The site of the locks at Port of Cascade Locks Marine Park. The locks were completed in 1896 in order to bypass the Cascade Rapids which were a major blockage to river transport. The completion of Bonneville Dam in 1938 made the locks obsolete, and today they are the site of a boat launch and a popular fishing location.
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| It looks like he was catching a fish but really the line was snagged |
Looking upstream at the footbridge over the lock channel. The boom town that existed here because of the need for freight portage around the Cascade Rapids (before the locks) was known as Whiskey Flats.
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| We crossed over to Thunder Island and walked to the downstream end. |
The Bridge of the Gods (a toll bridge that is a cash cow for Cascade Locks) is named after a supposed Native American legend about the nearby mountains (personified as young men) fighting over a beautiful maiden personified by another mountain. I am not sure about the origin of this legend - it seems more like a white person's idea of a legend. But there was a landslide here some 500-1000 years ago which did block the flow of the Columbia River for a time.
Looking toward Washington
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| A barn swallow - the sky above and the earth below |
Lots of goslings this year
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| At Cascade Locks you can buy salmon like this 40 pounder |
Here is another view - this is a big cooler with one big fish. Too big for us, we decided to buy some fruit instead.
Mr. Thornsby reminds us that life is a bowl of cherries.
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