The last Saturday before the #stayathomeorder there was still so much water here - Dry Creek Falls #OregonExplored

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We stopped along the highway and climbed over the guardrail to get a better look - Bandon #OregonExplored

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One f my favorite Oregon rocks - Cape Blanco #OregonExplored

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Smooth water - Lucia Falls Regional Park #WashingtonExplored

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We walked around the rock and talked about the future - Horsethief Butte #WashingtonExplored

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The ground here was saturated with water - Moore Park #OregonExplored

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An elderly couple walked out to the viewpoint, each carrying a small dog. The dogs had had a long day, and they were struggling to be patient with each other - Painted Hills #OregonExplored

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They say you can see 40 miles out to the horizon from here - Stone Shelter #OregonExplored

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The trail here was one of the muddiest we've ever seen - The Thumb #OregonExplored

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Against the sky - Cape Blanco #OregonExplored

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A beached rock - Neskowin #OregonExplored

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I'd been to Silver Falls so many times before, but this was our first hike into the park's back country - Buck Mountain Loop #OregonExplored

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The curious mountain - Tom McCall Preserve #OregonExplored

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A good place to watch for birds - Klamath Falls #OregonExplored

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Roses and a stretch of green grass - Salem #OregonExplored

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We imagined all the creatures this might be - Floras Lake State Park #OregonExplored

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A perfect arc - Moulton Falls Regional Park #WashingtonExplored

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It would be hard to exaggerate how green it was - Cape Horn #WashingtonExplored

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The trees here bent away from the road, giving us the sense that we were walking very fast - Maryhill Loops #WashingtonExplored

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I felt judged - Cathedral Park #OregonExplored

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Some places feel like they were always waiting to offer welcome - Heceta Head #OregonExplored

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My favorite winter blue - Rogers Camp #OregonExplored

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It smelled of warm earth, tree sap, and sea - The Thumb #OregonExplored

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The faintest whisper of a breeze - Rowena Crest #OregonExplored

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One of the first local falls I ever visited, and I keep coming back - Baker Creek #OregonExplored

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The entire beach was covered in a thin sheet of water - Devils Punchbowl State Natural Area #OregonExplored

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These flowers are gone now - Shellberg Road #OregonExplored

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To stand alone - Mary's Peak #OregonExplored

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There are places where the earth curves - Rowena Crest #OregonExplored

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There are places where the earth curves - Rowena Crest #OregonExplored

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The sun was especially bright that morning - Joseph Wood Hill Park #OregonExplored

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It rained nearly an inch on the day we spent here - Samuel H Boardman State Scenic Corridor #OregonExplored

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An accent - The conservatory at Bush's Pasture Park #OregonExplored

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I cross this bridge on foot two or three times a week - Steel Bridge #OregonExplored

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It looked to be the remains of a dam - Maryhill Loops #WashingtonExplored

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Bright white - Cape Blanco #OregonExplored

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I do not know how long it will remain - Stonehenge Memorial #WashingtonExplored

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The stone was worn smooth - Lucia Falls Regional Park #WashingtonExplored

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The ice crystals caught the light - and my eye - Tillamook State Forest #OregonExplored

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In the context of a gray, rain-soaked forest, the warm tone of this wood was arresting - Buck Mountain Loop #OregonExplored

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Just a little further down the trail, there were horses - Switchback Hill Loop Hike #OregonExplored

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Breathe - Cape Horn Trail #WashingtonExplored

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Perfectly framed - The view from Moore Park #OregonExplored

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I stood on a bridge and took a photo of another bridge - Ed Hendler Bridge #WashingtonExplored

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The bark and these branches, they tell a story - Tillamook State Forest #OregonExplored

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There was a lake nearby and the river below - Columbia Hills State Park #WashingtonExplored

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Even the spindly trees are good Herman Creek Trail #OregonExplored

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We stood in the shade of the rim and looked out on the world through a veil of water Shellburg Falls #OregonExplored

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A kind of joy Cape Perpetua #OregonExplored

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The water was too high for us to enter the bowl, so we walked along the sand and talked Devil's Punch Bowl State Natural Area #OregonExplored

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