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rozoneill: Some of that recent rain was stilling hanging around on the leaves
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rozoneill: Vine maples offer to wet our clothing as we hiked by
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rozoneill: Vine maple leaf with last night's rain still on them
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rozoneill: The Medicine Creek Bridge was a casualty of a falling boulder and tree
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rozoneill: Missy scrambles up to the trail
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rozoneill: That giant rock is the destroyer of bridges
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rozoneill: Columbine at a spring seep
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rozoneill: Missy continues on what is a very green trail
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rozoneill: Moss-covered rock formations were a common sight
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rozoneill: The first three miles or so were a brisk uphill walk
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rozoneill: The mountains on the other side of the North Umpqua River
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rozoneill: A view from a brief opening in the forest
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rozoneill: Green was dominant color of the day
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rozoneill: Slide Creek flows underneath a hiker's footbridge
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rozoneill: Current on Slide Creek
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rozoneill: Slide Creek burbles under the footbridge
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rozoneill: Slide Creek, ready to plunge over a small drop-off
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rozoneill: Slide Creek slides right on by
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rozoneill: Rhododendrons, at the tail end of blooming season
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rozoneill: Prince's pine blooms on the forest floor
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rozoneill: Rhododendron in bloom
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rozoneill: Top-down view of a prince's pine
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rozoneill: Ponderosa adds an orange tint to the otherwise green forest
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rozoneill: Moss covers up what is left of an ancient rock slide
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rozoneill: The light in the forest is magical
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rozoneill: Dappled sunlight was very much a thing on this hike
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rozoneill: Water beads up on some of the local vegetation
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rozoneill: In and out of the light, all hike long
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rozoneill: Mottled sunlight on the North Umpqua Trail
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rozoneill: Rhododendron flowers bask in the morning sun