A picture of patience #Astoria #ClatsopCounty #Oregon #OregonExplored

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They were naked and unashamed #SaddleMountain #SaddleMountainStateNaturalArea #Seaside #ClatsopCounty #Oregon #OregonExplored

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The climb was well worth the work #SaddleMountain #SaddleMountainStateNaturalArea #Seaside #ClatsopCounty #Oregon #OregonExplored

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We watched them move through the water for nearly an hour. We could have stayed longer #FlamingoWildlifeHabitat #LasVegas #Nevada #NevadaExplored

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We stopped at three different pull-outs, trying to discern which offered the best perspective. All three were my favorite. #HecetaHeadLighthouse #HecetaHead #Florence #LaneCounty #Oregon #OregonExplored

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She did not mind my interest in her work #WindMountain #ColumbiaGorge #Washington #WashingtonExplored

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Above us, birds were nesting along ledges in the rock. Behind us, there were pools of water. #WaikikiBeach #CapeDisappointmentStatePark #Ilwaco #Washington #WashingtonExplored

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There were berries here #SaddleMountain #SaddleMountainStateNaturalArea #Seaside #ClatsopCounty #Oregon #OregonExplored

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Several clouds passed through during our time on this trail #SaddleMountain #SaddleMountainStateNaturalArea #Seaside #ClatsopCounty #Oregon #OregonExplored

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Sit down for a moment. Listen. And watch. #LaneCounty #Oregon #OregonExplored

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A place where even the earth finds room to stretch #OregonDunesNationalRecreationArea #OregonDunes #Florence #LaneCounty #Oregon #OregonExplored

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It's the time of year when everywhere we look, there is food - a season of plenty #SweetCreekFalls #Mapleton #LaneCounty #Oregon #OregonExplored

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It seemed a beautiful and lonely place to live #CapeDisappointmentLighthouse #CapeDisappointmentStatePark #Ilwaco #Washington #WashingtonExplored

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She sounded like joy #CapeDisappointmentStatePark #Ilwaco #Washington #WashingtonExplored

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Everywhere we looked, there were stories of past storms etched into the landscape #NorthHeadLighthouse #CapeDisappointmentStatePark #Ilwaco #Washington #WashingtonExplored

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I've learned that there's safety (and comfort) in sticking together #HobbitBeach #Florence #LaneCounty #Oregon #OregonExplored

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We stood on a bridge, looking out over the sculpture garden, this shape against the sky #Basilica #SaintMary #Minneapolis #Minnesota #MinnesotaExplored

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The water never stops moving here #ShortSands #OswaldWestStatePark #Oregon #OregonExplored

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There were trees in some spots. Other spots you could tell where the trees once were. A lesson in contrasts. #SaddleMountain #SaddleMountainStateNaturalArea #Seaside #ClatsopCounty #Oregon #OregonExplored

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We didn't make it to the top this day, but the view was still pretty good #MultnomahFalls #ColumbiaGorge #MultnomahCounty #Oregon #OregonExplored

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The best of friends #SaddleMountain #SaddleMountainStateNaturalArea #Seaside #ClatsopCounty #Oregon #OregonExplored

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We all need somebody #FlamingoWildlifeHabitat #LasVegas #Nevada #NevadaExplored

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She slyly stretched her roots along the path. We proceeded with caution. And respect #SaddleMountain #SaddleMountainStateNaturalArea #Seaside #ClatsopCounty #Oregon #OregonExplored

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Summer snow #BeaconRock #BeaconRockStatePark #ColumbiaGorge #Washington #WashingtonExplored

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Time here seemed to slow and spread - every breath an expanse #SweetCreekFalls #Mapleton #LaneCounty #Oregon #OregonExplored

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He lingered nearby for nearly a quarter of an hour #BeaconRock #BeaconRockStatePark #ColumbiaGorge #Washington #WashingtonExplored

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It only takes a slight turn in the trail to get one wondering #SweetCreekFalls #Mapleton #LaneCounty #Oregon #OregonExplored

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I think it was the 4th of July #FortClatsop #LewisandClarkNationalHistoricPark #Astoria #ClatsopCounty #Oregon #OregonExplored

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The signs along the trail labeled that rise in the distance Humbug #SaddleMountain #SaddleMountainStateNaturalArea #Seaside #ClatsopCounty #Oregon #OregonExplored

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She came across a human contraption in the wilderness and found a way to weave its parts back together again #SaddleMountain #SaddleMountainStateNaturalArea #Seaside #ClatsopCounty #Oregon #OregonExplored

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We stopped at every pullout along the road, trying to take it all in. Preparing to remember #Florence #LaneCounty #Oregon #OregonExplored

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There is outer space and inner space - whole worlds that we will never know #HobbitBeach #Florence #LaneCounty #Oregon #OregonExplored

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We were eating ice cream and leaning against a railing on the pier #Astoria #ClatsopCounty #Oregon #OregonExplored

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They would not smile for me #FlamingoWildlifeHabitat #LasVegas #Nevada #NevadaExplored

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The trees were patient here #SaddleMountain #SaddleMountainStateNaturalArea #Seaside #ClatsopCounty #Oregon #OregonExplored

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This might be my favorite of all the ways there are to make an entrance #FortStevens #Astoria #ClatsopCounty #Oregon #OregonExplored

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That last line of trail is steeper than all the rest #SaddleMountain #SaddleMountainStateNaturalArea #Seaside #ClatsopCounty #Oregon #OregonExplored

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Are you familiar with this feeling? #FlamingoWildlifeHabitat #LasVegas #Nevada #NevadaExplored

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It bid us enter #SweetCreekFalls #Mapleton #LaneCounty #Oregon #OregonExplored

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Every blade of grass is grand #FortClatsop #LewisandClarkNationalHistoricPark #Astoria #ClatsopCounty #Oregon #OregonExplored

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It is not as far as it looks, but this perspective hints at the distance of years #HecetaHeadLighthouse #HecetaHead #Florence #LaneCounty #Oregon #OregonExplored

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The light touches everything #FortClatsop #LewisandClarkNationalHistoricPark #Astoria #ClatsopCounty #Oregon #OregonExplored

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Next time I will go in winter #UpperLewisRiverFalls #LewisRiver #GiffordPinchotNationalForest #Washington #WashingtonExplored

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I do not know how long they wait #ShortSands #OswaldWestStatePark #Oregon #OregonExplored

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I think they come to watch us at rest - to be with us #ShortSands #OswaldWestStatePark #Oregon #OregonExplored

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After a few days together, I learned a little of their moods and meanderings #Manitowoc #Wisconsin #WisconsinExplored

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We stood over there the first time we visited. And looked over here #BeaconRock #BeaconRockStatePark #ColumbiaGorge #Washington #WashingtonExplored

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The most wonderful time of the year #SaddleMountain #SaddleMountainStateNaturalArea #Seaside #ClatsopCounty #Oregon #OregonExplored

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All morning long the sky alternated between soft aquamarine and cool purple-gray #SaddleMountain #SaddleMountainStateNaturalArea #Seaside #ClatsopCounty #Oregon #OregonExplored

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Every year on my birthday I blow out the candles after making a wish. For something like this #SaddleMountain #SaddleMountainStateNaturalArea #Seaside #ClatsopCounty #Oregon #OregonExplored

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