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It runs along the river bank* is paved &nd one does not nave to 
shift gears till he reaches Portland. I will send you a {folderde¬ 
scribing it and a lot of postcards. Tne road runs parallel to the 
river and from the very shore to a height of nearly 800 feet at 
Crown Point, ^he '^ista House is a granite and marble pavillion on 
a cliff fitted with rest rooms, writing tables, etc./ The upper 
windows are stains! glass set in panels, each of which is dedicated 
to one of the state's pioneers. The road runs along under the cliff 
and the fa'is dash over the summits and the spray sprinkles one as 
he drives past. We expected to reach Portland about 3 p. m. but it 
was impossible to go fast, simply had to stop and take it all 
in and even no"* 7 I know I did not see half of it. In a few places 
we found snow drifts, the remains of last November’s storm. 
Portland is a beautiful city. It ’ ,r as iust getting ready 
for the Rose Carnival and it certainly is a city of roses. We stop¬ 
ped at the Multnomah and had beautiful rooms, but oh, the racket* 
They run the street cars all night and to people who are not used 
to .other noises than the birds, -"lid and domestic, it was a hard 
layout. The ne^t morning we went across to Vancouver, spending two 
days looking over farms in Washington and one in Oregon. This Ore¬ 
gon place near Hillsboro is the best we have seen so far, but we 
expect to make anothet trip to that neighborhood before deciding 
on anything. This is an old-settled and very fertile country in 
Washington County and not very far from Portland. 
One thing I have neglected to note and that is the 
number of cars one sees on the road. Caiifornis, Utah, Colorado, 
Iowa, New Mexico, Minnesota were among them and so many of them 
had camping outfits strapped on the running boards. There are public 
camp grounds all along the road, splendidly kept, even garbage cans 
being provided so there is no trash in sight anywhere, this along 
the Columbia, nor are you allowed to pick flowers or destroy any¬ 
thing along the road. In this state there is no such lay and m 
