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It was Boeing not Boring

We took a trip on a Boeing and then a car to help us get around, this past week to the Pacific Northwest and encountered not only stunning vistas, great food and the usual high of traveling to some of the most scenic locales on the planet...

But we also encountered things we normally would not.

I got to tour the largest manufacturing facility in the world where some of  the planet's largest man made creations are put together... Boeing Wide Body Aircraft.

Everett Field, WA
The weird green color craft is awaiting a paint job depending on which customer wants it.

While driving around in Portland OR we went through (and yes we did not stick around with a name like that) the town of BORING..


Exit Sign on the Highway - if you dare (I am not sure if it is advertising a Boring Oregon City or two diff cities)
 
Otherwise and weatherwise it was not a bad week at all..

Nat Geo recommends a road trip we decided to follow - as one of the most scenic in the world .. along the Columbia River Gorge taking in the majesty that is nature...



Vista House - seen from another view point offers some amazing view of the Gorge - by George or Ghalib..for that matter

Arches along a perimeter wall at Vista House - the Columbia seen meandering below

His Eminence - Mt. Hood at around11,250 ft is one of the largest dormant volcanic mountains in Oregon
 
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