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By Gary Lewis / The Bulletin
June 18, 2009
Growing up on the river, I have seen the Columbia in all her moods: frigid, tempestuous, rowdy, dangerous. But in June, you expect a sunnier disposition.
We woke to a brooding sky.
We had checked in to Skamania Lodge the night before, sampled salmon chowder and headed to our rooms. Up before....