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| Early morning along Route 9 between Fair Play and Buena Vista, Colorado. |
Sunday, last day of June…. just back yesterday from…..northern New Mexico -> southwestern Colorado -> Utah -> southern Idaho -> Oregon coast -> Portland -> into Washington, abandon Vancouver (thanks RAIN!) -> northern Idaho -> western Montana -> western Wyoming -> Frisco, Colorado -> home to New Mexico
Lots and lots of hours passed in the car [praise be to my little red Subaru!] through miles and miles of wrenchingly beautiful country.
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| The Oregon Coast, north of Yachats |
Some highlights:
— every nook and cranny of the Oregon coast
— the road through eastern Oregon and Bend and Eugene to get to said coast
— the Oregon State Park system
— Portland. Every. Last. Thing. About. It.
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| Camping in Oregon |
— Route 12 all the way from western Washington to Montana
— northern Idaho
— US Forest Service campgrounds
— the green banks of Montana sewn in along blue rivers and mountain forests
— the Yellowstone River
— the rugged, jagged, sweeping wall of the Grand Tetons
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| Cruising the eastern flank of the Grand Tetons |
— early morning light on the Rockies, welcoming us home
— wildflowers along the Continental divide
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| Morning in Wyoming |
— reading
— drawing
— thinking
— dreaming
— hooking up with long-ago friends
— being completely unplugged and newsless for two weeks
— every last bakery, eatery, coffee house, brew pub and food truck between here and Portland and back again
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| Descending from Hoosier Pass down into Alma, Colorado. |