June 28 Day 8 going into Portland

This morning while Jim was checking the truck out, this little deer wandered up. It was real friendly.

It appears it had been hit. There were scars on both of it's sides and a bit of it's ear missing. The owner of the Resturant/gas station was going to put it in his trailer and take it to one of his pastures to get it away from the highway. He was concerned the game warden would be angry with him. Jim and I said at the same time. "We won't tell!"

It's a long way to Oregon. We have driven 2,698 miles. We didn't take all interstate so our trip was more scenic. We became tourist stopping at road side attractions. The interesting thing is we haven't driven as far as we are going to ride our bikes!

This is the Dalles Dam and Lock. It was started in 1952 and finished in 1957. 192 miles from the mouth of the Columbia River. Since then it has generated 192 billion kilowatt hours of electricity and 10 million tons of river cargo annually. All for only $299. Million!

The land has changed so much on this journey. A few miles back there wasn't a tree to be seen.

We are traveling the Columbia Gorge. We finally get into Portland. The traffic is so congested. It's only 

1:30pm. We touch base with Jim Mosley, a friend who just moved from Dallas to Portland back in March. He hooks us up with an RV camp. He comes by to visit then we are off to dinner. His new found favorite bike shop, Lakeside Cycles which happens to be next door to his new found favorite bar, Genisis. We head there and stop to visit with Gordon the owner of the shop. He and Merrill and daughter join us for dinner at the bar. It was a lovely evening.