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Spring has definitely sprung in the central Gorge with longer days of alternating showers and sun - and nights where the temperatures remain low enough to threaten a few snowflakes. Trees and shrubs are beginning to bloom. The eagles are back doing their spectacular courting dances over Thunder Island. The Canada geese who spend their winters with us being replaced by the robins spend theirs in sunnier climes to the south. Swallows and squirrels are darting to and fro everywhere. And with the spring fishing season upon us, it's a great time to pull up a chair at one of the sites overlooking the locks and just take it all in.

The annual Waterfall Run will have us nearly full from the 9th to the 11th. Always fun to watch the competitors head out each morning looking all bright-eyed and bushy-tailed then come running back in a couple of hours later hoping to beat their best time and maybe qualify for a spot on the Olympic team.

For those of us looking for the more typical laid-back travel experience, our park neighbors the Cascade Locks Historical Museum and Sternwheeler Columbia Gorge are once again open for business. Click on the links above for details!

The museum opened with a new "Riveting History" exhibit commemorating this year's 100 year anniversary of the opening of the Bridge of the Gods. The exhibit is first in a series of special celebratory events taking place in Cascade Locks this summer that include a two-day big birthday bash in the park September 19-20 and month-long bridge centennial celebration in October that will take place in locations throughout the city's downtown area.

After such a long and wet winter, we're enjoying the longer drier days spring has started to bring to central Gorge - and the return of so many of the people who stay with us here at the campground each year. : )