Below are the next-to-last batch of photos I will be uploading. The first group is from the trip on the Snake River to the site(s) of the killings of a group of Chinese gold miners in 1887. Writing a fictional piece about the event has been on my plate for some time, so visiting the site was a significant part of the background research. (I was also fortunate to be able to meet with a journalist in Oregon who just finished a non-fiction manuscript about the massacre and cover-up.)

I hope to finish writing the wrap-up piece in the next couple of days and also upload the last photos.


Our jetboat -- speeds up to 40 mph, with a draft of two and half-feet to work around the rapids on the river. It's also the US Mail boat since the ranches along the Snake are not accessible by land.