Start: Pendleton, Oregon
End: Gresham, Oregon
Miles: 198
Today was very short mileage wise. We decided that, since we were going to be driving through Portland on our way up, we'd stop in Gresham to see a couple of my most amazing friends. The drive through Oregon started out, again, somewhat questionable. The factories in the area really detract from the natural beauty of the state, which is a very big shame. The factories soon faded away, however, and were replaced by beautiful mountains and a gorgeous, long, river. Most of the drive was alongside said river, with cliff walls on the opposite side. It was some of the most stunning scenery I'd seen, and also the scariest drive. The wind started picking up as we came closer to Gresham, sometimes knocking my poor car to the other lane. Then the rain/snow hit. It wasn't near as bad as driving through the blowing snow in Wyoming, but it was much much wetter. Waterfalls sprang up on the cliff faces as water coursed down the rock walls. As beautiful as it was, I was incredibly grateful to reach our destination. I'm not a fan of driving in rain. At all. We checked into our hotel and rested for a few hours before heading to dinner. We met two of our friends, Jonathan and his wife Amy, at Buffalo Wild Wings to watch some UFC fights and catch up. We never really "caught up" so to speak. Just picked up where we left off. They're pretty amazing friends, if I haven't said so already.
After the fights were over, it was back to the hotel to get ready for the last day of driving on our cross country tour.
End: Gresham, Oregon
Miles: 198
Today was very short mileage wise. We decided that, since we were going to be driving through Portland on our way up, we'd stop in Gresham to see a couple of my most amazing friends. The drive through Oregon started out, again, somewhat questionable. The factories in the area really detract from the natural beauty of the state, which is a very big shame. The factories soon faded away, however, and were replaced by beautiful mountains and a gorgeous, long, river. Most of the drive was alongside said river, with cliff walls on the opposite side. It was some of the most stunning scenery I'd seen, and also the scariest drive. The wind started picking up as we came closer to Gresham, sometimes knocking my poor car to the other lane. Then the rain/snow hit. It wasn't near as bad as driving through the blowing snow in Wyoming, but it was much much wetter. Waterfalls sprang up on the cliff faces as water coursed down the rock walls. As beautiful as it was, I was incredibly grateful to reach our destination. I'm not a fan of driving in rain. At all. We checked into our hotel and rested for a few hours before heading to dinner. We met two of our friends, Jonathan and his wife Amy, at Buffalo Wild Wings to watch some UFC fights and catch up. We never really "caught up" so to speak. Just picked up where we left off. They're pretty amazing friends, if I haven't said so already.
After the fights were over, it was back to the hotel to get ready for the last day of driving on our cross country tour.
I loved seeing you!
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