Some years ago, I was at a conference in Portland and contacted brother Tom who lived in Seattle, to meet me at the conference hotel. Tom drove down in his old VW with a Grateful Dead logo on the side window. We had planned to drive in his old VW along the Columbia River, then to Mt Hood. To drive the historic highway in his car, which didn’t have a clutch, therefore, requiring Tom to shift by jamming into each gear was more than I could take. So, I rented a car for our day excursion.
Because of my past experience with my brother, when planning the drive from Portland to Seattle included enough time for Joy and I to drive the Historic Columbia River Highway.
The Highway is a beautiful, twisting highway that Joy insists on driving since she says I drive too fast.
Joy driving gave me plenty of opportunities to take photos and videos.
This clip has a couple of sharp 90-degree turns.
Looking west along the Columbia River from The Vista House.
Looking east from the Vista House.
A Vista House Video Clip.
A video clip from inside the Vista House.
A Gallery of Some of the Falls Along Scenic the Historic Columbia River Highway.
Before leaving the scenic Columbia area, I got a couple images of the beautiful snow-covered Mt. Hood.
Yes!! I clicked on every video on the way down , …then saw the a waterfall photos and hoped there’d be a sound video of it, ..lo and behold there was, …fantastic, …lovely, just simply wonderful, …thank you for sharing, it made my day, …✨🦋✨
What a beautiful drive. Enjoy your trip! Mary and Kenneth
Much to remember. For the first five days, the weather was very cooperative.
How absolutely gorgeous there! You make me envious.
I know you would love the scenic Columbia River area — what’s not to love?
When I see the pictures and especially the video, I regret that I couldn’t take videos on the narrow and curvy roads in Ireland, because I was driving.
My wife prefers that she drives on narrow and twisting roads. She likes being in control, so that works for me.
Well, with me driving I remember that Mary sometimes had to take a deep breath! 😉 We did have her listed as a second driver for our rental, but with her bum left knee we decided it would have been too painful to operate the clutch. We were unable to rent an automatic. She was more interested in watching the scenery than taking videos of it.
Took that drive a few decades ago. As I recall I rode shotgun and got to spend more attention on the scenery too.
Beautiful.