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Driving from Bent to Corvallis. Barren pine trees on snowy mountains look like hair folicles.
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Enormous pine trees flank Route 20 in the Willamette National Forest.
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When the pine trees finally yield some soil to some non-pine trees, they are covered in thick green moss.
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Sunlight hits the moss covered branches of this tree in the Willamette National Forest
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Ghost town set up in one of the small logging towns
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Foster Lake. Near Sweet Home, Oregon. I also passed towns named Boring and ZigZag.
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The Pub and Pedal meet up point, with special guest Big Wave Lew.
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Crossing the Willamette River in Portland
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Hey, check out those red socks!
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The pub portion of the Pub and Pedal
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Bernie with a choice potato chip
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Rostropovich cello trio at the Launchpad art gallery opening for Brent Wear
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I tried to catch this M4 drum but as I was fiddling with the camera the band member came and took it away, but I still like the colors in this photo.
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The Mobile Groove Bomb bus stationed outside the Bossa Nova club before the March Fourth show
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March Fourth. Part marching band. Part side show. Part Burlesque.
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That statue on the right is a really cool stretched out figure whose dimensions get gradually larger from head to toe
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The stilt walkers invade the dance floor. Stilt walker crowd surfing was later.
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Auctioning off the Mobile Groove Bomb panties at the end of the show. I thought seriously about pulling out the HP corporate AmEx for this, but then reconsidered.
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M4 snare harness. Way more tricked out than the CHS ones.
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Protest march for marijuana legalization that blocked us on the way to pick up Lew
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Venturing into the thick of Washington Park
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Tree roots are just so undeniably cool
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Plan B restaurant before the Laura Veirs show