Wednesday, August 18, 2021

Windy day for sightseeing

Captains Log August 18 - Our last day in Oregon!  We had a leisurely morning then headed into 

There's the big nugget!
town to get photos of the “animals” on display and to visit the US Bank to see the largest gold nugget ever mined in Oregon.  It weighs 80.4 ounces.  It’s in a display case with quite a lot of other gold and items made from gold.  Mostly “time period” pieces.  You just walk in the bank and look at the 2 cases and leave.

We did some driving around the blocks to get most of the pictures.  I loved the alligator and the orangutan.  While taking the photos we stopped at Safeway at the “Bottle Drop” to turn in our last


bag of bottles and can.  We had $7.40!!! 

The main reason for coming here was to visit the Oregon Trail Interpretive Center and its on the other side of our campground so we stopped at the RV and put our few grocery items away and went ahead and had lunch.  I bought a bag of frozen Marionberries that were on sale.  When we last saw them they were ridiculously priced so I wouldn’t buy them, but today I think I was at the right place at the right time!  Now to work them into the freezer!!

Sadly the Interpretive Center was closed but you could

Bill is in a rut!

walk around the paths and read the placards.  They did not have ANY brochures available and no way to get my park stamp!  We did get to walk in the ruts and check out the old mining operation that is on the property.  There were 5-6 other cars there and we would had done some walking but the wind picked up again today and it was cold in addition to the VERY gusty winds. 

 I posted a lot of photos to the photo album!

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