Some sun poking through the clouds this morning, making awesome images of fall colors! The grounds around the hotel are beautiful, including some views of the river below.
Excellent breakfast at a little cafe down the road called "Egg River Cafe". Hood River is a cool town, with some interesting river front development. Lots of breweries. Of course, this town's claim to fame is the summertime "Wind Surfing Capital".
We crossed the river and continued east on Rt.14. Always some great views of the Columbia from this vantage. Next required stop is the beautiful Maryhill Winery. What a view! We always buy a couple of bottles!
Rt 14 ends at the Columbia River crossing at Umatilla. We continued on Rt 395 to Hermiston where we enjoyed a crappy, disgusting burger at McDonalds.
The weather today has been great! Mostly sunny. The afternoon temperature reached the mid 70s!
Our final stop today is the famous Geiser Grand Hotel in Baker City. Excellent fish & chips dinner in the hotel dining room.
(Note on Oregon: the state has a state-wide, universal mask mandate. Everybody complies, nobody complains, there are no protests! However, the state case rates don't look very good)
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| Geiser Grand Dining Room |
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