448 total miles today!
A Beautiful Day going up through The Dalles along the Columbia River:
Cool rock formations on the north side of the river:
The Maryhill Museum of Art has a very nice Rodin collection:
The Minotaur, c. 1886, bronze and plaster
Individual works I was interested in were not available for viewing, but they had a wonderful cafe with lunch out on the porch over the Columbia River:
Back on the road again:
And into Idaho:
I practically LIVED on 84 East today (over 410 miles!), so I wanted a picture:
After a nice dinner, back at the Super 8 I watched a WONDERFUL video: "Springsteen & I" on the Showtime channel. It was a film made by putting fans' self-videos about experiencing Bruce, together with archival footage of Springsteen in concert!! Thank You God for these wonderful adventures!
Music today was from my big iPod - Wendy's Choice today:
Warren Zevon - I'll Sleep When I'm Dead (anthology), 1996
Jackson Browne - Lawyers In Love, 1983
Jackson Browne - Lives In The Balance, 1986
Marc Cohn - Marc Cohn, 1991
Marc Cohn - The Rainy Season, 1993
Jackson Browne - I'm Alive, 1993
Jackson Browne - For Everyman, 1973
Still playing "Check Off The License Plates" - AK today.
Temperature-wise, it was 55º F at 8:15 AM - 92º F at 4:25 PM -
Shameless Plug: if you enjoy this blog, you may like my other one about Hiking the 4,000 footers in New Hampshire/Vermont/Maine (On Sept. 1, I joined Deede and Tad hiking Mt. Katahdin [Hunt Trail] - his final day on the AT!)
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