| | The Johnston Observatory is the closest to Mt. St. Helens, which blew up in 1980 | |
| | | The north side literally blew out, fortunately, Portland is in the south side and was protected from the lateral blast. | |
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| | Most of the devastation is cleaned up, but some remnants still show the blast effects. | |
| | | Sistie demonstrates Margaretta are one of the drinks of choice at our home. | |
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| | Our living room is comfortable and provides for relaxing viewing of DVDs, of which Sistie enjoyed both first 'Lord of the Rings' features. | |
| | | This time of Spring provides a plethora of flowering shrubs and trees in our back yard. | |
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| | We visited the World Forestry Center which showed the history, nature and uses of wood. | |
| | | The Oregon Museum of Science & Industry had a number of Earth Sciences displays, including this one of native Oregonian creatures. | |
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| | Shopping at the local Costco allowed for a brief snack, perhaps not a gourmet snack, however. | |
| | | The OMSI boat testing area allowed trial running of paddle boats. Sistie's kept going backwards. | |
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| | On the outside of OMSI, Sistie passed on the JetBoat river excursion, which is probably best this early in the year. | |
| | | Barb & Sistie preparing a meal at home. Yum. | |
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| | Outside the OMSI, we took a tour of a 1960s submarine, the last of the non-nuclear type. | |
| | | Sitting at the engineer's controls on the sub, Sistie prepares for RED ALERT. | |
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| | Well, here's that RED ALERT as we prepare to dive in the Willamette River. | |
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