Friday, October 23, 2015

The Bridge of the Gods


Have you seen the movie "Wild" with Reece Witherspoon? I didn't really like it that much but I've heard the book is a lot better. Part of the story takes place in my neck of the woods, so when my husband decided to take us for a drive the other day, the Bridge of the Gods was on my list of destinations.

Have you ever heard of the Pacific Crest Trail? It's the 2,660 mile trail that runs all the way from the border of Mexico to the border of Canada and the Bridge of the Gods is where all the hikers cross from Oregon to Washington.

I actually didn't know we were going anywhere other than Thousand Acres that day, so I was a bad mom and forget to bring the harnesses for the dogs. Oops!


The bridge itself was having some work done on it when we went so we didn't actually drive across it. It's located in a neat little town called "Cascade Locks" so we parked and wandered around there. According to my research, Cascade Locks is one of the friendliest communities in Oregon. We didn't really run into anyone to test that out but it did look like a nice little town.


We ended up finding a really neat little place called Marine Park that has a small footbridge to one of the islands in the Colombia River! The Island is called "Thunder Island" and it overlooks the Bridge of the Gods. This place was SO awesome! We had a great time walking the dogs around on it!


 Zoe was determined to find out if there were any "rodents" on the island. Phoenix wanted to help!


There were a lot of fun "obstacles" for them to check out and Zoe did manage to find a squirrel in the trees directly behind them. 


It was SO windy! There were a lot of chances to get silly "wind blown ears" pictures! 

We had a great time and we will definitely make this stop more often when we are driving through the Colombia River Gorge area. If you're in town I'd recommend stopping here. It's beautiful!

27 comments:

  1. Loved the book Wild (just thought the movie was ok). Looks like a beautiful place.

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  2. The book was pretty good and better than the movie, but it's neat that you got to see that bridge!

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  3. We know all too well about the ears/wind thing! What a gorgeous area to walk around in. Very pretty!

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  4. How did the bridge get its name? It looks like a beautiful area!

    Monty and Harlow

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    1. It was named because of an oral tradition about "the bridge telling people how to cross the river without getting your feet wet" like the Gods can. I guess there was an even bigger "Bridge of the Gods" but it got washed away in a landslide.

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  5. Windblown ear pictures are my favorite! Looks like a perfect place to walk!

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    1. Me too! I love how the wind blows their ears up all the way! :D

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  6. That's a beautiful place to explore. Very picturesque. Are you, Zoe, and Phoenix allowed to swim in the water? (if it was warmer)

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    1. Thanks! It was so fun! The girls are not allowed to swim in the Colombia in that area because of the rapids. A lot of people die in the river. The other park that we go to regularly has a stretch of river that is calm where they can swim, though!

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  7. Wow! What an incredibly gorgeous place. I am so jealous of the beautiful scenery in your area. Is Thousand Acres anything like the 100 acres Woods in Winnie the Pooh? That is what I immediately thought of when I read the name. ☺

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    1. I tend to think of Thousand Acres like the woods in Winnie the Pooh! :D That's what I thought of, too when I first learned about the park! :D

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  8. OMD, what a FABulous adventure!!!! And did someone say...SQUIRRELS???!!!! OMD, I sure hopes you got to chase them!!! Please tell me you did! ☺
    What a beautiful day!!!! I am all kinds of jealous!
    Kisses,
    Ruby ♥

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  9. That looks like a beautiful place, and you got some great photos of the girls with the mountains in the background!

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  10. I didn't like the book. It was super depressing and made hiking (Something I love) sound terrible.

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  11. Mom read the book and said it is better even though the movie follows the book. We were driving and saw a sign for the trail and got excited.

    Your Pals,

    Murphy & Stanley

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  12. That looks like a very fun outing! I've been on the PCT but only high in the Sierra mountains. It's cool that you saw the bridge all the thru-hikers take across the river. Both girls look like they had a blast!

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  13. What a beautiful place. I need to do more local sight seeing.

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  14. Wow!!! It looks gorgeous there!
    ღ husky hugz ღ frum our pack at Love is being owned by a husky!

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  15. That looks like such a wonderful, peaceful place! I know my kids would have a blast there. We love exploring new places!

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  16. Squirrel! Rodents! Wind! Exploring!

    Sounds like fun!

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  17. That looks soooo awesome!!! I'd love to go visit someday!

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  18. That's so pretty. We'd love to hike there someday!

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  19. Looks like you had a beautiful day and lots of fun!

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