Columbia River Gorge, Oregon, USA

Multnomah Falls -
Columbia River Gorge, Oregon

Columbia River Gorge - Oregon, USA

Crosby Stills Nash Concert 
- Troutdale, Oregon, USA

Wayne at Multnomah Falls Overlook
- Columbia River Gorge, Oregon, USA

Bridal Veil Falls -
Columbia River Gorge, Oregon

Multnomah Falls -
Columbia River Gorge, Oregon

Ponytail Falls -
Columbia River, Oregon, USA

Horsetail Falls -
Columbia River Gorge, Oregon

Columbia River Gorge, Oregon, USA (9/12-14/2009) - The Columbia River Gorge is sensational!

The Columbia River is the border between the U.S. states of Oregon and Washington. About an hour drive east of Portland, the 80-mile-long Columbia River Gorge was formed thousands of years ago through the Cascade Mountains with huge floods from melting glaciers leaving a beautiful mile-wide river valley lined with beautiful waterfalls and hiking trails. Lewis and Clark passed through the gorge in 1805.

On the southern Oregon side, you can easily access many of the wonderful falls with a short walk from the highway. We took longer but great hikes to the top of Multnomah Falls and also to Bridal Veil Falls, Horsetail Falls, and Ponytail Falls (see the beautiful photos). Interstate 84 is a great way to get around the gorge.

Amazingly, we also attended a Crosby, Stills, and Nash concert at McMenamin’s (those guys again) Edgefield property (a restored poor farm) in Troutdale. Wayne saw Crosby, Stills, Nash, & Young in concert 30 years ago and it was fun to see them again with a modern update such as: ATM machines, people discussing paying for their hotel with Federal Express points, Graham Nash sipping a class of red wine during the concert, and with a much older crowd (like us, I guess).














































Along the route Lewis and Clark pioneered on their trailblazing journey in 1805, the Columbia Gorge cuts through the Cascade mountain range which is made largely of volcanic (basalt) rock, leading to a number of spectacular cliffs. The bountiful presence of water on the west side of the Cascades leads to a number of very tall waterfalls which intersect the river.

Please also see our 5 other blog posts for beautiful Oregon, USA:

USA Oregon Coast Cannon Beach Seaside

USA Oregon Mount Hood River and Walla Walla Washington

USA Oregon Portland

USA Oregon Wine Country McMinnville

USA Oregon Oregon’s Central Coast Tillamook Depoe Bay Newport

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Write by: AN - Sunday, September 13, 2009