Columbia Gorge Sternwheeler, Nov. 3, 2012

Early this morning I drove from my home in Vancouver, Washington to Portland, Oregon to ride the Columbia Gorge Sternwheeler on a one-way cruise as she departs Cascade Locks in the "Heart of the Gorge" to Portland for the winter season.  We rode the buses from Caruthers Landing in Portland to Cascade Locks.

It was great weather: very "Twin Peaks" with whispy clouds, no rain and wind, and calm waters of the Columbia River.  We saw many sights including Bridge of the Gods, Bonneville Dam and Locks, Beacon Rock, Horsetail Falls, Multnomah Falls, Crown Point/Vista House, Rooster Rock, and the bridges that make Vancouver/Portland famous: the I-205 Glenn Jackson, I-5 Interstate, St. Johns, Fremont, Broadway, Burnside, Steele and Hawthorne.   We had breakfast, lunch and dessert.  We arrived in Portland about 5:30PM.