Good-bye Astoria and thank you to everyone for a fantastic journey.
In 1811 David Thompson put the Columbia River on the map and in 2011 The David Thompson Columbia Brigade put David Thompson on the map!
Monday, July 18, 2011
A final good-bye.
Good-bye Astoria and thank you to everyone for a fantastic journey.
In 1811 David Thompson put the Columbia River on the map and in 2011 The David Thompson Columbia Brigade put David Thompson on the map!
July 16th
One final look at the Astoria Bridge. A few months ago, my friend Brad Langston, from Brandon, MB, rode his bike over the same bridge. This photo is for Brad.
July 15th
The Professional Land Surveyors of Oregon arranged the welcoming ceremony for us but unfortunately the weather had turned UGLY and we couldn't keep dry to enjoy the festivities as much as we would like to have. Thank you PLSO!
July 15th
Astoria Bridge. We didn't get to paddle under it but that wasn't a problem. Our Team survived the entire journey unscathed.
July 15th
The crews of Koo Koo Sint and Paddle Song at the end of the line in Astoria - a rather emotional time for everyone. After 45 days and 1600 km, it was over - hard to believe as it went by so quickly.
July 15th
Heading towards Tongue Point, about 5 km from Astoria. This was the last of the calm water. Once we rounded the point, it got ROUGH! Prior to the Point we were averaging about 12 km per hour. Once we rounded the point, we were down to 3.5 km per hour and still had 5 km to go. It was a tough paddle but we all did it and no one missed any shifts so no one tipped over in the waves.
July 14th
Approaching the Lewis and Clark Bridge at Longview, WA. We also saw our first (and only) seal very near here.
July 13th
The Boona "Babes" took over the Boona Canoe and had three sets of women paddling in the canoe for the day.
July 12th
After finding the Willamette Stone, the five of us headed off into the hinterland south east of Portland to find the location of the first geocache.
July 12th
A day off found a group of five Land Surveyors on a mission to find the Willamette Stone - the starting location for all the surveys in Northern Oregon and Southern Washington. Left to right: Mary McDowell, Bob Butler, Ian Emmerson, Jim Halliday, and Robert Allen.
July 11th
Some of the members of the Lower Columbia Chapter of the Land Surveyors of Washington State. They sponsored the 'People in Boats' program in Vancouver.
July 10th
We helped dedicate this new statue of Sacagawea, the Shoshone woman, who helped Lewis and Clark in their Journey of Discovery in 1805/1806. The Newfoundland dog belonged to Lewis and Clark - one of the few dogs that didn't get turned into a meal.
Friday, July 8, 2011
Wednesday, July 6, 2011
04 July 2011
John Haggerty playing the pipes at Regional Veterans Memorial at Columbia Park in Kennewick, WA.
03 July 2011
Approaching the red flag at Port Kelly, our take out for the day. This was the windiest day so far with numerous waves coming over the bows of the canoes.
02 July 2011
LaVerne and Benjamin Thompson, seventh and eighth generation descendents of David Thompson, after reading a proclamation proclaiming all the land for Great Britain. This is within metres of where David Thompson set out the same notice on 09 July 1811 in what is now Sacajawea Park.
July 1, 2011
Happy Canada Day! We took up a collection to purchase some fireworks and had our display. The Parks Department limited us to some pretty tame fireworks but it was effective nonetheless. When it was over, we all sang Oh Canada.
Friday, July 1, 2011
June 30, 2011
The red flag means the end of our day’s journey or our crew change location. Sometimes we can’t wait to see it. This was at the end of a 80 km paddle into Richland.
June 30, 2011
Start of another long day’s paddle to Richland. This was just after our put in above the Vernita Bridge. Left to right: Tim Kent, Bill Erickson, and Kevin Hidber.
June 29, 2011
Bryan’s daughter, Rachel Stockdale gave me a whale of a cup cake. Luckily (for me) the rest of the Team had gone to bed by the time I returned to camp with the cup cake so I didn’t have to share it. Bryan and Rachel also gave me two bags of Vantage cherries and I did share them with the team.
June 29, 2011
John Haggerty piping in the ice cream brought by Bryan Stockdale of Vantage, WA. Thank you Bryan for such a treat. Our North American Land Surveyors Canoe Team later presented Bryan with a paddle for his thoughtfulness and generosity.
June 28, 2011
About a dozen mountain sheep near the river at the base of a vertical rock cliff. We wondered how they got there and they probably wondered who we were and why we were there!
June 28, 2011
The beginning of a very long day wherein we started paddling at 8:30 am with a break from 10:30 to 12:30 for brunch near the Rocky Reach Dam and a put in below it and then a finish in Vantage, WA, at 7:00 pm. Our new folks had a big work out that day. Left to right: Nancy Kilonsky, Rebecca Broten, Jim Halliday, Neil Bennett, Gina Hidber, and Bernie Kilonsky.
June 26, 2011
The welcoming ceremony in Wenatchee hosted by the Wenatchee Row & Paddle Club. Thanks to Skip Johnson for everything he and the Club did for us.
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