{"id":8121,"date":"2024-07-20T17:29:45","date_gmt":"2024-07-20T17:29:45","guid":{"rendered":"https:\/\/www.retired-openroad.us\/?p=8121"},"modified":"2024-07-20T17:30:28","modified_gmt":"2024-07-20T17:30:28","slug":"drive-thru-columbia-river-gorge-and-cascade-locks","status":"publish","type":"post","link":"https:\/\/www.retired-openroad.us\/?p=8121","title":{"rendered":"Drive thru Columbia River Gorge and Cascade Locks"},"content":{"rendered":"\n

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While staying in Ainsworth we drove along the north side of the Columbia River Gorge along WA14. It\u2019s a beautiful area but much of it is not right along the river and very forested so we didn\u2019t get pictures. But there was one area along a steep cliff with an overlook of the river and we got a couple of pictures.<\/p>\n\n\n\n

Then we drove across the Bridge of the Gods near the Cascade Locks. The locks are needed because there were rapids so a dam was built and the locks allow boats and barges to continue along the river. While we were there no boats were using the locks so no good pics darn it! But we got pictures of the dam, the locks and the visitor center. An interesting part of the visitor center was the \u201cbasement level\u201d where there was an underwater viewing area. And, there are salmon steps so the salmon can get upstream and downstream past the dam.<\/p>\n\n\n\n

Here are some pics:<\/p>\n\n\n