I love seeing your pictures, and I am glad you had a nice visit with your brother. When I go to where I grew up, which is 2 miles across the river, I am saddened because it is nothing like it was when I was a child.
The first pic with the barge, was there a fire too? The mountain seems to have no trees.
The picture with the barge was taken about 90 miles farther to the east, on my way to Stevenson. That part of the state has a completely different climate, very dry, and much of the landscape looks rather barren. I ought to have explained that in my post.
It looked so odd to see bare mountains. The only mountains we have are the city dumps.