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Avenue of the Giants
The Avenue of the Giants is about a thirty mile scenic bypass of Highway 101,...
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Tree hugger
Founders Grove, an old-growth redwood grove at Humboldt Redwoods State Park.
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Gold Bluffs Beach
In Prairie Creek Redwoods State Park, part of the complex of Redwood National...
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Fern Canyon
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Clara in Fern Canyon
We found numerous banana slugs!
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Daniel in Fern Canyon
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Exploring Fern Canyon
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Fern canyon from above
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Woods near Fern Canyon
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Roosevelt elk!
These elk, the largest of all elk subspecies, can weigh over 1,000 pounds! To...
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Elkies!
We could see the velvet still covering the antlers!
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Elk
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Final Elk picture
shortly before the car was briefly disabled after hitting a tree...
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Crater Lake
At 1943 feet deep in one point and averaging over 1100 feet in depth, this is...
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Clara at Crater Lake
Wizard Island, a cinder cone, can be seen to Clara's right. The...
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Daniel at Crater Lake
The lake is girdled by the mountains, between 700 and 2000 feet above the...
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Crater Lake and Wizard Island
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From the Cleetwood Trail
The lake is deeply blue and sparkling too. The Cleetwood Trail is the...
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Blue!
We thought it would be impossible to capture the extraordinary color and...
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Crater Lake from the surface
Here we swam. The average surface temperature at this time of year is...
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Clara and Daniel
After our swim.
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Clara at the surface
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Crater Lake
As the clouds floated over the lake the color changed to a more steely blue.
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Snow, woods, hills
There was still snow along the lake's rim. There were also meadows,...
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Crater Lake wildflowers
There were many nice wildflowers in the meadows above Crater Lake.
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Pandora Moths, Crater Lake
They lie dormant during the day and are said to swarm at night. Their...
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More Pandora Moths
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The Rogue River
off highway 62.
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Rogue River Gorge
Shortly after this gorge the slim river opens to a near lake! We later...
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Mt. Shasta from I-5
Back in California Mt. Shasta, at 14,179 ft, is one of the tallest...
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Black Butte from I-5
Don't worry: it hasn't erupted in about 10,000 years.
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North America
