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January
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January
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January
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Building the dust collection
ducts
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Building the dust collection
ducts
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Building the dust collection
ducts
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Building the dust collection
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Our place from Jeanne and
Steve's
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Building the dust collection
ducts
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Building the dust collection
ducts
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More drywall!
First ceiling insulation
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Building the dust collection
ducts
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New dust collector
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New dust collector
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New dust collector
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New dust collector
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New dust collector
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New dust collector
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Insulating the ceiling
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Insulating the ceiling:
Done. The heat is ON!
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Insulating the ceiling
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Ceiling drywall begins
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I can finally begin moving
things into final positions and bolting them to the walls/
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Dust collection is hooked up!
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Dust collection is hooked up!
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The ceiling drywal advances
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Another walk in the clouds
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Another walk in the clouds.
And a winter rainbow.
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The ceiling drywal advances
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Hanging shelves in the garage
section of the shop
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Hanging shelves in the garage
section of the shop
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Hanging shelves in the garage
section of the shop
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Warm weather and rain have
almost melted the snow and ice!
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View from my shop window
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Dust collection in the garage
space
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Dust collection in the garage
space
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The ceiling is done in the
assembly room!
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Dust collection in the assembly
room
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Dust collection in the assembly
room
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Ice patterns
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Ice patterns
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Ice patterns
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Lights are back up
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The "big" tools are
now in place and can be used with dust collection
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New mobile bench
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Looking like a working shop
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Sunsets
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First "real" hike of
2023: Jamie and I climb Stacker
Butte near The Dalles
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Stacker
Butte
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Stacker
Butte
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Stacker
Butte
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Stacker
Butte
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Stacker
Butte
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Stacker
Butte
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Stacker
Butte
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Stacker
Butte: Jamie and Mt. Adams
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Mt. Adams, Mt. Rainier, and the
Goat Rocks, with the gorge of the Klicktat River in the foreground
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The shape of the land:
Easter Columbia River Gorge
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Stacker
Butte
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Stacker
Butte: Many, many windmills
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New bench with (incomplete)
down-draft station
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New bench with (incomplete)
down-draft station
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New shelf for storing and
organizing nails and screws. 8-feet tall and 8-inches deep
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Our photos from our southern
California trip from February 2023 are on a separate page. Click on
the photo.
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Our photos from our southern
California trip from February 2023 are on a separate page. Click on
the photo.
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Our photos from our southern
California trip from February 2023 are on a separate page. Click on
the photo.
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Our photos from our southern
California trip from February 2023 are on a separate page. Click on
the photo.
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Our photos from our southern
California trip from February 2023 are on a separate page. Click on
the photo.
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Kreps Ranch, just after our
return from southern
California
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Kreps Ranch
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Kreps Ranch
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Kreps Ranch
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Winter views of Mount
Adams
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Winter views of Mount
Hood
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Winter views of Mount
Adams
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Winter views of Mount
Hood
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Droplets
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Spring and Fall
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Winter views of Mount
Adams
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Winter views of Mount
Adams
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The heated shop rooms are done!
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Snowy winter
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Marten
tracks (or perhaps a Fisher)
on our morning walk
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Bobcat tracks on our morning
walk
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It's a working shop!
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Boxes for tire chains
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Boxes for tire chains
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Another mouse in the trap
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Morning walk
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Morning walk
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Organizing my organizers
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Storage in the finishing room
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Warm March afternoon
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Preparation for drywalling in
the garage part of the shop building.
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I'm a drywalling animal.
72 sheets hung single-handedly from mid-December to early March.
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The garage coming together
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The garage coming together
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Snow and melt. Sun
getting stronger.
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Jamie will attend WSU, Pullman,
in the fall! Celebration! Go Cougs!
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Mud season
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First day above 60°F:
18-Mar-23
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Dalles Mountain, covered in Grass
Widows
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Wonderful new Indian restaurant
in The Dalles: Bamba's
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Next to last burn day of spring
2023
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We've got StarLink! It is
a huge improvement!
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We had a very nice visit with
Eric and Allison Wetzel, in Seattle, in late March
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Seattle: Heather and the
Fremont Troll
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Ballard
Locks, Seattle
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Ballard
Locks, Seattle
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Ballard
Locks, Seattle
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Ballard
Locks, Seattle
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Ballard
Locks, Seattle
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Ballard
Locks, Seattle
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Ballard
Locks, Seattle
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Ballard
Locks, Seattle:
Great
Blue Heron rookery
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Ballard
Locks, Seattle:
Great
Blue Heron rookery
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Ballard
Locks, Seattle
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Ballard
Locks, Seattle
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Ballard
Locks, Seattle
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Ballard
Locks, Seattle
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Ballard street scene
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The National
Nordic Museum, Seattle
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The National
Nordic Museum
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The National
Nordic Museum
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The National
Nordic Museum
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The Highline
SeaTac Botanical Garden, Seattle
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Highline
SeaTac Botanical Garden
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Kubota
Garden, Seattle
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Kubota
Garden
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Kubota
Garden
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Alki in the evening
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Good morning Snowden, late
March
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Changing out the studded snow
tires.
Very happy to have a good
shop/garage space to do this!
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Alligator Lizard
Last burn for Spring 2023
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April Fools! Not spring
yet apparently
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Crazy April weather: Snow
in the morning, bare before noon
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Frost
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Frost on charcoal
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Wintry mountains
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Wintry mountains
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Frosty April morning coffee
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Snow drops coming up
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Adding a section of wall so the
barn door fully closes
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Adding a section of wall so the
barn door fully closes
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Marking the future house
location
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Empress lilies coming up
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More April snow
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David came to visit us on his
motorcycle
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David came to visit us on his
motorcycle
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Last snow patch on Bates Road
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Rascal approves of the sunshine
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Spring flowers -- finally
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A somewhat wintry walk on Kreps
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Kreps
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Kreps
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Kreps
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Daffodils
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Perc test pits!
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More April snow!
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A quick tour of the WSU Pullman
campus
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A quick tour of the WSU Pullman
campus
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Spring flowers
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Spring flowers and a burn pile
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Adding a new door to the barn
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More burning, trilliums
blooming
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Completing the siding on the
south side of the barn
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Completing the siding on the
south side of the barn
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Quick trip to Minnesota and
Wisconsin in late April / early May
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Quick trip to Minnesota and
Wisconsin in late April / early May
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Minnesota with Sorensons, Joe,
and Carla
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Wisconsin with Kay and Sissy
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Wisconsin with Lolly and
unexpected late April snow
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Empress lilies in bloom in our
back yard
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Mount Adams and deer
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New pots full of herbs!
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Phyllis got me a day of salmon
fishing on the Columbia for a Father's Day present. Jamie and I went
for spring Chinook with Mitchell
Sportfishing
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Spring Chinook Salmon fishing
near the mouth of the Wind River
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Spring Chinook Salmon fishing
near the mouth of the Wind River
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Spring Chinook Salmon fishing
near the mouth of the Wind River
Jamie lands his fish
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Jamie lands his fish
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Jamie lands his fish
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Spring Chinook Salmon fishing
near the mouth of the Wind River
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Spring Chinook Salmon fishing
near the mouth of the Wind River
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Spring Chinook Salmon fishing
near the mouth of the Wind River
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Cooking Jamie's fish the same
night
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Clearing up around our place
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Daffodils and Mt Adams
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Using my lift to get wire off
my mower blades
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Using my lift to get wire off
my mower blades
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Kreps hike on a gorgeous day --
with cows
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Kreps hike on a gorgeous day --
with cows
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Kreps hike on a gorgeous day --
with cows
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Lots of daffodils
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The yard getting cleaner.
Fencing mostly gone
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Spring flowers
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Spring flowers
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Spring flowers
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Spring flowers
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Spring flowers
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Spring flowers
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Spring flowers
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Spring flowers
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Spring flowers
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Spring flowers
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Spring flowers
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Spring flowers
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More clearing: After and
before
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More clearing: After and
before
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More clearing: Around the
barn
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Chocolate
lilies on Bates Road
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Chocolate
lilies on Bates Road
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Yet another burn pile
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Blue penstemon in the front
yard
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Chicken
Shit Gamblers at the Trout
Lake Hall (great joint)
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More junk removed from our
place.
It never ends!
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Jamie and I hiked Stacker Butte
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Stacker Butte
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Stacker Butte
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Stacker Butte
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Stacker Butte
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Stacker Butte
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Stacker Butte
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Stacker Butte
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Stacker Butte
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Stacker Butte
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Stacker Butte
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Stacker Butte
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And yet more burning --
probably the last until the fall rains
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Rattlesnake track across our
road
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Evening light
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Evening light
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Yet more wire removal
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Clearing around the barn --
finally!
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Champagne at the bench
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A doe hid her fawn behind our
barn
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Go Cougs!
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We had some very cool evenings
in June
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Mousetraps on the wheels work!
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Final clearing behind the barn
(after the deer left on their own)
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Hood at sunset
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Falls
Creek Falls hike
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Falls
Creek Falls hike
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Falls
Creek Falls hike
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Falls
Creek Falls hike
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Falls
Creek Falls hike
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Falls
Creek Falls hike
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Falls
Creek Falls hike
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Falls
Creek Falls hike
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Falls
Creek Falls hike
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Falls
Creek Falls hike
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Falls
Creek Falls hike
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Falls
Creek Falls hike
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Trapping and removing ground
squirrels
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Overlook at Underwood
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Patti and Randy Seifert came to
visit
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Stonehenge,
near Maryhill, with Patti and Randy
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Stonehenge,
near Maryhill, with Patti and Randy
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Maryhill Museum with Patti and
Randy
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Hawkins
Cellars with Patti and Randy
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Doe with two fawns in our field
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Doe with two fawns in our field
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Deer in our front yard
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Hood at sunset
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Kreps again, with cows
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Kreps again, with cows
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Jamie had his orientation at
WSU Pullman in June. He's a cougar now. Go Cougs!
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Mount Adams in the evening
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Early summer flowers
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Early summer flowers
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Early summer flowers
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Guitar calluses
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Our neighbor gets a new
driveway
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Our neighbor gets a new
driveway
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Rascal approves
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Early summer flowers
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Early summer flowers
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Trimming the bottom of the barn
door and covering it with steel to protect the old wood.
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One of my big retirement
projects: Scanning my Dad's B&W negatives.
I am well into it now.
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"Final" filling and
regrading around the barn door
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Jamie's artwork
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Deer and Mount Adams
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Jamie on Sleeping
Beauty. No mountains visible
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Chinidere
Mountain on a glorius day
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Chinidere
Mountain hike
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Chinidere
Mountain hike
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Chinidere
Mountain hike: Lots of big, downed timber to negotiate
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Chinidere
Mountain hike
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Chinidere
Mountain hike
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Chinidere
Mountain hike
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Chinidere
Mountain hike
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Chinidere
Mountain hike
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The front deck
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Refurbishing the bench
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Refurbishing the bench
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Refurbishing the bench
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Refurbishing the bench
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Refurbishing the bench
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Refurbishing the bench
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Refurbishing the bench
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The Tunnel 5 Fire from our
place
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The Tunnel 5 Fire from our
place
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The Tunnel 5 Fire from our
place
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Jamie's photo of the smoke from
Harvest Market
Jamie's photo of a Fire Boss
airplane over our house
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Stagman Ridge hike
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Stagman Ridge hike
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Stagman Ridge hike
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Stagman Ridge hike
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Stagman Ridge hike
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Stagman Ridge hike
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Stagman Ridge hike
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Jamie's photos from the Stagman
Ridge hike
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Jamie's photos from the Stagman
Ridge hike
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Jamie's photos from the Stagman
Ridge hike: Some of the large herd of elk we scared up.
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Jamie's photos from the Stagman
Ridge hike: Ski tracks on the South Chutes
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Repairing and flashing the shop
in preparation for siding
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Repair of the garage door
bottom seal
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Sunset
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Sunset
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Wrapping and siding the shop
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Wrapping and siding the shop
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Wrapping and siding the shop
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Wrapping and siding the shop
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Wrapping and siding the shop
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Wrapping and siding the shop
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Wrapping and siding the shop
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Wrapping and siding the shop
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Wrapping and siding the shop
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Wrapping and siding the shop
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Wrapping and siding the shop
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A much needed new spice rack
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A much needed new spice rack
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Moons
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Moons
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Mountains
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New lights circuits inside the
barn. Now we have good lighting in there.
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New lights circuits inside the
barn. Now we have good lighting in there.
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New lights circuits inside the
barn. Now we have good lighting in there.
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We continue to get mice on the
car tires
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Big beetle in the shop
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A young chipmunk on the front
porch
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Mt. Adams, hazy and clear
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Flag
Point, near Lookout
Mountain
Mount Jefferson, top
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Flag
Point
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Flag
Point
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Flag
Point
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Flag
Point
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Flag
Point
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Flag
Point
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Flag
Point
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Flag
Point
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Flag
Point
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Flag
Point
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Flag
Point: Mount Adams (top)
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Flag
Point: Mount Jefferson
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Flag
Point
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Flag
Point
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Flag
Point
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Sleeping
Beauty on a crystal clear day
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Sleeping
Beauty
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Sleeping
Beauty
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Sleeping
Beauty:
Mount Hood
Mount Rainier
Goat Rocks
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Sleeping
Beauty:
Mount St. Helens
Trout Lake
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Sleeping
Beauty:
Mount Adams
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Wahclella Falls hike
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Wahclella Falls
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Wahclella Falls
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Wahclella Falls
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Wahclella Falls
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Late July: Jamie's last day of work at
Harvest Market. It was a good place for him to work.
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We took a late summer trip to
Minnesota and Wisconsin.
Car seen in Roseville, MN
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Sunflowers in Gresham,
Wisconsin
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Sunflowers in Gresham,
Wisconsin
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Sunflowers in Gresham,
Wisconsin
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Keshena Falls, Wisconsin
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Keshena Falls, Wisconsin
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2023
Menominee Pow Wow
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2023
Menominee Pow Wow
Drumming circles
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2023
Menominee Pow Wow
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2023
Menominee Pow Wow
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2023
Menominee Pow Wow
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2023
Menominee Pow Wow
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2023
Menominee Pow Wow
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2023
Menominee Pow Wow
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2023
Menominee Pow Wow
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2023
Menominee Pow Wow
My video; click on the photo
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2023
Menominee Pow Wow
My video; click on the photo
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2023
Menominee Pow Wow
My video; click on the photo
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Keshena, Wisconsin
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With Sissy on the Stockbridge
Reservation
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Big
Smokey Falls
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Big
Smokey Falls
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Home again, home again
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Lookout Mountain hike with
Jamie
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Lookout Mountain hike with
Jamie
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Lookout Mountain hike with
Jamie
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Lookout Mountain hike with
Jamie
Mount Jefferson, Mount Hood
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Lookout Mountain hike with
Jamie
Flag Point lookout tower
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Lookout Mountain hike with
Jamie
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Lookout Mountain hike with
Jamie
Whitebark Pine snag
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Lookout Mountain hike with
Jamie
Whitebark Pine snags
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Jamie's last regular morning in
White Salmon. We moved him into his dorm at WSU the next morning.
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Steptoe
Butte near Pullman,
WA
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Steptoe
Butte near Pullman,
WA
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Steptoe
Butte near Pullman,
WA
Harvest time
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Steptoe
Butte near Pullman,
WA
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Steptoe
Butte near Pullman,
WA
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Steptoe
Butte near Pullman,
WA
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Steptoe
Butte near Pullman,
WA
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Steptoe
Butte near Pullman,
WA
Amber waves of grain
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Steptoe
Butte near Pullman,
WA
Amber waves of grain
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Steptoe
Butte near Pullman,
WA
Amber waves of grain
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Steptoe
Butte near Pullman,
WA
Amber waves of grain
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Move-in day!
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Move-in day!
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Move-in day!
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Move-in day!
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Amber waves of grain:
Video from near Steptoe Butte. Click on the photo
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First day of classes at WSU,
Jamie sent us a selfie
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We had some BAD smoke days
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I built a new and very
effective yellowjacket trap
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First couple of test-flight
shots from my photo drone
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Black Widow spider in the shop.
Latrodectus
hesperus
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Recent, smoky sunsets
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Recent, smoky sunsets
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Work begins on our new house
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Work begins on our new house
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Work begins on our new house
28-Aug-2023
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Work begins on our new house
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Work begins on our new house
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Day two of excavation:
Building the driveway
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Day two of excavation:
Building the driveway
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Day two of excavation:
Building the driveway
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Day two of excavation:
Building the driveway
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Day two of excavation:
Building the driveway
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Day two of excavation:
Building the driveway
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Day two of excavation:
The foundation excavation and crawl space
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Day two of excavation:
The foundation excavation and crawl space.
Panoramas from my iphone
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A firefighting Chinook
helicopter flew over, 29-August
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Heavy smoke in late August
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I made a giant yellowjacket
trap
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It's September
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Paint color trials for the new
house
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Climbers' trail near the top of
Adams
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More siding on the shop
building
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More siding on the shop
building
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More siding on the shop
building
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More siding on the shop
building
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More siding on the shop
building
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Prep for footings
11-Sep-2023
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Phyllis and I hiked Lookout
Mountain
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Phyllis and I hiked Lookout
Mountain
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Phyllis and I hiked Lookout
Mountain
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Phyllis and I hiked Lookout
Mountain
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Phyllis and I hiked Lookout
Mountain
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Footings taken from my new
drone
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Stormy Mount Adams
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I hiked Wind Mountain in the
Gorge for the first time
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Wind Mountain trail
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Wind Mountain trail
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Wind Mountain trail
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Foundation poured
20-Sep-2023
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Drone shots
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Drone shot
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Foundation forms off
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Foundation forms off
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Celebrating closing on our
construction loan
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Lumber delivery and backfill
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Lumber delivery and backfill
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Lumber delivery and backfill
26-Sep-2023
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Lumber delivery and backfill
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Lumber delivery and backfill
27-Sep-2023
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Lumber delivery and backfill
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Framing begins
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Framing begins
28-Sep-2023
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The floor goes on
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We saw the Chicken Shit
Gamblers at Trout Lake Hall on Phyllis's birthday
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Floor going on
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Drone shots
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Walls begin
1-Oct-2023
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Walls going up!
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Walls going up
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Walls going up
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Walls going up
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Walls going up
3-Oct-2023
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Walls going up
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Walls going up: Future
living/dining room view
3-Oct-2032
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Walls going up
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Walls going up
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An inch of rain and everything
greens right up
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Drone shots
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Drone shots
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Drone shots
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Drone shots
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Drone shots
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Drone shots
7-Oct-2023
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Morning walk
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Here comes the roof
9-Oct-2023
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Here comes the roof
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Here comes the roof
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Here comes the roof
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Here comes the roof
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Here comes the roof
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Here comes the roof
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Here comes the roof
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Here comes the roof
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Here comes the roof
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Here comes the roof
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Here comes the roof
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Here comes the roof
9-Oct-2023
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Building bluebird houses
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Building bluebird houses
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Building bluebird
houses
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Building bluebird houses
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Building bluebird houses
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Building bluebird houses
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Roof sheathing
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Roof sheathing
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Roof sheathing
11-Oct-2023
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Roof sheathing
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Building the timber
trusses
12-Oct-2023
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Building the timber
trusses
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Building the timber
trusses
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Building the timber
trusses
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Building the timber
trusses
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Adams with fresh snow
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Hood with fresh snow
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Adams with fresh snow
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Adams with fresh snow
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Setting the timber trusses
16-Oct-2023
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Setting the timber trusses
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Setting the timber trusses
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Setting the timber trusses
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Setting the timber trusses
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Setting the timber trusses
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Setting the timber trusses
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Setting the timber trusses
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Setting the timber trusses
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Setting the timber trusses
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Setting the timber trusses
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Setting the timber trusses
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Setting the timber trusses
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Setting the timber trusses
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Setting the timber trusses
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Installing the ridge beam
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Jamie took his first overnight
backpacking trip with the WSU Outdoor Rec Center to the Selkirk range in
the Idaho panhandle. Some of his photos
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Some of his photos from the
Selkirks
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The next weekend, Jamie visited
with us for a couple of days
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Hiking with Jamie on Lookout
Mountain
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Hiking with Jamie on Lookout
Mountain
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Hiking with Jamie on Lookout
Mountain
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Roof work
16-Oct-2023
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Roof work
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My new drone - this one works
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Sunrise
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Meter base goes in
Crawl space hatch
17-Oct-2023
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Last regular burn pile of 2023
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Rafters going in
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Fiery sunset
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Sunrise
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Rafters going in
18-Oct-2023
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Rafters going in
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Meter base passed inspection
18-Oct-2023
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Crescent moon over Mt. Hood
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Deer and Mount Adams
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Dawn sequence
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Leaky lawn tractor tires!
Sure glad Paco's is there!
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I completed scanning all of my
Dad's black&white negatives. 4918 images
I will be updating the family
photo album pages ove the winter
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After we dropped Jamie off
after his visit, we went to Steptoe Butte and Palouse Falls
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Palouse Falls
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Jamie did a second backpacking
trip with WSU ORC. This time it was very cold. Probably the
last one this year
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Misty morning
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Misty morning
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More roof work
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The roof is sheathed!
23-Oct-2023
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Building the decorative dormer
over the garage 24-Oct-2023
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Our fireplace mantel slab,
spalted Ponderosa Pine
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Our fireplace mantel slab
24-Oct-2023
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Fireplace is framed
25-Oct-2023
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Living room view
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Septic tank is in
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Drainfield going in
26-Oct-2023
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We have a huge attic
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Drain field going in
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Surprise October snow
27-Oct-2023
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The roof is waterproof
28-Oct-2023
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The roof is waterproof
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Future sunset vviews from the
house
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Shingles!
2-Nov-2023
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Shingles!
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Garage doors are in
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Putting on the studded snow
tires
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Shingles expand
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Shingles expand
4-Nov-2023
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Shingles expand
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Fireplace unit is in
4-Nov-2023
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Misty mornings
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Can't seem to get a
roll-off. Reducing the load with fire
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Bringing in the power!
6-Nov-2023
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Septic system, fully installed
and connected
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Tub is installed
6-Nov-2023
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Propane lines are in
6-Nov-2023
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60% of the power trench
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We lost our dear, sweet buddy
Rascal, 6-Nov-2023
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Installing KPUD power
7-Nov-2023
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Installing KPUD power
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Installing KPUD power
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Installing KPUD power
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Installing KPUD power
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Installing KPUD power
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Installing KPUD power
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Installing KPUD power
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The roof is nearly done!
8-Nov-2023
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The roof is done
10-Nov-2023
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The roof is done
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The roof is done
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Interior doors
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Windows being delivered
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Garage doors and windows going
in
10-Nov-2023
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Windows going in
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Windows going in
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Windows going in
11-Nov-2023
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Windows going in
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Windows going in
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Windows going in
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Windows going in
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Windows going in
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Windows going in
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Windows going in
12-Nov-2023
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Windows going in
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Windows going in
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Another burn pile
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Windows and trim
14-Nov-2023
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Windows and trim
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Windows and trim
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Windows and trim
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Welcoming commitee
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Jamie was home for Thanksgiving
week
Shown with the Thanksgiving
tree this year and last year.
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Walking to the Hank Tree with
Jamie
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Walking to the Hank Tree with
Jamie
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Walking to the Hank Tree with
Jamie
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Walking to the Hank Tree with
Jamie
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Walking to the Hank Tree with
Jamie
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Falls Creek Falls hike with
Jamie
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Falls Creek Falls hike with
Jamie
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Falls Creek Falls hike with
Jamie
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Falls Creek Falls hike with
Jamie
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Falls Creek Falls hike with
Jamie
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Falls Creek Falls hike with
Jamie
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Falls Creek Falls hike with
Jamie
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Falls Creek Falls hike with
Jamie
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Falls Creek Falls hike with
Jamie
Video of the road to the
trailhead
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Sunset
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A walk in the clouds
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Trim going on
23-Nov-2023
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Jamie and I had a nice hike up
Hood River Mountain
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Hood River Mountain hike
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Hood River Mountain hike
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Hood River Mountain hike
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Trim going on
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Trim going on
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Trim going on
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Sunset sequence
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Sunset sequence
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Sunset sequence
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Moonrise
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Moonrise
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Deer in the yard
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The well going in
27-Nov-2023
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The well going in
27-Nov-2023
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The well going in
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The well going in
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The well going in
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The well going in
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The well going in
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My beloved big green Le Creuset
finally wore out. Got a new Amazon Basics. It works very well.
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Anniversary dinner out at
Gander and Goose in White Salmon: Excellent
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Anniversary dinner out at
Gander and Goose
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Anniversary dinner out at
Gander and Goose
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The snow returns, 30-Nov-2023
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The snow returns, 30-Nov
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Winter landscape
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Siding going up
4-Dec-2023
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Siding going up
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Siding going up
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Service boxes going in
4-Dec-2023
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The drain to the septic tank
got plugged! Ugh! Luckily it was easy (but expensive) to fix.
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The generator
4-Dec-2023
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The garage slab poured and
finished
5-Dec-2023
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Jamie's photo of a coyote in a
snowfall, last winter
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Progress: Siding going up
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Progress: Siding going up
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Progress: Siding going up
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Progress: Siding going up
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A beautiful winter day
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A beautiful winter day
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Foam insulation in the rafters
21-Dec-2023
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Foam insulation in the rafters
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Siding progress
21-Dec-2023
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Siding progress
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Siding progress
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Siding progress
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Fireplace mantel for the new
house
22-Dec-2023
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Jamie is home for Christmas
break!
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Frosty morning
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Mount Hood
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Mount Adams
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Frosty morning
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23-Dec-2023: The siding is
done!
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The siding is done
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The siding is done
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View of our place
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Our young electrican marked all
of the CCTV lines.
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Mount Hood sunset
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23-Dec-2023
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Opening Christmas presents
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Opening Christmas presents
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Opening Christmas presents
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Opening Christmas presents
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Opening Christmas presents
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1/2-inch of freezing rain,
26-Dec-23
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1/2-inch of freezing rain,
26-Dec-23
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1/2-inch of freezing rain,
26-Dec-23
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1/2-inch of freezing rain,
26-Dec-23
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1/2-inch of freezing rain,
26-Dec-23
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1/2-inch of freezing rain,
26-Dec-23
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1/2-inch of freezing rain,
26-Dec-23
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Misty morning, ice all melted
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Insulation going in
28-Dec-2023
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Insulation going in
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Insulation going in
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Insulation going in
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Insulation going in
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Insulation going in
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Insulation going in
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Jamie's photo of the sunset
from our front yard, 29-Dec
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Mount Adams 29-Dec
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Mount Adams, 31-Dec-2023
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Mount Hood, 31-Dec-2023
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Frost and droplets
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Beautiful day on Hood River
Mountain,
31-Dec-2023
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Beautiful day on Hood River
Mountain,
31-Dec-2023
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Beautiful day on Hood River
Mountain,
31-Dec-2023
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Beautiful day on Hood River
Mountain,
31-Dec-2023
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Beautiful day on Hood River
Mountain,
31-Dec-2023
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Beautiful day on Hood River
Mountain,
31-Dec-2023
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Beautiful day on Hood River
Mountain,
31-Dec-2023
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Beautiful day on Hood River
Mountain,
31-Dec-2023
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Beautiful day on Hood River
Mountain,
31-Dec-2023
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Beautiful day on Hood River
Mountain,
31-Dec-2023: Stacker
Butte
Ridges on the Washington side
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Beautiful day on Hood River
Mountain,
31-Dec-2023
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Beautiful day on Hood River
Mountain,
31-Dec-2023
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Beautiful day on Hood River
Mountain,
31-Dec-2023
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Beautiful day on Hood River
Mountain,
31-Dec-2023
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Beautiful day on Hood River
Mountain,
31-Dec-2023
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Click on this
photo for a slide show of Mount Adams through all of 2023:
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Beautiful day on Hood River
Mountain,
31-Dec-2023
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31-Dec-2023, Farewell 2023
A very eventful year!
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31-Dec-2023, Farewell 2023
A very eventful year!
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