Friday, September 26, 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="#003366" TEXT="#F7F7FF" background="1afc8c00dkcfqa.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> We passed another alkalai lake...the colors are unreal!</div> <bR> <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>   |   <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>   |   <B>Friday, September 26, 2008</B></div> <div> Friday, September 26, 2008</div> <div> <B>We didn't plan to come home until Saturday, but as we were headed toward Drakesbad in the Mt. Lassen National Forest,</B></div> <div> <B>we realized that once we got there, we wouldn't have Internet, cell phone, radio or TV reception, and we didn't want to </B></div> <div> <B>miss the first debate between Obama and McCain--so, political junkies that we are, we drove over 400 miles home, caught</B></div> <div> <B>part of it on the radio and watched the rest on the television.</B></div> <bR> <div> <B>It was an absolutely amazing trip--both of us got to see country we've never seen before, and we realized we need to go </B></div> <div> <B>back and take it slower next time. I want more hikes, more days enjoying the scenery and more days to just appreciate</B></div> <div> <B>the beautiful country we live in. Now, though, I've got a ton of emails to catch up on, a novella that's due in about a </B></div> <div> <B>month and a new grandson to go buy a birthday present for! I really enjoyed meeting readers at Powell's Books in Portland</B></div> <div> <B>and I'm still hoping somone will send me copies of photos so I can post them.</B></div> <bR> <div> <B>Here are some of the things we saw today...</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= 319 WIDTH="371"><div> <IMG SRC="1b177f90.jpg" border=0 width="375" height="249" ALIGN="BOTTOM" HSPACE="0" VSPACE="0"></div> <DIV ALIGN="LEFT"></DIV> <div> Rufus was all ready to go this morning--I think he'd had enough of this traveling stuff!</div> </tD> <tD VALIGN=TOP WIDTH="371"><div> <IMG SRC="1b377190.jpg" border=0 width="375" height="281" ALIGN="BOTTOM" HSPACE="0" VSPACE="0"></div> <DIV ALIGN="LEFT"></DIV> <div> We watched cowboys working cattle across the river from our campsite last night...</div> </tD> </tR> <tR> <tD VALIGN=TOP HEIGHT= 336 WIDTH="371"><div> <IMG SRC="1b577190.jpg" border=0 width="375" height="281" ALIGN="BOTTOM" HSPACE="0" VSPACE="0"></div> <DIV ALIGN="LEFT"></DIV> <div> The colors around alkalai lakes are gorgeous--whites, blues, golds...really amazing to look at.</div> </tD> <tD VALIGN=TOP WIDTH="371"><div> <IMG SRC="1b777190.jpg" border=0 width="375" height="281" ALIGN="BOTTOM" HSPACE="0" VSPACE="0"></div> <DIV ALIGN="LEFT"></DIV> <div> Loved the way we looked down on this railroad snaking across the valley below--this was the same route my husband's grandfather travelled when he drove his freight wagon in 1913.</div> </tD> </tR> <tR> <tD VALIGN=TOP HEIGHT= 303 ><NOBR><div> <IMG SRC="1b977190.jpg" border=0 width="375" height="281" ALIGN="BOTTOM" HSPACE="0" VSPACE="0"></div> <DIV ALIGN="LEFT"></DIV> <div> Mt. Shasta from the southeast--it's such a beautiful volcano!</div> </NOBR></tD> <tD VALIGN=TOP><NOBR><div> <IMG SRC="1bb77190.jpg" border=0 width="375" height="281" ALIGN="BOTTOM" HSPACE="0" VSPACE="0"></div> <DIV ALIGN="LEFT"></DIV> <div> This entire mountain in Modoc Co. was red...really eye-catching.</div> </NOBR></tD> </tR> <tR> <tD VALIGN=TOP HEIGHT= 319 ><NOBR><div> <IMG SRC="1bf77190.jpg" border=0 width="375" height="281" ALIGN="BOTTOM" HSPACE="0" VSPACE="0"></div> <DIV ALIGN="LEFT"></DIV> <div> Not that far away, we passed one that was snow white.</div> </NOBR></tD> <tD VALIGN=TOP WIDTH="371"><div> <IMG SRC="1c177190.jpg" border=0 width="375" height="281" ALIGN="BOTTOM" HSPACE="0" VSPACE="0"></div> <DIV ALIGN="LEFT"></DIV> <div> And then it was back to sprinklers on fields and the sun going down...but what a great trip!</div> </tD> </tR> </TABLE></B></div> <bR> <DIV ALIGN="LEFT"></DIV> <div> <A HREF="index.htm" TARGET="_top" TITLE="Northwest 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>