Tribute #SiouxonCreekTrail #SiouxonCreek #GiffordPinchotNationalForest #Amboy #Washington #WashingtonExplored #NW_Explored

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A hole in the earth where water poured forth #WhiteRiverFallsStatePark #Maupin #WascoCounty #Oregon #OregonExplored #NW_Explored

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A tired kind of quiet #WascoCounty #Oregon #OregonExplored

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Some roads are made for moving fast. Others invite you to stop #LarchMountain #MountHoodNationalForest #Oregon #OregonExplored

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The light was strong and gentle #TamalauTrail #CovePalisadesStatePark #LakeBillyChinook #Terrebonne #DeschutesCounty #Oregon #OregonExplored

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In school, we learned the double-el in parallel. But this. This is better. #SiouxonCreekTrail #SiouxonCreek #GiffordPinchotNationalForest #Amboy #Washington #WashingtonExplored #NW_Explored

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Everything here is wet with spray from the pool below #WahclellaFalls #TannerCreek #Bonneville #MultnomahCounty #Oregon #OregonExplored #NW_Explored

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You can see what I mean #OregonDunesNationalRecreationArea #OregonDunes #Florence #LaneCounty #Oregon #OregonExplored

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When I was a child, we sometimes stopped here to use the bathrooms and enjoy a picnic lunch next to the freeway #StarvationCreekStatePark #HoodRiverCounty #Oregon #OregonExplored #NW_Explored

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

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A place to sit and watch the barges on their way down from Morrow to Portland #MitchellPoint #ColumbiaGorge #HoodRiverCounty #Oregon #OregonExplored #NW_Explored

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It is hard to describe just exactly how the light feels #SiouxonCreekTrail #SiouxonCreek #GiffordPinchotNationalForest #Amboy #Washington #WashingtonExplored #NW_Explored

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There is a certain bend in every trail that offers both mystery and hope #SherrardPoint #LarchMountain #MountHood #MountHoodNationalForest #Oregon #OregonExplored

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In order to rest in this place, we climbed through a long tunnel lined with pipe, hands out to steady ourselves, always moving toward the light (like a parable) #ClackamasRiver #Estacada #ClackamasCounty #Oregon #OregonExplored

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They came up here and carved a road years before I was born #RowenaLoops #RowenaCrestViewpoint #ColumbiaGorge #WascoCounty #Oregon #OregonExplored #NW_Explored

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It is just one mountain on the map. But in person, it feels more like two. #SaddleMountain #SaddleMountainStateNaturalArea #Seaside #ClatsopCounty #Oregon #OregonExplored #NW_Explored

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Bridges are a place between - a place that isn't quite a place #ClackamasRiver #Estacada #ClackamasCounty #Oregon #OregonExplored

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A seagull had been prying away at these with its hooked beak while we watched #HobbitBeach #Florence #LaneCounty #Oregon #OregonExplored

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You would like it here - I can imagine how much it would make you smile #ClackamasRiver #Estacada #ClackamasCounty #Oregon #OregonExplored

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They gently brushed my scalp and shoulders as we passed beneath the rock #WahclellaFalls #TannerCreek #Bonneville #MultnomahCounty #Oregon #OregonExplored #NW_Explored

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It's hard to explain to out-of-state visitors that the culvert there runs under the interstate #StarvationCreekStatePark #HoodRiverCounty #Oregon #OregonExplored #NW_Explored

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The grassy curve of this hill both carried and softened the sound of the sea #NorthHeadLighthouse #CapeDisappointmentStatePark #Ilwaco #Washington #WashingtonExplored

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There were no ropes to aid in the descent from the trail, so we moved slowly, sensing both strength and fragility in the earth beneath our feet. #ClackamasRiver #Estacada #ClackamasCounty #Oregon #OregonExplored

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My great aunt Merrylee is not a fan of bridges, which is part of why I keep posting them ❤️#WahclellaFalls #TannerCreek #Bonneville #MultnomahCounty #Oregon #OregonExplored #NW_Explored

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Poison oak plants crowded the trail, it was hot, and when we got to a near-vertical field of lose rock, I recommended heading back to the car. It didn't seem worth the risk. Then we got to the top, and I realized how much I'd almost missed. #MitchellPoint #ColumbiaGorge #HoodRiverCounty #Oregon #OregonExplored #NW_Explored

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Shape and texture #OregonDunesNationalRecreationArea #OregonDunes #Florence #LaneCounty #Oregon #OregonExplored

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I take pictures of people sometimes. And birds. And the sky. #WaikikiBeach #CapeDisappointmentStatePark #Ilwaco #Washington #WashingtonExplored #NW_Explored

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There are so many beautiful distractions along the way #SiouxonCreekTrail #SiouxonCreek #GiffordPinchotNationalForest #Amboy #Washington #WashingtonExplored #NW_Explored

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There was a strong, wooden bench here, perfectly placed with a view between the trees #SiouxonCreekTrail #SiouxonCreek #GiffordPinchotNationalForest #Amboy #Washington #WashingtonExplored #NW_Explored

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They were curious about where we had been and where we might be going #SiouxonCreekTrail #SiouxonCreek #GiffordPinchotNationalForest #Amboy #Washington #WashingtonExplored #NW_Explored

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It was the perfect kind of day #WhiteRiverFallsStatePark #Maupin #WascoCounty #Oregon #OregonExplored #NW_Explored

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The clouds passed over and through us #SaddleMountain #SaddleMountainStateNaturalArea #Seaside #ClatsopCounty #Oregon #OregonExplored #NW_Explored

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It still stands there #CapeDisappointmentLighthouse #CapeDisappointmentStatePark #Ilwaco #Washington #WashingtonExplored

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This was where we waded through water to walk into the side of the mountain #WaikikiBeach #CapeDisappointmentStatePark #Ilwaco #Washington #WashingtonExplored #NW_Explored

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There is nothing quite so humble (and grand) as water passing beneath a bridge #SiouxonCreekTrail #SiouxonCreek #GiffordPinchotNationalForest #Amboy #Washington #WashingtonExplored

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A fireworks of ferns #CapeDisappointmentStatePark #Ilwaco #Washington #WashingtonExplored #NW_Explored

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The water here was especially gentle #SiouxonCreekTrail #SiouxonCreek #GiffordPinchotNationalForest #Amboy #Washington #WashingtonExplored

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This is the path we followed #SiouxonCreekTrail #SiouxonCreek #GiffordPinchotNationalForest #Amboy #Washington #WashingtonExplored

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The clouds left too much to the imagination #SherrardPoint #LarchMountain #MountHood #MountHoodNationalForest #Oregon #OregonExplored

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We held on to the rock as we stood and looked down #SherrardPoint #LarchMountain #MountHoodNationalForest #Oregon #OregonExplored

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I could visit this place a hundred more times this year and still need to see it again #WahclellaFalls #TannerCreek #Bonneville #MultnomahCounty #Oregon #OregonExplored #NW_Explored

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So much has changed #WahclellaFalls #TannerCreek #Bonneville #MultnomahCounty #Oregon #OregonExplored #NW_Explored

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It was something I had always needed to see #ClackamasRiver #Estacada #ClackamasCounty #Oregon #OregonExplored

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Light and shadow #ClackamasRiver #Estacada #ClackamasCounty #Oregon #OregonExplored

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Some places seem to call to you while you are still far off. Come closer, they say. Rest here for a moment. #SiouxonCreekTrail #SiouxonCreek #GiffordPinchotNationalForest #Amboy #Washington #WashingtonExplored

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I do not know its name #SaddleMountain #SaddleMountainStateNaturalArea #Seaside #ClatsopCounty #Oregon #OregonExplored #NW_Explored

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Patterns #OregonDunesNationalRecreationArea #OregonDunes #Florence #LaneCounty #Oregon #OregonExplored

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We arrived at a point along the trail, and the angle of sun seemed to pull us up over the ridge, but we resisted just long enough for a few more glances at the falling water #SiouxonCreekTrail #SiouxonCreek #GiffordPinchotNationalForest #Amboy #Washington #WashingtonExplored #NW_Explored

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How does one resist the urge to touch every blossom #SaddleMountain #SaddleMountainStateNaturalArea #Seaside #ClatsopCounty #Oregon #OregonExplored

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