Columbia River Gorge

Ok, so next week is Girl's Camp. Ahh! And I've been fighting off a cold this week, since I'm going to be in the cold next week, so my week as gone very quickly. I have been meaning to blog, but...life just happens.

Anyway, after our family reunion, we took the long way home and stayed a couple of nights in the Columbia River Gorge at a lovely B&B. Well, the place was lovely, but the food was...hmmm...weird. I will admit that I'm one of the pickiest eaters you will ever meet, but I'm pretty sure tomatoes, broccoli and red peppers are not breakfast material. Whatever happened to good old French Toast?

Since the Gorge is best described with pictures...

This is Horsetail Falls, the first one we saw this trip. The lighting was PERFECT for the picture. The thing I like about the Gorge is that most of the falls are right next to the road. It makes it fun for a long trip where you can hike to other falls, or a short drive through when you can just look as you go past.

And the most famous falls of the area...Multnomah. It is very pretty. I really want to come down here in the winter and see it all iced up. Don't you think that would be pretty?

This is Bridal Veil falls, one of the ones you have to hike to. The hike in is great, all down hill, but the hike out .... It was worth it though. Very pretty!

In Hood River where the B&B was, there was a train that took you up to the orchards above the gorge. It reminded us a lot of the Heber Creeper in Utah. The only bad part of the trip was that there were a lot of cottonwood trees with their cotton flying everywhere. Sneezy central!

That in the distance is Mt Hood. Another one of our Northwest volcanoes. The trees are apple trees. Imagine this picture in the spring. I think we might have to do this again next year. :)

Some of you may not know, but Brent LOVES sushi. He loves real life raw sushi, sashimi, nigiri, whatever he can get his hands on. He's gotten me to eat some of it, but mostly the cooked stuff. So, we're in this tiny town of Hood River, Oregon, the kite-board and wind-surfing capital of the world, and we're looking for somewhere to eat.

Brent: You know what I really want ... sushi.

Ashley: We're in Hood River, there's not going to be a sushi restaurant.

(We turn a corner)

Ashley: Oh look, a sushi restaurant.

Not just a sushi restaurant, the best sushi restaurant that we've ever eaten at. We ate there both nights we were in Hood River. And, I even ate some of the raw stuff. It was SOOOOO GOOD. If you like sushi and are ever in Hood River, Oregon, go to Sushi Okalani. YUM!

We ended our Gorge excursion at the Vista House. Isn't it beautiful?

And, since Brent's mom always says that I don't take enough pictures of us, and to prove that we were actually there, here you go.

The Columbia River Gorge is great! We had a great time. We wouldn't recommend the Villa Columbia B&B, but only because the breakfasts were strange. Other than that, it was a great little jaunt. Next, on to Mount St. Helens.