We came here for the trees but spent at least as much time (if not more) by the water - Brookings #OregonExplored

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Tree light - Elk Creek #OregonExplored

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A place of welcome - Latourell Falls #OregonExplored

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Water runs through here - Cottonwood Canyon State Park #OregonExplored

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Sometimes, in spite of everything, the veil is briefly lifted - Yellowstone #WyomingExplored

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There will be berries - Smith Creek #OregonExplored

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Perspective is not just what I see, more like where I see it from - Wahtum Lake #OregonExplored

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We pulled off on the side of the road and talked about the difference between load and capacity. It seemed a helpful metaphor for what we're going through - Wasco #OregonExplored

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My favorite view of Manzanita - Oswald West State Park #OregonExplored

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The light is always drawing my attention. It has so many gifts it wants to give - Larch Mountain #OregonExplored

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It is no exaggeration to say that memories of places like this are keeping me alive this year - Mesa Falls #IdahoExplored

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I keep stumbling over memories in places where I didn't put them - Dog River Traverse #OregonExplored

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We walked out into the tall grass - Yellowstone #WyomingExplored

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The universe is a mystery - Lan Su Chinese Garden #OregonExplored

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There was a break in the rain, so we stopped here a second time to sit on the stone wall overlooking the ocean - Oswald West State Park #OregonExplored

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My favorite frame - Dog River Traverse #OregonExplored

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A water catcher - Dog River Traverse #OregonExplored

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Take time as you go for greeting each one along the way - Elk Creek #OregonExplored

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My favorite kind of morning moment - Lee Falls #OregonExplored

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There were picnic tables here and the sounds of the sea - Yaquina Bay #OregonExplored

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We arrived in the deep-shadowed afternoon - North Idaho #IdahoExplored

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The river ran wide - Dalles Mountain Ranch #WashingtonExplored

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The early afternoon light was especially warm - Cottonwood Canyon State Park #OregonExplored

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Filigree - Mosier #OregonExplored

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It looped through blue, smooth-arced and silent - Dalles Mountain Ranch #WashingtonExplored

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Two of my favorite colors - Lost Lake #OregonExplored

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A very normal view, I think, for those who live here - Gold Beach #OregonExplored

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You pass through a hole in the mountain to get here - Oceanside #OregonExplored

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The cheese stands alone - Yaquina Head #OregonExplored

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Morning sunspots - Swale Creek #WashingtonExplored

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We ascended through clouds - Dog River Traverse #OregonExplored

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My grandparents used to spend their summers not too far from here - Twin Tunnels #OregonExplored

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A single rock sat next to the path - Dalles Mountain Ranch #WashingtonExplored

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As far as I can tell, there's almost always a way through - Lost Lake #OregonExplored

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Two of us together could not reach our arms around - Brookings #OregonExplored

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Light blazed above the canyon and cut through the water - Palouse Falls State Park #WashingtonExplored

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The ground was hard where so many others had already walked and waited and watched - Silver Falls State Park #OregonExplored

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We cross this way almost every afternoon - Eastbank Esplanade #OregonExplored

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The ground was covered with splintered shards of frozen water - Swale Creek #WashingtonExplored

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The light was strong - Falls Creek Falls #WashingtonExplored

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Juxtaposition - Dalles Mountain Ranch #WashingtonExplored

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I am grateful for places where one can hide from the world for awhile - Lan Su Chinese Garden #OregonExplored

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They cloak themselves in green - Brookings #OregonExplored

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Every day closed with a sky show - Yellowstone #WyomingExplored

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I've visited here so many times. To look at an island of trees. To think about the past - Rowena Crest #OregonExplored

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A tunnel of trees - Dog River Traverse #OregonExplored

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We could see our breath and hear farm dogs in the distance - Lee Falls #OregonExplored

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We watched two ducks fleeing from what looked like a red-tailed hawk - Sandy River Delta #OregonExplored

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I had been here twice before. Each time is better than the last - Falls Creek Falls #WashingtonExplored

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They remind me of pearl onions - Cottonwood Canyon State Park #OregonExplored

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