The rocks here were wet with rain and slick-shadowed #BeaverFalls #Clatskanie #ColumbiaCounty #Oregon #OregonExplored

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So many curves #CoyoteWall #WhiteSalmon #ColumbiaGorge #Washington #WashingtonExplored

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I've been up and down the highway here many times over the years, but for some reason, I'd never stopped before #SusanCreekFalls #UmpquaNationalForest #DouglasCounty #Oregon #OregonExplored

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I remember them with hope #BushHouse #Salem #MarionCounty #Oregon #OregonExplored

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The kind of place where people are meant to slow down and dream a little #TamalauTrail #CovePalisadesStatePark #LakeBillyChinook #Terrebonne #DeschutesCounty #Oregon #OregonExplored

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I forget how heavy water is #RoundButteDam #DeschutesRiver #LakeBillyChinook #Madras #DeschutesCounty #Oregon #OregonExplored

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It can feel lonely out here #PaintedHillsUnit #JohnDayFossilBeds #Mitchell #WheelerCounty #Oregon #OregonExplored

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A landscape for the imagination #Neskowin #TillamookCounty #Oregon #OregonExplored

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Had we followed the path that crossed the bridge, we would not have made it here #GortonCreek #CascadeLocks #HoodRiverCounty #Oregon #OregonExplored

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There's just something about the curve of a fern #LostLake #MountHoodNationalForest #HoodRiverCounty #Oregon #OregonExplored

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Almost always, there is a way #McKenzieRiverTrail #WillametteNationalForest #LaneCounty #Oregon #OregonExplored

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They are quiet #WillametteHeritageCenter #ThomasKayWoolenMill #Salem #MarionCounty #Oregon #OregonExplored

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A desert Christmas #PaintedHillsUnit #JohnDayFossilBeds #Mitchell #WheelerCounty #Oregon #OregonExplored

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I try to enjoy every hike, but there are some trails (and plants) that make me anxious #CoyoteWall #WhiteSalmon #ColumbiaGorge #Washington #WashingtonExplored

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What I think I love most about old weathered barns is how they've slowly opened themselves to the light #Astoria #Oregon #OregonExplored

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Each leaf had its own ice bubble helmet through which it might cautiously peek out at the world. We waved in greeting. And smiled #ToketeeFalls #UmpquaNationalForest #DouglasCounty #Oregon #OregonExplored

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A cyclone fence here suggested it might not be safe to climb down to the water #WatsonFalls #UmpquaNationalForest #DouglasCounty #Oregon #OregonExplored

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I don't know when these ruins transition from old to ancient #WhiteRiverFallsStatePark #Maupin #WascoCounty #Oregon #OregonExplored

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A light cloud crown - just right #MountJefferson #RoundButtePark #LakeBillyChinook #Madras #JeffersonCounty #Oregon #OregonExplored

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When you get up above the land, you can see all the places people go #SheepRockUnit #JohnDayFossilBeds #Dayville #GrantCounty #Oregon #OregonExplored

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Like a memory #PaintedHillsUnit #JohnDayFossilBeds #Mitchell #WheelerCounty #Oregon #OregonExplored

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Some places offer the gift of distance #CascadeHead #LincolnCity #TillamookCounty #Oregon #OregonExplored

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The trees, like dinosaur spikes, warned us to keep our distance from the long, green tail of earth #CascadeHead #LincolnCity #TillamookCounty #Oregon #OregonExplored

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A splash of light #TrilliumLake #ClackamasCounty #Oregon #OregonExplored

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A focal point #TrilliumLake #ClackamasCounty #Oregon #OregonExplored

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The water here, still weak from a long, dry summer, will have grown by the time you read this #ZigzagFalls #GovernmentCamp #ClackamasCounty #Oregon #OregonExplored

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There were holes in the rock here, round, nothing left but the shape of ancient trees #TrailofTwoForests #GiffordPinchotNationalForest #Cougar #CowlitzCounty #Washington #WashingtonExplored

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We stood on the dock and considered the boarded up windows of this place, imagining how it might feel to wake up each morning and listen to the water #LostLake #MountHoodNationalForest #HoodRiverCounty #Oregon #OregonExplored

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There were trees on either side and water between #McKenzieRiverTrail #WillametteNationalForest #LaneCounty #Oregon #OregonExplored

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Every surface frosted over #SahalieFalls #McKenzieRiverTrail #WillametteNationalForest #LaneCounty #Oregon #OregonExplored

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This estate is across the street from the hospital where both my parents spent much of the last two years. I am getting to know this place #BushHouse #Salem #MarionCounty #Oregon #OregonExplored

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The earth yawned wide #SheepRockUnit #BlueBasin #JohnDayFossilBeds #Dayville #GrantCounty #Oregon #OregonExplored

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This building seemed strangely cold to me #OregonStateCapitol #Salem #MarionCounty #Oregon #OregonExplored

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That curve pulled us forward #PaintedHillsUnit #PaintedCove #JohnDayFossilBeds #Mitchell #WheelerCounty #Oregon #OregonExplored

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We did not climb it. Instead we walked its circumference two or three times, examined it for secrets #ProposalRock #Neskowin #TillamookCounty #Oregon #OregonExplored

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A pin-striped sky in motion #PaintedHillsUnit #JohnDayFossilBeds #Mitchell #WheelerCounty #Oregon #OregonExplored

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This bird stood near a group of children playing in the water #WinemaBeach #Neskowin #TillamookCounty #Oregon #OregonExplored

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We climbed up on a rock. It was covered with grass and salal. A good place to watch the water and think about the sky #WinemaBeach #Neskowin #TillamookCounty #Oregon #OregonExplored

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The petrified trunks of an ancient forest stand against the incoming tide #GhostForest #Neskowin #TillamookCounty #Oregon #OregonExplored

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It was raining steadily. The rocks were slick. We were alone here. #BeaverFalls #Clatskanie #ColumbiaCounty #Oregon #OregonExplored

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A place of memory #CoyoteWall #WhiteSalmon #ColumbiaGorge #Washington #WashingtonExplored

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A glimpse between branches is the best image I know for hope #MountHood #LostLake #MountHoodNationalForest #HoodRiverCounty #Oregon #OregonExplored

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I did not learn his name #TamalauTrail #CovePalisadesStatePark #LakeBillyChinook #Terrebonne #DeschutesCounty #Oregon #OregonExplored

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The softest, gentlest cloud pod #TamalauTrail #CovePalisadesStatePark #LakeBillyChinook #Terrebonne #DeschutesCounty #Oregon #OregonExplored

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When we first started our hike, the morning sun was low, and the hills were still mostly covered in shadow, expectant #SheepRockUnit #BlueBasin #JohnDayFossilBeds #Dayville #GrantCounty #Oregon #OregonExplored

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From this distance, the settled clay lay felted-wool soft over the landscape's bony shoulders #PaintedHillsUnit #JohnDayFossilBeds #Mitchell #WheelerCounty #Oregon #OregonExplored

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I kept trying to spot an apple orchard across the river that we visited last summer #CoyoteWall #WhiteSalmon #ColumbiaGorge #Washington #WashingtonExplored

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This was where we started #ApeCave #GiffordPinchotNationalForest #Cougar #CowlitzCounty #Washington #WashingtonExplored

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The walls appeared to have faces - long, solid noses, small mouths, and dark eyes #LavaCanyon #MuddyRiver #GiffordPinchotNationalForest #Washington #WashingtonExplored

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Above us the freeway. Below us the water. #HorsetailFalls #Dodson #MultnomahCounty #Oregon #OregonExplored

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