Chinook Winds

... and warm. The reason for this is something called the "Foem" Winds (I'm not sure of the spelling) but is a lot like the Chinook Winds in Alberta. Guess there is a lot of similarity between this area of Germany and Western Canada. Wonder if there are ...

... go at frisbee golf. After finding the tee and figuring out the rules we started playing. Lethbridge is known for its strong chinook winds. We were not known for our good frisbee skills. In our defence, our Canada Day light frisbee did not fly so ...

... but I want to enjoy the view so think we should wait till the sun goes down.... We visited Three Rivers Casino in Florence and Chinook Winds in Lincoln City and Denis broke even in both and I was up $10 and then $15.... both are great, considering the ...

... wrap it all up.. Round Seven: The beautiful but incredibly windy Bandon Trails! Oops, now to wrap it up... Rounds Eight & Nine: Chinook Winds my moms home course in Lincoln City And what I think will be my final round for a while (yeahhh right!) Round ...

... viewing. This is probably the only time we couldn’t quickly find a place to see the ocean, but eventually saw the new Chinook Winds Casino on the ocean. The sun was just setting but it wasn’t overly spectacular at this point. We didn’t ...

... grazing animals due to control burns which encourage the growth of forage grasses, flowers and shrubs, and also allows the Chinook winds to clear snow from the grounds in the winter. We continue into the Toad River Valley crossing the beautiful ...

... is very dry and sunny in winter but the temperature is often as low as 40 degrees below. Unlike Calgary, it doesn't get the Chinook winds that can raise the temperature by 20 degrees for a few hours. We did get to see the green haze of northern lights ...

... ! You have to be nuts to live here - however chatting to one woman who said that Calgary was pretty good cause the warm Chinook winds blow through to moderate the temperature - I hate to think! Calgary must have something going for it though cause the ...

... thermometer on the truck said -10. We appear to be just on the edge of the winds coming down off the mountains from the south. It's not a Chinook wind with the Chinook arch cloud pattern but it does warm up the city. Mt Sima, which is right behind us, ...

... he gets free camping sites, so he can spend the rest of his time fishing. He proudly showed me a photo he was carrying of a Chinook salmon he caught last week. He lives on Social Security and gets along just fine. (I point this out for those who are ...

... May all I say & think be in harmony with thee, God within me, God beyond me, maker of the trees. Chinook Psalter blessings for a beautiful day! ...

... platform with a giant hump at one end to allow the enormous cargo ships in and out of the port. We pulled a couple of 'truffle shuffles' in Chunk's honour and found a place to stay in a small fishing town called Chinook just inside the washington ...

... and the winds got rather high. We did do a snow angel as well as build a snowman and had my photo taken with a Chinook. After our decent we went to explore the town itself - two main streets and lots of souvenir stores. After dinner we weren't ...

... -   Observed the 18-20" Sockeye Salmon run up the Okanogan River going N towards Okanogan Lake.  There used to be Chinook, Coho and Steelhead salmon doing this run as well but the Indians in the area netted them out and by the mid 80's had ...

... into a museum. To my dismay we were told that we could only have 15 minutes browsing the many artefacts that included an American Chinook and numerous tanks. It was at this point that I realised most of our time would be spent on the bus. In actual fact ...