Today featured a great touring day of Washington and Oregon with our friends Mary and Ed. After having a well rested sleep, mom and I were treated to an amazing breakfast of eggs, bacon, delicious homemade smoked salmon, and hash browns. Afterwards, we took a long drive through Washington and Oregon besides the Columbia River. Along the way, we stopped for some scenic points, pictured below. At one stop, the Bonneville Dam, we saw salmon swimming up against the current of the Columbia River to spawn. Next, we stopped for lunch followed by a trip to the Multnomah Falls for another scenic view. After all this, we went back to their house to relax and watch movies to finish up the day. Coming up tomorrow: Day Three... Don't miss it!
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| Our Delicious Breakfast |
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| Mary and Ed's house in Vancouver, Washington |
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| View of the neighborhood where we stayed |
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| The Columbia River |
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| Beacon Rock alongside the Columbia River |
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| Arrow we had to follow to get to the salmon |
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| A Lamprey |
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| Salmon swimming against the Columbia River's current |
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| Salmon Fish Count that were seen passing through the Bonneville Dam. |
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| A Chinook Salmon Close-up |
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| The Fish Ladder is a bunch of interconnecting passageways the salmon need to cross through to clear the dam and get back into the Columbia River. This is one of the views of the fish struggling against the heavy current. |
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| Here's why they call it the Fish Ladder, the salmon basically have to swim through this to get through the dam. |
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| Some of the beautiful scenery of Washington |
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| A toll-bridge connecting Oregon and Washington (we're on the Oregon side) called Bridge of the Gods |
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| My mom and Mary in front of the Bridge of the Gods |
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| Myself and Mom |
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| View of Beacon Rock from Oregon |
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| Multnomah Falls |
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| A whole view of Multnomah Falls |
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| Mom and I in front of the falls |
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| Close-up of the bottom of the falls |
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| Mount St. Helens in the distance. |
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| Another view of Mount St. Helens (around 60 miles away from this point!) |
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| Sign welcoming vistors to Washington complete with a Red Apple made from flowers. |
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| Mom and I in front of the sign |
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