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Ace_E: Devil's Churn is a long narrow inlet carved into the shoreline, 3 or 4 yards wide and a couple hundred feet long.
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Ace_E: Waves come in here...
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Ace_E: ...bash into the far end of the furrow...
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Ace_E: ...and continue a few yards further into an even narrower channel.
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Ace_E: close-up of the "churn"
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Ace_E: The wave action was impressive.
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Ace_E: Looking south from the Devil's Churn
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Ace_E: A couple enjoys some peaceful contemplation
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Ace_E: Bright fungus on a tree
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Ace_E: It almost looked like someone had stapled geraniums to the trunk
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Ace_E: Another scenic view
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Ace_E: "Print me like one of your French gulls."
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Ace_E: The water coming into this area was so turbulent the suface was covered with foam
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Ace_E: The Spouting Horn. Like the Well but smaller, the waves hit this porous outcropping...
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Ace_E: ...causing a plume to whoosh up, rather like a whale's spout...
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Ace_E: ...then the mist roils away.
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Ace_E: Parent and child enjoy the show from a dry spot
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Ace_E: Thor's Well
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Ace_E: An intrepid soul braves the surf
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Ace_E: Some folks didn't realize just how big some of the waves were...
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Ace_E: ...Yeah, like that.
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Ace_E: Looking south from the north end of Oregon Dunes
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Ace_E: Hi everybody! <3
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Ace_E: One last look back before heading home
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