We have just been visited by Santa Claus (11:15 PM, local time). According to Norad, Santa had four major landings within the Columbia Basin: Missoula, Montana; Boise, Idaho; Columbia, Washington; Newberg, Oregon (my neck of the woods).
Missoula is on the Clark Fork River, which feeds in to Lake Pend Oreille, drains into the Pend Oreille River, and finally into the Columbia River. Boise is on the river of the same name, which is a tributary of the Snake River, which feeds directly into the Columbia. The delivery stop referred to as Columbia, WA by Norad is an area around Gifford, on the Columbia itself. Finally, Newberg is a city on the Willamette, which has its confluence with the Columbia at Portland, OR. Newberg lies in the shadow of the Chehalem Mountains, which will be discussed further when I get back to my promised topic of the Tualitin Valley, my home, sweet, home.
Merry Christmas and happy hunting,
Brett
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