It was the start of winter - Steel Bridge #OregonExplored

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They were everywhere - Elk Creek #OregonExplored

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They were everywhere - Elk Creek #OregonExplored

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The roof is good - Locust Grove #OregonExplored

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Streamlined - Lan Su Chinese Garden #OregonExplored

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We could not see more than fifteen feet out across the water - Wahtum Lake #OregonExplored

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Abundance - Yellowstone #WyomingExplored

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We stayed till just past sunset - Silver Falls State Park #OregonExplored

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The weather forecast cloudy skies, but we arrived early enough for some views of the mountain - Dalles Mountain Ranch #WashingtonExplored

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Everywhere there was the sound of birds - Dalles Mountain Ranch #WashingtonExplored

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I hoped to find a sea star, but even the leaves glistened - Oswald West State Park #OregonExplored

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A kind of purple blue in the late afternoon - Cottonwood Canyon State Park #OregonExplored

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The light breaks through - Lost Lake #OregonExplored

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The sky was full of magic that afternoon - Oswald West State Park #OregonExplored

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A garden view - Lan Su Chinese Garden #OregonExplored

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Their silence a kind of wisdom - Wahtum Lake #OregonExplored

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We were surrounded by sky - Yellowstone #WyomingExplored

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It was the day before the fires broke out back home. The air was clear. The sky was bright - Palouse Falls #WashingtonExplored

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There is almost always a way to cross - Brookings #OregonExplored

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During the summers, there are so many people here. I think that's why we came in winter - Lee Falls #OregonExplored

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A fern of contrast - Falls Creek Falls #WashingtonExplored

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A short drive from home and a world of difference - Cottonwood Canyon State Park #OregonExplored

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The mist darkened our clothes - Twin Rocks #Oregonexplored

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The mist darkened our clothes - Twin Rocks #Oregonexplored

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Not all is calm - Astoria #OregonExplored

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We walked around the lake that day - Lost Lake #OregonExplored

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Waiting for snow - Sherrard Point #OregonExplored

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A heavy veil - Yellowstone #WyomingExplored

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We parked at the abandoned school and walked this road to see the water - Lee Falls #OregonExplored

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The drive was long, the trail short - Brookings #OregonExplored

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Sun and shadow - Cape Horn #WashingtonExplored

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The river slipped by - Cottonwood Canyon State Park #OregonExplored

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There are lessons here on how one ought to live - Lan Su Chinese Garden #OregonExplored

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It rained that day. The water was strong - Falls Creek Falls #WashingtonExplored

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The tower was closed. The wooden benches were all at least ten feet apart - Astoria #OregonExplored

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Even on the darkest days, the water here flashes silver-white - Latourell Falls #OregonExplored

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The water was low that time of year - Fishing Bridge #WyomingExplored

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A kind of portal - Tarbell Trail #WashingtonExplored

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Memory - Beaver Creek #OregonExplored

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To stand alone - Yaquina Head #OregonExplored

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Hikers headed home warned us of the freezing rain ahead - Soda Peaks Lake #WashingtonExplored

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Heavy trucks rumbled over the bridge, and the water paid them no mind - Malad Gorge #IdahoExplored

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We came to see the changing leaves - Sherrard Point #OregonExplored

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Even now, remembering - Beaver Creek Falls #OregonExplored

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Just a cow, a distant butte, and wildflowers - Washtucna #WashingtonExplored

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We spotted no dogs - Yellow Dog Creek #IdahoExplored

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Signs of spring past - Harts Cove #OregonExplored

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We didn't find the lake we were looking for, but we were OK with that - Anthony Lakes #OregonExplored

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A good forest - Larch Mountain #OregonExplored

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We once had a picnic there - Mosier #OregonExplored

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