On Thursday (6/19), we crossed the border into Oregon - and lost an hour again! We had two nights in Pendleton - home of the Pendleton Wool mill - where they make those famous blankets. A nice little park here - one that is new to the KOA system.
Getting to stop for 2 nights is something of a treat for us. And to make it even better, we got to meet up with one of our other teams for a late lunch on Friday. It's not often that Pendleton, OR is the perfect meeting place where folks from Oklahoma and New Hampshire meet up! But here we were in Pendleton - and they were traveling from Pomeroy, WA - on their way to Mountain Home, ID. We hadn't seen them since last fall in Phoenix, so we had a lot to catch up on. Thankfully, it was mid-afternoon - so the waitress was very patient & understanding. We talked so long that by the time we ordered our meals, she told us we could have lunch OR dinner! Roger & I definitely got the good end of the deal, for they still had to drive on to Mountain Home - about 250 miles - and they lost an hour when they crossed over into Idaho. All we had to do was drive back to the campground and crash for the evening.
But it was back on the road again this morning. The highway took us about 150 miles straight west to Cascade Locks. We followed the mighty Columbia River that divides Oregon & Washington. The further west we got, the more beautiful it got. Just as we were approaching The Dalles, we found a wide spot in the road and pulled over. As always, I needed a bathroom break - but we got an added bonus with getting a bit to stop and admire the view of Mt. Hood. Roger grabbed the camera and got the mountain - and The Dalles dam - all in one picture.
Train tracks run along side the highway - on both the Oregon & Washington sides. This is a major east/west train route, and I'm sure we will be reminded of it often tonight, as the campground sits right next to the tracks. Right now it's kind of charming to hear the trains, but we will most likely find it not so charming by morning!
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