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| Finally made it to the Pacific coast |
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| Spent our first night at Camp Walmart when we couldn't find a campground. |
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| A little hazy |
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| Wall of trees |
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| We were only in Idaho for 30 minutes before entering Washington |
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| This was a typical entrance to a ranch |
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| but the name was unique, being at the end of the road |
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| Neat totem pole in the little town we stayed in |
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| another wooden statue of a snow boarding bear |
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| Wooden statue of Paul Bunyan since we are in a logging town |
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| Sitting Elk |
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| Roaming Elk |
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| Elk roam this town like they own it |
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| They are unimpressed with passing vehicles |
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| And undeterred |
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| Elk just roaming around at will |
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| They are huge, about 2,000# |
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| This one was walking right by our campsite |
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| It looks like our neighbor plans on staying here a while |
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| This was a section of tree that was cut down |
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| An original 1937 tour bus they used to shuttle visitors around |
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| Dry river bed |
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| Hidden waterfall |
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| Where does this water keep coming from? |
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| Waterfall under the bridge |
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| There is a hill here... |
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| No, I guess its a mountain.. |
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| The lodge at Mt. Rainier. |
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| Everything is made of logs here including the grandfather clock |
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| We think these are Huckleberries |
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| 25 Glaciers remain on this mountain |
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| Just an interesting roof structure inside the lodge |
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| Interesting connection - at least for me. |
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| Flowers were still in bloom |
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| It was a beautiful day |
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| More waterfalls coming out of Mt. Rainier |
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| More flowers |
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| We finally saw a bear, so there is at least one in these mountains |
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| maybe two... |
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| Some of these trees were huge |
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| See the Mini hiding behind the tree? |
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| It was dry but we saw no fires. |
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| More Elk |
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| Moss growing all over this tree |
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| Landslide takes out swath of trees too |
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| This is Mt. St. Helen |
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| A local camper capture the volcano erupt May 18, 1980. |
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| Smog hanging from the wild fires. |
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| Spirit Lake that filled up with lava after the eruption |
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| Mt. St. Helen still has ice on it after the whole summer |
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| Wild fire smog |
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| Is that stream ? |
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| Looks like she's ready to blow |
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| That dark spot used to be a house before the lava flow. |
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| See the line where the mountain was before it erupted |
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| Yes, after we drove as far as we could, we walked (or ran) up 433 steps to elev. 8314' |
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| I'm glad we're not driving the RV on this road, no edge or shoulder. |
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| Back in Packwood, WA with the wooden statues |
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| 80 degrees the 1st of Oct in Washington, unbelievable!!! |
HI - looks like you are having a lot of fun! Where do you go after Oregon?
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