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Downtown Seattle

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Another part of downtown Seattle

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Elk in North Bend

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At the base of Rattlesnake Climb

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Sharon & Lisa on Rattlesnake Trail

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Looking out from the peak we climbed

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Tiny houses and towns below the peak we climbed

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Snow at the top of our climb

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Looking out from the climb down

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Everything gets moss in the woods

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South Falls at Silver Falls State Park, Oregon

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South Falls in the morning

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Morning light and incredible green

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South Falls at dawn

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A river view

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A tree stump beside the river

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Sharon in front of a large stump

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Another waterfall

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A better view

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We crossed the river behind the waterfall

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The river is relatively calm between falls

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A quiet bend

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A small side fall

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The path was also a small streambed in places

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Another river view

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One of the taller falls

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A great shower

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Moss loved this little side streamlet

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This is a rain forest

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Water flowing over some old lava

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serenity

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It's hard to imagine the stream eroding out all the rock

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Looking out from behind the waterfall

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North Falls has a wide walkway under the ledge

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There are a lot of steps to come out of the canyon

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Looking down on the falls

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Crashing water

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A side stream dribbles over rock

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The Upper North Falls

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Sharon eating a snack

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The end of the valley

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A far waterfall

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Zoomed in on a remote fall

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The rim trail through the rain forest

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New trees grow out of old trees

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A winery with lovel pinot

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One last waterfall

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A cool natural sculpture

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The grapevines are just sticks now, but the wines we tasted were delicious.

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There were a lot of fields of Christmas trees like this one.

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Sharon in front a lot of snow on Mt. Hood

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This river is low now, but obviously has more impressive flows at some time.

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Mt. Hood peaked out from its clouds for a few minutes.

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The Columbia River is immense, but there weren't any windsurfers that day.

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One of many waterfalls flowing into the Columbia.

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The tallest waterfall in Oregon, Multnomah Falls.

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The last waterfall working its way down the side of the canyon.
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