Yesterday, (8/31) found us starting our day with a search for the very first ever Geocache. It was in Redland Oregon. If you ever wanted to know where all those christmas trees come from when the trucks bring them from the north, it is Redland Oregon. There are Tree farms, huge ones, for 100's of miles around in this area. It was amazing the trees were in all sorts of stages of developement. At any rate, we found the Plaque where the very first Geocache was placed as well as it's subsiquent cache. The first one was in a five gallon Bucket and the subsiquent one is now an Amo can, cabled to a tree. For more information on what I am talking about, go to http://www.geocaching.com/ for information about Geocaching. It is a great 'Hide and Seek' out doors activity.
After we found the 'Mother cache', we proceeded to the Columnbia River Gorge. This was a breathtaking drive along Highway 84 which travels east from Portland. It is amazing how, over the milenia, the Gorge has been cut by this river. There are several spots along the 'Historic Columbia River Highway' where you can pull off to the side of the road and check out this natural border between Oregon and Washington.
Todays adventures will include more Geocaching, so we can check out Portland some, as well as a return to the Air portion of the Evergreen Air and Space museum.
The attachements today include a picture of Carol and I at the location of the initial Geocache and a video from the Columbia River gorge. Enjoy! - Eric -
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