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Exploring Columbia River Gorge
For the next leg of my PNW trip, my sister and I drove from Mount Hood to Columbia River Gorge. We stopped at Multnomah Falls, the Bridge of the Gods, a Sturgeon Fish Hatchery, and then had lunch at Broder Ost in Hood River. We did have a long drive ahead of us, as we were on our way to our next stop: Mount Rainier in Washington. We drove about halfway to Ashford, Washington, where our air BNB was when we had to turn around and find an alternate route due to road closures. I had wanted to take a scenic route through the Cascades, but the remote roads were…
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Hiking in Mount Hood National Forest – Oregon
I finally got to visit a place that has been on my list for ages – the pacific northwest! At the beginning of the month, my sister and I flew from Newark, New Jersey to Portland, Oregon for a week of vacation. We arrived in Portland on Saturday night, picked up our car at the Portland Airport, a Jeep Grand Cherokee, and drove about an hour to Mount Hood Village. Our Air BnB was a tiny cabin in the most magical forest! It looked like something straight out of Instagram. It was nestled in Mount Hood National Forest. The next day, we hiked to Mirror Lake. The trailhead parking is…