LEGACY OF DISCOVERY |
The Inaugural Voyage of the S.S.
Legacy on the Columbia and Snake Rivers September 7-14, 2013 |
A
brief visual recollection of our journey, in roughly chronological
order. |
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Seen from 35,000 feet, the Western landscape becomes an abstraction |
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Latourell Falls | Horsetail Falls |
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Cannon Beach |
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Blacksmith at Fort Vancouver, site of rebuilt Hudsons Bay Trading Company stockade |
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Dragon boat race in Portland, OR. | Setting out - sunset on the Willamette River |
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The Columbia River Gorge on a cloudy day. | Fishermen at dawn near Bonneville Dam |
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Entering Bonneville Lock | Navigating through the lock |
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Bonneville Dam at sunrise | Power Station 1 at Bonneville |
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Multnomah Falls - 150 ft3/second of water fall 620 feet in two stages |
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The S.S. Legacy moored at Cascade Locks |
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Sacajawea | Waiting for the sightseeing cruise to begin |
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Entering The Dalles lock | Trip narrator Larry West |
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The Dalles Dam |
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Early morning at The Dalles with Mt. Hood looming behind |
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White pelicans at John Day dam | Entering John Day lock |
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Columbia River, looking East | River reflections |
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Farm forge at Fort Walla Walla | The farmer with a branding iron |
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Docents at Fort Walla Walla |
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Covered wagon on a remnant of the Oregon Trail | Barge traffic on the river |
A contrast in modes of transportation |
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The S.S. Legacy moored at Clarkston, WA |
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Along the Snake River | Columnar Basalt structures on the Snake River |
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Within Hell's Canyon on the Snake River |
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Petroglyphs | Jet boat wake | Petroglyphs |
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Sunrise on the Snake River |
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Moored at Astoria, OR | The engine room |
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The Astoria Bridge |
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Freighter at dawn | Moon setting over the Columbia River |