Cashmere Camping, August 30-31, 2014
  
 
On the way...
 
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 With Hong... a quick stop at North Bend...
 
august_2014_051.jpg (1681439 bytes) august_2014_052.jpg (2427840 bytes) I-90 eastbound... toward Snoqualmie Pass...
 
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august_2014_056.jpg (2359603 bytes) On the east side of the Cascade Mountains, nearing Cashmere...
 
At Lena's cabin in Olalla Canyon... north of Cashmere...
 
august_2014_057.jpg (2806183 bytes) august_2014_058.jpg (2420184 bytes) august_2014_059.jpg (3151262 bytes)  Lena was our most gracious host... Hong, KP, and Lena...
 
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At Lena's cabin... Hong, KP, and Lena... commenting on each others Facebook posts as they sat close enough to touch each other!
 
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I think I was using KP's camera for this shot (pulled from Facebook)... KP's sisater Phuong Tran, Lena, Hong, KP, and KP's sister's husband Khanh...
 
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Lena's cabin... I believe this is Hong's shot (pulled from Facebook)...
 
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A romantic monkey had his eyes on Hong... as Roy Rogers sang a sweet old western song...
 
august_2014_061.JPG (2817430 bytes) august_2014_062.JPG (1000684 bytes) While setting up the camp (with help from KP's daughter Christine and Lena's daughter Vivilene) on the bottom land below Lena's cabin, I demonstrated the bug catching / photography method that Geneva Queen Elsa and I are developing. This was an ugly Stink Bug...
 
While "Camp Cashmere" was being setup, the ladies froliced nearby... not my shots (pulled from Facebook)...
 
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In camp...
 
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Hong, Lena, and KP... Christine and KP's sister in the tent...
 
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august_2014_064.JPG (2399297 bytes) august_2014_065.JPG (2748340 bytes) august_2014_072.JPG (4461597 bytes) Lena's daughter Vivilene and my Gibson Dove... Vivilene was playing a Taylor Swift tune...
 
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KP's daughter Christine...
 
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Hong, Lena, and KP singing a beautiful Vietnamese song...
 
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KP on the guitar... I'm sure George Strait would have been sooooo proud!
 
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Was Christine laughing at her mother's guitar playing?
 
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The Gibson Dove is a beautiful guitar, but I must say that it never looked better than when being held by KP!
 
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KP on guitar... Christine's shot (pulled from Facebook)... 2nd version slightly edited... I love this picture...
 
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cashmere_pics_by_others_30.jpg (79572 bytes) Photo pulled from Facebook. I did my best to entertain the ladies... My set list on this evening included:

"The Wildwood Flower"
"Hello Vietnam" (Johnny Wright)
"Does Ft. Worth Ever Cross Your Mind" (George Strait)
"Grandpa Was a Carpenter" (John Prine)
"In the Sweet By-and-By"
"Tomorrow Is a Long Time" (Bob Dylan)
"Love Is A Rose" (Neil Young)

... a couple more margaritas and another bottle of wine and I would have sounded pretty good...
 
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With KP and Hong... this is a picture of a fellow having a real good time!

I think Christine took this shot... (pulled from Facebook)...
 
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KP and Hong... the sky was clear, with a million stars shining down one minute, raindrops the next, then clear...
 
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Hong and KP were not bothered by the occasional raindrops in the least...
 
August 31... the next morning...
 
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Not my shot (pulled from Facebook)... KP, Lena, and Hong... Connac and bananas for breakfast?
 
A hike around the neighborhood...
 
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Hong with asparagus...
 
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We proceeded on, across a fine meadow... that little guy, KP's nephew Chris, kept giving me karate chops to the leg!
 
august_2014_092.JPG (5699980 bytes) august_2014_093.JPG (7753208 bytes)  We came upon a number of rock lichens...
 
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Lena, Hong and KP...
 
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Hong and Lena... not my shots (pulled from Facebook)...
 
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The Sunday morning hiking party... Lena, Christine, KP, Vivilene, Chris, and Hong...
 
Driving back to the Seattle area...
 
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Leaving Olalla Canyon... apples on N. Dryden Rd, near Olalla Canyon Rd...
 
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Hwy. 2, heading west toward Hwy. 97... interesting clouds...
 
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I-90 west bound... didn't have time for the customary stop at the Brick, in Roslyn, but I thought about it...
 
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West of Snoqualmie Pass... smoky clouds...
 
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Mount Si, at North Bend...
 
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KP, Lena, and Hong can hardly wait to go camping again!