We parked just beyond that bridge - Curly Creek #WashingtonExplored

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We walked to the sea - Fort Stevens #Oregonexplored

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We walked to the sea - Fort Stevens #Oregonexplored

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Every year I look back and hope the next spring will be just as magical as the last - Cast Creek #Oregonexplored

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We picked blackberries here - Hoffstadt Creek Bridge #WashingtonExplored

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In the distance - Owyhee Canyonlands #Oregonexplored

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They were feeding - Hug Point #Oregonexplored

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I wonder how this place will feel a hundred years from now - Fort Stevens #Oregonexplored

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Gentle summer greens - Curly Creek #Washingtonexplored

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Cloud-capped - Mount Saint Helens #Washingtonexplored

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We saw no bears - Cast Creek #Oregonexplored

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A bumpy beach - Hug Point #Oregonexplored

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The junipers came in so many different shapes - Leslie Gulch #Oregonexplored

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The pull-off here is narrow and tight but always worthwhile - Cape Horn #WashingtonExplored

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I purchased seeds so I can watch these at home as well as on the trail - Sevenmile Hill #Oregonexplored

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We climbed up on the fallen trees and took pictures of each other in front of the sky and that trunk in the water - Coldwater Lake #Washingtonexplored

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At the far end of the trail, the snow had only just melted - Cast Creek #Oregonexplored

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It was warm and quiet like the best kind of secret - Rome #Oregonexplored

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The ground inside was level, swept clean by the waves - Hug Point #Oregonexplored

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A good place to step in the water - Horsetail Falls #Oregonexplored

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Little suns - Sevenmile Hill #Oregonexplored

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An incomplete vision - Portland #Oregonexplored

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There was a kayak on the other side - Coldwater Lake #Washingtonexplored

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We walked along a creek and looked at the rocks - Steens Mountain Wilderness #Oregonexplored

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We climbed up to the festival grounds and watched her watch us - Jacksonville #Oregonexplored

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The wind was sharp and cold - Sevenmile Hill #Oregonexplored

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They were everywhere on the trail and always begging - Rooster Rock State Park #Oregonexplored

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We usually walk down to Lower MacLeay and back - Forest Park #Oregonexplored

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He rubbed his head against the branch and looked off into the distance, deep in thought - Ecola Creek #Oregonexplored

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The final approach - Jacksonville #Oregonexplored

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I'd always wanted to visit this place - Steens Mountain Wilderness #Oregonexplored

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We brought the two youngest brothers here - Short Sand Beach #Oregonexplored

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The steady crunch of snow underfoot and above us, light in the trees - Swale Creek #WashingtonExplored

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On our return along the loop, we had to ford a stream and jump across the muddy banks - Ecola Creek #Oregonexplored

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The water here narrows in the summer months - White River #Oregonexplored

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One of my sisters joined us for coffee and a tour of the town - Jacksonville #Oregonexplored

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We stopped here the first afternoon on our drive east - Smith Rock State Park #Oregonexplored

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My favorite Portland season - Vera Katz Eastbank Esplanade #Oregonexplored

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The softest, smoothest, calmest - Oswald West State Park #Oregonexplored

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At every bend of the trail, a surprise - Rooster Rock State Park #Oregonexplored

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Purple and yellow and green - Stacker Butte #WashingtonExplored

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It made me smile - Horsetail Falls #Oregonexplored

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I still think of this place as Mosquito Lake - Malheur National Wildlife Refuge #Oregonexplored

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There was water flowing through - Leslie Gulch #Oregonexplored

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I encounter a lot of animals on the trail. So because my brother asked me to, this year, I made a calendar. Close encounters 2022. Comment below with the word calendar if you'd like to see more of the images in this year's calendar!

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The Gorge disappeared into the bright morning light - Cape Horn #WashingtonExplored

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A pilgrimage - Jump Creek Canyon #IdahoExplored

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The most loyal friend - Short Sand Beach #Oregonexplored

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My favorite kind of curve - Thomas Lake Trail #WashingtonExplored

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On our way to the ocean - Bayocean Road #Oregonexplored

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