Starvation Creek and Cascade Locks

Soon after our little rest stop we pulled up to a trailhead at Starvation Creek.

This was a beautiful spot, and we had a nice hike.  

 

 

Reed rode in the pack while we explored the falls, but as soon as we started the actual hike (you got to the falls within a minute of the beginning of the hike, and then the trails continued for quite a while) he wanted to be big and walk.

 

 

 

 

 The ride from there to Cascade Locks wasn't long, and we got checked into our hotel room, and talked about how we wanted to spend our evening.

 We decided to go across the river into Stevenson for dinner, so we can now say we've been to Washington.  Ha!  We crossed the Bridge of the Gods (this bridge stars in Twilight fyi, haha!)

 

 Stevenson was tiny, but had a cute downtown.  We walked to what turned out to be a nice restaurant, and had a good dinner. 

 Definitely saw a Steve Urkel doll skateboarding up on this ledge.

 

 After we ate we drove through the mountains nearby.

  

Then we crossed back over the river to Cascade Locks.

We drove around the neighborhoods for a while.  Didn't take long, because there are about 1200 people living in Cascade Locks.

Then we stopped and let Reed play at the cutest park on the planet, set between the road and the river.  

 

 

 

We were there for the perfect time, the sun was going down and it was nice and cool.

 Even better, it was just us.

 Once it got dark we headed to our hotel room for the last night in Oregon.