My grandfather owned the newspaper there, The Dalles Chronicle.
Two photographs hang in my office from that town. One is of Celilo Falls (linked), which is now underwater thanks to a hydroelectric project. The other is of my father and uncle as boys with a local Indian chief and his family, all in full regalia, who came into town to thank my grandfather for publishing an editorial favorable to their tribe.
getting to be a risky time of year for weather in the North Cascades, further south to Snoqualmie Pass, and even further to Rainier.