Not a flattering picture! We ran into a sandstorm, and Peter and I got out of the car, just to see what it was like. | |
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| ![](/Pictures/2014/08-12-2014-columbiariver/gallery_img_9404.jpg) | | ![](/Pictures/2014/08-12-2014-columbiariver/gallery_img_9406.jpg) | The Riverwalk trail along the Columbia river, next to our hotel in Richland. We found some kids who were fishing | | And someone swimming across the river |
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| ![](/Pictures/2014/08-12-2014-columbiariver/gallery_img_9414.jpg) | | ![](/Pictures/2014/08-12-2014-columbiariver/gallery_img_9417.jpg) | | | There was a really neat playground there |
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| ![](/Pictures/2014/08-12-2014-columbiariver/gallery_img_9435.jpg) | | ![](/Pictures/2014/08-12-2014-columbiariver/gallery_img_9437.jpg) | Later we had a picnic at a park on the river, and saw this big barge go by. I wonder if they just go between dams? | | A short hike at Twin Sisters |
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| ![](/Pictures/2014/08-12-2014-columbiariver/gallery_img_9441.jpg) | | ![](/Pictures/2014/08-12-2014-columbiariver/gallery_img_9447.jpg) | There was a freakishly large number of these spiders, EVERYWHERE. We waited till I found some big sticks to whack down all the spider webs | |
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| ![](/Pictures/2014/08-12-2014-columbiariver/gallery_img_9457.jpg) | | ![](/Pictures/2014/08-12-2014-columbiariver/gallery_img_9459.jpg) | | |
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| ![](/Pictures/2014/08-12-2014-columbiariver/gallery_img_9460.jpg) | | ![](/Pictures/2014/08-12-2014-columbiariver/gallery_img_9468.jpg) | Kenny found a snake skin | | Just past Twin Sisters, there had been a derailment, which was being cleared up |
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| ![](/Pictures/2014/08-12-2014-columbiariver/gallery_img_9485.jpg) | | ![](/Pictures/2014/08-12-2014-columbiariver/gallery_img_9481.jpg) | An Amazon data center is being built in Umatilla, Oregon, where we stayed for the night. | | And right next to it, the Two Rivers Correctional Institute - a prison. This is a shot of their workout area |
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| ![](/Pictures/2014/08-12-2014-columbiariver/gallery_img_9498.jpg) | | ![](/Pictures/2014/08-12-2014-columbiariver/gallery_img_9503.jpg) | Cottonwood Canyon, Oregon's newest state park. It was VERY quiet, we saw about 5 other visitors. | |
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| ![](/Pictures/2014/08-12-2014-columbiariver/gallery_img_9509.jpg) | | ![](/Pictures/2014/08-12-2014-columbiariver/gallery_img_9512.jpg) | Kenny found a great stick | | It looked like there was an old road just below the cliff |
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| ![](/Pictures/2014/08-12-2014-columbiariver/gallery_img_9514.jpg) | | ![](/Pictures/2014/08-12-2014-columbiariver/gallery_img_9517.jpg) | | | Escaping ahead of a rainstorm |
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| ![](/Pictures/2014/08-12-2014-columbiariver/gallery_img_9522.jpg) | | ![](/Pictures/2014/08-12-2014-columbiariver/gallery_img_9526.jpg) | In the town of Wasco | | We spent the last night in Hood River |
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| ![](/Pictures/2014/08-12-2014-columbiariver/gallery_img_9511.jpg) | | ![](/Pictures/2014/08-12-2014-columbiariver/gallery_img_9532.jpg) | An arrowhead | | At Horsetail Falls. This trail goes behind the waterfall |
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