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Questions from August

August 1

What was "a piece of cake"?

 

Check out the photos. What is in the middle of the lake?

 

Check the photos.

    1. Eastern Half Park. Describe 2 photos.
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    3. Logan Pass. Describe 2 photos.

 

 

    1. McDonald. Describe 1 photo.

       

       

August 2

 What did Gary find out about Flathead Lake?

 

Check out the photos. What was permanently in the middle of the lake?

 

August 3

Describe Hot Springs’ advertising campaign. 

 

Check out the photos. What does the sign say?

 

 

August 4

What is Idaho’s largest lake?

 

Check out the photos.

Who did Gary meet?

 

August 5

Whom did Gary call?

 

What was the original purpose of the pilings?

 

Check out the photo. What is on one of the pilings?

 

August 6

What is the smallest Indian Reservation?

 

What did Gray outrun?

 

August 7

What was Gary’s record sighting?

 

What did Gary miss with his camera? Don’t forget to check out the photos.

 

August 8

What is Omak Stampede known for?

 

What is the "suicide race?"

 

Why did Gary have to move his campsite?

 

  

August 9

What is the MMM?

 

Check out the photo. What does it say on the building?

  

 

August 10

Check out the photos. What are these pictures of?

 

In how many pictures can you see a piece of the road? In how many can you see part of the river? 

 

August 11

What was Gary’s "world class" coincidence?

 

What mountain had the heaviest recorded snowfall?

 

What does Gary want to do someday?

 

Check out the photo. Other than the car what do you see?

 

August 12

Who discovered deception pass?

 

Check out the photos. Which one is Gary?

 

August 13

 Why didn’t Gary have to pay to use the ferry?

 

Where do Aunt Martha and Uncle Ed live? Check out the photo.

 

August 14

How did Gary spend his day?

 

 

August 15

What is Ed’s employment status?

  

Who is invited to stay with Ed and Martha?

 

August 16

What did Gary do on this day?

 

August 17

Gary met two cyclists. Where were they from and what was their planned trip?

 

 

August 18

Why was Gary’s tent and gear all wet?

 

Check out the photos. Where did Gary think he was instead of Olympic Mountains?

 

August 19

Check out the photos. Name everyone whom he met today.

 

 

August 20

What is the only temperate rain forest in North America?

 

What is a temperate rain forest?

 

 

 

 

How big was the Sitka Spruce by the road?

 

 

Check out the photos. What is all over the trees?

 

Even though the campsite was full, Gary managed to find a place to camp. Why?

 

August 21

When Gary rode through timber country he saw many signs. What was the gist of what they said?

 

 

What is the significance of the picture?

 

 

August 22

What is the unfortunate thing about Mt. Rainer? Check out the photo.

 

 

August 23

Check out the photos.

 

       

What does Eatonville remind him of?

 

 

About 5800 years ago Mt. Rainer blew her summit off and dropped in height by how much?

       

        

       

August 24

Be sure to check out the photos. How many did you look at?

 

How old is Mt. Rainer and how many explosions has it had?

 

 

 

August 25

Who discovered Mt. Rainer? He named it after whom? 

 

What is the photo a picture of?

 

With whom did Gary camp?

 

 

August 26

What happened in 1980?

 

What caused the north face to slide off?

 

 

Check out ALL the photos. What did you see?

 

 

According to Gary’s "absurd story" how long would it take 5 billion people to fix what Mt. St. Helen’s did in a matter of seconds?

 

 

August 27

As Gary traveled on this day many things were changing. What was the "worst"? 

 

Where is the end point of the Lewis and Clark trail?

 

   

August 28

What has helped Oregon lessen the roadside litter? 

 

What is the picture of?

 

Check out the other photo. What is it?

 

August 29

Check out the photos. What do you see? 

 

 

What good deed did Governor Oswald do?

 

August 30

Where did Gary eat lunch? 

 

Check out the photo. Why did Gary not want any samples?

 

August 31

What did Gary see from the shore?

 

Who chased Gary?

 

Don’t forget to check out the photo.

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