We left cape lookout and headed through the Tillamook forest which separates Portland from the coast. We realized the only one we knew in Oregon were Joe and Sylvia. They were our dinner partners for a month on our cruise across the pacific to china in October 2009. Each night Joe would give me 20 trivia questions so each day I had to study. :-)
So we called them 15 min from their house. Ellen said,"Joe you want to meet us for a cup of coffee" and he said " not really". He had no idea who it was and when Sylvia realized she said, "thanks for the early notice". When we got there we hugged and they couldn't believe we showed up at their doorstep. I like surprising people like that so they don't make a fuss and if they have something to do we just move on. We spent an hour at their home and then said our goodbyes and moved on.
We drove along the Columbia river through the gorge which we have never seen. It is spectacular. Truly something to see. It isn't the three gorges of the Yangtze river but pretty close. I know I'm a show-off mentioning the Yangtze.
We have stopped for the night at a beautiful RV park on the Columbia river in Boardman Oregon. It is all perfect grass right on the river. We might stay tomorrow because there is a beach and bike path and it's going to be 85 and sunny. Who could ask for anything more.
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