Our last night on the cruise and the sunset was just beautiful. I took lots and lots of pictures as the sky changed colors. It’s going to be hard to decide which one to enlarge and frame and hang on the wall
June 11, 2022
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Last night on the cruise. We are docked in Portland. A sister ship the American West coming in to dock next to us. They docked so close to us that crew members from each ship could talk to each other
Fishing for salmon on the Columbia River. After I took some photos we noticed that the first truck was stuck in the sand. The truck was not a 4 wheel drive and did not have the right tires. The other truck had to pull him out.
The Port of Kalama Interpretive Center is close to where our ship was docked. We have been watching 1883 and really enjoyed it. We can’t wait for season 2 and the new show 1932 I was happy to see a covered wagon and check it out. There is not a lot of room inside. It had to have been hard to decide what to take
A sign in Center said that between 1843 and 1859, half a million people packed their belongings into a covered wagon like this one and made the 2,000 mile journey to Oregon Washington and California to claim the promise of land
Some totem poles in Kalama. The biggest one is on the ground. Once I got back to our room, I had to do some research. There were four totem poles featuring mythical forms, symbols and creatures of the Pacific Northwest Native American Culture the tallest pole was carved from a 700 year old western red cedar and is 140 feet. According to local tourism it is the largest one piece totem in the world
But over 48 years, wind and rain have taken their toll on the totems. Concerned that the elements would bring down the tallest pole and hurt someone, the Port of Kalamazoo decided to take it down on 2018. I could not find any info on any future plans and I only saw 3 poles. By the time I finished my research it was too late to go check for the 4th pole
Great walking path along the Columbia River. It’s right as you get off the ship. It even has solar lights
View from our ship of hotel and Interpretive Center in Kalama, Washington
Going thru my photos this morning and realised I did not post this picture of a waterfalls we passed going thru the gorge
Heading into Portland
June 10, 2022
The Lewis and Clark Interpretive Center had some glass fishing floats hanging from the ceiling. We have two large ones – a red one and a blue one – that we bought years ago when Michael was stationed in Japan. Little did we know then that we would be living near the Chesapeake Bay. The glass floats are now in our screened in porch
I did some research and discovered glass floats are no longer used by fisherman, but many of them are still afloat – mainly in the Pacific
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