There's a single board laid across the rocks at the base of this fall, where you can briefly stand in the light and feel the water #WahkeenaTrail #FairyFalls #ColumbiaGorge #MultnomahCounty #Oregon #OregonExplored

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It wanted to know, as we passed, if we might take time to consider what we miss with our travel from one place to another and another and another #FallsCreekFalls #GiffordPinchotNationalForest #Washington #WashingtonExplored

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One of the things I love about this state are all the venues it offers for those who need just a little more time to look and listen to water #AbiquaFalls #ScottsMills #MarionCounty #Oregon #OregonExplored

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In spite of the ice and the loud rush of winter water, there were picnic tables in the shade, a path along the creek, the promise of summer #LittleZigZagFalls #MountHoodNationalForest #Oregon #OregonExplored

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I don't know what I was expecting. All I remember is what it felt like to be here #WahkeenaTrail #WeisendangerFalls #ColumbiaGorge #MultnomahCounty #Oregon #OregonExplored

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Variation is infinite #WahkeenaTrail #ColumbiaGorge #MultnomahCounty #Oregon #OregonExplored

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There are places like this, where it is not possible to get all my favorite parts into an image. Maybe that's why every photo seems, in its way, a kind of failure. Sometimes, though, I capture a beautiful failure, and it is enough. #PantherCreekFalls #GiffordPinchotNationalForest #Washington #WashingtonExplored

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Everything is always changing #FallsCreekFalls #GiffordPinchotNationalForest #Washington #WashingtonExplored

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Some of the smallest flakes stuck to the lens of my camera. There was no wind #ClatsopLoop #EcolaStatePark #CannonBeach #Oregon #OregonExplored

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A forest of contrasts #ClatsopLoop #EcolaStatePark #CannonBeach #Oregon #OregonExplored

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My favorite part of the ocean is the piece you first see, framed by trees, while you are still on your way. Not quite but almost. Promise and possibility. #ShortSands #OswaldWestStatePark #Oregon #OregonExplored

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Even in the middle of winter, soft sunlight filtered through to the forest floor can make everything feel warm like summer #FallsCreekFalls #GiffordPinchotNationalForest #Washington #WashingtonExplored

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The ferns - a ragged orange rug - briefly brought back all the basements of my childhood #WahkeenaTrail #ColumbiaGorge #MultnomahCounty #Oregon #OregonExplored

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A bridge is a special sort of welcome #FallsCreekFalls #GiffordPinchotNationalForest #Washington #WashingtonExplored

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It is hard to explain. #AbiquaFalls #ScottsMills #MarionCounty #Oregon #OregonExplored

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Oregon's winter weather has so many layers #MultnomahFalls #ColumbiaGorge #MultnomahCounty #Oregon #OregonExplored

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We stood and watched that fortress of rock and briefly discussed when we might make time to visit there #WahkeenaTrail #ColumbiaGorge #MultnomahCounty #Oregon #OregonExplored

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Spring is coming #FallsCreekFalls #GiffordPinchotNationalForest #Washington #WashingtonExplored

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We could see the places where others had tried and failed to get closer to the water. And it was good to stay where we were, to love the water without having to touch it. #LowerButteCreekFalls #ButteCreek #ScottsMills #MarionCounty #Oregon #OregonExplored

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I wanted to reach out and pick up that paper cup on the edge, but it did not seem prudent #MultnomahFalls #ColumbiaGorge #MultnomahCounty #Oregon #OregonExplored

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There was no dry place to sit. Still, we waited by the water and bathed in the light #WahkeenaTrail #ColumbiaGorge #MultnomahCounty #Oregon #OregonExplored

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The remnants of summer #WahkeenaTrail #ColumbiaGorge #MultnomahCounty #Oregon #OregonExplored

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Sometimes, hiking through the woods, I see a place where light blue of sky touches dark blue of water, and I am satisfied #WahkeenaTrail #ColumbiaGorge #MultnomahCounty #Oregon #OregonExplored

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The snow in Portland on Friday night meant that Highway 26 was mostly clear of traffic all day on Saturday, making it the perfect day for a slow drive to the beach #ClatsopLoop #EcolaStatePark #CannonBeach #Oregon #OregonExplored

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Serendipitously, there was a break in the clouds just as we neared the top of the loop #TerribleTilly #TillamookRock #ClatsopLoop #EcolaStatePark #CannonBeach #Oregon #OregonExplored

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It was even colder than it looked #LittleZigZagFalls #MountHoodNationalForest #Oregon #OregonExplored

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Early morning light is the best kind of light #SilverFallsStatePark #MarionCounty #Oregon #OregonExplored

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This is joy #SilverFallsStatePark #MarionCounty #Oregon #OregonExplored

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In most places there's a large carved sign with parking fee envelopes, maps, a place to record the number of visitors. Here, there was only a spray-painted arrow, a narrow dirt trail, ropes tied between trees, that guided us safely to the water #PantherCreekFalls #GiffordPinchotNationalForest #Washington #WashingtonExplored

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I stood in the parking lot and waited for that heaviness of the sky to lightly touch my shoulders #MultnomahCreek #MultnomahFalls #ColumbiaGorge #MultnomahCounty #Oregon #OregonExplored

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Time slows down and spreads out in some places #UpperButteCreekFalls #ButteCreek #ScottsMills #MarionCounty #Oregon #OregonExplored

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I'm thankful for the places in a forest where the light breaks through #WahkeenaTrail #ColumbiaGorge #MultnomahCounty #Oregon #OregonExplored

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Would you ever tire of looking out over the ocean? #NeahkahnieMountain #Manzanita #OswaldWestStatePark #Oregon #OregonExplored

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Oregon has a lot of trees. Some have found ways to stand out. #ButteCreek #ScottsMills #MarionCounty #Oregon #OregonExplored

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We stopped several times to watch before briefly leaving the trail to be closer to the water #MultnomahCreek #ColumbiaGorge #MultnomahCounty #Oregon #OregonExplored

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I had not imagined the changes a fire can make. And now I can't not remember #WahkeenaTrail #ColumbiaGorge #MultnomahCounty #Oregon #OregonExplored

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A few moments after we arrived, the light poured into this cove. But I remember the softness of just before. #ShortSands #OswaldWestStatePark #Oregon #OregonExplored

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It's hard not to stare #ShortSands #OswaldWestStatePark #Oregon #OregonExplored

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As we returned to the trailhead, I looked back. Just for a moment. To remember. #AbiquaFalls #ScottsMills #MarionCounty #Oregon #OregonExplored

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The symmetry of this little building demanded a photo #ScottsMillsFriendsChurch #ScottsMills #MarionCounty #Oregon #OregonExplored

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Some forests feel like they love people #FallsCreekFalls #GiffordPinchotNationalForest #Washington #WashingtonExplored

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A little water and a stand of trees is all it takes to make me feel like I'm home #SoapstoneLake #ClatsopCounty #Oregon #OregonExplored

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There's a certain deep green in Oregon's winter waters that's almost a kind of opulence. #AbiquaFalls #ScottsMills #MarionCounty #Oregon #OregonExplored

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Just before you reach the lake, there's a meadow that fills with daffodil blooms each year at the start of spring #SoapstoneLake #ClatsopCounty #Oregon #OregonExplored

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