I took my mom and daughter on a trip to the Columbia river gorge. Unfortunately the misty weather blocked the scenic views on our drive. But strangely enough, once we got to our first destination, Bonneville Damn, there was a patch of clear sky. We looked around the museum a bit and then went on a guided tour of the facility. The tour was quite interesting, although I missed seeing the fish in the fish ladder. But they kindly had a TV running showing a recording of the ladder during migration season.

One amusing incident was when we were watching a historical movie where Jasmine’s interest was slowly fading until she said “I’m bored, lets move on.” Five seconds later, the movie stopped. I teased her saying “Jasmine, that’s amazing, how did you stop the movie with your words?” Jasmine eyes got big and she said “I don’t know.”

We also visited the nearby hatchery, saying hi to the sturgeons including Mr. Herman who is 10 feet long and 425 lbs. We gawked at the rainbow trout ponds and looked at all the young salmon.

On the way home, we took the historic Columbia gorge drive, stopping at a couple of the beautiful waterfalls.