Days 19 (Sept 26) until when we depart Pendleton

We re enjoying Will and Christina's hospitality in Pendleton.  This east Oregon town is home of Pendleton Woolen Mills and the Pendleton Round-Up,  (a must-see rodeo) .  Having already done it, we are not snapping photos.   Will and Christina had given us a certificate for a couple night's stay at Villa Columbia, a B&B in Hood River OR.  Below are a couple of our photos, but you would do better to Google it.

 

On the way to the B&B, we stopped at the Mary Hill Museum and then to Mt St Helen. The Museum was started by Samuel Hill and features his interests and life accomplishments.  He  is responsible for the east-west Hwy along the Columbia River, and a number of public services, including this "Stonehenge" memorial to 13 county service men who gave their lives in WWI.  Hill was a quaker pacifist.  It was believed at the time that Stonehenge was a site of human sacrifice.

 Mt St Helens.  It's been 30 years.  The white stuff is neither snow nor clouds.  It's steam.

 

the landslide that occurrred when the volcano erupted caused an 800 ft tidal wave in S pirit Lake, which lies below St Helens..  It is weird and beautiful

The landscape on neighboring mountains is beginning its renewal process.

This temporary bridge served where the road was carried away by landslide last year.

On Sept 30, we drove Historic Hwy 30 for the waterfalls.   There are several falls each over a hundred feet high. We are standing on the bridge about 1/3 the way up Multnomah Falls. 

Here's the scenic path to Bridal Veil Falls.  

Then a trip to an orchard on the "Fruit Loop" south of Hood river.

Can you see Mt Adams, about fifty mi NE?  (about one o'clock in photo).

this orchard had a good  dozen offerings of their apples peaches, pears plums and other fruit.

then they had jellies, honey and baked goods. 

Oct 2:  With Will and Christina we enjoyed empanadas (from the orchard). I think that's turnovers with a price tag.  We checked the tires and got our oil changed.  Some guy rides by the quick-lube hollering "yee-ha". Apparently that means "I feel good".   We packed a couple boxes of stuff from car that we realized we weren't useing or wouldn't need to UPS back.  Maybe now the car will look more like travelers vs homeless folk.