side of the river that was busy as well.

Even though it was a Sunday morning, there was a lot of traffic on I5 as well as I84. We drove east past the Dalles and pulled off the highway long enough to tour the town. It is a very old river town with all of the shops and eateries you might expect.

Us30 runs along with I84 and takes off at several different areas to make a detour into some of the smaller towns. There are areas along the interstate where you can see the old road bed and it is still in use in other areas higher up the mountains.

Evelyn found Corps of Engineers facilities all along the highway and we past one at one of the river dam areas which really looked nice, all paved and convenient for boon docking. The next one was at mm151. So we pulled off and turned toward the river and the road immediately turned to a gravel washboard road. Not being able to turn around, we continued on knowing that at worst we would have to unhook the van and back both units out to the pavement where we could turn around.

A little farther down we found the facility. It has two pit toilets as well as a level gravel parking area big enough to turn around with a great view of the river, the tugs with their barges going up and down the river as well as the trains and traffic on the Washington state side.

Knowing this was the big night for football, we started the generator turned on the tv and sure enough we got some 12 stations and were able to watch the Colts beat the Giants from out in the middle of nowhere. I would estimate we are about 100 miles from Portland, OR so where the signals are coming from, I have no idea.

Our photos are of downtown Portland and the Tram that goes up to the Westhills overlooking the city as well as white capped Mt. Hood. The third photo is our Corps of engineers parking facility along the Columbia River. There are two other units here and it appears they have been here for a few days. There is a 14 day limit on stays at all COE facilities.