One forgotten Mt Hood picture!

Close-up view of one of Mt Hood’s glaciers, very cold but melting

We reluctantly left Moro and may have stayed for another day if it hadn’t been for the dreadful heat.  We were headed south and sought out a campground with some shady campsites.  We found The Cove Palisades State Park and after finding out they had several spots available we drove to the campground and chose the shadiest spot we could find.  We didn’t worry about trees blocking the satellite TV; with temperatures approaching 101 degrees, we just wanted some shade!

This was just a one night stay and we wanted to see some of the park, so after setting up we hopped in the car.  This park actually has two campgrounds.  We atayed in the one at the top of the canyon which was cooler, had more grass and shade and was closer to the entrance.  We wanted to see the other campground which was a five mile drive down into the canyon.  Once we saw the road we were really glad we didn’t stay there because the road was very steep and our car thermometer went up five degrees in the canyon.  We loved the views of the canyons walls which surrounded a lake and we crossed a bridge as the road wound through  the canyon and passed an impressive waterfall.  We came to one area in the canyon where we found a geocache at a site where there was a petroglyph.  

The next day we headed to Redmond, Oregon where we will be attending an FMCA (Family Motor Coach Association) Rally.  They are expecting well over 3,000 RVs to attend this rally with seminars, vendors and entertainment to keep us very busy.  As we pulled out of our campground we had a hazy view of Mt Jefferson.

Mt Jefferson from our campsite

A zoomed view of Mt Jefferson from our campground