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| HANK CRAMER SANG SONGS TO US ALL ABOUT THE LEWIS AND CLARK STORY, SOME SONGS WERE THE ORIGINALS FROM THE EXPEDITION DIARIES |
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| ON OUR BALCONY |
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| TAKEN FROM OUR BALCONY....MT. HOOD, IN THE DALLES, OREGON |
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| WELCOMING COMMITTEE, AND THE "SHERIFF" WE WERE GIVEN A BAG WITH THINGS TO SEE IN THE DALLES...VERY COMICAL |
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| GATEWAY TO THE DALLES, RIGHT BY OUR SHIP |
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| FROM THE TOP OF THE BLUFFS, WHERE WE VISITED AN ART MUSEUM CALLED "MARYHILL MUSEUM OF ART" |
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| IN FRONT OF THE MUSEUM....THERE WERE WINDFARMS ALL ALONG THE TOPS OF THE BLUFFS, FOR MILES |
THERE WAS AN EASEL SET UP IN THE MUSEUM FOR ANYONE WHO WANTED TO DRAW THAT THERE GUY OVER THERE....SO YUP, I DID.
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| HERE ARE A COUPLE PICS FROM THE INTERNATIONAL CHESS SETS...OVER A HUNDRED FROM ALL OVER THE WORLD. click to enlargee |
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| CLICK TO ENLARGE |
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| OUTSIDE SCULPTURE...WAS SURPRISED WHEN I WALKED AROUND IT, REALIZED THAT THE STATUE WAS MADE OF MANY "SLICES" OF THIN METAL |
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| AS I WALKED AROUND IT, THIS IS WHAT HAPPENED |
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| MT. HOOD IN THE DISTANCE |
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| SAM HILL WAS A CRAZY, WILD, IMPULSIVE ENTREPRENEUR WHO LEFT THE LEGACY OF THE ROADS ALONG THE COLUMBIA...(all others said its not possible, even tho there were railroads). OUR GUIDE SAID THAT THIS IS THE BIRTHPLACE OF THE SAYING, "WHAT OR WHERE THE SAM HILL, ETC".....HE HAD THIS STONE HEDGE MADE NEAR THE ART MUSEUM |
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| BEAUTIFUL DAY, DOCKED RIGHT BY A HUGE PARK....WE DID A TWO MILE WALK ON THE TRAIL. RIVER IS VERY COLD, ALTHO WE SAW A FEW PEOPLE WADING, AND KIDS PLAYING IN IT...MANY PLEASURE BOATS, PADDLEBOARDING, ETC. |
