HIT N THE ROAD: CASCADE LOCKS, OREGON

It is Aug. 5th and we are here at Cascade Locks Koa in Oregon. We are only staying 2 nights so we have to accomplish a lot. We got in before 2pm and set up and then went to see some gorgeous waterfalls about 20 minutes away. I hope you like the pic. I took a video but you will have to turn it sideways to watch. It seems when you hold any camera vertically to take a video it will flip it 90 degrees. Anyhoo, then we went to the fish hatchery where they raise trout and sturgeon. We saw a 12 foot sturgeon named Herman and he is about 50 years old. Had a nice dinner and relaxed the rest of the evening.

Well, today we have made arrangements to go zip lining in Stevenson, Washington which is right across from where we are over the Bridge of the Gods over the Columbia River. It only took us about 20 minutes to get there and we were in a beautiful lodge. We had lunch before we went on our tour and we both had the special which was corkscrew pasta with fresh marinara sauce with chicken breast and parmesan cheese. We had some homemade bread with it and it was very filling.

Well, now to the zip line tour. We got all geared up and had to take a long hike into the forest. We climbed up hills to get to the first zip line platform. This is really cool. All in all we will take 8 zip lines across the forest, starting with very short to very long. We also had to cross 3 suspension bridges to get to the platform and that was the hairiest part for me. The first 2 were short and easy. Then we had to rappel down to the ground to get to the furthest one. This is not something for the faint of heart to do. The rappelling was the favorite part for me. I took a few pics and some video of me coming in to the last platform. Enjoy. Some is of us and others of the group we were with, a family of four. We had a great time. It took about 2 hours and the weather has cooled down a lot and was delightful. Walking to one of the platforms we passed some blackberry bushes and had a snack.

All in all a wonderful day. One more thing crossed off the bucket list. Tomorrow we go to Lincoln City, Oregon on the coast, oh we will be having crabs and clams all week. Yum, yum.