On a recent flight to Wisconsin, I cleaned out the photos on my phone and found this image I'd never previously shared #DriftCreekFalls #LincolnCity #LincolnCounty #Oregon #OregonExplored

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It was almost time for lunch #WillametteHeritageCenter #ThomasKayWoolenMill #Salem #MarionCounty #Oregon #OregonExplored

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The people here before us suggested we had just missed the most beautiful part of the morning, but we've learned to stand awhile in a place. Every scene is always changing. There is no "most." But there are many. #CapeHorn #Prindle #SkamaniaCounty #Washington #WashingtonExplored

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A place to wait #MitchellPoint #ColumbiaGorge #HoodRiverCounty #Oregon #OregonExplored

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Have you seen #CascadeHead #LincolnCity #TillamookCounty #Oregon #OregonExplored

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We were the only humans here, and it felt - when rocks fell from the canyon wall - like this was a place that wanted to be left alone #ZigzagFalls #GovernmentCamp #ClackamasCounty #Oregon #OregonExplored

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There are places where - soaked to the bone and tired - I might still discover joy. #BeaverFalls #Clatskanie #ColumbiaCounty #Oregon #OregonExplored

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I had often imagined visiting this place. But never in winter. It illustrates for me how even dreams have limits. #McKenzieRiverTrail #WillametteNationalForest #LaneCounty #Oregon #OregonExplored

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We were on our way somewhere else, but it didn't seem right to keep going #JedediahSmithRedwoodsStatePark #CrescentCity #DelNorteCounty #California #CaliExplored

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She was sheltered here among trees on a rocky ledge above the sea #SamuelHBoardmanStateScenicCorridor #Brookings #CurryCounty #Oregon #OregonExplored

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Closed for the season #CapeBlancoStatePark #Sixes #CurryCounty #Oregon #OregonExplored

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Morning light #FlorasLakeStatePark #Sixes #CurryCounty #Oregon #OregonExplored

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The clouds passing through touched the ground #CapeHorn #Prindle #SkamaniaCounty #Washington #WashingtonExplored

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The water here was heavy and slow #Neskowin #TillamookCounty #Oregon #OregonExplored

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The earth often shows us just where to go or at least where others have gone before #CoyoteWall #WhiteSalmon #ColumbiaGorge #Washington #WashingtonExplored

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I wanted to drink this water #LavaCanyon #GiffordPinchotNationalForest #Cougar #CowlitzCounty #Washington #WashingtonExplored

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I keep returning to this place in my mind. I find solace here. #LostLake #MountHoodNationalForest #HoodRiverCounty #Oregon #OregonExplored

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It was a day of heavy clouds. And rain #MoultonFallsRegionalPark #Yacolt #ClarkCounty #Washington #WashingtonExplored

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I've been so many times #WahclellaFalls #TannerCreek #Bonneville #MultnomahCounty #Oregon #OregonExplored

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Early in the morning when we first arrived, there was a photographer with his tripod, like an easel, studying the bend of light around this rock #ProposalRock #Neskowin #TillamookCounty #Oregon #OregonExplored

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A clear trail lets me rest my brain, helps me better attend to how a place feels #LostLake #MountHoodNationalForest #HoodRiverCounty #Oregon #OregonExplored

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Just some trees, standing in a line at the edge of a meadow #MountHood #TrilliumLake #ClackamasCounty #Oregon #OregonExplored

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A silver sliver #HorsetailFalls #Dodson #MultnomahCounty #Oregon #OregonExplored

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Shape and color. I have so many favorites. #BushHouse #Salem #MarionCounty #Oregon #OregonExplored

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Much of the rock is gone now #CapeBlancoStatePark #Sixes #CurryCounty #Oregon #OregonExplored

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The water has been working here #FlorasLakeStatePark #Sixes #CurryCounty #Oregon #OregonExplored

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This section of the coastal trail is overgrown with salal, a place to find your fill of berries in the warmest weeks of August #FlorasLakeStatePark #Sixes #CurryCounty #Oregon #OregonExplored

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It feels like there are fossils here #RowenaLoops #RowenaCrestViewpoint #ColumbiaGorge #WascoCounty #Oregon #OregonExplored

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A birthplace #WhiteRiverFallsStatePark #Maupin #WascoCounty #Oregon #OregonExplored

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A kind of peace #TamalauTrail #CovePalisadesStatePark #LakeBillyChinook #Terrebonne #DeschutesCounty #Oregon #OregonExplored

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She had seen much. #SheepRockUnit #BlueBasin #JohnDayFossilBeds #Dayville #GrantCounty #Oregon #OregonExplored

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Pay attention to the temperature of light #CascadeHead #LincolnCity #TillamookCounty #Oregon #OregonExplored

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We were on our way to another canyon. Still, we stopped and took in the view. #Timberline #MountHood #GovernmentCamp #ClackamasCounty #Oregon #OregonExplored

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Every single detail delights #LavaCanyon #MuddyRiver #GiffordPinchotNationalForest #Washington #WashingtonExplored

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The water here was blue, the coldest color #NorthUmpquaRiver #ToketeeFalls #UmpquaNationalForest #DouglasCounty #Oregon #OregonExplored

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They were piled here #WillametteHeritageCenter #ThomasKayWoolenMill #Salem #MarionCounty #Oregon #OregonExplored

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Islands against the horizon #SamuelHBoardmanStateScenicCorridor #Brookings #CurryCounty #Oregon #OregonExplored

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It makes me smile to think what these two rocks might be pretending to be #OregonCoast #Oregon #OregonExplored

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The day before we came here, it rained and rained and rained. This sun. It was a miracle #CapeBlancoStatePark #CapeBlancoLighthouse #Sixes #CurryCounty #Oregon #OregonExplored

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I do not know how many kinds of ferns there are, but I plan to document every last one #MoultonFallsRegionalPark #Yacolt #ClarkCounty #Washington #WashingtonExplored

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Before this hike, I'd never even heard of this place. I have so many places to learn #SiouxonCreekTrail #SiouxonCreek #GiffordPinchotNationalForest #Amboy #Washington #WashingtonExplored

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Early on the trail, before we caught our first glimpse of blue stone walls. #SheepRockUnit #BlueBasin #JohnDayFossilBeds #Dayville #GrantCounty #Oregon #OregonExplored

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The sky moved slowly, breath-breezed #PaintedHillsUnit #JohnDayFossilBeds #Mitchell #WheelerCounty #Oregon #OregonExplored

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We stood on top of a rock and looked out over the water, up and down the beach #Neskowin #TillamookCounty #Oregon #OregonExplored

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Some trees keep their distance #CoyoteWall #WhiteSalmon #ColumbiaGorge #Washington #WashingtonExplored

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The sign said someone drove a tractor through here #ApeCave #GiffordPinchotNationalForest #Cougar #CowlitzCounty #Washington #WashingtonExplored

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It was gated off at either end - a gash across the otherwise natural scene - a curiosity #LavaCanyon #MuddyRiver #GiffordPinchotNationalForest #Washington #WashingtonExplored

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A wealth of green #YoungsRiverFalls #YoungsRiver #Astoria #ClatsopCounty #Oregon #OregonExplored

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Not a bad way to live #JewellMeadowsWildlifeArea #Jewell #ClatsopCounty #Oregon #OregonExplored

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The signs said do not enter #VernoniaMillPond #Vernonia #ColumbiaCounty #Oregon #OregonExplored

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