Alaska: Hood River, OR

We are settled in at Hood River, Oregon, for the night after driving only 190 miles. We started the morning at the site of Lewis & Clark's winter quarters for 1805. They made a fort at what they called Fort Clasop after the Native Americans in the area. We spent about 2 1/2 hours watching videos and touring the replica area. The experts believe they have the fort reconstructed very near its actual site. It was really neat for me to see the area after having taught about it for so many years. Especially interesting was the raising of the flag over the fort. The ranger, dressed in period clothing, explained the 15 stars and 15 stripes on the flag, as well as the different things the expedition did with the flags they brought - like giving them to the tribal leaders.
After the fort we went to the Flaval house. It was built by George Flaval in the late 1800s. He was a bar pilot (he led ships through the sand bars at the mouth of the Columbia River) that was successful in many of the things he did. He was considered upper-middle class, not wealthy. The house has been restored to the period and is on the National Historic Register.
We then drove on Highway 30 instead of the interstate. Wow! What Barry had driven on before was just child's play to this one. It was not only full of curves and hills, but extremely narrow as well! We drove to what is called the Vista House to see the Columbia River Valley, and there is a picture of the view. There were 11 falls along the highway. We stopped at three and got a decent picture of two of them.
After the Horsetail Falls we got on to the Interstate and took it to Hood River, arriving at about 6:00 for the night.
Enjoy and talk to you later.