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A couple of weeks ago, I decided it was time to get out of town for a bit. Initially, I thought it would be great to drive down the coast to someplace warm(er), like Monterey or San Diego (Sandy Eggo if you’re Steve Poltz). However, I decided because of time constraints to just limit myself to Bend, Crater Lake and the National Redwood Forest. This was my first time doing a totally solo road trip since 2001, and it felt good.

While I did bring my camera, my first priority was to just experience the trip without too much emphasis on capturing everything on pixels. Thus, there are less photos per day on this trip…but there are still some good ones I think.

The photos in this first post are not going to be in any particular order.

Here is sunset on the third day of my trip, as seen from the Redwood National Park scenic coastal drive, near Klamath CA:

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More Elk! I think this is my favorite of the elk photos I’ve taken:

A totally unrelated aside: I’ve been listening to an internet radio station called Radio Paradise. Y’all should check it out. Last three tunes? Leonard Cohen, The Pixies, Neil Young backed by Pearl Jam. OMG, I’m in heaven!

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The title of this post is a bit misleading at this point. When last I posted (”Outbound”), it was from the perspective of someone who lived in MI and took a trip to Oregon. Now, however, I live in Portland…but I’m chronicling a trip I took while I lived in MI. Hmm. So, “Inbound” it is.

On the way back to Michigan from Oregon, we saw a bunch of fabulous sights. On the first day of our drive, we stopped at many of the falls along the Columbia River Gorge. It was a lovely day for it, and many good photos were captured.

Here’s one:

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Not to be too terribly irreverent or anything, but they really do rule the household! (Oh, and only one of them is male!)

My family has a thing for big dogs. And, funny enough, this crew is actually smaller than some previous members of the West clan!

Meet Bandit:

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