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Pacific Northwest Roadtrip – Day 3 (Cascade Locks to Seattle)

Started the morning in the quaint town of Cascade Locks, just a stone's throw away from the Bridge of the Gods. The bridge is tolled and privately run, joining U.S. 30 in Oregon with Washington 14 just west of Stevenson. Stevenson is an equally quaint town along the north banks of the Columbia River. Washington 14 (former U.S. 830) and U.S. 30/Interstate 84 are both also paralleled by busy Union [...]

By |2018-01-18T15:22:29-05:00October 8th, 2006|Oregon, Washington|1 Comment

Pacific Northwest Roadtrip – Day 1 (Portland, Vancouver, Corvallis)

Day 1 - Portland to Vancouver, Vancouver to Eugene and Corvallis My flight took me to Albuquerque, New Mexico as the stopover point, my first time there, and from there northwest to Portland International Airport. Coming in over the virtual desert of southeastern Oregon, the air thickened with smoke due to area wild fires and stagnant air from very hot weather. The peaks of Mt. Hood and Mt. Adams peaked [...]

By |2018-01-18T15:22:30-05:00September 29th, 2006|New Mexico, Oregon, Washington|2 Comments

Pacific Northwest Roadtrip – Day 8 (Olympia to Portland)

We took a full week to drive around and visit friends and family in the Pacific Northwest between Saturday August 26 and Saturday September 2. Among the goals of our trip was to finish clinching the Oregon and Washington Interstate systems, for me to visit Idaho and Montana for the first time, to meet fellow road enthusiasts Matt Strieby and Chris Kalina, and to explore the Columbia River Gorge and [...]

By |2018-01-18T15:22:31-05:00September 4th, 2006|Oregon, Washington|3 Comments
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