tag:blogger.com,1999:blog-28039972.post661315742354700276..comments2024-01-17T09:01:50.117-08:00Comments on mind-muffins: Vista HouseBelladonnahttp://www.blogger.com/profile/13704410443745252997noreply@blogger.comBlogger2125tag:blogger.com,1999:blog-28039972.post-68324950464727521282007-03-30T16:49:00.000-07:002007-03-30T16:49:00.000-07:00I love the drive through the Gorge. I've been tha...I love the drive through the Gorge. I've been that lucky two summers in a row. The first summer we got to Vista House just after closing. As we looked in the windows we could see they were doing some remodeling. he next summer we thought it would be finished, but it wasn't. My husband is promising me a trip to Oregon this summer. I want to retire in Oregon.Bookloggedhttps://www.blogger.com/profile/00651016653247142255noreply@blogger.comtag:blogger.com,1999:blog-28039972.post-50699110454585394952007-03-22T21:22:00.000-07:002007-03-22T21:22:00.000-07:00Once my sibs and I were old enough that we weren't...Once my sibs and I were old enough that we weren't whining "are we there yet?" every five miles, my parents began trying scenic stops along the way such as Vista House and the waterfall loop. And of course Multnomah every time. What a beautiful place -- the Queen Anne's Lace and purple sweet peas and the misty moisty air.<BR/><BR/>Ah, Oregon, how I love thee.<BR/><BR/>Speaking of the Gorge, there was a fascinating NOVA special on just the other night about the formation of the Gorge and the Scablands in Eastern Washington by a catastrophic glacial tidal wave coming out of Montana at the end of the last ice age. Here's the website:<BR/><BR/>www.pbs.org/wgbh/nova/megaflood/Mariehttps://www.blogger.com/profile/10389656325499233438noreply@blogger.com