May 16 10:00 AM–2:00+PM Altoona, WA

Please join us for a joint meeting of Washington-Oregon Chapters LCTHF.

Mike Reese will present: “What Lewis & Clark Could See from Pillar Rock”, we’ll have a potluck lunch, and a tour of 11/7/1805 campsite.

April 29-30: To commemorate 60 years since Celilo Falls was silenced, the Oregon and Washington chapters will be going up the Columbia River Gorge to explore several areas of interest and to camp at MaryHill state park.

April 29 Saturday 10:00 AM ‘Tsagaglalal-She Who Watches’ pictograph/and petroglyph Tour at Columbia Hills State Park (Horse Thief Lake) which is on Washington Hwy 14 about 2 miles east of Dallesport/The Dalles. The tour and related sites may take up to 2 hours. Space is limited to 20 people, reservations required, send confirmation to Rennie Kubik at stzeam41@gmail.com (Please arrive by 9:45 AM for pictograph/petroglyph tour)

12:30 Potluck and Chapter meetings at Celilo Park I-84 exit 97

1:30 Geologist Glen Kilpatrick speaking on the geology of the Celilo Falls area. We will also view Celilo Canal, and Expedition campsites and portage routes in the Wishram area.

2:30 Maryhill Museum of Art

Time permitting other trips to Oregon Trail marker near Biggs Junction, Overland Trail route down Maryhill Canyon, Stonehenge Memorial, Maryhill Winery and Wishram Historic Locomotive 1923 Great Northern 2507 P2 4-8-2 locomotive and tender.

6:00 Evening campfire Maryhill State Park Group Camp

Camping accommodations at Maryhill State Park (reservations here http://parks.state.wa.us/223/Reservations) or Peach Beach RV Park at 509-773-4927, or Deschutes River State Recreation Area (OR State Parks) or LePage Park (USACE), or contact Rennie Kubik at stzeam41@gmail.com or 360-546-5949 for group camping at Maryhill Park.

April 30 Sunday 10:00 AM Washington and Oregon Chapters Tour of Columbia Gorge Discovery Center, 5000 Discovery Drive, The Dalles, OR then travel to Rowena Summit for a view of Mount Adams, and depart for home.

8:00 AM to 5:00 PM — Columbia Gorge Sternwheeler trip from Portland (Caruthers Landing near OMSI) to Cascade Locks with bus back to Portland – cost $98 per person, includes breakfast and buffet lunch. Call 503/224-3900 for details.

We have been invited to join the Washington State Chapter for their fall meeting at Sacajawea State Park in Pasco, WA on September 24, 2011.

• The fall meeting of the Washington Chapter LCTHF will be Saturday, September 24, 2011 at Sacajawea State Park in Pasco, WA
• September 23-25 is Heritage Days at the Park, with music, reenactors, booths, tribal people, and etc.
• The chapter's business meeting will be at 1 pm on Saturday. The Kubiks will provide light refreshments

We will offer two hikes that weekend

• Saturday morning, we will meet in Plymouth for a hike to the April 26, 1806 campsite near present-day Plymouth (where Clark described the young Walla Walla boy, and his fishing techniques)
• Sunday morning we will take an easy hike up the east side of Wallula Gap, near Two Sisters

Chapter members are encouraged to spend the weekend, either in a motel, or camping in the park, and enjoying the activities in the park. We are arranging a meeting place in the park for the chapter business meeting and for an area for camping (look for our 15-star, 15 stripe flag).

• The programs will be the hikes, Heritage Days, and the chapter's business, of which there is much right now!

Please RSVP to Barb Kubik, President (chemna@aol.com) no-later-than September 19th!

If you want to learn more about Heritage Days, simply type in Sacajawea Heritage Days on your favorite search engine!

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