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Inside the hangar
This didn't come out well but you can make out a DC-3, a small blimp, a MiG-17 and the nose of a P-51 Mustang.
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Uploaded on Sep 2, 2010
Mount St. Helens
Multnomah falls
These falls on the side of the Columbia gorge are the tallest falls in Oregon.
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Uploaded on Sep 2, 2010
Mount St. Helens 2
Fish ladder
Salmon
The fish ladder was full of fish, mostly salmon of various kinds. The current is quite strong and they have to work hard.
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Columbia Gorge
Looking up the scenic Columbia gorge east of Portland, from Vista House.
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Roses
Portland is known as the city of roses. This is in the International Rose Test Garden, which contains hundreds of varieties.
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USS Blueback
The last non-nuclear submarine in the US Navy, now docked in the Willamette River in Portland and open for tours.
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Torpedo room
The torpedo room on the Blueback - one of the tubes is visible at center.
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Capitol
The state capitol building in Salem, Oregon. No dome, but a large gilded pioneer statue.
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Redwood
A coast redwood tree in Jedidiah Smith state park, northern California.
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More redwoods
This species includes the tallest trees on Earth - they can reach over 300 feet in height.
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Redwood scale
Columbia River
Near the mouth of the Columbia River, looking across to Oregon.
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Bandon
Another coast view, from a park in Bandon. It was very windy that afternoon.
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Uploaded on Sep 2, 2010
Oregon
Yellowstone
Rome and Tuscany
Southwest trip
