1000 miles and counting...

We crossed the 1000 mile mark for the trip yesterday driving around Portland! Sorry for the few days off the blog we didn't have wireless in Portland.

To catch everyone up....we left Loon Lake Monday morning and headed up the highway a few hours to Portland. We got there in time for a late lunch at Burgerville...a local chain of featuring yummy Tilamook Cheddar burgers and Walla Walla Onion Rings!!! Topped it off with a rasberry smoothie....rasberries just came into season. Needless to say we had a VERY light dinner. Settled into our spot at the Jantzen Beach RV Park on an island in the Columbia River...very cool. Enjoyed the pool and then headed to a local brewery where Mack could hang out with lots of pooches...The Lucky Labrador Brewery.

Tuesday morning we awoke to learn that Portland was expecting a record breaking high of 102...average high in July is 80! So we decided to take a drive along the Columbia River Historic Hiqhway along the Columbia River Gorge. It was beautiful! We saw a bunch of waterfalls includingMultnomah Falls and took a little wade in to to cool off. (Kristy - thanks for the suggestion we actually found it our own and read that when we got back!)

We made one more brewery stop in Hood River at the Full Sail Brewery. We did a quick tasting as it was still really hot and no dogs allowed. Hood River is known for its windsurfing and it was a really cute town. The beer was pretty good too!

Then we continued around and took the Mt. Hood loop which literally took us around Mt. Hood - it was spectacular. You can actually see Mt. Hood and Mt. St Helens from Portland but it was even more impressive close up. We drove up to the Timberline Lodge where you can ski year round. In fact they were hosting a Burton Snowboarding competition this week. We got there too late to see anything though. Headed back to Portland in time for the sun to be lowering and the temperature to be in the 90s and headed to Andina, a wonderful Peruvian place suggested by Juli via Joan. It was delicious - a must stop if you are in Portland! The only bummer was no air conditioning - as no one in Portland usually needs it so it was a little hot.

Today we took off before it got too hot and headed back towards the coast. We stopped in Seaside, OR, a very cute oceanfront town with a nice mainstreet and boardwalk. We took a walk on the beach and tired Mack out - our typical beach activity! Then drove along the coast through Astoria, OR and then over a HUGE bridge that crosses the Columbia River into Washington.

We are staying in Long Beach, WA tonight right on the ocean (again 1 RV spot away!). It is foggy and chilly here, looks like we will be using the heater instead of the AC tonight! Tomorrow we head up to Forks, WA.

Hope everyone is having a great week!! Thanks for all the comments we love reading them!!

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