Wednesday, September 24, 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="#555555" TEXT="#080000" background="177c8c00diriop.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> Sunrise on Lake Stanley, 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> </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>   |   <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>   |   <A HREF="id13.htm" TARGET="_top" TITLE="Tuesday, September 23, 2008"><U>Tuesday, September 23, 2008</U></A>   |   <B>Wednesday, September 24, 2008</B>   |   <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> Wednesday, September 24, 2008</div> <div> <B>It was COLD last night! Down into the twenties under a clear sky. I slept all bundled up in my mummy bag</B></div> <div> <B>with my jammies, my robe and my socks on and a heavy blanket on top and I STILL froze! Even Rufus stayed </B></div> <div> <B>under the covers. When Doug got up before six to go outside and listen to the bugling elk, I elected to remain</B></div> <div> <B>under the covers. Personally, I thought it was a brilliant decision!</B></div> <bR> <div> <B>We packed up early and headed out of Idaho and into Oregon, through more beautiful country. We've seen</B></div> <div> <B>everything from deep forest to high desert, and all of it has its own beauty. We camped tonight at a regular </B></div> <div> <B>RV campground with showers, a laundry and full hook-ups in Burns, Oregon--including Internet. Burns is just</B></div> <div> <B>about in the middle of nowhere! It was gorgeous driving through the desert to get here, though, and tonight </B></div> <div> <B>it's wonderfully warm, thank goodness!</B></div> <bR> <DIV ALIGN="LEFT"></DIV> <div> <B>This has definitely been an amazing trip...and I want to share a photo we got of our new grandson, </B></div> <div> <B>baby Owen with big sister Ella!</B></div> <bR> <div> <B><IMG SRC="1673faf0.jpg" border=0 width="575" height="431" ALIGN="BOTTOM" HSPACE="0" VSPACE="0"></B></div> <div> <B>Big sister Ella and new brother Owen just hours after his birth.</B></div> <bR> <div> <B><IMG SRC="1693faf0.jpg" border=0 width="575" height="431" ALIGN="BOTTOM" HSPACE="0" VSPACE="0"></B></div> <div> <B>The view of the lake from our campsite this morning.</B></div> <div> <B><IMG SRC="16b3faf0.jpg" border=0 width="575" height="431" ALIGN="BOTTOM" HSPACE="0" VSPACE="0"></B></div> <div> <B>Looking out of the door of the RV...what a view! That's Mt. McGown, in the Sawtooths.</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= 319 ><NOBR><div> <IMG SRC="17077190.jpg" border=0 width="375" height="281" ALIGN="BOTTOM" HSPACE="0" VSPACE="0"></div> <DIV ALIGN="LEFT"></DIV> <div> We stopped in the Sawtooth Mountains to check out </div> <div> a beaver dam.</div> </NOBR></tD> <tD VALIGN=TOP><NOBR><div> <IMG SRC="17277190.jpg" border=0 width="375" height="281" ALIGN="BOTTOM" HSPACE="0" VSPACE="0"></div> <DIV ALIGN="LEFT"></DIV> <div> It sprawled all the way across a convoluted series of </div> <div> streams running through a marsh...couldn't find a beaver, though!</div> </NOBR></tD> </tR> </TABLE></B></div> <bR> <DIV ALIGN="LEFT"></DIV> <div> <A HREF="id15.htm" TARGET="_top" TITLE="Thursday, September 25, 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>