18 April 2018
I left The Dalles around 8:30 am. Before leaving I tried to find local jeep dealers to get a new set tires for the jeep. They are getting a little low on tread. They still have some but I’ll probably have to replace them before the end of the trip.
I found a jeep dealership in Gresham just east of Portland that had the specific tires I wanted but the person who did the alignment would not be in for several weeks. They would not put the tires without the alignment and I wouldn’t want them to. I tried a couple of other dealerships in Portland but no one had the tires. In the end, I gave up and decided to head on to Mount Rainier.
Several years ago, John Bell had been in the Columbia River Gorge on a riverboat cruise and he had seen a road sign for historic highway 30. He wanted to take a picture but they were on a tour bus and never got the chance.
He asked me when I was here 2 years ago to take a photo of the highway sign. Unfortunately, I forgot to do. it. This trip I was looking for the sign but the attractive sign he’d seen had been replaced by a dull brown sign that just said “Historic Highway 30”. The standard park issue.
I stopped back at Multnomah Falls in case the gift shop had a facsimile of the sign but they didn’t. I then got off I-84 at Troutdale and headed to highway 30 just in case they had an old sign still where I saw it first. Nope. Not there. On the way back to I-84, I saw a museum for old historic highway 30. I stopped and asked the person at the desk if they had a photo or post card with the old highway sign.
She informed me the only person who might know about the road sign was in a meeting at the moment. I said, OK, I’ll look around the museum until he gets free. As I was walking around, I made my way back to the front desk and there in the front of the museum was the road sign as big as life. I sent the photo to John and it turns out it was the one he remembered.
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I got to the Mount Rainier around 1:30 pm and checked in. It’s a small room (it’s an old hotel – 1926) but has a full shower.
I walked a little around the area of the hotel until I thought Tom Green would arrive and just as I walked into the lobby, he was checking in. It’ll be close quarters that we share in the room, but at least Tom doesn’t snore.
Tomorrow, we’ll probably head up to Paradise (11 miles past our lodge) and maybe head to Mount Saint Helens.
I thought the Redwoods were spectacular but the road into the park is really special. I hope to do a little hiking (my ankle is still bothering me) and some local sightseeing.
We get free breakfast with our room for the next three nights, so that is a plus.
