This
year we had a nice, long three weeks in White Salmon.
The big maintenance task this year was
replacing
the siding on the front of the house. We did a lot of fun
hikes, inclduing some new ones.
We
got to see David Brooks, Eric and Allison Wetzel, Ben Smith and
Gaye McNutt, in addition
We
made a site survey (informal) and a site plan for our new house,
which we hope to start building
Special
thanks to Eric for critical help replacing the siding on the
front of the house and to Steve for
use
of your truck and the shooting outing.
Panorama from our NW field, close to our new home site.
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Flying first
class on Delta
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Home, sweet
home
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First
sunerise and morning walk
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Jamie on his
special chair
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Tamanawas
Falls hike (with David)
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Tamanawas
Falls hike
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Tamanawas
Falls hike
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Tamanawas
Falls hike
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Lookout
Mountain hike (with David)
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Lookout
Mountain hike
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Lookout
Mountain hike
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Lookout
Mountain hike
A panorama
from the top
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Lookout
Mountain hike
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Lookout
Mountain hike
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Using the new pole saw to trim up the Doug Fir grove
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Using the new pole saw to trim up the Doug Fir grove
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Using the new
pole saw to trim up the Doug Fir grove
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Dinner on the patio at Feast
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Siding
replacement project
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Siding
replacement project
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Siding
replacement project
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Siding
replacement project
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Siding
replacement project
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Siding
replacement project, all done!
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The Benh
walk, with Eric and Allison Wetzel.
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Morning and
evening
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Neighborhood
walk
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Back to the
Wahclella Falls hike, for the first time since the big
fire in 2015
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Wahclella Falls hike
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Wahclella Falls hike
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Wahclella Falls hike
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Wahclella Falls hike
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Wahclella Falls hike
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Wahclella Falls hike
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Wahclella Falls hike
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Wahclella Falls hike
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Wahclella Falls hike
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Wahclella Falls hike
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Sunsets
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Sunsets
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Sunsets
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Jamie and I did the walk to the top of Catherine Creek
on a hot, still morning.
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Catherine Creek walk
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Catherine Creek walk
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The next day,
Jamie and I hiked up Chinidere
Mountain, on another hot,
still day.
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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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We had some very hot, hazy, still days. Smoke from
Oregon fires.
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We went to the WAAAM
Museum in Hood River with Steve, Ken, and Carol.
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WAAAM Museum
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WAAAM Museum
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Wild turkeys in the back yard
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Walk from our place to the "Big Ponderosa"
pine. Now dubbed Hank.
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The Big Ponderosa
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A hazy sunrise
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We visited
Herman the Sturgeon at the Bonneville
Fish Hatchery and Sturgeon Center
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Bonneville
Fish Hatchery and Sturgeon Center, feeding the fish
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Trout at the Bonneville
Fish Hatchery and Sturgeon Center
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Falls
Creek hike
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Falls
Creek hike
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Falls
Creek hike
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Falls
Creek hike
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Falls
Creek hike
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New chain and sign at the end of the driveway.
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Jamie, hunting beer
Dinner at Henni's
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I cleaned up the shop building and removed the little
hutch room in the corner.
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Here's where that room ended up (mostly; I saved some of
the wood)
We get a large roll-off every year!
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Another visit to Hank
(Pinus
ponderosa)
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Jamie and I got to go shooting at the Klickitat
County public range
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Geoff Curtis and Jim on the front porch
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Music jam at our place with Carol, Ken, Jeanne, and
Steve
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Some last views
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Some last views
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Chris stopped by and we got to see Timber -- probably
for the last time. He's getting very old.
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Flying home: First Class.
Our last time commuting!
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1-Oct-2021, fresh snow on Mt. Adams
Photo from Anne
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Update on
3-Oct-2021: Some aerial drone photos of our place,
courtesy of Jeanne Mason and Larry and Grace Ostrom
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Broad views
of our place
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Our
"north-forty pasture"
House, shop
and barn
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"Barnyard",
house, and barn
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Right:
Corner of the Nicolai's driveway
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Klickitat PUD
clearing
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