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Far from the madding crowds, the scholar's retreat is a serene oasis in Porland's hive
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Portland's Voodoo Doughnuts, like most pilgrimage destinations, required persistence and sweating in atypical heat
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Sturgeon pond along the Columbia River Gorge
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If only we could grow these beauties in southern Arizona
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View from Timberline Lodge on the flanks of Mt. Hood
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Obligatory pose with the snow-capped slopes of Mt. Hood
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Waves of lupines washed over the lower slopes of Mt. Hood
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What we often miss when we fail to look "up"
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A common wildflower along the Oregon coast, reminding us of the Queen Anne's Lace that decorated the perimeters of the cornfields of our youth
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Only a few feet off the crowded US101 lies terrain uncontaminated by human activity
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An inviting sandy beach in a sheltered cove along the Oregon coast
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Dunes south of Florence, OR
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One of many spectacular views from Oregon's last operational lighthouse
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We could barely tolerate wading in the frigid waters on the Oregon coast
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Look past the pregnant guy to a jaw-dropping view
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Just a little further back, honey
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Mt. Hood, dormant volcano in the Cascades near Portland, OR
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The Prince with our Portland hostesses Sandy and Claire
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Even the roof tiles bear the nuanced imprint of the Daoist ideals
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The rugged Oregon coast on a rare stormless day
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A great place to smoke a joint and listen to the wind sawing in the giant evergreen trees
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We kiss in the shadows of a Chinese garden
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The kind of beach that begs to be enjoyed in one's birthday suit
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Unlike Sandy and Claire, the Prince forgot his sensible hat
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A solitary beauty in Sandy's garden
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Billy and Dita miming Orville and Wilbur Wright with wings extended on the beach near Florence, OR
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Trumpet vine (or cowslip in Alabama) graces Sandy's garden wall
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A giant and riotously blue Pacific NW hydrangea variety
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Prince with mossy evergreens
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Tree pollen-colored shore on Crater Lake NP, OR