Pacific Northwest Rainforest, Zigzag River, Mt. Hood, Oregon

To Oregon We Go! Parts 1 and 2 can be found here and here.

On the second night of our journey we were asleep at our campsite along the Zigzag River near Mt. Hood, next to a warm and glowing fire, when our dogs began to growl around midnight…

We woke with a start to see a man standing near our outdoor bed, maybe a dozen feet from us. He was illuminated by the light from our fire—a white male, average build, thin brown hair, thirtyish, somewhat pale—his features were soft, rubbery. The man was staring at us, not speaking. “Can we help you?” asked my wife, Donna.

After a very long pause he spoke slowly, with a hint of a rural accent: “I’m trying to start a fire…you have a real nice fire.”  Read more 

Oregon farmland, located near Tualatin River National Wildlife Refuge

So, after surviving a Mutant Tent/Inflatable Bed Attack on Mt. Shasta the evening before, my wife and I (and Chauncy & Rudy) continued our journey to Oregon by—gasp—continuing our drive to Oregon. Lots of images and even some text after the fold…

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