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Monday, August 30, 2004

Arthur and Aron had breakfast while I worked on photos and email.

We drove along the Columbia to Bonneville Dam. At the dam were fabulous exhibits on the makings of the Columbia Gorge, the building of the dam, and the fish in the Columbia. There were long fish ladders where you could watch huge fish, mostly steelhead trout, but also salmon, coming up the fish ladders. They even had windows in the visitor's center where you could watch the fish climb the ladders from under water!

The dam also had a great exhibit on generating power and how it is done, which really interested Aron.

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Bonneville Dam on the Columbia river:

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Bonneville Dam on the Columbia river: Aron Cowen and Martha Luehrmann

Monday, August 30th, 2004 (Day 29)
Dear Journal,
Today we woke up, had breakfast, and went to the Bonneville Dam, where we saw some ingenious fish ladders from both above and through a glass panel looking into the water. The dam, as it turned out, had all of its gates open, which was fairly strange. Then we picked up Gran, had lunch, dumped our stuff, took a bus to another bus, which took us to fort Clatsop, where we saw 2 talks, one about old “medicine”, the other about the flintlock. After that, we had dinner, watched A Bug's Life, and went to sleep.
Aron

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Bonneville Dam on the Columbia river: fish ladders for huge salmon

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Bonneville Dam on the Columbia river: fish in the fish ladders

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Bonneville Dam on the Columbia river: fish ladders for huge salmon

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Bonneville Dam on the Columbia river:

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Columbia River Scenic Hwy: Multnomah falls

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Columbia River Scenic Hwy, OR:

Monday, August 30, 2004 (Continued)

On to the Portland airport to pick up Sheila (Gran) Cowen. On the way, a brief stop to see the Multnomah Falls.

We arrived at the airport just when Sheila was getting off the plane - great timing after a continent-wide drive!

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Mouth of the Columbia river, near Astoria, OR:

Monday, August 30, 2004 (Continued)

We all drove to our Comfort Inn motel in Astoria, Oregon, quickly unpacked, and took off for Fort Clatsop. The actual fort is very small, only 50 feet by 50 feet, where they housed 33 people, including the Captains, Sacagawea, Cherbonneau, Pompey, York, and 27 members of the permanent expedition. The expedition was here for 96 days in the winter of 1805-6, during which the sun shone only 6 days, but when we went there was bright sunshine.

A guy dressed in the garb of the times did a very good talk on the medicines and surgical practices of the Lewis and Clark times, and then a lady ranger dressed as an expeditionary member gave a talk and display of the firearms of the time.

Back home, Arthur and Aron and Sheila went to dinner. I stayed home, feeling much worse with my sore throat, headache whenever I coughed, and woozy. Arthur said they had a great salmon and sturgeon dinner, and brought me a pint of onion soup and some medicine. The soup helped, and the medicine let me sleep soundly.

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Fort Clatsop bus landing, Warrenton, OR: Arthur Luehrmann and Sheila Cowen

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Fort Clatsop, near Astoria, OR:

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Fort Clatsop, near Astoria, OR: costumed ranger speaks of the medicine of the 1800s

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Fort Clatsop, near Astoria, OR: Aron Cowen lies on a buffalo robe

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Fort Clatsop, near Astoria, OR: Sheila and Aron Cowen and Arthur Luehrmann

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Fort Clatsop, near Astoria, OR: Martha and Arthur Luehrmann and Aron Cowen

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Fort Clatsop, near Astoria, OR: kitchen

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Fort Clatsop, near Astoria, OR: Sheila Cowen, Arthur Luehrmann, and Aron Cowen in a dugout canoe

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Fort Clatsop, near Astoria, OR:

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Fort Clatsop, near Astoria, OR: costumed ranger, Aron Cowen, and a flintlock rifle

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Fort Clatsop, near Astoria, OR: Clarkia flowers

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Fort Clatsop, near Astoria, OR: Clarkia flowers

Monday, August 30, 2004 (Continued)

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Astoria, OR: sunset from our Comfort Inn motel

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Astoria, OR: sunset from our Comfort Inn motel

Monday, August 30, 2004 Arthur and Aron had breakfast while I worked on photos and email. We drove along the Columbia to Bonneville Dam. At the dam were fabulous exhibits on the makings of the Columbia Gorge, the building of the dam, and the fish in the Columbia. There were long fish ladders where you could watch huge fish, mostly steelhead trout, but also salmon, coming up the fish ladders. They even had windows in the visitor's center where you could watch the fish climb the ladders from under water! The dam also had a great exhibit on generating power and how it is done, which really interested Aron.			IMG_4242 Bonneville Dam on the Columbia river:
IMG_4244 Bonneville Dam on the Columbia river: Aron Cowen and Martha Luehrmann	Monday, August 30th, 2004 (Day 29) Dear Journal, Today we woke up, had breakfast, and went to the Bonneville Dam, where we saw some ingenious fish ladders from both above and through a glass panel looking into the water. The dam, as it turned out, had all of its gates open, which was fairly strange. Then we picked up Gran, had lunch, dumped our stuff, took a bus to another bus, which took us to fort Clatsop, where we saw 2 talks, one about old “medicine”, the other about the flintlock. After that, we had dinner, watched A Bug's Life, and went to sleep. Aron
IMG_4245 Bonneville Dam on the Columbia river: fish ladders for huge salmon	IMG_4250 Bonneville Dam on the Columbia river: fish in the fish ladders	IMG_4254 Bonneville Dam on the Columbia river: fish ladders for huge salmon	IMG_4256 Bonneville Dam on the Columbia river:
IMG_4261 Columbia River Scenic Hwy: Multnomah falls	IMG_4263 Columbia River Scenic Hwy, OR:	Monday, August 30, 2004 (Continued) On to the Portland airport to pick up Sheila (Gran) Cowen. On the way, a brief stop to see the Multnomah Falls. We arrived at the airport just when Sheila was getting off the plane - great timing after a continent-wide drive!
			IMG_4264 Mouth of the Columbia river, near Astoria, OR:
Monday, August 30, 2004 (Continued) We all drove to our Comfort Inn motel in Astoria, Oregon, quickly unpacked, and took off for Fort Clatsop. The actual fort is very small, only 50 feet by 50 feet, where they housed 33 people, including the Captains, Sacagawea, Cherbonneau, Pompey, York, and 27 members of the permanent expedition. The expedition was here for 96 days in the winter of 1805-6, during which the sun shone only 6 days, but when we went there was bright sunshine. A guy dressed in the garb of the times did a very good talk on the medicines and surgical practices of the Lewis and Clark times, and then a lady ranger dressed as an expeditionary member gave a talk and display of the firearms of the time. Back home, Arthur and Aron and Sheila went to dinner. I stayed home, feeling much worse with my sore throat, headache whenever I coughed, and woozy. Arthur said they had a great salmon and sturgeon dinner, and brought me a pint of onion soup and some medicine. The soup helped, and the medicine let me sleep soundly.			IMG_4265 Fort Clatsop bus landing, Warrenton, OR: Arthur Luehrmann and Sheila Cowen
IMG_4266 Fort Clatsop, near Astoria, OR:	IMG_4267 Fort Clatsop, near Astoria, OR: costumed ranger speaks of the medicine of the 1800s	IMG_4273 Fort Clatsop, near Astoria, OR: Aron Cowen lies on a buffalo robe	IMG_4275 Fort Clatsop, near Astoria, OR: Sheila and Aron Cowen and Arthur Luehrmann
IMG_4277 Fort Clatsop, near Astoria, OR: Martha and Arthur Luehrmann and Aron Cowen	IMG_4278 Fort Clatsop, near Astoria, OR: kitchen	IMG_4286 Fort Clatsop, near Astoria, OR: Sheila Cowen, Arthur Luehrmann, and Aron Cowen in a dugout canoe	IMG_4287 Fort Clatsop, near Astoria, OR:
IMG_4293 Fort Clatsop, near Astoria, OR: costumed ranger, Aron Cowen, and a flintlock rifle	IMG_4297 Fort Clatsop, near Astoria, OR: Clarkia flowers
IMG_4302 Fort Clatsop, near Astoria, OR: Clarkia flowers	Monday, August 30, 2004 (Continued) Back home, Arthur and Aron and Sheila went to dinner. I stayed home, feeling much worse with my sore throat, headache whenever I coughed, and woozy. Arthur said they had a great salmon and sturgeon dinner, and brought me a pint of onion soup and some medicine. The soup helped, and the medicine let me sleep soundly.
IMG_4307 Astoria, OR: sunset from our Comfort Inn motel	IMG_4308 Astoria, OR: sunset from our Comfort Inn motel
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