Warm sun, chilly shade...

Mt. Adams-- the other mountain.

Mt. Adams always surprises visitors.  It's about 40 miles East-Northeast of Mt. St. Helens and still has its top.

It's beginning to look like fall along the Toutle River...

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St. Urban is really quite rural...

You are in my power...

Deep in the forest, hidden treasure...

Roadside bouquet...

There's still lots of color along the road to Mt. St. Helens

Show-off!

Heading back home...

Keeping an eye on things...

It would take well over 2 miles for him to bring it to a stop. Going by at nearly 70 miles per hour, he looks pretty relaxed.

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Hard to swallow...

A friendly little swallow taking a rest in the wetlands...

What's inside?

Breezy...

Day's end...

Mt. St. Helens near sundown-- Mt. Adams in the distance

He never met a log he couldn't handle...

She finds a wildflower...

Laura's in the lower lefthand corner

Early signs of Autumn...

More hot weather is on the way, but there's a chill in the air today at the wetlands.

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Through The Gorge...

...heading back to the wet side of the mountains.

In the high desert, a very short bridge...

I think it's been a long time since anyone but the animals have used it.

4164, and proud if it!

The Gate...

The urge for going...

Against the wind...

A pastoral scene...

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Just the wind...

A ranch with a view...

Coming through...

A westbound freight passes by the locks that allow river traffic to pass through the dam at The Dalles, Oregon.

After the harvest...

Old house, old tree...

Here comes one now!

Walking by the river, waiting for a train to come by...

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