Early Sat, July 2nd we left Pendleton and headed for Forest Grove Oregon to our friends tree (timber) farm.  It was about 250 miles and the road ran along side the Columbia River and the train tracks.  It was a beautiful day.  Across the river is Washington.  The Columbia River is the state line.

The train tracks were running on either side of us. 

Barges going to Idaho to pick up grain.

The wind farms are here in Oregon as they were in the Midwest and Idaho.

However, the majority of the turbines were turned off.  The Columbia River was so high that the 4 dams situated across the river were enough to supply all the electricity that was needed.  We saw three of the four dams.  The first one was John Day Dam.

That's Mt. Hood behind the dam.

The second dam we saw was the Dalles Dam.