Happy Father's Day to Me

Happy Father's Day to Me - Part 3

Oregon is beautiful in the lushness of the forests that seem to be everywhere. Mountains always were in the distance framing every picture. We drove north towards Columbia gorge and Mount Hood but we were losing daylight fast. We decided to stop at Smith Rock State Park. These rock formations come out of nowhere and are stunning. The park itself features thousands of different climbing routes. We took a short trail to a viewpoint and then down towards the river itself. We had a fantastic view of the sunset behind the rocks and turned around to go back to the car.

We were considering driving to Washington but we wanted to see Mount Hood. We found a parking lot for a snow park in the Mount Hood National Forest to set-up for the night. Gen was impressed the warming centre was still open and had wood to burn available.

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Wednesday, May 25th –Lake Mead National Recreation Area to Las Vegas, Nevada – Day 104 We woke up in our roadside turn out and got ready for the day. Our plan was to go for a swim at Lake Mead, see the Hoover Dam and head back into Vegas. The morning was stifling hot, we were looking forward to the swim. We drove to the visitor centre at Lake Mead Recreation Centre. We could see Lake Mead on the way. The water was well below the high-water line on the rocks. At the visitor centre we got our passport stamped, filled our water bottles, and received junior ranger booklets. The air conditioning was so nice we set up the kids to work on their booklets and hung around. The kids finished up enough activities that they were sworn in by a very nice ranger before we left. We decided to go see the Hoover Dam first. We dropped the trailer in the parking lot. We heard it might need to be opened at the security checkpoint and we couldn’t be bothered. The H...

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