The Best of Oregon

We drove up the side of the cascades, through the Columbia River Gorge, and down the Oregon Coast. Stunning stuff. The bad news is my SLR body failed as we reached the most spectacular stuff on the southern coast.

The regular photos and the full story can be seen at the Oregon Photo Essay.

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The view from the docks at Trillium lake, on the shorts of Mount Hood.

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A shot from the side of Trillium lake, just after sunrise, with mist on the still water and fishermen active.

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From the dock at Lava Lake, on the Cascades Scenic Byway.

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A view of a cove near cape Meares at sunset.

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Another view of the cove.

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Another cove on the Cape Meares loop

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Cove Palisades State Park, where three rivers and their gorges join and a reservoir has been formed. As close as Oregon gets to Lake Powell.