We bought two Segways and have been totally enjoying them. Bob fixed up a carrier so that we can carry them behind the pickup.
Our first excursion was on the Historic Columbia River Highway between Mosier, Oregon and Hood River, Oregon. The Historic Columbia River Highway was designed by Samuel Lancaster and constructed between 1913 to 1922. This section of the highway was closed for a while after they built I 84, but recently has been reopened for bicycles and hikers.
Here we are at the trailhead, ready to go on the nine mile adventure.
The view of the Columbia River from the Historic Highway is awesome.
This island is called Chicken Charlie’s Island (nope I don’t know the story behind that one!). This island has a house on it and is only accessible by boat. Tom Selleck once owned it.
For more information on the historic Columbia River Highway, visit this website: http://www.columbiariverhighway.com/columbia_river_highway_history.htm
We camped at Maryhill Museum and rode our Segways three miles up the side of the mountain (paved road) to “Stonehenge.” Our stonehenge is a concrete replica of the one in England and is dedicated to the service men of Klickitat County. It was built by Sam Hill back in the early 1900′s, but that is a whole other story for another day and another set of pictures.
We visited the Maryhill cemetery which had headstones dating back to the 1800′s. Pat, we thought you’d be interested in seeing these!
Willie L. 1869 to 1880
George died in 1872.
Camilia, 1889.
We also rode the Segways on the Riverfront trail in The Dalles, Oregon. This is a 10 mile bicycle path along the Columbia. We only made it about 7 miles (14 round trip) because we were running out of daylight.
This is Bob at Fort Rock. Lewis and Clark camped here. They did some excavating and found artifacts on this very spot.
A friend of ours was the project manager for the company that built this building along the riverfront. It looks good, Dave!
Time to turn around, it’s getting dark. This tunnel goes under the RR track. The trail goes on up to the Oregon Trail Interpretive Center, but we’ll have to do that another day.
