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<p class=MsoNormal><font size=2 color=navy face=Arial><span style='font-size:
10.0pt;font-family:Arial;color:navy'>Oh, I almost forgot. My grandmother was
born in the “John Day Country” as she always called it.</span></font></p>
<p class=MsoNormal><font size=2 color=navy face=Arial><span style='font-size:
10.0pt;font-family:Arial;color:navy'>Dale</span></font></p>
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<p class=MsoNormal style='margin-left:.5in'><font size=2 face=Tahoma><span
style='font-size:10.0pt;font-family:Tahoma'>-----Original Message-----<br>
<b><span style='font-weight:bold'>From:</span></b> or-roots-admin@sosinet.sos.state.or.us
[mailto:or-roots-admin@sosinet.sos.state.or.us] <b><span style='font-weight:
bold'>On Behalf Of </span></b>dgoodma02@comcast.net<br>
<b><span style='font-weight:bold'>Sent:</span></b> Wednesday, September 28,
2005 10:09 AM<br>
<b><span style='font-weight:bold'>To:</span></b> Oregon Group<br>
<b><span style='font-weight:bold'>Subject:</span></b> [or-roots] The Brown Side</span></font></p>
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<p class=MsoNormal style='margin-left:.5in'><font size=3 face="Times New Roman"><span
style='font-size:12.0pt'>I have the impression, reading our postings over the
past year, that most of us are from the Green Side of Oregon (West of
Cascades). So I thought I'd put my experiences on the brown Side out to Y'all.
(No I'm not from the South, actually I was Born in Portland)</span></font></p>
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<p class=MsoNormal style='margin-left:.5in'><font size=3 face="Times New Roman"><span
style='font-size:12.0pt'>In the late '40 and Early '50s, I was a Student at OSC
(Later OSU) majoring in Geology. At the end of my Jr Year, Our Geology Prof,
(Professor ("Doc") Wilkenson gave us an opportunity to use our Summer
Vacation for a 3 month Field Trip to The John Day Country. There were
about 10 of us that took him up on the Field Trip. So, in the middle of June We
Loaded up and went to The John Day Country (Cty Boy meets the out door life!). </span></font></p>
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<p class=MsoNormal style='margin-left:.5in'><font size=3 face="Times New Roman"><span
style='font-size:12.0pt'>Actually afterI got used to 100+ deg days and Freezing
nights I found that i really liked the Area. We were camped on the John
Day River living in Tents and sleeping on old Army Cots. Our camp site had been
picked by Doc to be in a Sheep pasture! He said that the Sheep kept the
Rattle Snakes away! Must have worked 'cause we hadno Rattlers in camp.</span></font></p>
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<p class=MsoNormal style='margin-left:.5in'><font size=3 face="Times New Roman"><span
style='font-size:12.0pt'>Once I got used to the area I realized how
beautiful it was! Stark, Raw but really magnificent.!!! It was very
quiet, and at night the Stars were someting else to see.</span></font></p>
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style='font-size:12.0pt'>I got 12 hours of Credit for the Field trip (with at
least a B Guarenteed).</span></font></p>
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style='font-size:12.0pt'>The Sad thing is that I never got to go Back.
The Air Force had different plans for me.</span></font></p>
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<p class=MsoNormal style='margin-left:.5in'><font size=3 face="Times New Roman"><span
style='font-size:12.0pt'>--<br>
Bob Goodman <br>
USAF Retired <br>
University Place, Washington</span></font></p>
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