door Rob ten Kroode | Aug 26, 2008 | US West Coast 2008
Next stop: Neptune beach. We wandered around hoping to fins some sea lions here, but alas, no luck.We finished the day in our hotel room. In the jacuzzi, to be exact! What a treat… enjoying the jacuzzi and looking outside to the beautiful coastline of Oregon....
door Rob ten Kroode | Aug 25, 2008 | US West Coast 2008
We have to say goodbye to Portland, but a lot of great things are still waiting for us. Today we drove first to Tillamook, on the Oregon coast. There we did the Three Capes Drive, a scenic drive along the coast, with stops and some beautiful view points. The Oregon...
door Rob ten Kroode | Aug 24, 2008 | US West Coast 2008
Sundays are resting days. Not for us: ‘shopping’ is the key word! Nike and Columbia originated from Portland, so they both have big stores. Rob lost it entirely at the Columbia flagship store. From socks to shirts, pants to polo’s, etc. But Karin offered a good...
door Rob ten Kroode | Aug 23, 2008 | US West Coast 2008
Today we enjoyed the wonderful views of the Gorge and the many waterfalls. Horsetail falls and Mulnomah falls were our favorites. After the scenic route past all the waterfalls, we drove to Larch Mountain. This is the highest point in the area where you can watch the...
door Rob ten Kroode | Aug 22, 2008 | US West Coast 2008
We continued our trip: we drove to the Columbia River Gorge. Getting there was simple. However, our navigation system got us stuck in an extremely remote area on a very bad gravel road. Too much faith in TomTom. It took us an hour to get back on track. From there on...
door Rob ten Kroode | Aug 21, 2008 | US West Coast 2008
It was still raining, although not as much as yesterday. We had amazingly good pancakes (and got the recipe) for breakfast and decided not to hike around the lake. We didn’t want to get all wet again. Instead the hotel staff suggested we’d drive around the lake....
