We flew back to the West Coast to visit Dan in Portland. The weather was quite cool after Washington's heat. It is an attractive city and so green! Dan and Debbie took us some great tours (and shopping) and it was lots of fun.
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| The first night we went to see the Starlight Parade, which is part of the Portland Rose Festival. Here comes Dan, the handsome drum major for his pipe band. When he's not drum major he is playing the bag pipes. |
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| The Oregonian float, represents the local paper. |
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| The Art Deco viewing building at Crown point. |
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| View of the Columbia River from Crown Point. |
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| At the top of the viewing point. |
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| Moss and lichen cover the trees. You can see it rains a lot. |
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| Looking down. |
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| Debbie and Bill on the bridge. |
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| Further along the gorge - Horsetail Falls. |
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| Debbie and Joy under Horsetail Falls. |
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| View from behind the "tail". |
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| Debbie in a typical pose - taking close ups of plants. |
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| A ferry pushing two barges up the Columbia River. |
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| Bonneville Dam. |
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| Wild lupin. |
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| The fish ladder at the dam. |
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| Fish hatchery. |
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| Dan puts up his Aussie flag when Debbie is in town. |
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| A derelict paper mill in front of the huge water fall at Portland that stopped the pioneers on the Oregon Trail in their tracks. |
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