Today the local tribes are celebrating the 150th birthday of the State of Oregon. It's probably more like the 150th birthday of the naming of the State of Oregon, since it was already here.
We went to The Dalles, Burgerville, of course, where we could see part of the parade for the celebration, going down main street. This is not a picture of the parade. It's a picture of me standing outside the locked gate of Spring Creek National Fish Hatchery, just downriver from the towns of Hood River and The Dalles, only on the Washington side. I worked here as a trainee when I became a Fish Biologist in 1991. They raise Fall Chinook. They had just released their last brood and were cleaning up. Those fish return as adults in September, so it's clean-up time until then. If you have a chance, go see the spawning activity at the hatchery in September.
Nat and the War Pony, cooling off at the hatchery.
I had to dig through the greenery to find the azaleas at one of the rest stops.
Nat cleaning the bugs off the War Pony. It was a hot day along the Columbia River - around 85 degrees F - brought the bugs out!
Sorry about these pictures being out of order, but I've spent far too much time working on this today! The ride along the Columbia River is always great. On this day, there were flowers everywhere - huge California poppies, lupine, balsam root, many others, hiding azaleas.
What else were you doing in the azaleas? Didn't they have restrooms there?
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