This little connector trail isn't as famous as the one with a view of the ocean, but it's quiet enough and the light was good #CascadeHead #LincolnCity #TillamookCounty #Oregon #OregonExplored

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There are always trees by the water #TrilliumLake #ClackamasCounty #Oregon #OregonExplored

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On our way to Zigzag Canyon, we remembered to take our eyes off the trail from time to time #TimberlineLodge #PacificCrestTrail #MountJefferson #Oregon #OregonExplored

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A river of rock #ApeCanyon #Lahar #GiffordPinchotNationalForest #Washington #WashingtonExplored

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The best trails offer points of intermission between acts and just enough foreshadowing to keep you from changing the channel #MountHood #LostLake #MountHoodNationalForest #HoodRiverCounty #Oregon #OregonExplored

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The bridge gently diverts most hikers away from the waterfall #GortonCreek #CascadeLocks #HoodRiverCounty #Oregon #OregonExplored

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The trail was thick with packed snow and a thin layer of ice. One fellow hiker had to carry his dog to this viewpoint #NorthUmpquaRiver #ToketeeFalls #UmpquaNationalForest #DouglasCounty #Oregon #OregonExplored

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On the walk up the beach to Porter Point, there was opportunity after opportunity to look back and remember #ProposalRock #Neskowin #TillamookCounty #Oregon #OregonExplored

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Award-winning clouds #WinemaBeach #Neskowin #TillamookCounty #Oregon #OregonExplored

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The water ran through green shadows and under a bridge #SiouxonCreekTrail #SiouxonCreek #GiffordPinchotNationalForest #Amboy #Washington #WashingtonExplored

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My favorite part of the drive is that place in the road when you first get a glimpse of where you're going #MountHood #GovernmentCamp #ClackamasCounty #Oregon #OregonExplored

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On dark days, bright morning memories help a little #CapeHorn #Prindle #ColumbiaGorge #Washington #WashingtonExplored

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The bridge is closed, but they let me take pictures #LavaCanyon #MuddyRiver #GiffordPinchotNationalForest #Washington #WashingtonExplored

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I always hold out hope that this winter, they'll make it all the way through #OregonStateCapitol #Salem #MarionCounty #Oregon #OregonExplored

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My favorite kind of memory #StarvationCreekStatePark #HoodRiverCounty #Oregon #OregonExplored

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Pieces of pipe are slowly being absorbed back into the landscape #WhiteRiverFallsStatePark #Maupin #WascoCounty #Oregon #OregonExplored

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There was a bench here at a bend in the trail. And a tree. #SheepRockUnit #BlueBasin #JohnDayFossilBeds #Dayville #GrantCounty #Oregon #OregonExplored

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It was a quiet place #SheepRockUnit #BlueBasin #JohnDayFossilBeds #Dayville #GrantCounty #Oregon #OregonExplored

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It is easier to stand out in some places than in others #SheepRockUnit #JohnDayFossilBeds #Dayville #GrantCounty #Oregon #OregonExplored

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Feel the rhythm of this place #WinemaBeach #Neskowin #TillamookCounty #Oregon #OregonExplored

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They seemed to think I might have food #TrilliumLake #ClackamasCounty #Oregon #OregonExplored

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Rocks fell from the top of the canyon while I was taking pictures, so we didn't stay long #ZigzagFalls #GovernmentCamp #ClackamasCounty #Oregon #OregonExplored

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This was the way out #ApeCave #GiffordPinchotNationalForest #Cougar #CowlitzCounty #Washington #WashingtonExplored

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The light seemed curious. Unhurried. Warm #WillametteHeritageCenter #ThomasKayWoolenMill #Salem #MarionCounty #Oregon #OregonExplored

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A lot of people drive here for this view and drive away after a picture or two. We carried a cooler across the grass and lunched in the sun #RowenaLoops #RowenaCrestViewpoint #ColumbiaGorge #WascoCounty #Oregon #OregonExplored

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The rocks were brittle, copper-colored things with sharp edges and flat faces. Smooth to the touch #TamalauTrail #CovePalisadesStatePark #LakeBillyChinook #Terrebonne #DeschutesCounty #Oregon #OregonExplored

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The rocks here are high enough to hold the water #MountJefferson #RoundButtePark #Madras #JeffersonCounty #Oregon #OregonExplored

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The deep red of clay and the light green of tiny trees beneath the sky #PaintedHillsUnit #JohnDayFossilBeds #Mitchell #WheelerCounty #Oregon #OregonExplored

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The gentlest shade of blue #PaintedHillsUnit #RedHillTrail #JohnDayFossilBeds #Mitchell #WheelerCounty #Oregon #OregonExplored

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The ground here was dry, but the views were all sky and water #CoyoteWall #WhiteSalmon #ColumbiaGorge #Washington #WashingtonExplored

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I was amazed. And grateful #CascadeHead #LincolnCity #TillamookCounty #Oregon #OregonExplored

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There were fresh elk droppings all along the trail #CascadeHead #LincolnCity #TillamookCounty #Oregon #OregonExplored

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We sat in the grass and ate mini croissants with peppers, pancetta and chevre #RowenaLoops #RowenaCrestViewpoint #ColumbiaGorge #WascoCounty #Oregon #OregonExplored

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There are places that don't seem to fit with the way I've been taught the world works. They are my favorite #OregonDunesNationalRecreationArea #OregonDunes #Florence #LaneCounty #Oregon #OregonExplored

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It was colder here than I'd thought it would be #WahclellaFalls #TannerCreek #Bonneville #MultnomahCounty #Oregon #OregonExplored

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I don't know how long they've been waiting #WillametteHeritageCenter #ThomasKayWoolenMill #Salem #MarionCounty #Oregon #OregonExplored

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A sharp piece of ground #MountJefferson #RoundButtePark #LakeBillyChinook #Madras #JeffersonCounty #Oregon #OregonExplored

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The water was thick with silt #WhiteRiverFallsStatePark #Maupin #WascoCounty #Oregon #OregonExplored

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The earth hides nothing from those who take time to look, to listen, and to wait #SheepRockUnit #BlueBasin #JohnDayFossilBeds #Dayville #GrantCounty #Oregon #OregonExplored

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We stood here and listened to several Townsend's Solitaires - I do not know how many there were #SheepRockUnit #JohnDayFossilBeds #Dayville #GrantCounty #Oregon #OregonExplored

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This was not the rock I came to see, but I could not help but see it #JohnDayFossilBeds #Mitchell #WheelerCounty #Oregon #OregonExplored

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Walk with me #PaintedHillsUnit #PaintedCove #JohnDayFossilBeds #Mitchell #WheelerCounty #Oregon #OregonExplored

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A place of memory #ProposalRock #Neskowin #TillamookCounty #Oregon #OregonExplored

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This gull was carefully working to dislodge mussels from the rock #ProposalRock #Neskowin #TillamookCounty #Oregon #OregonExplored

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A boat on the water #WinemaBeach #Neskowin #TillamookCounty #Oregon #OregonExplored

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My whole life I've been coming here. Every time it is new. #PorterPoint #HaystackRock #CapeKiwanda #TillamookCounty #Oregon #OregonExplored

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No one ever truly stands alone #CoyoteWall #WhiteSalmon #ColumbiaGorge #Washington #WashingtonExplored

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Take a step and listen #CascadeHead #LincolnCity #TillamookCounty #Oregon #OregonExplored

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The shape of each limb tells a story #BushHouse #Salem #MarionCounty #Oregon #OregonExplored

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They persist #BushHouse #Salem #MarionCounty #Oregon #OregonExplored

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