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Scenic Drive

Lumberjack road trip to timber rich Vernonia and rural environs

September 2, 2020 by Matthew

Timber rises up against a clear cut area freshly logged. The Douglas fir have long bare tree trunks leading up to the fir needle foliage with pointed tops pressing up to the blue sky above.

Columbia County is a quiet area of Oregon located north of popular Portland. The population is just over 50,000 people, who mostly live in small towns lining the mighty Columbia River. This includes my hometown of Scappoose -- now considered a bedroom community of Portland due to the convenient location on a beautifully scenic and easy highway only 15 miles away. This … [Read more...] about Lumberjack road trip to timber rich Vernonia and rural environs

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