We've spent the last couple of days along the Columbia River Gorge. Lots of lovely waterfalls and Mt Hood in the background. Spent a few hours driving around and getting lost on the backroads trying to find the lake near Mt Hood. After having to stop a few times to let the cycle race past we finally found the right road. Half of the road had been washed away in a flood and was nothing more than a very rough track with huge potholes but we battled on. On the ...

More stunning coast and more seals, you can never have to many seals! Forgot to mention we had a bit of a water problem a couple of nights back. We were doing the dishes and all of a sudden water started gushing out underneath the van and we could hear it behind the fridge. We couldn't really see what was happening because it was pitch black outside and torch light wasn't cutting it. Anyway so we had to have a couple of days slumming it with no running water,...

Second night and I must say I'm enjoying being slightly more up market!! Got to camp and it was raining, so we cooked potatoes, asparagus and steak and sat at our table to eat. Washed up in our fully functional sink whilst being heated by our furnace central heating. Then played on the internet for a bit, followed by watching a dvd on the laptop, having a couple of beers and using our almost looks like a real one toilet in our little bathroom when required.