Oregon
June 12th to the 18th, 2004
Adventures in Oregon
A business trip to Oregon that lasted over a weekend, provided me the opportunity to go site-seeing. I was based in Eugene, OR for the work related training, so all my trips started from there.
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Saturday, June 12, 2004 • Paulina Lake
On the Saturday that I had to stay over in Oregon, I elected to travel to
the eastern side of the Cascades to a place called Paulina Lake.
I had camped there as a child with my dad, uncle Jack, and cousin Cary.
Paulina Lake and East Lake are in a volcano caldera,
in a place known as the Newberry National Volcanic Monument.
It was purely by luck that this particular weekend did not require any fishing licenses.
Sunday, June 13, 2004 • 1st stop • Lewis & Clark Fort
On Sunday, I elected to drive north to Astoria, OR to the the Lewis & Clark Fort there.
Around that time I had been delving into everything I could get my hands on about Lewis & Clark,
and when this trip came up I decided that I should try to see this.
The fort is a replica of where Lewis & Clark wintered in 1803, before they returned to the east.
Sunday, June 13, 2004 • 2nd stop • Astoria-Megler Bridge
This bridge wasn't really my 2nd stop - Mt. St. Helens was.
I elected to drive over this bridge into Washington and then head east to Mt. St. Helens.
The clouds you see in this pic kept getting thicker and thicker the closer I got to Mt. St. Helens.
When I actually got there, you couldn't see the mountain at all.
Wednesday, June 16, 2004 • Sand Dunes on the Oregon Coast
On Wednesday, after class, I chose to drive out to the coast to catch the sunset.
I was near the towns of Florence and Glenada and I found some sand dunes that had a parking area.
I climbed over the dunes to catch this late afternoon/early evening vista of the ocean.
The wind was blowing so hard and kicking up sand, so I had to be careful with my camera lenses.
I was able to capture some aquatic animals in the surf (seals? sea lions?) and some birds on the shore.
Friday, June 18, 2004 • Oregon State Capitol, Salem, OR
As I headed back to Portland for my flight home, I stopped at the State Capitol building in Salem, OR.
The building had burnt down in 1935 and was rebuilt by 1938.
My grandfather, George Hannaman, was the contractor that built this building.
I never met him, as he passed in 1943, but I wish I could have listened to his stories
of all the buildings he built around the country for the government.