Seven Weeks in Oregon part 1
(The Cascades looked the same during the Oregon Trail times) I cannot recall how often I said to Sandee within the comfort of our Subaru Outback: “Wow imagine, this was once a part of the Oregon Trail, without this road the trail must have been brutal.” (Instead of Dams there were 20ft falls here requiring overland portage) The famous Oregon Trail was used by more than 350,000 men, women and children between 1841 and 1867 (the year when the first train arrived in Walla Walla), while leaving 10,000 shallow graves along the 2,000 mile trail. (This may not be exactly what one saw on the trail in 1848 but it must have come close to that type of views) Because I am a history fan, I will digress for awhile before getting to our September 2021 Oregon trip on paved asphalt or plowed gravel roads, where we never got bumped out of our seats, as happened every few minutes on rough terrain to the 19th century wary travelers sea