We got up this morning and found that we had a crisis at hand. We were out of Irish Cream and fortified coffee was therefore impossible. Since Oregon has primitive and onerous liquor laws, we elected to drive back into Washington to buy necessary supplies since their laws are not quite as bizarre. Washington does have sales tax which Oregon does not but liquor in Washington is still less expensive than Oregon. Costco cannot sell liquor in Oregon but they sell it in Washington. We noted that the Washington tax on a half gallon of Irish Cream is over $12 on a bottle with a base price of $17. It must benefit the state considerably where drunks are concerned.
We returned to our trailer and offloaded our loot. We intended to loaf around but soon found we were unable to resist the urge to explore so we hopped back into Charlotte and headed up the Columbia Gorge to a spot called the Portland Women’s Forum viewpoint. It is a great little spot on the south rim of the gorge. The famous Vista House overlooking the gorge can be seen from there, along with the river, massive rock formations, I-84 below and the state of Washington across the river. It is a pretty spectacular spot although I am at a loss to explain how the Portland Women’s Forum is involved. I better read up on it.
Some pictures from the viewpoint can be seen by clicking here