Today was a good day. We started the day pretty late and
tried to get some blogging in. Trying to blog at Safeway is really becoming a
chore. I will be recommending that we not try this again next year. The rest of
the day was really nice though. We met with Howard Arnett. He owns the law
offices of Karnopp Peterson LLP and has been practicing law for over 35 years.
His specialty is tribal litigation.
It was interesting to hear him talk about the conflicts between the U.S. government, the state governments (particularly Washington and Oregon) and local tribes (Yakama, Warm Springs, Umatilla and NezPerce). He talked a lot about the Confederated Tribes of Warm Springs and issues surrounding the 3 main dams on the Deschutes River below Bend, Oregon. He talked about how the tribe is making a push for full ownership of the dams.
After meeting with Mr. Arnett, the group got some downtime and hit the nearest shopping mall. I hit the REI as I was in serious need of some rain gear. Later we went for a quick swim at Little Lava Lake near the campsite.
Upon arriving camp, Chaylene and I decided to make a campfire so that the group could make smores. It took us an hour and a lot of dodging spiders but we finally got the campfire looking very nice (sorry no pictures). We ate smores and looked at an amazing star-filled sky.
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| Howard Arnett showing the group a PowerPoint of the Warm Springs Hydroelectric Project |
It was interesting to hear him talk about the conflicts between the U.S. government, the state governments (particularly Washington and Oregon) and local tribes (Yakama, Warm Springs, Umatilla and NezPerce). He talked a lot about the Confederated Tribes of Warm Springs and issues surrounding the 3 main dams on the Deschutes River below Bend, Oregon. He talked about how the tribe is making a push for full ownership of the dams.
After meeting with Mr. Arnett, the group got some downtime and hit the nearest shopping mall. I hit the REI as I was in serious need of some rain gear. Later we went for a quick swim at Little Lava Lake near the campsite.
Upon arriving camp, Chaylene and I decided to make a campfire so that the group could make smores. It took us an hour and a lot of dodging spiders but we finally got the campfire looking very nice (sorry no pictures). We ate smores and looked at an amazing star-filled sky.
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| Chaylene and I are starting a campfire. |
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