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Jun 19, 2011 - Riley Creek

Today we went out to breakfast at AJ's (logger's restaurant). Excellent food and then on to the Albeni Dam for a tour. The water was very high within two feet of the highest water level ever for this hydro dam. We couldn't take pictures inside for security reasons. While walking back to the tour office we noticed a yellow warbler nest and found the female sitting on two speckled eggs. Still raining and cool here. Maybe tomorrow it won't rain or maybe we will have accomplished wishing some of the rain south to Texas, Arizona, and New Mexico....

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Summer 2011

Jun 16, 2011 - Corps of Engineers - Albeni Falls Project

Priest River at the Corps of Engineer's Park This is a well kept park. Electricity and hot showers which is always a plus for us. Nice hiking paths and friendly people. We plan on staying four days and then heading west again. reading, needlepoint, and hiking are on the agenda.

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Summer 2011

Jun 3, 2009 - Albeni Falls Dam, Idaho

Albeni Falls Dam (pronounced “Albany”) and Pend Oreille River (pronounced “Pond O’Ray”) Albeni Falls Dam sits on the Pend Oreille River about 90 miles upstream from where it enters the mighty Columbia River. Behind the dam, the waters of the Pend Oreille stretch 65 miles through a glacially carved, U-shaped valley that separates three lofty mountain ranges – the Cabinets, the Selkirks and the Coeur d’ Alenes. Rimmed by mountains that rise 6,500 feet, Lake Pend Oreille is one of the largest and deepest natural lakes in the western United...

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Bill & Debbie's Canada/Alaska Trip 2009