Pacific Northwest Road Trip - Day 2

Here's my video blog for Day 2. Today we drove from Mount Shasta, CA to Hood River, OR.

On day 2 of our vacation we wanted to drive all the way up to the Columbia River Gorge. We had planned to leave Mt. Shasta at 9 am, but we were running about 1/2 hour behind again. I decided to drive the first leg of the trip since Harry started yesterday.

The scenery of Northern California is very beautiful and is very different from Central California. On the way to the California - Oregon border we passed through a number of very small towns.
Around 11 we made it to the CA - Oregon state line.

We stopped right at the Oregon State Sign and took a couple of pix. We continued north on the I-5 and stopped at Country Junction rest stop to let Daisy out. Of course she loved it... but all the new and different smells were driving her crazy. We got back on the Interstate and headed north. Driving through Oregon is absolutely beautiful. Trees as far as the eye can see and everything is soooo green. At Sutherlin we got off the freeway to have lunch at Burger King.

After lunch Harry took over as driver, since I had driven a little over 200 miles. We got back onto the I-5 and headed north. We passed through Eugene and Salem where the skies got more and more gray and then it started to rain. It rained on and off the rest of the way. But I guess that's just the way Oregon is.. I mean if it didn't rain as much it wouldn't be a green as it is.

About 25 miles south of Portland we stopped at the Baldock Rest Area, to give Daisy a chance to get out of the car... and of course she absolutely loved it. I have to say one thing about Rest Stops in Oregon they are very wooded and really beautiful. We also found out that it is against the law in Oregon to pump your own gas. We noticed this when we were at lunch and eating in the truck and watching a gas station.. I mentioned to Harry that must be a full service but found out later that it's a law.. crazy....

We headed into Portland. Not exactly sure exactly what it was but I was very unimpressed with Portland, maybe it was because of the pouring down rain.. but it looked dirty and very industrial.

We finally started to head East on I-84 with the last part of today's travels. It took about 1 hour but we reached our final destination in Hood River. We checked into the Sunset Motel, unpacked the truck and finally relaxed

Will be in Hood River for the next 2 days