The hills were alive - Sevenmile Hill #OregonExplored

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We were warned about snakes and poison oak, and thankfully, we encountered neither - Stacker Butte #WashingtonExplored

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It was unusually milky and blue - Magness Tree Farm #OregonExplored

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There was a wide rocky bank here beneath that fall of water - Alsea Falls #OregonExplored

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These were a surprise - Stacker Butte #WashingtonExplored

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After a cutting, the trees left behind show the cleanly contrasting lines of their trunks - Nehalem River #OregonExplored

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Everything is alive - Fort Stevens State Park #OregonExplored

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Light warmth - Silver Falls State Park #OregonExplored

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The sun was especially bright - Cape Meares #OregonExplored

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My dad knew how to live - Stanley Martin Muhr (November 10, 1950, to January 6, 2021)

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There is water down there - Stacker Butte #WashingtonExplored

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The sound and smell of this place are calming - Cedar Creek #WashingtonExplored

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The bat barn - Milo McIver State Park #OregonExplored

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A break in the pattern - Nehalem River #OregonExplored

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We talked back and forth, coming up with stories about the person who left this here - Tillamook Bay #OregonExplored

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These hills turn the softest shade of green each spring - Columbia Gorge #WashingtonExplored

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The light kept filtering through - Salmon River Trail #OregonExplored

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Some of the best cell service I've ever experienced on a trail - Stacker Butte #WashingtonExplored

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The ocean is not too far from here - Fort Stevens State Park #OregonExplored

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A sign of sorts - Nehalem River #OregonExplored

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That curve of the Columbia has become one of my favorite landscape shapes - Columbia Hills State Park #WashingtonExplored

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My favorite miracle - Sevenmile Hill #OregonExplored

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We saw more power poles than people - Stacker Butte #WashingtonExplored

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The water foamed over the rocks - Oswald West State Park #OregonExplored

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On its way to the ocean - Nehalem River #OregonExplored

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Someday I'll find out what they're called - Milo McIver State Park #OregonExplored

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Our shadows were long as the water washed up over the sand - Gold Beach #OregonExplored

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Air the color of water - Milo McIver State Park #OregonExplored

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A metaphor for persistence - Oswald West State Park #OregonExplored

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Full of good cheer - Sevenmile Hill #OregonExplored

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The perfect place for a picnic - Milo McIver State Park #OregonExplored

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Shadow twin - Bunker Hill Trail #WashingtonExplored

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We could hear children exploring nearby - Fort Stevens State Park #OregonExplored

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The perfect sky for walking - Cottonwood Canyon State Park #OregonExplored

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Over the course of the morning, the mountain gradually disappeared behind the clouds - Dalles Mountain Ranch #WashingtonExplored

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The water was clear, and we kept our eyes peeled for fish - North Fork Nehalem River #OregonExplored

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The arrowleaf balsamroot was just getting started up here at the top of the ridge - Stacker Butte #WashingtonExplored

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A place where we could be with the trees - Peavy Arboretum #OregonExplored

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My youngest brother and sister grew up here - Woodland #WashingtonExplored

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We visited this place in March. By now, I'm sure it's canopied in green - Alsea Falls #OregonExplored

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The road to Cape Meares from here was closed, but we drove up and back for the views - Bayocean Road #OregonExplored

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These oak trees were already here when the first white farm families arrived - Dalles Mountain Ranch #WashingtonExplored

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The fields of lupine and arrowleaf balsamroot were accented here with splashes of castilleja - Stacker Butte #WashingtonExplored

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The flow of water almost always leaves a mark - Deschutes River State Recreation Area #OregonExplored

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We hiked about a mile past the last communications tower, watching for wildflowers - Stacker Butte #WashingtonExplored

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The best way is almost always through - Alsea Falls #OregonExplored

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We watched the sky go by - Sevenmile Hill #OregonExplored

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An expanse - Dalles Mountain Ranch #WashingtonExplored

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