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<\/a><\/p>\n <\/p>\n After seeing the falls we continued in to Hood River to drive the Hood River County Fruit Loop. \u00a0The loop is a scenic drive that has lots of different fruit stands, wineries, flowers, and ciders. \u00a0On a clear day you can see Mt. Hood and Mt Adams really well. \u00a0There were lots of clouds today but we were able to see them intermittently.<\/p>\n There were so many orchards full of fruit trees on this loop. \u00a0The first place we stopped was called The Gorge White House. \u00a0They had fruit and flowers available for u-pick, a food truck, a gift shop, and a winery. \u00a0The property was beautiful. \u00a0We didn\u2019t partake in any of the u-pick, but we did try a flight of their ciders. \u00a0And, we weren\u2019t able to enjoy the food truck because it wasn\u2019t quite open before we left this stop.<\/p>\n The best view we had of Mt Adams due to the clouds.<\/p>\n At the next place we stopped, Mt. Hood Winery, we found out there was a \u201cpassport\u201d for the loop. \u00a0If you got a stamp from 10 of the stands on the loop you would get a canvas market bag. \u00a0So, of course we had to make sure that we stopped at 9 more places.<\/p>\n I just thought this was funny. \u00a0It was at one of our many stops.<\/p>\n A cool shot of Mt. Hood on our drive.<\/p>\n This stop had some loaded cherry trees and pretty views of Mt. Hood.<\/p>\n Next up was Lavender Valley. \u00a0This place is how I found out about the Fruit Loop. \u00a0I really wanted to see the fields of purple. \u00a0When looking for other things to do in the area (so we weren\u2019t going so far just for a color) I found that this place was part of the loop.<\/p>\n We stopped for lunch at a little stop on the loop. \u00a0We sat outside and had a nice view of the mountains and a small airport across the street. \u00a0We were even able to watch a small plane come in for a landing.<\/p>\n One of the places we stopped had a bunch of grape vines with \u201cbaby grapes\u201d.<\/p>\n We completed the loop and got the 10 stamps necessary to get the canvas market bag. \u00a0Mission complete!<\/p>\n When finished, we realized that we were super close to the Naked Winery of Hood River. \u00a0Because we are members and have been to 2 of the 4 locations in Oregon (as of yesterday) we thought it would be fun to stop at our 3rd Naked Winery in as many days.<\/p>\n One last stop on the way back to Seaside was Bridal Veil Falls.<\/p>\n We made it back to Seaside, unloaded the goods that we purchased throughout the day and headed out to the grocery store. \u00a0We wanted to make sure to have groceries as to avoid having to go out in all of the 4th of July traffic. \u00a0While driving to the store, I glanced down one of the side roads where Elk are often spotted and I saw them! \u00a0They were standing in the middle of the road! \u00a0I turned around in the first road I could and headed back. \u00a0Traffic had scared them out of the road but they were still pretty close and easy to see. \u00a0Some of them even had fuzzy antlers! \u00a0What a cool bonus to an awesome day!<\/p>\n<\/a><\/p>\n<\/a><\/p>\n<\/a><\/p>\n<\/a><\/p>\n<\/a><\/p>\n<\/a><\/p>\n<\/a><\/p>\n<\/a><\/p>\n<\/a><\/p>\n<\/a><\/p>\n<\/a><\/p>\n<\/a><\/p>\n<\/a><\/p>\n<\/a><\/p>\n<\/a><\/p>\n<\/a><\/p>\n<\/a><\/p>\n<\/a><\/p>\n<\/a><\/p>\n<\/a><\/p>\n<\/a><\/p>\n<\/a><\/p>\n<\/a><\/p>\n<\/a><\/p>\n<\/a><\/p>\n<\/a><\/p>\n<\/a><\/p>\n<\/a><\/p>\n<\/a><\/p>\n<\/a><\/p>\n<\/a><\/p>\n<\/a><\/p>\n<\/a><\/p>\n