Phyllis and Jim's Home in White Salmon -- 2013 Trip

Phyllis and Jim's White Salmon Home

Photos from our 2013 Trip

Including our Road Trip to and from White Salmon

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Jamie on his special chair at White Salmon that Anne gave him:


2004 age: 3 mo.	2005 age: 1	2006 age: 2	2007 age: 3	2008 age: 4	2009 age: 5	2010 age: 6	2011 age: 7	2012 age: 8
		No 2015 picture of Jamie L He stayed home (it was only a weekend)
2013 age: 9	2014 age: 10	2015	2016 age: 12	2017 age: 13	2018 age: 14	2019 age: 15	2021 age: 17

Adams at sunset, first day or two

Hood at sunset, first day or two

This year, we drove to White Salmon and back.

Click on the photo below to go to a slide show of the road trip (medium speed)

Or click here for a higher speed slide show of the road trip

Or here for a slower speed slide show of the road trip

Our trusty steed after the road trip: The bugs of many states!

Elk, Rocky Mountain National Park

Rocky Mountain NP, Colorado; Colorado River near Moab Utah

Canyonlands NP, Utah; Arches NP, Utah

Bonneville Salt Flats, Utah

"Grassy Knoll" Hike, near White Salmon; Lookout Mountain and Mt. Hood, near White Salmon

Eastern Montana; Wyoming - the Bighorn Mtns

Devils Tower, WY; Badlands National Park, South Dakota

White Salmon 2013

So this year, we drove out to White Salmon, 7 days out and 4 days back. We got up at 4am the first morning

and drove through south the then west across southern Minnesota, the SE corner of South Dakota, the western

edge of Iowa, then across Nebraska from east to west. We spent the first night in Grand Island NE (622 miles,

the longest day of the trip). Then we crossed into Colorado the next morning and drove to Estes Park, passing the

Big Thompson River Gorge on the way. The third morning we rose early again and drove into Rocky Mountain

National Park. We were among the first visitors of the day and it was magic: The air was as clear as I've ever seen

it and there was no wind (at first) even at above 12,000 feet! I was comfortable in t-shirt and shorts until the wind finally

got going at about 9am. We drove the Trail Ridge Road (highest paved through road in the US) to 12,183 feet.

Dropping down the west side of the Rockies, we drove through Grand Parek, seeing lots of elk and two moose.

The over Berthoud Pass at over 11,000 feet and on to I-70, which we followed through the Eisenhower Tunnel and

over Vail Pass, then on through all of western Colorado to Grand Junction at its western edge. Next morning,

we set off for Utah. This was our shortest driving day of the trip. We were at the turn off for the short cut to

Moab by 9 am. We took this short cut (Utah Hwy 128) along the Colorado River, and it is one of the prettiest

roads I've driven, through beautiful red canyons on a narrow, twisting two-lane road. We were in Moab by late

morning and we headed up the "Island in the Sky" in Canyonlands National Park, where we had lunch. We saw

the sights on Dead Horse Mesa in the National Park, and then headed back to Moab for the night.

Again rising very early, we were among the first into Arches National Park the next morning, We saw Delicate Arch

(from the view point, no time for the hike), then hiked the short hikes to Skyline Arch and Double Arch.

It was great to see Delicate Arch before the crowds arrived. The it was off northwest across Utah, over the

Wasatch Range and down into Salt Lake City to spend the night next to the Great Salt Lake. Up early again in the

morning, we saw the Bonneville Salt Flats, which Jamie was very interested in because of the Bonneville Speedway,

then across the northeastern corner of Nevada, and into Idaho in the Snake River Plain. We stopped at the

Hagerman Fossil Beds National Monument, then on to Mountain Home ID for the night (where they had

22-ounce Long Island Teas at the next door restaurant!)

Up early the next morning for the final leg in to White Salmon, across the Snake River Plain, over the Blue

Mountains, and then down the Columbia Gorge to Hood River and White Salmon. In White Salmon, we

saw Jeanne and Steve, Eric and Allison, Ben, Gaye, and Cara, and David Brooks. Nannette flew out

and spent the time with us as well. And my Mom spent a week with us. We spent much time tearing down

the two sheds in the back of our place, continuing the clean up work near The Park, and generally cleaning up:

With much help from Steve, Nannette, and our neighbor Bruce. Thanks! We got the big shed, the one most

blocking the views, completely removed and the smaller one knocked down to ground level (for demolition

next year.)

Of course, we did our usual hiking and sight-seeing around the Gorge region. Gaye also discovered

Glassometry, and glass-making place near Hood River, where you can help make glass art. Jamie, Cara,

and Ben all made some glass. Jamie and I hiked to Lookout Mountain and Tamanawas Falls. It's perfectly

clear that he can easily out-hike us now! Jamie also got a larger (24-inch wheels) bike and really enjoyed

riding it around our and Jeanne and Steve's places. (He also graduated to a 24-inch bike at home in Shoreview

and no longer uses the after-burner behind my bike: He can bike with us now. He's proud of that!)

We made a few other improvements, including rearranging the interior of the house for better flow and

seating and bought two window/mobile air conditioners which came in handy a couple of days. And

we got a new King-sized bed for the master bedroom. This allowed us to move the queen to the back

bedroom and to move the nice full sized bed to the middle bedroom, so that all the rooms have high-quality

mattresses now.

Too soon it was time to turn back towards home. We headed back up the Gorge, then east through Walla Walla

on US 12, then on to Clarkston and Lewiston, There US 12 picks up the Clearwater River in Idaho and follows

it upstream to its confluence with the Lochsa River, which the road then follows to Lolo Pass and Montana.

Between Lewiston and Lolo Pass, the road covers over 85 miles, every bit of it sharp bends. Generally, the

speed limit is 45. By the time you hit Lolo Pass and a straighter, faster road, you are well tired of the winding

road, even though it is very beautiful. Over Lolo Pass, we drove on to Missoula for the night. Very happy to

get oout of the car!

The next morning, we were up early again and off down I-90, which we followed for most of the rest of the trip.

We by-passed Yellowstone National Park (no time) and drove on to Sheridan, Wyoming for the night. The most

striking thing about this drive across the high plains was how green it was. I've never seen these areas this green,

regardless of the time of year. They must have a long, cool, damp spring and early summer. Good news after

the bad drought last summer. From Sheridan, we drove to Devils Tower and then skirted the Black Hills to

sepdn the night in Wall, South Dakota (I finally set foot in Wall Drug), where we enjoyed the pool in 95+°F

temperatures. Then it was up before dawn to see the sun rise over the Badlands and a tour through Badlands

National Park, which included a close encounter with a bighorn sheep that was right at the edge of the road.

Then back on I-90 for the long slog across South Dakota and Minnesota to home. I couldn't drive that car

for a few days after we got home! I drove the truck to work for the first few days. (I was thoroughly sick

of being in that car!)


On the road again ...	You can see a slide show of the entire road trip here	Nebraska	Nebraska	Nebraska

Nebraska	Into Colorado	Eastern Colorado, Rockies just on the horizon		Eastern Colorado, approaching the Rockies

Into the Big Thompson River Gorge	Into the Big Thompson River Gorge		Jamie spotted one bighorn sheep in the Big Thompson River Gorge and we stopped. There was a whole herd of them!

Coming into Estes Park, CO	Estes Park	Early the next mornign at the hotel, leaving	Rocky Mountain Nat. Park

		Some of Jamie's photos of RMNP	Long's Peak and the Diamond Face

		Over the top of the Trail Ridge Road



A marmot	Jamie's photos of the marmot	A pika

Elk, resting

The Continental Divide at Milner Pass		Moose in the road	Jamie's shots of the moose	Elk!

Lots of elk! Jamie's shot of elk calves	Right out the window of the car	Another moose in the road		Up the Berthoud Pass

Down the Berthoud Pass		I-70 at last -- but not moving fast!		The Eisenhower Tunnel on I-70

Central Colorado ski region	Central Colorado ski region	Central Colorado ski region	Central Colorado ski region	Central Colorado ski region

Western Colorado		Glenwood Canyon, along the Colorado River, I-70 in western CO	Glenwood Canyon, along the Colorado River, I-70 in western CO	Glenwood Canyon, along the Colorado River, I-70 in western CO

Glenwood Canyon, along the Colorado River, I-70 in western CO		Near Grand Junction, CO	Near Grand Junction, CO	Far western CO

	Near the Utah border		The Utah border	Utah Hwy 128

Utah Hwy 128 along the Colorado River	Utah Hwy 128 along the Colorado River	Utah Hwy 128 along the Colorado River	Utah Hwy 128 along the Colorado River	Utah Hwy 128 along the Colorado River

Utah Hwy 128 along the Colorado River	Utah Hwy 128 along the Colorado River	Utah Hwy 128 along the Colorado River	Utah Hwy 128 along the Colorado River	Near Moab, UT

Canyonlands NP	Canyonlands NP	Canyonlands NP	Canyonlands NP	Canyonlands NP

Canyonlands NP	Canyonlands NP	Arches NP	Arches NP	Arches NP Delicate Arch Viewpoint Trail

Arches NP Delicate Arch from the viewpoint	Arches NP Delicate Arch Viewpoint Trail	Arches NP Delicate Arch Viewpoint Trail	Arches NP	Arches NP Skyline Arch

Arches NP Skyline Arch	Skyline Arch, rocks: Ancient seabed above Jamie	Prickly Pear, Arches NP	Track, Arches NP	Arches NP

Double Arch, Arches NP	Double Arch, Arches NP	Double Arch, Arches NP	Leaving Arches NP (the Balanced Rock)	Across the Wasatch Range in Utah on the way to Salt Lake City

	Salt Lake Valley and the Wastch Range	The Great Salt Lake, west of Salt Lake Sity		At our hotel, Salt Lake City

Dawn, Great Salt Lake	To the Bonneville Salt Flats	Bonneville Salt Flats	Bonneville Salt Flats	Bonneville Salt Flats

Into Nevada		Wells, NV	Into Idaho	Lunch break, Filer, Idaho

The Snake River Plain, Idaho	Hagerman Fossil Beds National Monument, Idaho		Electric motorcycle, Mountain Home, ID Jamie's photos of himself in the car	Into Oregon!

Eastern Oregon	Into the Blue Mountains	Above Pendleton, Oregon	Into The Gorge	The Gorge

Into White Salmon!	Home in White Salmon, we made it			The shed, before the demolition

Starting to tear down the big shed. Cleick HERE for a slide show of demolition	Poppies!	Me at our new sign

Sunset photos		"Grassy Knoll" hike	"Grassy Knoll" hike	"Grassy Knoll" hike

"Penninsula" hike	"Penninsula" hike	"Penninsula" hike	"Penninsula" hike

Relaxing with music and friends	Relaxing with music and friends	Relaxing with music and friends	Pink sunset light on Mt. Hood	Jamie, flying his kite

Group shot with Ben, Gaye, Cara, and Nannette

Lookout Mountain hike	Lookout Mountain hike	Lookout Mountain hike	Lookout Mountain hike	Lookout Mountain hike

Lookout Mountain hike Jamie's pictures below	Petroglyph site at Horsethief Lake	Petroglyph site at Horsethief Lake	Petroglyph site at Horsethief Lake	At the Bonneville Fish Hatchery and Sturgeon Center

At the Bonneville Fish Hatchery and Sturgeon Center	At the Bonneville Fish Hatchery and Sturgeon Center	At the Bonneville Fish Hatchery and Sturgeon Center	At the Bonneville Fish Hatchery and Sturgeon Center - Jamie's photos	Jamie's water rocket pictures

At Glassometry in Hood River	At Glassometry in Hood River	At Glassometry in Hood River Jamie, Cara, and Ben made glass	At Glassometry in Hood River Jamie, helping to make his glass	At Glassometry in Hood River Jamie, helping to make his glass

At Glassometry in Hood River Jamie, helping to make his glass	At Glassometry in Hood River Jamie, helping to make his glass	At Glassometry in Hood River Ben helping to make his glass	Jamie's pictures from Glassometry in Hood River	Walking around our place

Shed demolition Slide show of the demo, HERE	Shed demolition	Shed demolition - Shed Down!	Shed demolition	Our neighbor Bruce finished the work for me: A clean sweep!

And then on to the second shed! The views are getting better all the time!	Video Jamie took of Steve pulling down the second shed with his tractor	Jamie and I hiked to Tamanawas Falls	Jamie and I hiked to Tamanawas Falls	Jamie and I hiked to Tamanawas Falls I like Jamie's photo with the screen of flying droplets

Around our place	Around our place	Around our place	Around our place	Jamie having fun with his fisheye effect

Jamie having fun with his fisheye effect	Jamie having fun with his fisheye effect	Jamie having fun with his fisheye effect	Gracie	Jamie's photos around the place

Nearing the end: A full dumpster	Project for next year: Trimming the trees around the barn	Our last evening in White Salmon: Dinner at Jeanne and Steve's place	Our last evening in White Salmon: Dinner at Jeanne and Steve's place	Our last evening in White Salmon: Dinner at Jeanne and Steve's place

Early morning in the Gorge The start of our return road trip	The Columbia just west of Walla Walla	The Palouse

Following the Clearwater River and Lochsa River into Idaho	The Lochsa	To Lolo Pass into Montana	Deer, outside our hotel in Missoula, second morning	Eastern Montana

Over the Continental Divide in Montana		Eastern Montana -- amazingly green	Milepost 550 on I-90 in Montana	Into Wyoming

Jamie, northern Wyoming	Sheridan, WY, the Bighorn Mountains	The Bighorn Mountains	The Bighorn Mountains	The Bighorn Mountains

The Bighorn Mountains	The Bighorn Mountains	I've never seen WYoming this green		To Devil's Tower National Monument

	Devils Tower Natl. Mon.	Devils Tower Natl. Mon.	Devils Tower Natl. Mon.	Devils Tower Natl. Mon.

Devils Tower Natl. Mon.	Devils Tower Natl. Mon.	Devils Tower Natl. Mon.	Devils Tower Natl. Mon.

	Skirting the Black Hills	Approaching Wall, SD At Wall Drug	Pronghorns, before dawn, Badlands NP	Dawn over Badlands NP

Badlands NP	Badlands NP	Badlands NP	Badlands NP	Deer in the grass, Badlands NP

I've never been this close to a bighorn sheep before: Right beside the road. Badlands NP	Badlands NP	Badlands NP	Badlands NP	Badlands NP

Badlands NP	Badlands NP	Across South Dakota	Crossing the Missouri River on I-90	Crossing the Missouri River on I-90
				The End
Crossing the Missouri River on I-90	Crossing the Missouri River on I-90	Across eastern South Dakota, heading for home Look how GREEN it is!	Of course, ending up with road work in Minnesota too!

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