The color and curve of yearning #LanSuChineseGarden #Portland #MultnomahCounty #Oregon #OregonExplored

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This garden in the center of the city is a good place to be with growing things #LanSuChineseGarden #Portland #MultnomahCounty #Oregon #OregonExplored

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The low-floating clouds accentuate the contrast of foreground from background #HamiltonMountainTrail #ColumbiaGorge #BeaconRockStatePark #Washington #WashingtonExplored

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Already these are mostly gone, but it won't be long before they're back again #HenryHaggLake #WashingtonCounty #Oregon #OregonExplored

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I wonder, if the water was perfectly symmetrical instead of nearly so, would I love it as much? #UpperLewisRiverFalls #LewisRiver #GiffordPinchotNationalForest #Washington #WashingtonExplored

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The male cones on this pine were surprisingly vibrant #LanSuChineseGarden #Portland #MultnomahCounty #Oregon #OregonExplored

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The trail here was steep, sandy, and exposed to strong, late-morning sun. We entered this place as a refuge #SandyRiver #MountHoodNationalForest #RamonaFalls #Oregon #OregonExplored

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They were patient with us #CapeLookoutStatePark #TillamookCounty #Oregon #OregonExplored

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We crossed so many places like this #LewisRiverTrail #GiffordPinchotNationalForest #Washington #WashingtonExplored

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A kind of history is written into the surface of every stalk #LanSuChineseGarden #Portland #MultnomahCounty #Oregon #OregonExplored

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Some trees teach us the art of welcome, the ways we might make ourselves home for one another #HenryHaggLake #WashingtonCounty #Oregon #OregonExplored

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I know there is more than one top-of-the-world #ClatsopLoop #EcolaStatePark #CannonBeach #Oregon #OregonExplored

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This rock is bare now, but I haven't forgotten how it felt to stand here in winter and to feel the wind #HamiltonMountainTrail #ColumbiaGorge #BeaconRockStatePark #Washington #WashingtonExplored

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I had to touch them #HenryHaggLake #WashingtonCounty #Oregon #OregonExplored

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I'd only ever been here in summer, and I'd never before seen so much water on these rocks #CapeLookoutStatePark #TillamookCounty #Oregon #OregonExplored

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Long before we came close enough to see, we could hear them singing #PittockMansion #Portland #MultnomahCounty #Oregon #OregonExplored

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This mountain, tall above the Willamette, has served as a backdrop for all my favorite summer memories #PittockMansion #MountHood #Portland #MultnomahCounty #Oregon #OregonExplored

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The place where we stood smelled of cedars and rain #LowerLewisRiverFalls #LewisRiver #GiffordPinchotNationalForest #Washington #WashingtonExplored

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The place where we stood smelled of cedars and rain #LowerLewisRiverFalls #LewisRiver #GiffordPinchotNationalForest #Washington #WashingtonExplored

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They are immense #LewisRiver #GiffordPinchotNationalForest #Washington #WashingtonExplored

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Day by day, the light has been getting stronger #ClackamasRiverTrail #ClackamasCounty #Oregon #OregonExplored

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I was thinking today about how recently it was that I had to wear boots and a heavy coat, to prepare each Saturday for snow #RoyalTerraceFalls #McDowellCreekCountyPark #Lebanon #LinnCounty #Oregon #OregonExplored

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Just one more memory #HenryHaggLake #WashingtonCounty #Oregon #OregonExplored

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Just one more memory #HenryHaggLake #WashingtonCounty #Oregon #OregonExplored

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She's never too busy for a photo #PittockMansion #Portland #MultnomahCounty #Oregon #OregonExplored

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This was before there were spring-and-summer people #ClatsopLoop #EcolaStatePark #CannonBeach #Oregon #OregonExplored

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There is something healing in watching water #PheasantCreekFalls #YamhillCounty #Oregon #OregonExplored

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They watched for french fries, doughnut holes, and grapes #PikePlaceMarket #Seattle #Washington #WashingtonExplored

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It was almost frightening in its joy #HamiltonMountainTrail #ColumbiaGorge #BeaconRockStatePark #Washington #WashingtonExplored

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Good friends stand together #HamiltonMountainTrail #ColumbiaGorge #BeaconRockStatePark #Washington #WashingtonExplored

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An expanse of water. A line of trees. And the sky #HenryHaggLake #WashingtonCounty #Oregon #OregonExplored

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There was so much rain as we walked along the cape. The clouds were heavy and quiet. #CapeLookoutStatePark #TillamookCounty #Oregon #OregonExplored

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Part of the afternoon program at the garden included a fashion show featuring the #cheongsam (Cantonese) or #qipao (Mandarin) #LanSuChineseGarden #Portland #MultnomahCounty #Oregon #OregonExplored

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It is always moving, shifting, changing. And also somehow solid, dependable, here. #CapeLookoutStatePark #TillamookCounty #Oregon #OregonExplored

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Heading up to the mountains seemed like a really good idea on an unusually warm spring day, but this trail gets a lot of direct sunlight, and my face was a little red by the time we got home #SandyRiver #MountHoodNationalForest #MountHood #Oregon #OregonExplored

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A trail is always something more than a trail #HenryHaggLake #WashingtonCounty #Oregon #OregonExplored

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I tried to climb a trail across from this fall to get the whole thing in a single picture, but there was ice, it was steep, and I was a little bit afraid #ShotgunFalls #ClackamasCounty #Oregon #OregonExplored

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Have you wasted any time with flowers yet this year? #HenryHaggLake #WashingtonCounty #Oregon #OregonExplored

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My favorite color #ClatsopLoop #EcolaStatePark #TillamookRock #TerribleTilly #CannonBeach #Oregon #OregonExplored

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These small plants from last summer grew so close to the edge - I'm not sure I could live that way, but sometimes I think I might like to try #HamiltonMountainTrail #ColumbiaGorge #BeaconRockStatePark #Washington #WashingtonExplored

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It stretched so far - almost too far #CapeLookoutStatePark #TillamookCounty #Oregon #OregonExplored

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I go outside and look for perfection. What I find instead is beautiful chaos. I think it's better this way #LewisRiver #GiffordPinchotNationalForest #Washington #WashingtonExplored

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I don't know what they are thinking #CapeLookoutStatePark #TillamookCounty #Oregon #OregonExplored

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Green and gold in the light #HamiltonMountainTrail #ColumbiaGorge #BeaconRockStatePark #Washington #WashingtonExplored

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This is not the fall we came to see, but we looked at it just the same. We looked for a long time - from the bridge and again when we'd crossed the water. There were birds above us #CopperCreekFalls #LewisRiver #GiffordPinchotNationalForest #Washington #WashingtonExplored

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I think a tree might be more than a tree #OswaldWestStatePark #Oregon #OregonExplored

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Every place is a kind of story. Or maybe a song. #CrystalMountainResort #MountRainier #Washington #WashingtonExplored

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The forecast called for an inch of rain. Instead, we had these clouds and this water #HenryHaggLake #WashingtonCounty #Oregon #OregonExplored

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There was a log on the beach here. We sat for awhile. I took too many pictures. #UpperLewisRiverFalls #LewisRiver #GiffordPinchotNationalForest #Washington #WashingtonExplored

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Can you imagine #PittockMansion #Portland #MultnomahCounty #Oregon #OregonExplored

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