Saturday, September 20, 2008

<body topmargin=0 leftmargin=0 marginheight=0 marginwidth=0> <table cellpadding=0 cellspacing=0 border=0 height="100%"><tr> <td valign="top" width=200 BGCOLOR="#262626" TEXT="#F7F7FF" background="185c8c00dbxjec.jpg"> <div> <TABLE BORDER="0" CELLPADDING="2" CELLSPACING="0" WIDTH="95" BORDERCOLORLIGHT="#C0C0C0" BORDERCOLORDARK="#808080" FRAME="BOX" RULES="ALL" ALIGN="BOTTOM" HSPACE="0" VSPACE="0" > <tR> <tD VALIGN=TOP HEIGHT= 46 WIDTH="91"><IMG BORDER="0" SRC="1x1.gif" HEIGHT="46" ALIGN="bottom" WIDTH="91" HSPACE="0" VSPACE="0"></tD> </tR> </TABLE></div> <bR> <bR> <bR> <bR> <div> Haven't identified these yet!</div> <bR> <div> <A HREF="http://www.katedouglas.com" TARGET="_top" TITLE="http://www.katedouglas.com"><U><B>Kate Douglas Home Page</B></U></A></div> <bR> <div> <A HREF="http://www.katedouglas.com/eroticromance" TARGET="_top" TITLE="http://www.katedouglas.com/eroticromance"><U><B>Erotic Romance</B></U></A></div> <bR> <div> <A HREF="http://www.katedouglas.com/june2008" TARGET="_top" TITLE="http://www.katedouglas.com/june2008"><U><B>Midwest Trip</B></U></A></div> </td> <td valign="top" BGCOLOR="#FFFFFF" TEXT="#080000"> <div> <FONT SIZE="5" COLOR="#003333" FACE="Arial" ><B>Northwest 2008</B></FONT>     |    <A HREF="http://www.katedouglas.com/id49.htm" TARGET="_top" TITLE="http://www.katedouglas.com/id49.htm"><U> </U></A><A HREF="http://www.katedouglas.com/id49.htm" TARGET="_top" TITLE="http://www.katedouglas.com/id49.htm"><U>home</U></A></div> <div> <A HREF="index.htm" TARGET="_top" TITLE="Northwest 2008"><U>Northwest 2008</U></A>   |   <A HREF="id2.htm" TARGET="_top" TITLE="Saturday, September 13, 2008"><U>Saturday, September 13, 2008</U></A>   |   <A HREF="id4.htm" TARGET="_top" TITLE="Sunday, September 14, 2008"><U>Sunday, September 14, 2008</U></A>   |   <A HREF="id5.htm" TARGET="_top" TITLE="Monday, September 15, 2008"><U>Monday, September 15, 2008</U></A>   |   <A HREF="id6.htm" TARGET="_top" TITLE="Tuesday, September 16, 2008"><U>Tuesday, September 16, 2008</U></A>   |   <A HREF="id7.htm" TARGET="_top" TITLE="Wednesday, September 17, 2008"><U>Wednesday, September 17, 2008</U></A>   |   <A HREF="id8.htm" TARGET="_top" TITLE="Thursday, September 18, 2008"><U>Thursday, September 18, 2008</U></A>   |   <A HREF="id9.htm" TARGET="_top" TITLE="Friday, September 19, 2008"><U>Friday, September 19, 2008</U></A>   |   <B>Saturday, September 20, 2008</B>   |   <A HREF="id11.htm" TARGET="_top" TITLE="Sunday, September 21, 2008"><U>Sunday, September 21, 2008</U></A>   |   <A HREF="id12.htm" TARGET="_top" TITLE="Monday, September 22, 2008"><U>Monday, September 22, 2008</U></A>   |   <A HREF="id13.htm" TARGET="_top" TITLE="Tuesday, September 23, 2008"><U>Tuesday, September 23, 2008</U></A>   |   <A HREF="id14.htm" TARGET="_top" TITLE="Wednesday, September 24, 2008"><U>Wednesday, September 24, 2008</U></A>   |   <A HREF="id15.htm" TARGET="_top" TITLE="Thursday, September 25, 2008"><U>Thursday, September 25, 2008</U></A>   |   <A HREF="id17.htm" TARGET="_top" TITLE="Friday, September 26, 2008"><U>Friday, September 26, 2008</U></A></div> <div> Saturday, September 20, 2008</div> <div> <B>We were up early this morning and hiked to the waterfall at the eastern end of Holland Lake. It was a beautiful morning and </B></div> <div> <B>the trail to the falls was a little over a mile and a half. By the time we got there, the sun was over the mountain tops and </B></div> <div> <B>turning the mountains west of us pink--we saw two bald eagles, both perching in trees  at the point where the stream from the </B></div> <div> <B>waterfall empties into the lake. One had the white head of a mature adult while the other eagle was all dark--an immature </B></div> <div> <B>bird without the adult coloring.</B></div> <DIV ALIGN="LEFT"></DIV> <div> <B><IMG SRC="0fe3f7e0.jpg" border=0 width="575" height="382" ALIGN="BOTTOM" HSPACE="0" VSPACE="0"></B></div> <div> On the trail to the falls.</div> <div> <IMG SRC="0fc3f7e0.jpg" border=0 width="575" height="382" ALIGN="BOTTOM" HSPACE="0" VSPACE="0"></div> <div> Morning sunlight on the mountains</div> <div> <IMG SRC="1003f7e0.jpg" border=0 width="575" height="382" ALIGN="BOTTOM" HSPACE="0" VSPACE="0"></div> <div> Definitely worth the hike!</div> <div> <IMG SRC="1023f7e0.jpg" border=0 width="575" height="382" ALIGN="BOTTOM" HSPACE="0" VSPACE="0"></div> <div> Proof that Rufus and I made it up there, too!</div> <div> <IMG SRC="1063f850.jpg" border=0 width="575" height="389" ALIGN="BOTTOM" HSPACE="0" VSPACE="0"></div> <div> Definitely an eagle, but a long way off!</div> <bR> <div> <B>We left Holland Lake and headed for Glacier--and saw more forest fires along the way. There was one burning on the</B></div> <div> <B>mountains above Holland Lake, and more on the mountains near Swan Lake. The air quality is horrible and the </B></div> <div> <B>beautiful mountains barely visible. It's such a disappointment after coming so far to see this country. When we finally </B></div> <div> <B>arrived at Glacier National Park, we learned that the main road through the park was closed for repairs, as well as </B></div> <div> <B>almost all the campgrounds! We ended up tonight at a lovely KOA just outside the park--there's a lot to be said for </B></div> <div> <B>occasionally staying in a place with clean showers, a nice laundry and Internet! I've been off line for almost a week </B></div> <div> <B>and it's a great chance to catch up on email and get my pictures posted. (Unfortunately, it was a poor connection, and </B></div> <div> <B>while I could check email, I was unable to load the website.)</B></div> <bR> <div> <B> <TABLE BORDER="0" CELLPADDING="2" CELLSPACING="1" WIDTH="753" BORDERCOLORLIGHT="#C0C0C0" BORDERCOLORDARK="#808080" FRAME="BOX" RULES="ALL" ALIGN="BOTTOM" HSPACE="0" VSPACE="0" > <tR> <tD VALIGN=TOP HEIGHT= 271 ><NOBR><div> <IMG SRC="10877f90.jpg" border=0 width="375" height="249" ALIGN="BOTTOM" HSPACE="0" VSPACE="0"></div> <DIV ALIGN="LEFT"></DIV> <div> Another fire burning above Swan Lake.</div> </NOBR></tD> <tD VALIGN=TOP><NOBR><div> <IMG SRC="10a77f90.jpg" border=0 width="375" height="249" ALIGN="BOTTOM" HSPACE="0" VSPACE="0"></div> <DIV ALIGN="LEFT"></DIV> <div> We finally arrived...and it's all shut down for repairs!</div> </NOBR></tD> </tR> <tR> <tD VALIGN=TOP HEIGHT= 287 ><NOBR><div> <IMG SRC="11277f90.jpg" border=0 width="375" height="249" ALIGN="BOTTOM" HSPACE="0" VSPACE="0"></div> </NOBR></tD> <tD VALIGN=TOP WIDTH="371"><div> <IMG SRC="10e77f90.jpg" border=0 width="375" height="249" ALIGN="BOTTOM" HSPACE="0" VSPACE="0"></div> <DIV ALIGN="LEFT"></DIV> <div> The crystal clear water reminds me of streams we saw in northern Italy on our trip over ten years ago.</div> </tD> </tR> <tR> <tD VALIGN=TOP HEIGHT= 287 WIDTH="371"><div> <IMG SRC="11d77f90.jpg" border=0 width="375" height="249" ALIGN="BOTTOM" HSPACE="0" VSPACE="0"></div> <DIV ALIGN="LEFT"></DIV> <div> We took the road for the sixteen miles it was open...not nearly enough! Guess we'll have to come back one day...</div> </tD> <tD VALIGN=TOP><NOBR><div> <IMG SRC="11977f90.jpg" border=0 width="375" height="249" ALIGN="BOTTOM" HSPACE="0" VSPACE="0"></div> </NOBR></tD> </tR> </TABLE></B></div> <bR> <DIV ALIGN="LEFT"></DIV> <div> <A HREF="id11.htm" TARGET="_top" TITLE="Sunday, September 21, 2008"><U><IMG SRC="1aa0e0e0.gif" border=0 width="14" height="14" ALIGN="BOTTOM" HSPACE="0" VSPACE="0"></U></A></div> </td> </tr></table></body>