Phyllis and Jim's Home in White Salmon, Washington

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Update for 2022: We moved permanently to our place in White Salmon

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Spring 2001

In 2001, I had the lucky chance to buy the 20-acre property adjacent to Jeanne and Steve Mason's place on

the north. Luckily, this was the depth of the "dot-com bust" and I had just gotten a new job with the FAA

that brought a substantial raise: The timing was perfect! Rob Hackman left the place in quite a mess; but

it was and is a wonderful place. With the view north to Mt. Adams and the view southwest to Mt. Hood,

the site is amazing. We will eventually retire here.

I had been going to Jeanne and Steve's place ("the cabin") since the mid-1990s. One time, casually, I

said that if Hackman ever sold, I'd buy his place, never thinking it would happen. Then in February 2001,

Jeanne and I were hiking on Cougar Mountain near Seattle and she mentioned that the place was for sale.

I visited in March, made an offer that month, and we closed in June 2001. We moved in on 21-July-2001.

The house-warming and new well came in the summer of 2001. That summer also brought the reunion of

me and Phyllis after living 2000 miles apart for 18 years(!). Each year since, we have spent time in White Salmon

with friends, hiking, and sight-seeing, and making improvements and cleaning the place up. It was a farmstead

for more than 50 years and there was quite an accumulation of junk on the place.

We love our place. The hiking is second to none. It's our annual chance to catch up with my friends in

Seattle.

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

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The White Salmon place spring 2001, the first look	Our friend Kevin Beretta on "Parapente Point" above the Gorge and Hood River	This series of photos shows how the place looked the first time Kevin and I were on it with realtor Ernie Birney	Back of the house	Shop and house

Ernie Birney, my realtor

				North fence line

the pond	Junk!	The shop	The shop	The shop

The shop	The shop	Living room	Kitchen	Family room

Master bedroom	Master bath	Back bedroom	Middle bedroom	When next we were on the place, it was the moving in and house-warming weekend of 20-22 Jul 2001. Many friends stayed with us and helped clean up and move in. Kevin Beretta took almost all of the house-warming photos





	A few shots from around the place, summer 2001

My Mom and Dad visited in August 2001	My Mom and Dad visited in August 2001	Me, Mom, Dad, Anne, and Steve	Dad, Steve, Anne, Mom, Jeanne	Then I spent most of the fall, winter, and spring working on the place. First came getting a proper well drilled and hooked up. We share a well with Anne

The water pipe trench in the swale	The water pipe trench in the swale	Painting the shop (and the entire interior of the house!)		Removing junk

Re-framing the back of the shop building	Re-framing the back of the shop building	Winter 2001
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In the fall, we went back out to White Salmon with Joe, his first trip to White Salmon. These are at Cannon Beach, OR	The Elliot Glacier trail on Mt. Hood	2002 in White Salmon	Jeanne and Steve's hot tub	White Salmon: With Mark and Liz on Nestor Peak With David Brooks and Kayla
			Not too many photos from 2002. This was a very busy year and I didn't yet have a good digital camera, while I had almost stopped using my film cameras.
We had a nice trip to Seattle and White Salmon in June to close on the sale of my house and visit. These are at Eric and Allison Wetzel's house	White Salmon	White Salmon
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We had many weekend trips to White Salmon through the summer and fall. I was working at NWA and we flew free and frequently.	We were lucky to be able to fly our friends Nannette and Jeff out on flight benefits	With Kevin and Anna	At Windy Ridge by Mt. St. Helens

Jeanne took these aerial shots for us	Ben, Gaye, and Cara and Lisa	Hiking	Tom McCall Nature Preserve in the Gorge
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We had a nice, long trip to White Salmon in the summer (His special chair that Anne bought him)		First Hike! (Tom McCall Nature Preserve in the Gorge)	Eagle Creek Hike	Eagle Creek Hike

We had lots of friends visiting! Top right photo: Standing: Allison, Eric, and Gretchen Wetzel, Steve ad Jeanne Mason, Ben Smith; Seated: Kirk Wetzel, Phyllis and Jamie, Gaye McNutt and Cara Smith	Cara Smith		First smiles!	Cleaning up the yard

Happy Luna and kite flying	Party!
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Jim went to White Salmon in April to remove our old carpet so that it could be replaced by our contractor (ugh) with lots of help from Kevin Beretta, Jeanne Mason, Steve Mason, and Anne Gengler	We had a nice visit to White Salmon in June and July New Carpet!	Jamie on his special chair	The vetch really went to town in 2005

Almost as soon as we had arrived, Jamie fell off the couch and split his head on the coffee table: 7 stitches!	Here you can see the bandage he wore the whole time ...	We hiked to the top of Tom McCall Nature Preserve Tom McCall Preserve Tom McCall Preserve	Tamanawas Falls hike

I hiked up Lookout Mtn with Joe and Jamie (look at the blonde hair!)	Mark Peter made us a nice carved plaque for our place. Aerial views of our place taken by Jeanne Mason (thanks to Charlie Brown for the flight!)
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We had a nice trip to White Salmon, with lots of hiking in June; New carpet!		Multnomah Falls	Multnomah Falls	I also built new stairs on the front of the house and filled a dumpster We're getting closer to having the place all cleaned up

Chinidere Mountain hike	Top of Chinidere	Top of Chinidere	Hike on the rim of the Gorge	Hike on the rim of the Gorge

Hike on the rim of the Gorge	On his special chair		Joe working

Playing in the wading pool	Jamie and Cara	Jaime and Joe at PDX	Jeanne and Steve and Joe at sunset, and their cabin with moonrise	Playing outside

Tamanawas Falls Hike	Tamanawas Falls Hike	We had some spectacular sunsets	Blowing bubbles
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Hike from our place to the viewpoint at the top of Catherine Creek	Lots of friends visited including the Wetzels, the Smith/McNutts, Jeanne and Steve, Kevin and Anna	A short hike to "the Penninsula" near our place with Cara Smith	Mt. Hood at sunset	At sunset with Ben, Gaye, and Cara

Jamie and his Mom	Cara and her Dad	3-Corner Rock hike	From the top of 3-Corner Rock	Jamie at the trailhead

Jamie at the trailhead	Jamie, Phyllis and Mt. Adams	Jamie's favorite activity: Throwing rocks into a body of water (E Fork of the Hood River in this case)	Throwing rocks	Throwing rocks

Throwing rocks	Throwing rocks	A new (to us) hike to Wahclella Falls in the Gorge, now a favorite hike	Wahclella Falls hike	Wahclella Falls hike

Wahclella Falls hike	Wahclella devolves to rock throwing of course	Wahclella Falls hike		Final supper with Jeanne and Steve
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And we were off to White Salmon for three lovely weeks in June and July (bottom: friends Anna, Jeanne, and Tim Linser)	In his special chair	Allen Oaks hike	With Ben, Gaye, and Cara	The big Ponderosa pine and the moon over Jeanne and Steve's place

Jamie helping make brownies	Cannon Beach, OR	Sandcastle at Cannon Beach	Cranky Sue's restaurant in Cannon Beach	Deer in the front yard Turkeys in the back yard; vetch; sunset on Mt. Hood

With Jeanne and Steve Mason	The Gorge Center at The Dalles	At the Bonneville salmon hatchery and Sturgeon Center	Horsetail Falls

	Me playing; and with my new acetylene cutting torch	Joe on our arrival	Lookout Mountain hike	Lookout Mountain hike

Lookout Mountain hike	Los Reyes restaurant in Bingen	Mt. Defiance hike (backside route)	Mt. Defiance hike (backside route)	Wahclella Falls hike

Multnomah Falls	Nestor Peak hike	Jamie on the new toilet; us on the old ones (before they go into the dumpster)		Ponytail Falls hike (you can walk behind the falls)

	At the Hood River municipal pool and in his sandbox	Tamanawas Falls hike	Tamanawas Falls hike	The Gorge Vista House on Crown Point
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White Salmon! We brought both of our Moms this year; Jamie on his special chair	The Bonneville Fish Hatchery and Sturgeon Center, with Herman the Sturgeon	Local views	Tamanawas Falls hike	Throwing rocks into the East Fork of the Hood River

Joe at the river, at home	Bonneville Dam	Bonneville Dam	Cannon Beach	Cannon Beach

Cannon Beach	Cannon Beach	Kevin took these photos	Kevin took these photos	Kevin took these photos

Around our place	Around our place	Around our place	At the alpaca farm	At the alpaca farm

Lots of friends	The Gorge Center, Mary Hill Museum peacocks, new LEGO set	Sunrise and sunset on the mountains	Wahclella Falls hike	Wahclella Falls hike

Wahclella Falls hike	Wahclella Falls hike: rock throwing of course			We got a nice new (old -- 1920s) table and chairs

Front porch with new decorations	The "Penninsula" hike, near our place	The "Penninsula" hike, near our place: Base of the big Ponderosa	The "Penninsula" hike, near our place: The big Ponderosa pine	Lots of new stuff! New glass bowl; new facuet

New (old) chairs; new clavinova	We drove up to Mt Hood for a look on a fine day	We finally got to spend some time with Tom and Jin Hee Nicolai, our neighbors down the hill to the north	Last views of the mountains; last view of Multnomah Falls	At the Portland airport, on the airplane, back in Shoreview
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Flight to PDX My Mom came with us again this year	First day: With friends Marty and Elizabeth, Tim , Ben, Gaye, and Cara	Jamie on his special chair, Age 6, August 2010	First Evening: Saturday 31-Jul-2010	First views of Hood and Adams

A walk around the properties on Sunday morning. L-R: Jamie, Mom, Marty, Cara, Gaye, Anne, Phyllis	A walk around the properties on Sunday morning. Steve's new sign: Carved in Basalt Jeanne's flourishing lavender	A walk around the properties on Sunday morning. Jamie, Cara, and Bonsai	A walk around the properties on Sunday morning. Anne's Vineyard and Adams	A walk around the properties on Sunday morning. Jamie running across to walk with Cara

Big dinner, Sunday night	Front deck, Sunday: L-R: Jeff, Nannette, Elizabeth, Marty, Mom, Jamie, Phyllis	Front deck, Sunday: L-R: Jeff, Nannette, Elizabeth, Marty, me, Mom, Jamie, Phyllis	Monday morning: Recovering our dining chairs. First cover coming off	Second cover -- ewww, 1970s

The bases of the seats were in great shape: 1970s fir plywood	New covers on! (Except the one on the right)	Marty and Elizabeth left Monday. This is their RV and Mini.	Monday morning: The hike to "The Peninsula"	Monday morning: The hike to "The Peninsula": Details

Monday morning: The hike to "The Peninsula"	Monday morning: The hike to "The Peninsula" The Big Ponderosa Pine	Monday morning: The hike to "The Peninsula"	Monday morning: The hike to "The Peninsula"	Jeff, Jamie, and I hiked Tamanawas Falls on Tuesday

Tamanawas Falls hike	Tamanawas Falls hike	Tamanawas Falls hike	Tamanawas Falls hike	From Lookout Mountain approach

Sunset Tuesday	Wednesday we went to the fish hatchery and Sturgeon Center at Bonneville Herman the Sturgeon	The fish hatchery and Sturgeon Center at Bonneville At the fish ponds	The fish hatchery and Sturgeon Center at Bonneville At the fish ponds	The fish hatchery and Sturgeon Center at Bonneville At the fish ponds

The fish hatchery and Sturgeon Center at Bonneville	Thursday, we went on the hike up to Lookout Mountain. A very hazy day. Lavender field in Mt. Hood	Lookout Mountain hike	Lookout Mountain hike	Lookout Mountain hike
Panorama of the top of Lookout Mountain near Mount Hood (a very hazy day though)

Lookout Mountain hike	Lookout Mountain hike	Thursday evening	Friday we hiked to the top of Catherine Creek via Allen Oaks	Catherine Creek via Allen Oaks
Panorama of the top of Catherine Creek, near our place

Catherine Creek via Allen Oaks, including key road signs on the way	Catherine Creek via Allen Oaks Wild peas	Friday night dinner: L-R: Jeanne, Mom, Nannette, Bruce Lindstrom, Eric, Allison, Jeff, Stephanie, (can't remember friend of Stephanie), Steve	Front deck on Saturday. L-R: Jim, Mom, Allison, Jamie, Phyllis, Eric, Nannette, Jeff	Hood under a dramatic sky
Some panoramas from our place: Panorama of our front porch Panorama of our back porch Panorama of our front meadow, looking along the driveway

Phyllis riding Jeanne's cruiser bike	Mount Hood Sunday Morning	Table and refurbished chairs	On the flight home to MSP	On the flight home to MSP

On the flight home to MSP	Our friend David Brooks at our place in October, with some friends L to R: Thomas Skibo, David, Wes Cole, Don Lorimer