24 Spring 2018 Applegater
Look who's reading the Gater!
Take us with you on your next trip. Then send your favorite "Reading the Gater" photo to gater@applegater.org or
mail to Applegater, PO Box 14, Jacksonville, OR 97530. Photos will appear as space allows.
Photos, top row from left to right:
—While at the Papeete Airport in Tahiti, Linda Yates studies Olympic-level outrigger maneuvers
in the Applegater and ponders whether to join this year's team from Tahiti or catch her flight.
— Tom and Kathy Carstens, former residents of Panama, personally treated the Gater to a
cruise on the Panama Canal, for which the Applegater honored them with this photo in the paper.
Photos, bottom row from left to right:
—Shelley Manning toured the Alhambra fortress and palace complex in Granada, Spain, guided
by the Applegater's expert narration on the most significant Islamic architecture in that country.
—Dahna Dow leans against the controversial astronomical clock, made from polished black
granite, in Brno, Czech Republic, and leans on the Gater to help her discover the true meaning
of this "bullet" shape.
—Dan the Backhoe Man and Danny Black, at the iconic Gullfoss in Iceland, hope to devise
a way to harness electricity from the falls—in spite of unsuccessful attempts by others—with the
full backing of the Applegater and its step-by-step power-by-waterfall reference section.