Cascade Locks

<body topmargin=0 leftmargin=0 marginheight=0 marginwidth=0> <table cellpadding=0 cellspacing=0 border=0 height="100%"><tr> <td valign="top" width=200 BGCOLOR="#003399" TEXT="#080000" background="040c8c00erkjxk.jpg"> <div> <B>In prehistoric times a huge landslide dammed the Columbia River and the natives could cross on foot.</B></div> </td> <td valign="top" BGCOLOR="#0066CC" TEXT="#080000"> <div> <FONT SIZE="5" COLOR="#99CCFF" FACE="Arial" ><B>Small Town Oregon</B></FONT><FONT SIZE="1" COLOR="#FFFF99" FACE="Arial" > </FONT><FONT SIZE="1" COLOR="#FFFFFF" FACE="Arial" > </FONT><FONT SIZE="1" COLOR="#CC0000" FACE="Arial" > </FONT>  |     <A HREF="index.htm" TARGET="_top" TITLE="Small Town Oregon"><U>home</U></A></div> <div> <A HREF="id79.htm" TARGET="_top" TITLE="Arlington"><U>Arlington</U></A>   |   <A HREF="id98.htm" TARGET="_top" TITLE="Boardman"><U>Boardman</U></A>   |   <B>Cascade Locks</B>   |   <A HREF="id146.htm" TARGET="_top" TITLE="Hood River"><U>Hood River</U></A>   |   <A HREF="id184.htm" TARGET="_top" TITLE="Mosier"><U>Mosier</U></A>   |   <A HREF="id209.htm" TARGET="_top" TITLE="Rufus"><U>Rufus</U></A></div> <div> Cascade Locks</div> <div>      Cascade Locks is a great little town, touched perhaps too much by prosperity, but I am sure the town folk are happy to see the prosperity arrive.  It wasn't always that way.  </div> <div>      In the summer the Port of Cascade Locks runs the sternwheeler Columbia Gorge on sightseeing and dinner cruises.  The scenery you will see on a daytime cruise is some of the most stunning you will ever see.  We prefer to take and evening cruise in summer so we can watch the play of light across the gorge mountains.  It is a never ending spectacle.  </div> <div>      This part of the Columbia River is backed up by Bonneville Dam so it is much like a long lake.  The modern day Bridge of the Gods crosses here to Washington on the site of the legendary Bridge of the Gods of Indian lore.</div> <div>      In prehistoric times a huge landslide dammed the Columbia River and the natives could cross on foot.  The story is long and interesting but I will try to tell it somewhere else. </div> <div>      This whole stretch of the Columbia has great fishing and water sports opportunities.</div> <bR> <bR> <bR> <div> <A HREF="http://www.expedia.com/pub/agent.dll?qscr=mmvw&msds=498A81E6$845Ew$80$27Ew94!E04!I0$0D0Cascade.Locks60Oregon00$0D0United.States00!4$FF000!8$FF!60$2B$EE$26$95$FC$D5F$40$31$2A$E3$BE$99x$5E$C0$320001000!8$FF!50$14000!4$FF!I010" TARGET="_top" TITLE="http://www.expedia.com/pub/agent.dll?qsc"><U>Area Map</U></A>    <A HREF="http://www.expedia.com/pub/agent.dll?qscr=mmvw&msds=D5EEC7E1$845Ew$80$27Ew94!E04!I0$0D0Cascade.Locks60Oregon00$0D0United.States00!4$FF000!8$FF!60$2B$EE$26$95$FC$D5F$40$31$2A$E3$BE$99x$5E$C030001000!8$FF!50$14000!4$FF00!6U5$C0!70$C010" TARGET="_top" TITLE="http://www.expedia.com/pub/agent.dll?qsc"><U>  Street Map</U></A></div> </td> <td valign="top" width=150 BGCOLOR="#0066CC" TEXT="#080000"> <div> .</div> </td> </tr></table></body>