Week 3 – Friday

It’s now Friday night, and we’ve been on the road most of the day.
We got away from Seattle just after 9am, and had a pretty good run down to Portland (Oregon) and out to Multnomah Falls.
Wow.
Talk about cold.
To some of you, it may have been tame, but to us poor Sydney-siders who have just come from late spring/early summer weather, hopping out of the car at the falls to find it was about -2 (C)/30 (F)…. yikes.
Anyway, took some shots of the falls, had lunch, then hopped back into the relative warmth of our horseless carriage.
On to Hood River, a sleepy little village. Hung a right and headed south into the mountains. The roads got a little bit icy in places but nothing too bad. Saw plenty of snow, and got out and had my first ever snow fight with Max. Sweet.
Then, continued driving south toward this place we’re in now, called Bend.
Along the way, managed to rip off a nice shot of Mount Hood (see below).
Just been out for a really nice feed of Italian food.
Cath and Max are now downstairs at the pool…. yes, you read correctly, the POOL! It’s about -5 (C)/25 (F) outside, yet Max wants to go for a swim because there’s an indoor heated pool. Unreal.
Anyhow, tomorrow it’s more southward travels toward Crater Lake which will be interesting, as the roads will get more and more covered in snow and ice as we get higher. Oh joy… chains.
Then, westward toward the coast via Grant’s Pass, and on to Crescent City.
Cheers,
Bruce.