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Every waterfall in the Gorge is amazing and
stumbles over the cliffs. We climbed the 1/4 mile trail
leading to the top cascade. The trail led through lush
green temperate rain forest. Every tree was covered with
moss and air plants.
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Major Sites Visited:
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Grand Teton NP, Jackson, WY
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Teton Pass, WY & ID
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Craters of the Moon NM, Arco, ID
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Emigrant Springs SP, Pendleton,
OR
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Bonneville Dam Fish Hatchery, OR
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Columbia Gorge, OR & WA
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Voodoo Doughnuts, Portland, OR
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Riverfront, Astoria, OR
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Looking south on the Rockefeller Memorial Parkway.
The wilderness of Grand Teton National Park.
Wyoming bluebirds tend to know their limits, it seems.
The Teton Range from the northeast.
Teton Lake in Teton National Park.
The snow-covered tip of the Tetons stands 13,700 feet above sea level.
We saw these moose in Gros Ventre River, east of Blacktail Butte.
Sunset from Gros Ventre Road, which passes through bison-covered prairie.
A Gros Ventre bull moose standing just above the river bank.
Our camp at Gros Ventre, a place teeming with wildlife.
Andrew and Daddy in Jackson's Town Square park.
The Million Dollar Cowboy Bar in Jackson, Wyoming, at sunset.
This is shot of Taylor Mountain from the Idaho border near Victor.
An osprey waiting for food from his or her mate in Idaho.
The Snake River falls from Yellowstone to the Columbia River to the west.
The drive across the flat Snake Valley of Idaho can sometimes get a bit boring.
Craters of the Moon National Park and Preserve near Arco, ID.
We had to answer a few questions about our spelunking equipment.
The last eruption at Craters happened 2,000 years ago, but you can still see the flow.
Life is barely able to hang on in this volcanic graveyard.
Andrew was very angry I didn't want to join him in a dangerous cave.
Eventually we found Indian Tunnel Cave, the easiest to climb.
Light peeking through a cave roof collapse.
A twisted tree in the Devil's Garden in Craters NP.
A little flower holding onto life in the jagged laval rocks.
Our camp in the lava rocks at comfortable, bear-free Craters NP.
The arid east face of the Wallowa Mountain range at the Oregon border.
The wetter west side of the Wallowa range.
A few rain cluds passing through the valleys of the Blue Mountain range.
Rainbows in the Blue Mountains.
The Oregon Trail in Emigrant Springs State Park, Oregon.
The next day we stopped at the Bonneville fish hatchery on the Columbia River.
It was a complex of old buildings and was still a working hatchery.
These trout are almost ready to be stocked in the Columbia River and its tributaries.
Andrew checking out the giant sturgeon at the Bonneville hatchery.
We helped the hatchery feed its younger fish.
West of Bonneville, the Columbia is fed by little creeks and waterfalls.
Horsetail Falls along the Scenic Columbia Gorge Road.
We have officially left the arid prairies and entered the rain forests.
The top of Multnomah Falls on the Columbia Gorge Scenic Highway.
Lush foilage and green now dominate the landscapes.
The mighty Columbia River as seen from Vista House at Crown Point.
They have bumper stickers that say: "Keep Portland Weird."
Portland wildlife in Voodoo Doughnuts.
Something that we haven't seen in thousands of miles: public transportation.
This is a bicycle repair shop. This is Portland.
A big old heron at the mouth of the Columbia in Astoria, Oregon.