I started the day with an early ride along the gorge, truly sublime:) Kari called her Aunt Dorothy to check in. She’s a good niece, regularly keeping tabs on her aunts and uncles.
The area is known for waterfalls so we decided to check some out. We went to 3, including the Multnomah, the largest in the state.
We headed to Hood River for happy hour at Celilo https://www.celilorestaurant.com. We just beat the clock. Happy hours are merely a slightly hipper version of the senior citizen early bird dinner, perfect for old folks like us. In any event, it was a tasty joint-oysters, clams, a burger, and mushroom pasta-hard to go wrong.
We spent the evening with Shirley. Tomorrow’s a travel day so we did some light packing while enjoying our last evening by the gorge:)
Packing reminded me again how little one needs-both on a trip like this and more generally. We’re on a 2 month trek, and we have virtually nothing with us beyond clothes and a few essentials. I don’t miss much. I was reminded of George Carlins “stuff” routine. His humor always centered on everyday things, which to me is the best humor. In this bit he talked of travel, and having to whittle down your stuff to only your most important stuff. Then while you’re on the trip you do an overnight, and you have to whittle things down even more to your really, really important stuff. Such a brilliant guy, check him out: https://youtu.be/MvgN5gCuLac
To quote another brillant guy about stuff & backpacking: " I've never had so little & spent so much time looking for it." Karl Berron, Glacier National Park 1994 (I think)
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