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1964: after high school life begins. Asked to consider not returning to OSU after the first year. 1966 drafted; grunt, door gunner, HU1 pilot. Out in Dec '70. 1972 married, joined fire dept and bought first house over a 6 month span. 1980 moved family (which now consisted of wife Teri, daughter Amy and son Ryan) to CO. 1990 moved all to bush Alaska to work for the dark side (the FAA). Started Blog to keep family and friends up on our whereabouts. Retired in March 2010. In Feb 2012 sold house in Alaska. By May had bought in Redmond and completed the move. Still nesting in Redmond and loving it!

Tuesday, November 5, 2013

Back to the Play Structure



Back in Portland with the roof for the play structure. I made up the two sides of the roof in the comfort of my garage and brought them here for installation. 

Stopped at Pelton Dam on the Deschutes. 

View downstream from dam. The white strip between the road and the river is a fish ladder, which provides a safe route for the salmon to get around the dams to Lake Billy Chinook. 

They have a smaller, "reregulating" dam downstream



Interesting concept; wish they'd thought of it for the White River in Arkansas. Key phrase would be "maintain stable flows in the river". 

There were still a lot of trees in fall colors. Wait a minute, those are evergreens. 

Closer inspection showed that they were very spruce like. One had very healthy lower branches that were their usual dark green. I thought it might be some kind of fungus or parasite but it just looks like the needles turn golden. Anyone know what it is? I'll try to get some samples on the way back.
 


Also got donuts for all on the way. Nina with the "dirt baby" she made while on a school field trip. 

Weather is "Portland Perfect". You can guess what that means. Hope to have photos of a finished play  structure soon.

Stay warm. 

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