Archive for August, 2003

HOOD RIVER RAILROAD

Sunday, August 24th, 2003

We drove out along the Columbia river gorge to Hood River. We hopped aboard the Hood River Railroad and enjoyed the scenery from the gorge all the way to Parkdale, at the base of Mt. Hood. Seeing Eliot Glacier was a real treat, especially since it's on the rarely seen ...

MOUNT ST. HELENS

Saturday, August 16th, 2003

Today we went to Mount St. Helens National Volcanic Park. It was pure fun and adventure. We hiked in Ape Cave, a 1,900 year old cave formed by lava flow. The cave ranged from 25' tall to about 2' tall. Even though it was about 78 degrees and sunny ...

CANON BEACH

Sunday, August 10th, 2003

Jason and Codi drove out to the Oregon coast to Cannon Beach. There we walked along the beach and checked out the gorgeous tide pools where we saw tons of starfish, sea anemones, crabs and other creatures. Haystack Rock was very impressive. Due to the flawless weather, ...