Heading to Portland Oregon

Last weekend Gregg and I headed to Portland Oregon - by car - for the wedding of Laura Snellgrove and Josh Good - two people who are nothing by quality, and who I would transplant in SLC if I could.
Gregg, champ that he is drove the whole way both there and back! I offered to take over, but he was a man on a mission!

Though I don't adore, by any stretch of imagination, single day really long road trips (how times have changed now that I've driven these roads through and through!)....I DO love the Columbia River Gorge Area - it is one of the most calming and beautiful places in the Pacific NW, and one of my favorites in general, country wide.

Gregg and I checked out Wachella falls, a short 1 mile in, 1 mile out hike, and quickly stopped to admire a large dam on the Columbia. Gregg was hating the Pac NW moisture, but I was enjoying escaping the 100+ degree heat smothering us in Utah. it did however feel about 80 percent soggier in Oregon, than we have gotten used to in dry deserty Salt Lake.

Camping in National Forest near La Grange, OR, on the way to Portland


Morningtime - haven't camped in awhile, I was fearing bears all night.


Wachella Falls

Wachella Falls

Wachella Falls

Big ol' Damn