Well, it is a heck of an early morning. My old dog woke me up. She was having a seizure, and now she won't settle down. So, I'm on this while she paces back and forth...
IKEA is full of Yuppies and alternative lifestyle couples, but I found a cheap, but feels good on the back, chair there. I've even got extra parts left over after I put it together. Not to worry, an OREGON logger told me that everything comes with extra parts so you always have parts left over. Yarders, airplanes, cars, everything. The store is in plain sight of the 205 freeway but I found on my first journey there, it is not so easy to drive to. Kind of a roundabout way has to be taken. There are maps at the start of the store and I got one and headed right to the chair. Otherwise you are wandering in a vortex of Swedish labels. Their cinnamon rolls sure smell good though. I think there's a humongus garbage dump somewhere around Arlington that could be visited. That's where most of the PNW garbage goes. My dad took us to a wheatfield nearby where he pointed out original wagon ruts from the Oregon Trail. But that was during the 60s and they've probably had to subsoil and waterbar the ruts since. My dad was from the west part of the gorge so knew all this stuff about the history. There's also the Maryhill Museum up the road and you can visit the Stonhenge Replica where people gather for Harmonica Virgins and sometimes modern druids meet there for eclipses and equinoxes.
The old girl has settled down finally.
The Maryhill Museum was really boring to go to when I was a kid. Full of boring old art. I don't remember much except the story behind the building is bizarre. Sam Hill the railroad guy built a mansion way out in the middle of nowhere for the Queen of Hmmmmm. Romania? Like as if some Queen would settle down there! Except now it is getting surrounded by vinyards and the land is worth a lot of money because of this. You can go to some wineries in that area now.
There's also the Troutdale shopping tractor beam. I haven't been there but it sure sucks a lot of cars in. Outlet stores and no sales tax.
On the Oregon west side of the gorge, you can go look at the original locks at Cascade locks. I did this when my Subaru broke down there a few years ago.
Yup, the locks look old. Got home and there was a recall notice for the Subaru about alternators, and that was the part that gave out at Cascade Locks. In this same area you can drive the old highway that the famous landscape guy designed. You can learn the story of the Bridge of the Gods and drive over it, it still had a toll on it when the Subaru broke down. I don't know whether the Hood River Bridge still has a toll or not.
Well, the old dog has gone to sleep so maybe I can too. Good night or good morning.
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