#158: Three Perfect Days in the Columbia River Gorge

Dear Bob and Sue: A National Parks Podcast

Matt and Karen Smith

Places & Travel, Nature, Personal Journals, Society & Culture, Science

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🗓️ 2 May 2024

⏱️ 58 minutes

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Carved by the once-wild Columbia River, the Columbia River Gorge is a dramatic canyon that snakes through the Cascade Range in the Pacific Northwest on its way to the Pacific Ocean. It's an area of stunning natural beauty with endless outdoor adventure options. Using the town of Hood River, Oregon, as our home base, we recently visited the gorge in search of waterfalls. (The area has nearly 100.) And being that it was spring when we were there, the waterfalls did not disappoint -- especially the famous Multnomah Falls – the most-visited single natural attraction in the Pacific Northwest. In this episode, we talk about several of the best waterfalls in the area, a couple of breathtaking trails to hike close to Hood River, a state park you won’t want to miss, and some of the restaurants and breweries we visited. We also share a little history of the area. A few links we mentioned in this episode: · KURU Footwear’s website https://www.kurufootwear.com/ · A link to KURU’s RIDGE Motion shoes · Link to our Patreon account The best way to support our podcast is to become a member of our Patreon account. Follow this link to check it out. And don’t forget to check out our new online merch store and www.dirtlander.com. Subscribe to The Dear Bob and Sue Podcast on Apple Podcasts, Spotify, or wherever you like to listen, and if you’ve enjoyed our show, please leave us a review or rating on Apple Podcasts. Five-star ratings help other listeners find our show. Follow us on Instagram at @mattandkarensmith, on Twitter at @mattandkaren, on Facebook at dearbobands, or check out our blog at www.mattandkaren.com. To advertise on The Dear Bob and Sue Podcast, email us at [email protected]. Learn more about your ad choices. Visit megaphone.fm/adchoices

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0:00.0	It is a little unclear though. It said that they were tossing the name back and forth and it wasn't clear whether it was Beacon Rock or beaten rock.
0:09.3	Yeah, there's a theme with Lewis and Clark in this area like all the names that they gave places
0:16.8	Beaten Rock Disney Nick's Cape disappointment. I mean they had enough.
0:23.4	They had enough.
0:25.2	So maybe it was Beaten Rock and the marketing department got a hold of that.
0:29.0	It's like, yeah, let's change it to Beacon Rock. How about that? Welcome to the dear Bob and Sioux Podcast. Stories from our
0:45.0	attorney to all the US National Parks and other public lands. I'm Karen
0:49.0	Smith. And I'm Matt Smith. We're the authors of the Dear Bob and Sue series of books. Today we're taking
0:55.0	you to a very special place in Oregon State called the Columbia River Gorge National Scenic Area,
1:01.0	famous for its jaw-dropping waterfalls, and there are also endless opportunities
1:05.8	for outdoor recreation here.
1:08.0	In this episode, we'll cover some of the highlights, three days worth of fun things to do and remarkable places to see.
1:15.0	We'll also talk about one to go, where to stay, and some of our favorite places to eat and drink.
1:21.0	For more than a hundred years, the gorge has been wowing visitors with its spectacular
1:25.7	scenery and it's definitely a place you'll want to see in your lifetime. All right, we are happy to be back in front of the microphones with a brand new episode today.
1:46.0	That's right, we just got back home from back to back trips to Oregon.
1:50.7	We were exploring the Columbia River Gorge and then following that we went to the
1:54.8	northern half of the Oregon coast and that was that was a blast.
1:58.5	That was so much to see and do in Oregon and we're going to get to that in a second but one thing we wanted to
2:04.3	mention first before we get into that because well if we put this at the end
2:09.7	we know people start dropping off and no one's probably going to hear it.
2:13.4	Nobody listens to the very end?
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