After Mount Saint Helens we decided we had enough time to swing through at least part of the Columbia River Gorge on our way to the hotel. The map listed a place called the Columbia River Gorge Interpretive Center about 40 miles along the river that we thought might be interesting to check out. We took Route 14 along the edge of the river but despite the grand entrance sign proclaiming it a national scenic area there really wasn’t much to look at. The views that weren’t blocked by roadside trees weren’t of huge rock cliff faces that we’d been expecting but more river and meadow valley. Not once did we even think about reaching for the camera.
We crossed the grandly named Bridge of the Gods ($1 per car) and drove to Portland along I-84. Yes that’s the same I-84 we have back in CT. Turns out it ends in Portland. We’ve now been to both ends of the road. Haven’t done a whole lot of the middle, but we’ve seen both ends.
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It's not actually the same I-84. The one in the west runs from Portland, OR to Salt Lake City, UT. The one in the east runs from Dunmore, PA to Sturbridge, MA. Why is it like that? I have no idea. It's just one of those things.
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