Monday, October 03, 2011

Thursday, August 25, Part 5, the fun continues with a few views and a picnic in Parkdale, Oregon

Finally we tore ourselves away from the Columbia River Gorge and headed south on Highway 35 towards Parkdale and the site of our picnic lunch.

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Pulled over to take a photo of this barn, on our way for a quick visit to Rasmussen Farms.

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Mt. Adams, in Washington, to the north.

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Rasmussen Farms. Mama and Marsha and I visited here a couple years ago, during the Hood River Fruit Loop Tour. That time, and this time, we shopped in their store for local fruit jams and jellies. Yummy.

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One of my favorite sights at Rasmussen Farms.

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Mt. Hood from the highway to Parkdale, Oregon.

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We've just settled in for our picnic. How nice to have shade and a clean table. We're on the grounds of a park-like area, the site of the Ries-Thompson House, which had been built in 19100.

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And a nearby grove of beautiful trees--we walked over there when we had finished eating and putting everything away.

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Mt. Hood--that's one beautiful mountain!

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A stunning wire sculpture, "Winning Team, Amber and Clyde," by Bernie Jestrabek-Hart.

After I took this photo, we walked back to the SUV, got in and went on our way. Next stop? Timberline Lodge, at 6000 feet, up on Mt. Hood!

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