The Gorge on a Rainy Day

The plan was hiking in the Columbia River Gorge but unfortunately it was a typical spring in Oregon kind of day.  Translated that means that it rained all day long.  So instead we did a tour of Bonneville Dam, had a delicious lunch at Skamania Lodge and then made a quick stop at Multnomah Falls.

The falls are beautiful even in the rain.

 It was when we got back on the freeway after the falls that things got interesting!  There had been a wreck involving 15 cars a few miles ahead of us and the traffic was stopped for miles and miles.  People were out of their cars visiting and trying to figure out what to do.

Lucky for us we were close to the exit and a policeman came along and suggested that if we wanted to, we could turn around, drive on the shoulder, and go back to the exit.  Kind of exciting to be going the wrong way on the freeway!!!  We heard on the news that the freeway didn't clear for about 3 more hours so we were home before some cars even got through.  Lucky us!