THE OFFICIAL WEBPAGE
OF ROBERT D. WEST
These features don't fit into the Places section, are more than simple Writings and have nothing to do with Trains, so they are here in their own section. That said, they just might be the most interesting things on this site. Enjoy!
See the ships of the 2008 Rose Festival and the floats of the Grand Floral Parade in Portland, Oregon.
Wings of Freedom/2007 Rose Festival Fleet
DOUBLE FEATURE! See World War II bombers on display in Aurora, Oregon and the ships of the 2007 Rose Festival in Portland, Oregon.
The Life & Times of A. C. Gilbert
A. C. Gilbert set several world's records, won an Olympic gold medal, obtained 150 patents, and even saved Christmas, and yet he has largely been forgotten. Here is the story of this great American and his achievements.
Unveiling the Afghan-Iraqi Freedom Memorial
A new memorial in honor of those who have fought in Afghanistan and Iraq as part of the War on Terror was unveiled on Veterans Day, November 11, 2006, in Salem, Oregon. This page features pictures and VIDEO of the unveiling.
The Healing Field, in memory of the victims of the September 11, 2001 terrorist attacks and the members of the Armed Forced who have lost their lives fighting the War on Terror, as seen at Salem, Oregon's Riverfront Park on September 10, 2006.
The last days of the Trojan Nuclear Power Plant in Rainier, Oregon, including the implosion of the cooling tower on May 21, 2006.
Read about my long-distance drives across America, in a 1991 Dodge Dynasty. Featuring the mountains of Montana, winter storms, a lost muffler and the rising cost of gasoline.
Last Voyage of the USS Missouri
The USS Missouri is now on display in Hawaii, but before it made its last trip, it stopped in Astoria, Oregon, and I was there.
Learn how to do something with nothing, just like television's greatest problem-solver! Includes fixing a lamp, fixing a VCR and building a filing drawer in a desk.
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