Columbia River Gorge

Our ward here in Star was helping one of our new members move her household goods from Oregon. They needed some of the brothers to travel to Dufur, Oregon to get her stuff. I had the free time to help with this project so I volunteered. Brother Spencer and I drove one of the trucks with a trailer and Brother Marlin and his son Chris drove a small moving van. We left Friday afternoon. It has been quite a few years since I have traveled that road through Oregon. So it was kind of a new adventure for me. The roads were clear of snow but it was overcast and we ran into some fog going over the Blue Mountains. After we had past Pendleton we were right against the Columbia River with steep cliffs along both sides. It is a beautiful area that we all enjoyed. We arrived in The Dalles at 6:00 pm, checked into our motel and went to dinner at Ixalata, a Mexican restaurant.
The next morning we went with the Bishop of the area out to Dufur, which is a small town 12 miles south of The Dalles. We had to travel 8 more miles south of Dufur to the house where the sister used to live. There we picked up a piano and playground equipment. We were then informed that the rest of her stuff was 10 miles more down the road to a town called Tygh Valley. It is a very small town in the mountains. We then loaded the rest of her things on the trailer and truck. We left there at 12:00 and headed back to Idaho. We arrived back at Star at 6:00. It was great to have this opportunity to help out and to see new country. It was too bad that it was overcast and foggy for most of the trip and not really warm. Benji and I plan on going back to that part of Oregon when the weather is better and it has greened up more.