Things a good husband does for a wedding anniversary... knowing that the wife hates flowers, jewelery or a gift coupon for a spa: Road-trip!
Friday...
A progressive rock concert at the
EMP
Saturday:
Mount Rainier Nationalpark and Columbia River Gorge
A coffee stop in Elbe
and a '77 Honda Goldwing in front of a German chapel.
The park is open...
... but you don't get very far this time of the year.
That's some snow, eh?
Gotta love those roads along the Columbia River gorge.
176ft high Horsetail Falls
Windy roads
and then some.
Multnomah Falls with a total drop of 620ft
Gorgeous Gorges (shamelessly stolen from Gary France)
The Eastern view
At Crown Point
Looking West
If Oregon would have me, I would gladly move down there.
What a beautiful place!
Sunday:
Along the river, up the canyon, and some German food
The area so reminds me of the Rhine, not sure why...
Maybe it's the vineyards and orchards.
A last view back before heading North
Yakima Canyon
Heidi - Land?
Authentic German Bratwurst with Sauerkraut at Rudloof's in Leavenworth.
Jawohl, das ist gut!
We also used this 1,400km road-trip to do some scouting for future rides with our Vespa's. Of course we would need to travel at much slower speed, but we would love to travel some of those roads on two wheels some time. One can dream...