Monday, September 15, 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="#003300" TEXT="#F7F7FF" background="060c8c00dvmwbg.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> Maidenhair fern in Washington</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> </td> <td valign="top" BGCOLOR="#FFFFFF" TEXT="#080000"> <div> <FONT SIZE="5" COLOR="#003333" FACE="Tahoma" ><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>   |   <B>Monday, September 15, 2008</B>   |   <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>   |   <A HREF="id17.htm" TARGET="_top" TITLE="Friday, September 26, 2008"><U>Friday, September 26, 2008</U></A></div> <div> Monday, September 15, 2008</div> <div> <B>We spent Sunday night parked in the yard at Doug's brother and sister-in-law's home in central Oregon.</B></div> <div> <B>It was fun to visit, but we hit the road early and headed for Portland. Got to my brother and sister-in-law's </B></div> <div> <B>place and immediately left with my brother for their cabin northeast of Portland, just over the Columbia River</B></div> <div> <B>in Washington.</B></div> <bR> <div> <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="0a277f90.jpg" border=0 width="375" height="249" ALIGN="BOTTOM" HSPACE="0" VSPACE="0"></div> <DIV ALIGN="LEFT"></DIV> <div> Doug got this shot of the cabin...it's really a neat place!</div> </NOBR></tD> <tD VALIGN=TOP><NOBR><div> <IMG SRC="0a477f90.jpg" border=0 width="375" height="249" ALIGN="BOTTOM" HSPACE="0" VSPACE="0"></div> <div> My brother Dave and I picking--and eating--huckleberries.</div> </NOBR></tD> </tR> <tR> <tD VALIGN=TOP HEIGHT= 303 ><NOBR><div> <IMG SRC="08077190.jpg" border=0 width="375" height="281" ALIGN="BOTTOM" HSPACE="0" VSPACE="0"></div> <DIV ALIGN="LEFT"></DIV> <div> I REALLY love pictures of mushrooms and stuff...</div> </NOBR></tD> <tD VALIGN=TOP><NOBR><div> <IMG SRC="06877190.jpg" border=0 width="375" height="281" ALIGN="BOTTOM" HSPACE="0" VSPACE="0"></div> </NOBR></tD> </tR> <tR> <tD VALIGN=TOP HEIGHT= 271 ><NOBR><div> <IMG SRC="0a677f90.jpg" border=0 width="375" height="249" ALIGN="BOTTOM" HSPACE="0" VSPACE="0"></div> </NOBR></tD> <tD VALIGN=TOP><NOBR><div> <IMG SRC="0b277f90.jpg" border=0 width="375" height="249" ALIGN="BOTTOM" HSPACE="0" VSPACE="0"></div> <DIV ALIGN="LEFT"></DIV> <div> Rufus is too short to go over the logs!</div> </NOBR></tD> </tR> <tR> <tD VALIGN=TOP HEIGHT= 303 ><NOBR><div> <IMG SRC="06a77190.jpg" border=0 width="375" height="281" ALIGN="BOTTOM" HSPACE="0" VSPACE="0"></div> <DIV ALIGN="LEFT"></DIV> <div> This IS Bigfoot country!</div> </NOBR></tD> <tD VALIGN=TOP><NOBR><div> <IMG SRC="07277190.jpg" border=0 width="375" height="281" ALIGN="BOTTOM" HSPACE="0" VSPACE="0"></div> <DIV ALIGN="LEFT"></DIV> <div> A really neat spider was building her web.</div> </NOBR></tD> </tR> </TABLE></div> <DIV ALIGN="LEFT"></DIV> <div> <IMG SRC="06e3f7e0.jpg" border=0 width="575" height="382" ALIGN="BOTTOM" HSPACE="0" VSPACE="0"></div> <div> Doug and me on our hike...and yes, he has washed that shirt!</div> <div> <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= 303 ><NOBR><div> <IMG SRC="07477190.jpg" border=0 width="375" height="281" ALIGN="BOTTOM" HSPACE="0" VSPACE="0"></div> <DIV ALIGN="LEFT"></DIV> <div> Need to look this butterfly up when I get home. Really pretty.</div> </NOBR></tD> <tD VALIGN=TOP><NOBR><div> <IMG SRC="07677190.jpg" border=0 width="375" height="281" ALIGN="BOTTOM" HSPACE="0" VSPACE="0"></div> <DIV ALIGN="LEFT"></DIV> <div> The trees are unbelievably massive. Just gorgeous!</div> </NOBR></tD> </tR> <tR> <tD VALIGN=TOP HEIGHT= 271 ><NOBR><div> <IMG SRC="07877f90.jpg" border=0 width="375" height="249" ALIGN="BOTTOM" HSPACE="0" VSPACE="0"></div> <DIV ALIGN="LEFT"></DIV> <div> I love these maidenhair ferns...and they were everywhere.</div> </NOBR></tD> <tD VALIGN=TOP><NOBR><div> <IMG SRC="0aa77f90.jpg" border=0 width="375" height="249" ALIGN="BOTTOM" HSPACE="0" VSPACE="0"></div> <DIV ALIGN="LEFT"></DIV> <div> Inside the cabin.</div> </NOBR></tD> </tR> </TABLE></div> <div> Doug got some really nice shots of the creek near the cabin...look closely. They're</div> <div> all taken from about the same place.</div> <bR> <div> <IMG SRC="0ac3f7e0.jpg" border=0 width="575" height="382" ALIGN="BOTTOM" HSPACE="0" VSPACE="0"></div> <bR> <div> <IMG SRC="0ae3f7e0.jpg" border=0 width="575" height="382" ALIGN="BOTTOM" HSPACE="0" VSPACE="0"></div> <bR> <div> <IMG SRC="0b63f7e0.jpg" border=0 width="575" height="382" ALIGN="BOTTOM" HSPACE="0" VSPACE="0"></div> <bR> <div> <A HREF="id6.htm" TARGET="_top" TITLE="Tuesday, September 16, 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>