 Starting Our Adventures... |
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 Good-bye Washington |
 Hello Victoria! |
 French Beach |
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 David & Marta watching the sun set. |
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 Moody forest along the beach. |
 Begonias everywhere...these at Sooke Harbor House |
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 Very clever driftwood art everywhere. |
 Me and Chuck of course! |
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 Butchart Gardens |
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 How Many Languages?_DSC4717.jpg |
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 Fellow passenger on the ferry |
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 Very cute and well-behaved! |
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 Olympic Rainforest in Washington |
 Drip drip dripping with moss... |
 Very cool! |
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 Not so cool...good to know! |
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 Stayed here for a night-very cute. |
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 Had a great dinner in this classic park lodge... |
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 View from the lodge |
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 Marta looks tiny... |
 Marta IS tiny! |
 Indeed the world's largest Spruce |
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 Campground...pretty nice! |
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 We picked up great crab and oysters for our picnic lunch |
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 Very brief stop at the Portland Rose Garden |
 Superb Entertainer |
 Now for the roses...used the Lensbaby Velvet 56 for this and most of the other photos here. |
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 Ah...Oregon wine country |
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 Here we are, enjoying Penner Ash wine |
 Clever cut-out for our wine glasses |
 Penner Ash Winery dog, Kibo, a chocolate lab. |
 Kept an eye on us as we ate our lunch. |
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 Got it! |
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 Great pose Marta! |
 Winery gardens |
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 Oregon Coast at Salishan |
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 Waiting for our pizza at Humble Pie in Lincoln City |
 Chuck |
 David & Marta on the beach |
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 View from our room's balcony |
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 Our room at Salishan |
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 David's Appetizer at Bay House Restaurant in Lincoln City, Oregon |
 My yummy appetizer! |
 The sun sets as we finish our lovely dinner at the Bay House |
 Wonderful meeting the weaver Lyle Gowing in Lincoln City. |
 A glimpse of the Spruce Goose as we make our way back to Seattle |
 Mt Saint Helens Monument |
 Mt. St. Helens |
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 Wildflowers growing along the trails |
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 Happened upon this little Night Hawk |
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 View of the path the lava took |
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 Going home... |
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