I once heard a kid refer to this place as that old watertower up on a hill #CrownPoint #VistaHouse #MultnomahCounty #Oregon

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This mountain has a pronounced proboscis #GapRoad #Colorado

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I was jogging over to a picnic table, thinking I'd stand on top to get a better view of the lake. But someone else had a similar idea. I let them go first #BrainardLake #RooseveltNationalForest #Colorado

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Some beaches have more texture than others #ShortSandBeach #OswaldWestStatePark #Oregon

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It's hard to believe that places like this are real. Harder still to hold in my mind that I get to live here #MountHood #TrilliumLake #ClackamasCounty #Oregon

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There's something about that last burst of light that never fails to catch my attention and slow my breathing #EastbankEsplanade #Portland #MultnomahCounty #Oregon

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From a distance you'd think you could get pretty close for a dramatic photo and not get wet. But you'd be wrong #LatourellFalls #GuyWTalbotStatePark #MultnomahCounty #Oregon

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A picture of someone taking a picture is my favorite kind of picture #ColoradoStateCapitol #Denver #DenverCounty #Colorado

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I don't really notice how many trees are in a place until they start getting into all my pictures #ColoradoStateCapitol #Denver #DenverCounty #Colorado

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Wikipedia says this church was built in 1938. But the number under that rooster clearly says 1937 #FirstBaptistChurch #Denver #DenverCounty #Colorado

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If I could get good internet service, I think I'd move here #GapRoad #Colorado

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I don't know who this is in the portrait. But the intersecting lines seemed good to me #ColoradoStateCapitol #Denver #DenverCounty #Colorado

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This is always going to be one of my favorite views #MountHood #PittockMansion #Portland #MultnomahCounty #Oregon

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It's the kind of place that can be crowded and still feel big enough for half a dozen more. We had trouble finding a parking spot, for instance. And still, this. #MountHood #TrilliumLake #ClackamasCounty #Oregon

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Every once in awhile I'd ask if we could stop to look at the rocks #GapRoad #Colorado

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This walk along the Willamette was two months ago now. We stayed until the sun set. And then there was ice cream #EastbankEsplanade #Portland #MultnomahCounty #Oregon

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Their white bark contrasts so cleanly with the shade and the summer grass #GapRoad #Colorado

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A beautiful building, in my opinion, is one that keeps out the weather and lets in the light #ColoradoStateCapitol #Denver #DenverCounty #Colorado

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I didn't make it to Jefferson Park this year, but I got plenty of views in #MountJefferson #Oregon

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Just a break in the trees #TrilliumLake #ClackamasCounty #Oregon

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To find a view like this in a little park just up the hill from downtown seems like a fairly strong argument for living here #JonsrudViewpoint #Sandy #ClackamasCounty #Oregon

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Light and shadow #PittockMansion #Portland #MultnomahCounty #Oregon

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When they bought the land in 1921, the Rosenberg brothers claimed these three rocks would someday vie with the famed Seal Rocks of San Francisco. But on the day we visited it was a lot less crowded than the Rosenbergs would have wanted #Oceanside #TillamookCounty #Oregon

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Standing up on the roof, you can see miles down the gorge. You can also watch the people #CrownPoint #VistaHouse #MultnomahCounty #Oregon

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In just a few weeks, Oregon rains will be swelling this stream back to its normal size #LatourellFalls #GuyWTalbotStatePark #MultnomahCounty #Oregon

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Every place in America has its monuments to bigotry. Some are more subtle than (and not as well known as) others #AlmaTemple #Denver #DenverCounty #Colorado

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Lines and curves and light #ColoradoStateCapitol #Denver #DenverCounty #Colorado

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Those white trunks and branches seemed something like fault lines in the forest #PanoramaPoint #CoalCreek #Colorado

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The sky was heavy with clouds, so the view wasn't quite what I'd hoped. But there's always something worth seeing #PanoramaPoint #CoalCreek #Colorado

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We parked on the side of the road and climbed a pile of rocks for this view #GapRoad #Colorado

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We hadn't hiked more than two miles when we reached this lake, but several folks were ready to set up camp here #StrawberryMountainWilderness #Oregon

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I like this tree #FirstChurchChristScientist #Denver #DenverCounty #Colorado

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We used to head up into the mountains every summer, and I've been thinking - now that summer's almost gone - that I'll have to be more intentional next year #StrawberryMountains #Oregon

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The main entrance made a statement, but this side door offered something more like an invitation #FirstBaptistChurch #Denver #DenverCounty #Colorado

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It's something to see #CrownPoint #VistaHouse #MultnomahCounty #Oregon

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I wish I knew more of the story #Donald #MarionCounty #Oregon

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To hear it again #Oceanside #TillamookCounty #Oregon

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Light and shade. A strong vertical line. Some color. #Portland #MultnomahCounty #Oregon

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There's a trail at the top and a trickle of water that comes down #ShortSandBeach #OswaldWestStatePark #Oregon

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Another year #GeorgeFoxUniversity #Newberg #YamhillCounty #Oregon

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I felt like there might be something important for me to notice in the reflection. I've been thinking about it #MountHood #TrilliumLake #ClackamasCounty #Oregon

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A new keyhole and an old knob #PittockMansion #Portland #MultnomahCounty #Oregon

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Every time I visit I think about the next time I'll have time to return #ChanticleerPoint #MultnomahCounty #Oregon

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Crowded with tourists, this place feels a little less grand on the inside than the view from the outside #VistaHouse #MultnomahCounty #Oregon

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I'm standing on the same earthen dam where I saw my first bull snake in the summer of 1981 or 1982. There are no snakes here today as far as I can tell #CampTilikum #Newberg #YamhillCounty #Oregon

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It's everything you'd want in a sign #UnionStation #Denver #DenverCounty #Colorado

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There is no better playground than a boulder-strewn place of tall trees, summer sunshine, deep shadows, and falling water #LatourellFalls #MultnomahCounty #Oregon

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There was snow still in the shadows of these mountains #StrawberryMountainWilderness #Oregon

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Although I've hiked to the end of the Tillamook spit, this spit to the south is one I still need to explore #NetartsBay #TillamookCounty #Oregon

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Just a trio of baby clowds #TrilliumLake #ClackamasCounty #Oregon

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