The mountain waited to reveal itself until we had nearly reached the first stretch of exposed rock #SaddleMountain #SaddleMountainStateNaturalArea #Seaside #ClatsopCounty #Oregon #OregonExplored #NW_Explored

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The road was closed. #ClackamasRiver #Estacada #ClackamasCounty #Oregon #OregonExplored

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It's been far too long since my last visit here #WahclellaFalls #TannerCreek #Bonneville #MultnomahCounty #Oregon #OregonExplored #NW_Explored

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A natural lesson in one-point perspective #SiouxonCreekTrail #SiouxonCreek #GiffordPinchotNationalForest #Amboy #Washington #WashingtonExplored

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Nothing special here - except the shades of red and green. And the silence. #SiouxonCreekTrail #SiouxonCreek #GiffordPinchotNationalForest #Amboy #Washington #WashingtonExplored #NW_Explored

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We crossed the bridge above this stream, but I came back and found a place to sit beside the water #SiouxonCreekTrail #SiouxonCreek #GiffordPinchotNationalForest #Amboy #Washington #WashingtonExplored

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We had to wade through the surf to reach the entrance to this cave. It was deeply shadowed, the perfect kind of place from which to watch the sky #WaikikiBeach #CapeDisappointmentStatePark #Ilwaco #Washington #WashingtonExplored #NW_Explored

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A frame for wave watching #NorthHeadLighthouse #CapeDisappointmentStatePark #Ilwaco #Washington #WashingtonExplored

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It seems like such a long time ago #NorthHeadLighthouse #CapeDisappointmentStatePark #Ilwaco #Washington #WashingtonExplored

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Low-lying clouds make a place feel both closer and impossibly distant #SaddleMountain #SaddleMountainStateNaturalArea #Seaside #ClatsopCounty #Oregon #OregonExplored

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Listen to the water awhile before you taste it #SiouxonCreekTrail #SiouxonCreek #GiffordPinchotNationalForest #Amboy #Washington #WashingtonExplored

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I love them all. Maybe more than I know how to say #FortClatsop #LewisandClarkNationalHistoricPark #Astoria #ClatsopCounty #Oregon #OregonExplored

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They had been waiting #SiouxonCreekTrail #SiouxonCreek #GiffordPinchotNationalForest #Amboy #Washington #WashingtonExplored #NW_Explored

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There are always the little things #SaddleMountain #SaddleMountainStateNaturalArea #Seaside #ClatsopCounty #Oregon #OregonExplored

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In one version of the story, he falls in love #MountHood #PittockMansion #Portland #MultnomahCounty #Oregon #OregonExplored

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We stopped a moment to take in the curve before climbing #SweetCreekFalls #Mapleton #LaneCounty #Oregon #OregonExplored

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Wait with me #OregonDunesNationalRecreationArea #OregonDunes #Florence #LaneCounty #Oregon #OregonExplored

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Just a tree. On a hill. With a bump #CapeDisappointmentLighthouse #CapeDisappointmentStatePark #Ilwaco #Washington #WashingtonExplored

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Sometimes you have to walk away from a place and then - at a certain distance - turn and look again - to really see it #CapeDisappointmentLighthouse #CapeDisappointmentStatePark #Ilwaco #Washington #WashingtonExplored

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I remember #WaikikiBeach #CapeDisappointmentStatePark #Ilwaco #Washington #WashingtonExplored

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Light leads the way #ForestPark #Portland #MultnomahCounty #Oregon #OregonExplored

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According to the sign by the trail, this used to be the beach #CapeDisappointmentStatePark #Ilwaco #Washington #WashingtonExplored

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There is a kind of strength here #CapeDisappointmentLighthouse #CapeDisappointmentStatePark #Ilwaco #Washington #WashingtonExplored

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I remember reading, "All is vanity," and wondering what it means, then, if I still want to look #Basilica #SaintMary #Minneapolis #Minnesota #MinnesotaExplored

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When we first arrived, there were people enjoying a picnic on the rocks next to where the water runs over #SiouxonCreekTrail #SiouxonCreek #GiffordPinchotNationalForest #Amboy #Washington #WashingtonExplored

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I took this photo early in the summer, and since that time I've enjoyed several handfuls of berries from these plants #FortClatsop #LewisandClarkNationalHistoricPark #Astoria #ClatsopCounty #Oregon #OregonExplored

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It suggests the perfect place to be alone - a view filled with light, sheltered from the wind #NorthHeadLighthouse #CapeDisappointmentStatePark #Ilwaco #Washington #WashingtonExplored

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Every path is a mystery that might be unveiled (but never resolved) by the journey #SweetCreekFalls #Mapleton #LaneCounty #Oregon #OregonExplored

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This is true #SiouxonCreekTrail #SiouxonCreek #GiffordPinchotNationalForest #Amboy #Washington #WashingtonExplored

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The nature of light shapes my experience of a place #HobbitBeach #Florence #LaneCounty #Oregon #OregonExplored

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A large group had camped just above this waterfall - four or five tents in all - but down by the water, it was quiet, and we were alone #SiouxonCreekTrail #SiouxonCreek #GiffordPinchotNationalForest #Amboy #Washington #WashingtonExplored

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Do you remember #Minneapolis #Minnesota #MinnesotaExplored

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I think the hardest part of photographing water - after the light, that is - is finding the right place to stand #SiouxonCreekTrail #SiouxonCreek #GiffordPinchotNationalForest #Amboy #Washington #WashingtonExplored

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Three is a very good number #FortClatsop #LewisandClarkNationalHistoricPark #Astoria #ClatsopCounty #Oregon #OregonExplored

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Blue and silver and white #FortStevens #Astoria #ClatsopCounty #Oregon #OregonExplored

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She was not afraid #SaddleMountain #SaddleMountainStateNaturalArea #Seaside #ClatsopCounty #Oregon #OregonExplored

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We stood beneath this tree to catch our breath before the final climb #SaddleMountain #SaddleMountainStateNaturalArea #Seaside #ClatsopCounty #Oregon #OregonExplored

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A place for everything #HobbitBeach #Florence #LaneCounty #Oregon #OregonExplored

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I've posted too many photos of this place, and yet #HecetaHeadLighthouse #HecetaHead #Florence #LaneCounty #Oregon #OregonExplored

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So many buildings like this one, left behind when the military moved out #CapeDisappointmentStatePark #Ilwaco #Washington #WashingtonExplored

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Have you ever heard anything like it #SweetCreekFalls #Mapleton #LaneCounty #Oregon #OregonExplored

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He landed on a stone wall and watched as I opened the car window. I think he was waiting for food #HecetaHead #Florence #LaneCounty #Oregon #OregonExplored

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The weather here has not been kind #CapeDisappointmentLighthouse #CapeDisappointmentStatePark #Ilwaco #Washington #WashingtonExplored

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I am never not surprised #SweetCreekFalls #Mapleton #LaneCounty #Oregon #OregonExplored

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Can you imagine #CapeDisappointmentStatePark #Ilwaco #Washington #WashingtonExplored

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All summer long I have watched for wild strawberries growing along the ground. They are tiny and red, and nothing is quite so sweet #WindMountain #ColumbiaGorge #Washington #WashingtonExplored

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If you only look long enough #OregonDunesNationalRecreationArea #OregonDunes #Florence #LaneCounty #Oregon #OregonExplored

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We looked down from a rocky overhang and watched for boats on the river below #BeaconRock #BeaconRockStatePark #ColumbiaGorge #Washington #WashingtonExplored

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We could see wind out over the water, but the breeze here was more like breath #NorthHeadLighthouse #CapeDisappointmentStatePark #Ilwaco #Washington #WashingtonExplored

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