Tuesday, September 23, 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="#996600" TEXT="#080000" background="179c8c00dwnqph.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> Quaking aspen in fall colors North Fork, Idaho</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> <bR> </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>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>   |   <A HREF="id10.htm" TARGET="_top" TITLE="Saturday, September 20, 2008"><U>Saturday, September 20, 2008</U></A>   |   <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>   |   <B>Tuesday, September 23, 2008</B>   |   <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> Tuesday, September 23, 2008</div> <div> <B>We drove into the small town of Stanley, Idaho this afternoon, and I don't think I've ever seen anything as beautiful as the </B></div> <div> <B>Sawtooth Mountains looming over the valley. It was absolutely breathtaking--we found a campsite just out of town on Lake</B></div> <div> <B>Stanley that was one of the prettiest places we've ever stayed. Took about a four mile hike through meadows and pines--the</B></div> <div> <B>only downside was the number of dead and dying trees from a horrible infestation of beetles--that, combined with a fire a </B></div> <div> <B>few years ago has really thinned the forest.</B></div> <bR> <div> <B>We got cell service in Stanley and were able to talk to our son--baby Owen is doing great, and the photos we downloaded </B></div> <div> <B>are proof that he looks exactly like our son did when he was born--except Jon was a month early--he weighed 7 1/2 pounds </B></div> <div> <B>and was 20 inches long. His son, Owen, at full term, is 9 lbs, 21 inches long...he's a moose!</B></div> <bR> <div> <B><IMG SRC="1499f690.jpg" border=0 width="159" height="105" ALIGN="LEFT" HSPACE="5" VSPACE="0">This photo is really small, but it was the best we </B></div> <div> <B>could get of a gorgeous red fox in our campground</B></div> <div> <B>this morning. He slipped into the trees before we </B></div> <div> <B>could get a better photo of him, but what a beautiful </B></div> <div> <B>creature. </B></div> <bR> <bR> <DIV ALIGN="LEFT"></DIV> <div> <B>After we packed up this morning, we wandered through the old mining ghost town of Custer.</B></div> <div> <B><IMG SRC="14c3f7e0.jpg" border=0 width="575" height="382" ALIGN="BOTTOM" HSPACE="0" VSPACE="0"></B></div> <div> <B>The gold dredge pulled out 3 million dollars worth of gold.</B></div> <div> <B><IMG SRC="14e3f7e0.jpg" border=0 width="575" height="382" ALIGN="BOTTOM" HSPACE="0" VSPACE="0"></B></div> <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= 255 ><NOBR><div> <IMG SRC="15177f90.jpg" border=0 width="375" height="249" ALIGN="BOTTOM" HSPACE="0" VSPACE="0"></div> </NOBR></tD> <tD VALIGN=TOP><NOBR><div> <IMG SRC="15377f90.jpg" border=0 width="375" height="249" ALIGN="BOTTOM" HSPACE="0" VSPACE="0"></div> </NOBR></tD> </tR> <tR> <tD VALIGN=TOP HEIGHT= 271 ><NOBR><div> <IMG SRC="15577f90.jpg" border=0 width="375" height="249" ALIGN="BOTTOM" HSPACE="0" VSPACE="0"></div> <DIV ALIGN="LEFT"></DIV> <div> We hiked along a neat trail near Stanley Lake.</div> </NOBR></tD> <tD VALIGN=TOP><NOBR><div> <IMG SRC="15b77f90.jpg" border=0 width="375" height="249" ALIGN="BOTTOM" HSPACE="0" VSPACE="0"></div> <DIV ALIGN="LEFT"></DIV> <div> Campsites don't get much prettier!</div> </NOBR></tD> </tR> <tR> <tD VALIGN=TOP HEIGHT= 287 ><NOBR><div> <IMG SRC="15977190.jpg" border=0 width="375" height="281" ALIGN="BOTTOM" HSPACE="0" VSPACE="0"></div> </NOBR></tD> <tD VALIGN=TOP WIDTH="371"><div> <IMG SRC="15f77f90.jpg" border=0 width="375" height="249" ALIGN="BOTTOM" HSPACE="0" VSPACE="0"></div> <DIV ALIGN="LEFT"></DIV> <div> This little guy was a busy visitor to our camp. The view was so pretty, I'm surprised Doug could concentrate on his paper!</div> </tD> </tR> </TABLE></B></div> <bR> <DIV ALIGN="LEFT"></DIV> <div> <A HREF="id14.htm" TARGET="_top" TITLE="Wednesday, September 24, 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>