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Clair & Sandy's Home Away From Home
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July 2004
*** We are staying in Sutherlin OR at Timber Valley, An Escapee Co-op Resort. We could not have chosen a nicer park. It’s located in a beautiful and quiet location and is laid out with large sites and nice streets. These co-op parks are run by a board of managers and this one looks to be very well run.
Thursday we took a sight seeing tour around the area and also toured the Monaco motor home manufacturing plant in Coburg OR. where they build the Monaco, Safari and Holiday Rambler models. After the tour we stopped for lunch in Eugene OR.
Friday we went to the post office and picked up our mail from home. I sorted through that while Sandy did her housecleaning.
Saturday the 10th we took a ride up in the mountains to Crater Lake Natl. Park which was really nice. This lake was formed as the result of a volcano. It’s one of the deepest lakes in the world at 1,950 feet, and the water is the bluest blue you can imagine. There are no streams flowing in or out of the lake. The water level is maintained by rain and snow runoff. The area receives about forty-four feet of snow a year. There is a good amount of snow on the ground right now.
Wednesday the 14th we left Sutherlin and moved up to the Portland area staying at Roamers Rest at Tualatin OR. Thursday we took a drive in the car out through the Columbia River Gorge as far as Hood River. From Hood River we traveled south on Rt. 35 down to Mt. Hood, the highest peak in Oregon. We then took Rt. 26 and went back to the campground. That trip was about 160 miles, but the scenery was well worth it.
Friday the 16th we moved up into Washington to the town of Randle on Route 12, which is located pretty much midway between Mt. St. Helens and Mt. Rainier. Saturday we went up to Mt. St. Helens. It’s amazing to see the devastation the eruption of that mountain did. It leveled 230 square miles of trees like tooth picks. They did some timber salvage on the fringe areas, but most of the trees still lay there twenty-five years later. It was a beautiful drive up through the mountains to get there and something you have to see to believe.
Sunday we went to Mt. Rainier which is also pretty spectacular. This mountain is 14,420 feet high. We couldn’t see the top through the clouds, but we could see mountain climbers making their way to the summit. The literature at the information center explains that the mountain creates its own weather. It was a beautiful day for the trip and well worth it. There were a lot of wild flowers along the roads and in the meadows along the way.
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