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10/20-21&24-27&11/4&8-14/2019 Dinner down in Portland with Aaron, Addy, Liz, Julie and Tim; Roadsend hike 4 miles 500 feet on the coast; fly in Cessna 172 to Mulino for lunch at Markum Inn with Ramesh and Arhip; Mt Hamilton hike 8 miles 2200 feet in the gorge with John and Jeff; Cheese Soufflé dinner at our house with Aaron, Addy, Liz, Julie, Tim, Bette and John; Tualatin River Greenway hike 4 miles 100 feet with Aaron, Addy, Liz, Julie, Tim and John; Tryon Creek State Park hike 6 miles 400 feet with Jeff; Cape Falcon hike 5 miles 200 feet on the coast with Jeff; visiting Kelsey and riding on the subway in NYC; Sketch and the City with Kelsey, Ben (our sketch instructor) and others in our group at Grand Central Station; flamenco singer Julia Patinella at the Lightning Society in Brooklyn (no photos) with Kelsey; GatherNYC concert Neave Trio piano, violin and cello from Boston and story teller with Kelsey; train out to Ossining to visit with Eddie and Jeanne for the day and visit New Croton Dam and St Augustine School; Metropolitan Opera Akhnaten Kelsey performing as a juggler with Jane and Sam. Google Photos Slideshow

10/7&12-14/2019 Coffin Mt and Lookout hike 4 miles 1200 feet with Jeff and Lee; visit Bridgette in Coram, MT for her 60th birthday with her new beautiful new shop and fixed up cabin; Avalanche Lake hike 6 miles 700 feet in Glacier National Park and we had to scare a big black bear coming up the trail so he would not run into all people on the trail (there were at least 100 people out); Snyder Lake 9 miles 2200 feet with Neal also in Glacier National Park and the lake was frozen solid which is pretty early for October 14. Google Photos Slideshow

9/16&20&23&24-29&30/2019 Triangulation Peak and Boca Cave 1000 feet and 5 miles in the fog; flight in Cessna 172 to Aurora and lunch at the Filberts Farmhouse with Ramesh and Arhip; Triangulation Peak and Boca Cave 1000 feet and 5 miles this time with Jeff and Lee; 73 mile Lower Salmon Raft Trip with Tim, Grisell, Rick and Byron; Tualatin Greenway walk 4 miles 100 feet with Jeff and Lee. Google Photos Slideshow

Grisell's photos from our raft trip (much better than mine).

Tom's log for raft trip:

Tuesday 9/24 Leave for Tri-Cities after work and arrive at Tim's around 8:45pm, load up Subaru with all the rafting equipment and wooden frame strapped to roof rack; had a banana beer and some crackers at Tim's; break out with hives after going to bed and can't sleep itching all over; facetime with Matt at 4am and he says to take Benadryl and Zantacs.

Wednesday 9/25 Leave Tim's at 7am with Tim doing a lot of driving; arrive at Hammer Creek Mile 52.5 put-in noon after picking up permits in White Bird; Byron, Rick and Grisell arrive at 1:30pm; rig rafts and get on river at 3:30pm camping at Shorty Canyon at Mile 49, nobody else on the river, still had hives and could not sleep.

Thursday 9/26 Got on river by 9am bacon and Egg Burritos for breakfast, all get stuck on rocks, cloudy with a little rain but nice when we camp at 2pm Killer Goat Beach Mile 33.5, Byron made dutch oven (DO) dinner of chicken enchiladas and cheese cake for dessert, slept well for the first night in three days.

Friday 9/27 Left again at 9am sausages and blueberry pancakes for breakfast, hit most of the big rapids, scouted Half&Half, Snow Hole and China, camped at Mile 17.5 3:30pm, Rick made lasagna in DO and Byron made chocolate cherry cobbler.

Saturday 9/28 Got our earliest start 8:10 ham and Egg Burritos for breakfast, made good time all day with rain on and off, hit the confluence of the Snake River, camped at Geneva Bar doing 21.5 miles our longest day, Byron made chicken pot pie in DO and Rick made peach cobbler, had fires every night but it started to rain so we all all went to bed early at 7pm and it rained all night.

Sunday 9/29 Got another early start 8am head wind, cold and rain, could see snow up on the hills, sausage and french toast for breakfast, Byron put a motor on his raft and towed the other two rafts but only got 3.5 miles before we ran out of gas, tried to get a jet boat to tow us but it never showed up at the visitor center, so we rowed hard and got to the take out at 2:05, derigged and on the road getting to Tri-Cities 7pm, unloaded raft and frame at Tim's storage locker then unloaded Tim's rafting stuff at his place, got on the road at 7:30 and got home right before midnight. Great trip and people. Good job, Byron as our trip leader!