Today we went to the fish hatchery on the Kalama River, near to where Chris' brother, Mike, lives. It was most interesting. They were sorting out the steelhead trout, tagging them and taking DNA samples. The salmon were getting put through a chute back into the river to continue on upstream to spawn. This gentleman above is the fish biologist, Chris, and was most interesting when he explained what he was doing. Incidentally, this is what Chris' cousin, John Bender (whom we visited last week in Coos Bay, Oregon) used to do as a fish biologist.
Here is Mt. Hood which we viewed Sunday, on the way to Chris' brother's home. Note: the everpresent clouds (they follow us). But I'm real happy that I took this picture on the way in because it only got worse. Turns out that there were two lightening strike fires on the mountain. As we were there the smoke was working its way down the slope. There were boat-loads of snow-boarders on these slopes. They ski and snow board year round.
Chris & I were inside the beautiful Timberline Lodge that was built in 1937 by the WPA at Mt. Hood. It was totally beautiful in its rustic decor. They are renovating it, room by room, but keeping the original beauty and theme in mind.
This was the huge Bonneville Dam, located right along I 84 on the way to Portland. It was interesting watching the Salmon going up the "fish ladder" to spawn. (That was built for the salmon to get around the dam.
This was the beautiful lake we stayed at that was about 1/2 hour away from Mt. Hood. It was truly a little gem.
And then we finally got back to Mike & Andrea's home in Kalama, Washington. We dressed for theay ove weather when we left Clear Lake....chilly (about 42 degrees). By the time we got to Kalama we were way over dressed for the climate. Whew!
Today we went to the fish hatchery on the Kalama River, near to where Chris' brother, Mike, lives. It was most interesting. They were sorting out the steelhead trout, tagging them and taking DNA samples. The salmon were getting put through a chute back into the river to continue on upstream to spawn. This gentleman above is the fish biologist, Chris, and was most interesting when he explained what he was doing. Incidentally, this is what Chris' cousin, John Bender (whom we visited last week in Coos Bay, Oregon) used to do as a fish biologist. 
Here is Mt. Hood which we viewed Sunday, on the way to Chris' brother's home. Note: the everpresent clouds (they follow us). But I'm real happy that I took this picture on the way in because it only got worse. Turns out that there were two lightening strike fires on the mountain. As we were there the smoke was working its way down the slope. There were boat-loads of snow-boarders on these slopes. They ski and snow board year round.
Chris & I were inside the beautiful Timberline Lodge that was built in 1937 by the WPA at Mt. Hood. It was totally beautiful in its rustic decor. They are renovating it, room by room, but keeping the original beauty and theme in mind.
This was the huge Bonneville Dam, located right along I 84 on the way to Portland. It was interesting watching the Salmon going up the "fish ladder" to spawn. (That was built for the salmon to get around the dam.
This was the beautiful lake we stayed at that was about 1/2 hour away from Mt. Hood. It was truly a little gem.
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