Travel stops in the United States continued:
Clackamette RV Park is located at the confluence of the beautiful Willamette and Clackamas Rivers in Oregon City. RV spaces are available on a first-come, first-served basis. We do not take advanced reservations. Stays are limited to 10 days.
According to the Griswolds, this park is not recommended to stay too long due to the lack of hook ups...
The Willamette River: is a major tributary of the Columbia River, accounting for 12 to 15 percent of the Columbia's flow. The Willamette's main stem is 187 miles long, lying entirely in northwestern Oregon in the United States. Flowing northward between the Oregon Coast Range and the Cascade Range, the river and its tributaries form the Willamette Valley, a basin that contains two-thirds of Oregon's population, including the state capital, Salem, and the state's largest city, Portland. Portland surrounds the Willamette's mouth at the Columbia.
The group traveled to Mount Hood this weekend - did you know that Mount Hood is on the back of the 2010 Quarter?
Mount Hood photograph taken by Eula Faye
Here are some really large cherries that were growing in the orchards on the way to Mount Hood.
Aha - the group found some "Canadian Honkers" - how fitting!
The group visited The Timberline Lodge
This Lodge was constructed in the 1930's (during The Great Depression) by the Works Progress Administration which was under President Franklin D. Roosevelt's leadership. He dedicated the Lodge on September 28, 1937, and in his speech he said: "This Timberline Lodge marks a venture that was made possible by W.P.A., emergency relief work, in order that we may test the workability of recreational facilities installed by the Government itself and operated under its complete control..."
The 1980 film, The Shining, based on Stephen King's novel used aerial shots of Timberline as part of its opening scene.
The group visited The Timberline Lodge
This Lodge was constructed in the 1930's (during The Great Depression) by the Works Progress Administration which was under President Franklin D. Roosevelt's leadership. He dedicated the Lodge on September 28, 1937, and in his speech he said: "This Timberline Lodge marks a venture that was made possible by W.P.A., emergency relief work, in order that we may test the workability of recreational facilities installed by the Government itself and operated under its complete control..."
The 1980 film, The Shining, based on Stephen King's novel used aerial shots of Timberline as part of its opening scene.
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