We left Lake Oswego today headed for Umatilla, OR. Umatilla is located on the Columbia River just east of the Columbia Gorge Scenic area which had fierce wildfires a few weeks ago. In fact, some of the fires are still burning, but out of sight of I-84, which is the main highway running parallel to the river.
We saw lots of burned areas but were surprised that most of the devastation was out of view, particularly when I-84 had been closed in both directions for over three weeks. The fire jumped the river and burned significant areas on the Washington side, too. Multnomah Falls and the road that runs by the waterfalls are still closed as are many hiking trails. There is real danger from falling trees and rocks in the area. Above are a couple of the burnt areas we saw.
We arrived at Umatilla RV Park and Marina about 2:00 PM and hooked up to the water supply. We immediately had a sizeable leak inside the Airstream, which Gary was able to fix but all the carpet
pieces are now outside hopefully drying.
The view from our door is lovely. We thought we would share.
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