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kepPNW: Walking across the Laurance Lake dam.
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kepPNW: Laurance Lake and Mount Hood.
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kepPNW: Laurance Lake and Mount Hood.
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kepPNW: Languille Crags and Cooper Spur.
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kepPNW: Laurance Lake and Mount Hood.
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kepPNW: Washington lily, a bit past prime.
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kepPNW: Big bug on the beargrass.
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kepPNW: Perry Lake. Yep. "Lake!"
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kepPNW: Perry Lake. Yep. "Lake!"
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kepPNW: Foundations left behind from, presumably, an old lookout tower at the end of a forest road.
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kepPNW: Foundations left behind from, presumably, an old lookout tower at the end of a forest road.
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kepPNW: Odd find... a coffee pot at a viewpoint?
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kepPNW: Heckuva nice view showing basically the entire loop done today.
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kepPNW: Heh, now they say that! (Yes, this is looking back at the route to here.)
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kepPNW: Washington's unofficial motto is "Alki," originally a Chinookan word meaning "bye and bye" which evolved to mean "into the future."
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kepPNW: Alki Point offers an expansive view of three big volcanoes in next-door Washington State.
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kepPNW: Beargrass and The Beast?
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kepPNW: View of Mount Hood from Owl Point. Not the best in the area!
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kepPNW: Owl Point.
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kepPNW: View of Mount Hood from The Rockpile. Getting better!
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kepPNW: Bushwhack, largely through meadows, from The Rockpile to Katsuk Point.
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kepPNW: View of Mount Hood from Katsuk Point. The best!
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kepPNW: My best buddy at the best off-trail lunchspot (with a view!) this side of Mount Hood.
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kepPNW: Lunchspot with quite a view! Katsuk Point.
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kepPNW: Lunchspot with quite a view! Katsuk Point.
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kepPNW: Katsuk Point
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kepPNW: Katsuk Point
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kepPNW: Back at The Rockpile again.
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kepPNW: Just a 2-mile hike from the Vista Ridge trailhead, which is nearly a 2-hour drive from town. Ugh! Bad tradeoff? Best on a much bigger loop!
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kepPNW: Mount Hood from Red Mountain. Other-worldly memories...