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ON THE ROAD AGAIN!
FALL CROSS COUNTRY TRIP 2016
September 2, 2016 - October 27, 2016
4 - OUR GREAT CROSS COUNTRY TRIP 2016
[INDEX]
[Week 1] [Week 2] [Week 3] [Week 4] [Week 5] [Week 6] [Week 7] [Week 8]
[Day 22] [Day 23]
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25] [Day 26] [Day
27] [Day 28]
WEEK 4
DAY 27
A ride on the Port of Portland, OR ARFF Fireboat 80
| DAY 27 - SEPT 28 - WEDNESDAY Another beautiful day started out at Cascade Locks on the Columbia River east of Portland, OR. We then made a stop at the Port of Portland ARFF Fireboat dock getting some great photos of the boat in its boathouse, on the river, and underway on the river. Thanks much to the crew for a very informative and enjoyable demonstration of their boat. We then made our way into the city of Portland and to Station 21. Engine 21 was just returning to quarters from a run as we arrived. They give me a great tour of one of their newest boats, Fire Boat 21 along with their river rescue boat 21. The tour was cut short by another engine response, but we appreciate the time we had there. Across the river and downstream a couple miles from Fireboat 21 is Station 6. Behind Station 6 is a boathouse which turned out to be the a great surprise of the day. The 1927 87' long 12,000 gpm Fireboat "David Campbell" is one of the few older classic boats left in service. Awesome. We learned that we had missed a couple boats back at Station 17 yesterday. We made another stop and got a look at the "new" Fireboat 17 (twin to Fireboat 21) and their river rescue boat 17. Again, the crew was great providing access to these boats. We followed the Columbia River west to the coast near Astoria and a campground for Night 27. A full and successful day. |
| STATES: OR - (1) State for the day / (20) different States & (4) Provinces so far. |
| DISTANCE: 171 Miles for the day / 6,322 miles Total for the Trip so far |
| FIREBOATS: (36) Port of Portland FB-80 (37) Portland FB-21
"kwansum" (38) Portland River Boat 21 (39) Portland FB-6 "David Campbell" (40) Portland FB-17 "Skunkum ats" |
Cascade Locks, WA along the Columbia River
The Port of Portland ARFF Water Rescue unit at the dock
Port of Portland, OR Fireboat 80
Portland, OR Airport along the Columbia River
Demonstrating deployment of an inflatable rescue raft
Taking the photos of the boat underway from the dock... guess who?!
Port of Portland ARFF Boathouse
A bridge over the Willamette River. Fireboats 21 station
is located to the left of the bridge across the river.
Portland, OR Station 21 from across the Willamette River
Portland, OR Fire Station 21
Engine 21 back from a call
Specialty Rescue truck in Station 21
Portland, OR Fireboat 21
2015 50' Oregon Ironworks 8,000 gpm Fireboat
Located on the Willamette River
Portland, OR River Rescue 21
Portland, OR Fire Station 6
Portland, OR Station 6 Boathouse behind Station 6
Portland, OR Fireboat 6
The David Campbell
1927 87' Fireboat 12,000 gpm
Fireboat 17 Vernon R Buss
Located behind Station 17 with access to the Columbia River on the south
side
of Hayden Island
Hayden Bay - Fireboats 17 and River boat 17 on the dock
Provides direct access onto the Columbia River from the north side of the
island
River Rescue Boat 17
Portland, OR Fireboat 17
2015 50' Oregon Ironworks 8,000 gpm Fireboat
At Hayden Bay
WEEK 1
[Day 1] [Day 2] [Day 3] [Day 4] [Day 5] [Day 6] [Day 7]
WEEK 2
[Day 8] [Day
9] [Day 10] [Day
11] [Day 12] [Day
13] [Day 14]
WEEK 3
[Day 15] [Day
16] [Day 17] [Day
18] [Day 19] [Day
20] [Day 21]
WEEK 4
[Day 22] [Day 23]
[Day 24] [Day
25] [Day 26] [Day
27] [Day 28]
WEEK 5
[Day 29] [Day
30] [Day 31] [Day
32] [Day 33] [Day
34] [Day 35]
WEEK 6
[Day 36] [Day
37] [Day 38] [Day
39] [Day 40] [Day
41] [Day 42]
WEEK 7
[Day 43] [Day
44] [Day 45] [Day
46] [Day 47] [Day
48] [Day 49]
WEEK 8
[Day 50] [Day
51] [Day 52] [Day
53] [Day 54] [Day
55] [Day 56]
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