| 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 |