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Oregon - Day 4 (7/14/2007)
We did more driving on this day than any other. After buffet breakfast at our hotel in Cascade Locks, in the northern part of the state,
we drove at least 270 miles to Wolf Creek, in the southern part. Most of the driving was on I-84 west (towards Portland) and then I-5
south. We checked into the gorgeous historical Wolf Creek Inn, the oldest
continuous use hotel in Oregon, and now also a designated State Park. We stayed in
Room 9 (the suite) which once hosted Clark Gable and Carol
Lombard as well as Douglas Fairbanks and Mary Pickford. Fredric March most likely also stayed there, as well as Orson Welles. We had
lunch at the Inn and then headed to Golden, an abandoned mining town just outside of town. Dinner was in Grant's Pass, 19 miles southeast.
The vegetarian burritos as Taqueria Mexica were wonderful.
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 Our bed in Room 9 |
 Photos of Lombard and Gable in the room |
 Another photo of Gable |
 The men's parlor |
 The ladie's parlor |
 Piano in ladie's parlor |
 The Inn from the front |
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 The upstairs hallway |
 Mirror of the ballroom where President Rutherford B. Hayes dined |
 Jack London stayed in this room |
 Historical displays downstairs |
 Laura ready for dinner |
 Lake at Golden |
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 Curious lizard in Golden |
 Abandoned town of Golden |
 Fake gravestones from "Gunsmoke" episode |
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 The church |
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 General store |
 On store porch |
 Inside store |
 Behind the church |
 Giant cone |
 Still watching us! |
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 Inside the church |
 Display inside church |
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 Grant's Pass - It's the Climate |
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 One of the many sculptures of BearFest |
 Another BearFest sculpture |
 And another (and Billy Bob's appearing!) |
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