In 30-plus years of magazine work, quite possibly the best assignment I ever got was boarding a tug in Portland, Oregon and riding it, while it pushed a couple of barges, up the Columbia and Snake Rivers all the way to Lewiston, Idaho. Three days and nights on the rivers and seven hydroelectric dams provided
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Crater Lake will always be a special place for me and my wife Jennifer. We met here the summer after our freshman year of college. I was employed as a tour boat driver down on the lake, and Jennifer clerked in the gift shop. In the evenings, we both performed in the nightly talent shows
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