The Final Miles

Native American fishing platform, The Dalles, OR

Native American fish platform, The Dalles Dam in the background

Maya Lin's Confluence Project, Pasco, WA

Columbia River Reach near Hanford

Columbia River near Wanapum Dam

September 9 and 10, 2010

Near Dalles, Oregon

During the last two days of our trip we saw the Columbia River “wild” at the Hanford Reach National Monument, the confluence of it and the Snake River at Pasco, and finally watched it get wide and lazy from all the damn control. Pun intended.

Because we wanted to avoid construction delays we drove home on the Oregon side along the Columbia River Gorge National Scenic Area. At the Dalles, OR we discovered many Native American fishing platforms and climbed over jumbles of rocks and skinny trails to photograph them.

Here are some photos from the last two days of our trip.

I’m going to write an article about this trip for the “Columbia River Reader”. It will be published in the Nov. 15 edition. Wish me luck!