April 5th Salt Lake City. Most of today we spent visiting Temple Square. We parked a couple of blocks from Temple Square; the cost surprised us as it was only $3 for the day. The highlight of our visit here was the Mormon Tabernacle, where at noon we listened to a 30 minute organ recital by Richard L Elliott. Before the recital he demonstrated the acoustics of the Tabernacle by dropping a pin, and the sound could be heard throughout the building-- just amazing. We also toured the conference center which seats 21,000 people, and there is not a bad seat in the house. There are no interior pillars in the auditorium. Later in the day we visited an old river running friend who now works in downtown Salt Lake City.
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| View of Temple and Tabernacle |
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| Inside Tabernacle |
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| View from roof of Conference Center |
April 6th Salt Lake City to Twin Falls Idaho 210 miles, a relatively easy day of travel. The campground we stayed at tonight had a spa pool which we were grateful to soak in this evening.
April 7th We woke up this morning with 4” of fresh heavy snow on Cassie and Chevy. We knew we had to make some miles today so we drove 350 miles to Pendleton, Oregon. There were a couple of high passes we needed to get over to the coast side of in case the weather deteriorated. Tonight we stayed at Wild Horse Casino and Resort Campground. It has everything we needed including a free breakfast.
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| Twin Falls Campground |
April 8th We drove 200 miles today and finished at Ainsworth State Campground, close to the Bonneville Dam on the Columbia River. We took a tour of the Bonneville dam which was built during the great depression, one of FDR's projects to put America back to work. Our tour guide's job was funded by the Obama work recovery act. It was a real pleasant drive up the Columbia River Gorge with a massive river on one side and the hills on the other. From our camp this evening we took a drive along the historic Columbia River Gorge National Scenic Highway. It was a very narrow winding road right up against the face of the cliffs. We visited Horseshoe Falls and Multnomah Falls, both are very impressive waterfalls with their high drops.
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| Fish Ladder at Bonneville Dam |
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| Bonneville Da, |
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| Turbines at Dam |
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| Multnomah Falls Road House |
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| Multnomah Falls Trail |
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| Multnomah Falls |
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| Multnomah Falls |
April 9th We drive onto Washington State today and finished up at Long Beach, just a few miles north of Astoria, Oregon, a distance of 180 miles. After settling in at our campground we went for a drive to Cape Disappointment State Park. We visited North Head lighthouse where a wedding was taking place, also passed some fishermen who had been successful.
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| North Head Light House |
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| Successful Fishmen |
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