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rozoneill: It's a long beach walk to the sandcastle contest
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rozoneill: As we approach the iconic landmark of Haystack Rock
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rozoneill: Panorama at Haystack Rock
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rozoneill: Pretty to look at, but forbidden to climb on
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rozoneill: Seabirds nested en masse on top of Haystock Rock
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rozoneill: Iconic view of Haystack Rock
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rozoneill: Large dragonfiles buzzed overhead
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rozoneill: A lot of people opted to the beach walk to the contest site
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rozoneill: I think we're getting close now
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rozoneill: The morning rainstorm had "melted" a lot of the castles
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rozoneill: The post-storm reconstruction begins
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rozoneill: Volcano with a forest on it
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rozoneill: Hard at it
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rozoneill: Starfish crawling on the beach
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rozoneill: Some serious construction going on here
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rozoneill: It's a regular construction crew
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rozoneill: Not sure what this is going to be but it's pretty cool
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rozoneill: The teams worked, totally oblivious to the throngs watching
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rozoneill: "Tiki Torches at Twilight"
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rozoneill: It's amazing the amount of detail in these sculptures
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rozoneill: Close to completion
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rozoneill: Give that dog a bone
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rozoneill: The theme of the sculptures
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rozoneill: From the sand, a sea serpent emerges
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rozoneill: Yet we are roped off from "our" sand
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rozoneill: Again, the amount of detail amazes
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rozoneill: I could have told you that!
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rozoneill: A deinosuchus emerges, ready to eat sand crabs or sand crab fishermen
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rozoneill: The Great Pyramid of Cannon Beach
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rozoneill: Totally accessible, these statues are for souvenir photographs