Wednesday, September 17, 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="#003333" TEXT="#F7F7FF" background="18bc8c00dduajq.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> Butterfly--in old growth forest in Washington</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>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>   |   <B>Wednesday, September 17, 2008</B>   |   <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> Wednesday, September 17, 2008</div> <div> <B>We left Portland this morning and followed the Columbia River Gorge almost to Idaho--we found a beautiful </B></div> <div> <B>campsite just west of Clarkston, Washington, called the </B><A HREF="http://www.stateparks.com/chief_timothy.html" TARGET="_top" TITLE="http://www.stateparks.com/chief_timothy."><U><B>Chief Timothy Campground</B></U></A><B>. It's located on an island in</B></div> <div> <B>the middle of the Snake River--it was clean and beautiful with blackberry bushes covered in berries next to our </B></div> <div> <B>campsite! I think I ate as many as I saved for our dinner.  On our way down the gorge, we passed the town of </B></div> <div> <B>Rufus--our Rufus wasn't at all impressed.</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= 294 ><NOBR><div> <IMG SRC="0be77f90.jpg" border=0 width="375" height="249" ALIGN="BOTTOM" HSPACE="0" VSPACE="0"></div> </NOBR></tD> <tD VALIGN=TOP WIDTH="371"><div> <IMG SRC="0c0bb190.jpg" border=0 width="187" height="281" ALIGN="LEFT" HSPACE="6" VSPACE="0"></div> <bR> <bR> <bR> <div> I told Rufus we were passing a town named after him, but this is the look I got! He wasn't impressed at all...of course, he's taking doggy Prozac so he doesn't freak out on the trip (he doesn't do car well...) and that may have had something to do with his lack of excitement.</div> </tD> </tR> <tR> <tD VALIGN=TOP HEIGHT= 304 WIDTH="371"><div> <IMG SRC="0c277f90.jpg" border=0 width="375" height="249" ALIGN="BOTTOM" HSPACE="0" VSPACE="0"></div> <div> We've been watching our tape of the Ken Burns PBS documentary about the Corp of Discovery journey of Lewis and Clark while following their route--it's really coming to life for us.</div> </tD> <tD VALIGN=TOP><NOBR><div> <IMG SRC="0c477190.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="0c677f90.jpg" border=0 width="375" height="249" ALIGN="BOTTOM" HSPACE="0" VSPACE="0"></div> <div> Me picking berries...and eating as many as I picked!</div> </NOBR></tD> <tD VALIGN=TOP><NOBR><div> <IMG SRC="0c877f90.jpg" border=0 width="375" height="249" ALIGN="BOTTOM" HSPACE="0" VSPACE="0"></div> <DIV ALIGN="LEFT"></DIV> <div> I didn't eat all of them!</div> </NOBR></tD> </tR> </TABLE></B></div> <bR> <DIV ALIGN="LEFT"></DIV> <div> <A HREF="id8.htm" TARGET="_top" TITLE="Thursday, September 18, 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>