Memorial Weekend Trip

After having a lazy day on Saturday, which was greatly needed and enjoyable, we decided that we wanted to go and see some of the things that were on our list to do while we are here in Washington! Sunday morning we packed our bags, got in the car, and headed for Oregon to drive along the Columbia Gorge! The first stop that we went to was that we went and looked at the Bridge of the Gods, which is a bridge that crosses over the Columbia River that connects Oregon to Washington. The bridge was just really awesome looking, the part that you drive was completely see through, so that is does not freeze in the winter! It was very interesting! Then we went on to the Bonneville Dam! We took a tour of the dam here, and then went down to the fish finding windows under the dam to look for fish! Then when we were heading out, we decided to stop and look at one of the locks of the dam, and they were getting ready to open the lock and let a barge and tug boat pass through the dam, it was awesome! I have never actually seen it before, and so it was a great experience! Riley loved looking down into the water!! Then after the dam, we went over to tour the Bonneville Fish Hatchery. It was very interesting! We got to see a LOT of fish, and some HUGE fish at that!!! Riley wanted to go swimming with the 'ish'!! After the fish hatchery, we went on our journey along the different water falls that are along the gorge. They were absolutely breath takingly beautiful!!! Some of the waterfalls we visible along the road and others we had to hike to, which was very interesting and challenging with a 17 month old and a stroller or dad carrying her! But in the end it was all worth it, but we were all exhausted at the end of the day. We went and saw a total of 5 waterfalls in all! After an exhausting day getting in and out of the car and hiking, etc. We decided to go to Portland to eat dinner! Scott called a friend of his to find out a good place to eat, and so we went and ate at Laurelwood Pizza and Brewery, and it was yummy! After dinner we went to Hood River to check into our hotel at the Best Western on the river...it was awesome! Outside the hotel we could see the Columbia River and Mt. Hood! It was beautiful! After a long and exhausting day we had a great nights sleep, and we did not wake up until 8am, can you believe it, Scott slept till 8am!! I am training him good!! Then on Monday we went across the river on a HUGE bridge, if you know me you know bridges are not my favorite thing, and then we went and saw the three largest mountains in Washington. We saw Mt. St. Helens, which is an active Volcano, SCARY! Then we also went and saw Mt. Adams and Mt. Rainier! It was a very long day of driving, but we got to see some beautiful country and mountains! Riley was such a great trooper with all the driving and exploring!