Tag Archives: The Dalles
The “All That Glitters” Bit
So Mum just shared an article from her University of Wisconsin alumni magazine about a canoe they pulled up from the bottom of Lake Mendota. Why was this news? As a reminder not to drink and paddle? An example of good j-strokes gone bad? Nope. It’s because the canoe turned out to be 1,200 years […]
The “Casting to the Rise” Bit
So before the summer comes to an end, I’m turning things over to a great authority (perhaps the greatest, in my unbiased opinion) to expound a bit on a classic summertime activity. That activity would be fishing – and that authority is my dad! I’m sharing here some of the angling chapter from the delightful […]
Celilo: The Stilled Waters Bit
I just found this old picture of my Grandpa P! He’s perched above a scene along the Columbia River that I don’t think exists anymore – at a place called Celilo Falls. Maybe a couple decades after the picture was taken, water rose up behind the newly built Dalles Dam, and the cataracts of Celilo […]
THE “DAD DOES HIS BIT” BIT
With the approach of Memorial Day, I’m thinking of those who’ve bravely served in our armed forces – and that includes my dad who was a Marine during World War II. His “hitch” in the Corps turned out to be brief, but every once in a while he’d reminisce about those days and how they helped shape the man he became. […]
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