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stern-wheeler boat, which will take us to the washington side of the
columbia river. at 0700, it is very COLD:
52f/11c hood river, oregon
09/01/08 |
ready
to do the cross columbia river swim. it is about 52f with a
wind-chill factor of 40f. the water temp is about 69f. hood
river, or |
swimmers
makeing it across the columbia river from washington to oregon,
1.1 miles/1.7 km's (the conditions here wuz the worst in the last
30 years) east hood river, or
09/01/08 |
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| the
end of the swim, at the beach near the best western hood river
hotel 09/01/08
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retired
rear admiral Horton Smith receiveing the award for the "oldest
swimmer" to complete the event |
haveing
lunch with retired read admiral Horton -n- his wife at the best western
hotel hood river 09/01/08 |
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| warming
up on a cool 62f day (after the hood river swim) in front the hood
river motel. west hood river, or
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standing next to green hydrangeas behind the sun-set motel |
green
hydrangeas by the sun-set motel 09/01/08 |
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| standing
on the front side of the sun-set motel, how convienient to have mc
donalds across the street |
standing
by pond in garden behind sun-set motel |
standing
in-side garden, with a view of the west direction of the columbia river
gorge. 09/01/08 |
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| white
roses bloomin' in the sun-set motel garden |
standing
in-side garden behind the sun-set motel, west hood river,
or 09/01/08 |
the
sun-set motel, where i'll be staying at for the 2 days in hood
river. west hood river, oregon |
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| standing
next to a wooden xiong-mao at the china gorge restaraunt.
east hood river, or 09/01/08 |
a
colurful tsuruta park sign, near down-town hood river |
view
from tsuruta park with mt adams in the far middle of picture:
12,276 ft high -n- 35 miles away from here |
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| standing
next to hood river - tsuruta, japan sister city program
monument. hood river, oregon |
standing
in front of the western antique aero-plane -n- auto museum.
south hood river, oregon 09/02/08 |
mt
adams 12,279 ft high, view'd from south hood
river. 40 miles away on a sunny day
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of the arc search-lite -n- the power plant on the right. waaam,
south hood river 09/02/08 |
60"/152
cm arc anti-air-craft search lite, made in 1941 waaam,
south hood river |
1936
plymouth coupe - 6cyclinder engine. western antique
aero-plane -n- auto museum. 09/02/08 |
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| a
ford? waaam, south hood river, or 09/02/08 |
antique
cars at the waaam, south hood river,
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standing
in front some old cars. waaam - yeah, they no make 'em like they
used to! |
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| standing
near the entrance to waaam, behind is a 1940 navy aero-plane, and
a 1935 ford. |
black
nash (i dunno what year it is) 09/02/08 |
the
dash in-side the nash. where is the air-conditioning,
cd player, air bags, gps? waaam, south hood
river, or |
