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rozoneill: Fired up and ready to go
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rozoneill: Rhododendrons graced the forest
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rozoneill: First taste of the dunes
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rozoneill: Rhododendrons were blooming throughout the coastal woods
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rozoneill: Rhododendron cluster
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rozoneill: And now we enter the dunes proper
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rozoneill: Sand as far as the eye can see
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rozoneill: Dellenback Dunes
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rozoneill: We set out across the dunes
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rozoneill: It was an alien landscape
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rozoneill: Didn't take long for the group to spread out
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rozoneill: Beachgrass was a common sight
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rozoneill: The answer my friend, is blowing in the wind
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rozoneill: A patch of beach lupine
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rozoneill: The ponds were drying up with the advent of summer
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rozoneill: We hiked in a dense forest to get to the beach
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rozoneill: Made it to the beach!
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rozoneill: Now, for a two-mile hike to Tenmile Creek
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rozoneill: The restless surf
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rozoneill: Looking back the way we had come
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rozoneill: Intact but battered
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rozoneill: John opts to hike barefoot
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rozoneill: The waves were calm and the tide was low
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rozoneill: Beach at low tide
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rozoneill: Where Tenmile Creek meets the sea
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rozoneill: Tenmile Creek looks more like a river than creek
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rozoneill: The edge of Tenmile Creek
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rozoneill: Arlie opts for a quick dip
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rozoneill: Tenmile Creek estuary
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rozoneill: The creek pooled in the tidal flats