8/4/18 - Rhododenron, OR

This morning we had breakfast at a coffee shop in Rhododendron.  We had an omelet and biscuit with gravy.  Then we left to drive to Hood River.  On the way we stopped at part of the Oregon Trail where the pioneers had to lower their wagons down a steep section of the mountain by attaching ropes to them.  They also would cut down trees and tie them to the back of their wagons for weight to slow the speed going down the hill.  Then we stopped at a pioneer woman’s grave.  Her grave was found by a road crew building a modern road along the pioneer trail.  We stopped in Parkdale and had a beer at Solera Brewing.  Then at Hood River we went to Full Sail, Double Mountain, pFriem, and Big Horse breweries.  When we parked by pFiem, there were a lot of blackberry vines near the truck and we picked some.  We ate a few and then put more in a baggie to take home to have on our cereal.