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2022 Mar 4-15: CA Pinnacles NP, redwoods; OR coast

101 images Created 9 Jun 2022

Our RV trip March 4-15, 2022 included coastal sights of California (Pinnacles National Park and Big Sur) and Oregon (Samuel Boardman State Scenic Corridor)

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  • A walkway passes under suspended boulders on Bear Gulch Cave Trail. Pinnacles National Park, California, USA
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  • Bear Gulch Cave Trail. Pinnacles National Park, California, USA
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  • Bear Gulch Cave Trail. Pinnacles National Park, California, USA
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  • Bear Gulch Cave Trail. Pinnacles National Park, California, USA
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  • Suspended boulder. Bear Gulch Cave Trail. Pinnacles National Park, California, USA
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  • Hikers with rain gear emerge from under suspended boulders on Bear Gulch Cave Trail. Pinnacles National Park, California, USA
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  • Bear Gulch Reservoir. Pinnacles National Park, California, USA
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  • Bear Gulch Reservoir. Pinnacles National Park, California, USA. This panorama was stitched from multiple images.
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  • It looks like a two-headed turkey! Wild turkeys in Pinnacles Campground in Bear Valley. Pinnacles National Park, California, USA
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  • Wild turkey in Pinnacles Campground in Bear Valley. Pinnacles National Park, California, USA
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  • Sunset in Pinnacles Campground in Bear Valley. Pinnacles National Park, California, USA
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  • Sunrise light in Pinnacles National Park, California, USA
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  • Morning light along High Peaks loop 5.4 miles, 1650 ft gain. Pinnacles National Park, California, USA
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  • High Peaks loop 5.4 miles, 1650 ft gain. Pinnacles National Park, California, USA
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  • Jumbled rocks atop the High Peaks loop (hike 5.4 miles, 1650 ft gain). Pinnacles National Park, California, USA
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  • Atop Pinnacles National Park on the High Peaks loop (5.4 miles, 1650 ft gain). California, USA
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  • Orange monkeyflower. High Peaks loop trail, Pinnacles National Park, California, USA
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  • Steep steps with railing. High Peaks loop 5.4 miles, 1650 ft gain. Pinnacles National Park, California, USA
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  • Jumbled rocks atop the High Peaks loop (hike 5.4 miles, 1650 ft gain). Pinnacles National Park, California, USA. This panorama was stitched from multiple images.
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  • Colorful orange and yellow lichen on the High Peaks, Pinnacles National Park, California, USA
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  • Turkey feathers reflect a rainbow of colors. Pinnacles Campground, Pinnacles National Park, California, USA
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  • Turkey feathers reflect a rainbow of colors. Pinnacles Campground, Pinnacles National Park, California, USA
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  • Turkey feathers reflect a rainbow of colors. Pinnacles Campground, Pinnacles National Park, California, USA
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  • 2017 shipwreck, Estero Bluffs State Park, Cayucos, California.
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  • Rock pattern. Estero Bluffs State Park, Cayucos, California.
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  • Bermuda buttercup (Oxalis pes-caprae). Estero Bluffs State Park, Cayucos, California.
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  • Bermuda buttercup (Oxalis pes-caprae). Estero Bluffs State Park, Cayucos, California.
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  • Western blue-eyed Grass (Sisyrinchium bellum). Estero Bluffs State Park, Cayucos, California.
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  • Invasive iceplant at Leffingwell Landing Park, part of Hearst San Simeon State Park, Cambria, California, USA. Iceplant was introduced to California in the early 1900s as an erosion stabilization tool beside railroad tracks, and later used by Caltrans on roadsides. Iceplant is bad for a number of reasons. It’s invasive and releases salt into the soil, raising the salt level high enough to inhibit other plant seeds, especially grasses.  It doesn't serve as a food source for animals and can out-compete the native plants for water, light, and space. It's actually bad for erosion control. Having weak root systems, these heavy plants can cause the hill to start sliding, taking existing topsoil from the slope. Although the soft succulent new growth has a high water content which doesn't burn, the slow-to-decompose dead leaves layered underneath create a fire hazard.
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  • Invasive iceplant at Leffingwell Landing Park, part of Hearst San Simeon State Park, Cambria, California, USA. Iceplant was introduced to California in the early 1900s as an erosion stabilization tool beside railroad tracks, and later used by Caltrans on roadsides. Iceplant is bad for a number of reasons. It’s invasive and releases salt into the soil, raising the salt level high enough to inhibit other plant seeds, especially grasses.  It doesn't serve as a food source for animals and can out-compete the native plants for water, light, and space. It's actually bad for erosion control. Having weak root systems, these heavy plants can cause the hill to start sliding, taking existing topsoil from the slope. Although the soft succulent new growth has a high water content which doesn't burn, the slow-to-decompose dead leaves layered underneath create a fire hazard.
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  • Yellow flower of invasive iceplant at Leffingwell Landing Park, part of Hearst San Simeon State Park, Cambria, California, USA. Iceplant was introduced to California in the early 1900s as an erosion stabilization tool beside railroad tracks, and later used by Caltrans on roadsides. Iceplant is bad for a number of reasons. It’s invasive and releases salt into the soil, raising the salt level high enough to inhibit other plant seeds, especially grasses.  It doesn't serve as a food source for animals and can out-compete the native plants for water, light, and space. It's actually bad for erosion control. Having weak root systems, these heavy plants can cause the hill to start sliding, taking existing topsoil from the slope. Although the soft succulent new growth has a high water content which doesn't burn, the slow-to-decompose dead leaves layered underneath create a fire hazard.
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  • Invasive iceplant at Leffingwell Landing Park, part of Hearst San Simeon State Park, Cambria, California, USA.  Iceplant was introduced to California in the early 1900s as an erosion stabilization tool beside railroad tracks, and later used by Caltrans on roadsides. Iceplant is bad for a number of reasons. It’s invasive and releases salt into the soil, raising the salt level high enough to inhibit other plant seeds, especially grasses.  It doesn't serve as a food source for animals and can out-compete the native plants for water, light, and space. It's actually bad for erosion control. Having weak root systems, these heavy plants can cause the hill to start sliding, taking existing topsoil from the slope. Although the soft succulent new growth has a high water content which doesn't burn, the slow-to-decompose dead leaves layered underneath create a fire hazard.
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  • Kelp. Leffingwell Landing Park, part of Hearst San Simeon State Park, Cambria, California, USA
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  • Cormorants. Leffingwell Landing Park, part of Hearst San Simeon State Park, Cambria, California, USA
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  • Eroded sandstone. Leffingwell Landing Park, part of Hearst San Simeon State Park, Cambria, California, USA
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  • Eroded sandstone. Leffingwell Landing Park, part of Hearst San Simeon State Park, Cambria, California, USA
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  • California ground squirrel. Leffingwell Landing Park, part of Hearst San Simeon State Park, Cambria, California, USA
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  • Bermuda buttercup (Oxalis pes-caprae). Leffingwell Landing Park, part of Hearst San Simeon State Park, Cambria, California, USA
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  • Invasive iceplant at Leffingwell Landing Park, part of Hearst San Simeon State Park, Cambria, California, USA.  Iceplant was introduced to California in the early 1900s as an erosion stabilization tool beside railroad tracks, and later used by Caltrans on roadsides. Iceplant is bad for a number of reasons. It’s invasive and releases salt into the soil, raising the salt level high enough to inhibit other plant seeds, especially grasses.  It doesn't serve as a food source for animals and can out-compete the native plants for water, light, and space. It's actually bad for erosion control. Having weak root systems, these heavy plants can cause the hill to start sliding, taking existing topsoil from the slope. Although the soft succulent new growth has a high water content which doesn't burn, the slow-to-decompose dead leaves layered underneath create a fire hazard.
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  • San Simeon Pier, William R. Hearst Memorial State Beach, California, USA
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  • San Simeon Pier, William R. Hearst Memorial State Beach, California, USA
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  • San Simeon Pier, William R. Hearst Memorial State Beach, California, USA
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  • San Simeon Pier, William R. Hearst Memorial State Beach, California, USA
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  • Hearst Castle. Hearst San Simeon State Historical Monument, California, USA. William Randolph Hearst started to build a fabulous estate on his ranchland overlooking the village of San Simeon in 1919. He called the estate "La Cuesta Encantada" - Spanish for The Enchanted Hill. By 1947, the hilltop complex included a twin-towered main building, three sumptuous guesthouses, and 127 acres of terraced gardens, fountains, and pools.
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  • Historic San Simeon Village Schoolhouse (1881 to 1950), below Hearst Castle on the hill. California, USA. The one-room Pacific Schoolhouse saw generations of ranching children — including George and Phoebe Hearst’s son, William Randolph Hearst. Other students included Pete Sebastian, the last Sebastian to own Sebastian’s General Store, as well as Hearst’s grandson, John Hearst Jr. William Randolph Hearst started to build a fabulous estate on his ranchland overlooking the village of San Simeon in 1919. He called the estate "La Cuesta Encantada" - Spanish for The Enchanted Hill. By 1947, the hilltop complex included a twin-towered main building, three sumptuous guesthouses, and 127 acres of terraced gardens, fountains, and pools.
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  • Willow Creek View Point & Bridge, Los Padres National Forest, California, USA. This panorama was stitched from multiple images.
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  • The Big Creek Bridge is an open spandrel, concrete deck arch bridge (589 feet long) on the Big Sur coast of California, along State Route 1 near Lucia. Opened for traffic in 1938, it crosses Big Creek Canyon.
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  • McWay Falls at sunset, Julia Pfeiffer Burns State Park, Big Sur coast, California, USA
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  • McWay Falls at sunset, Julia Pfeiffer Burns State Park, Big Sur coast, California, USA
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  • McWay Falls at sunset, Julia Pfeiffer Burns State Park, Big Sur coast, California, USA
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  • McWay Falls at sunset, Julia Pfeiffer Burns State Park, Big Sur coast, California, USA
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  • McWay Falls at sunset, Julia Pfeiffer Burns State Park, Big Sur coast, California, USA
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  • Rocky shore of Julia Pfeiffer Burns State Park, Big Sur coast, California, USA
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  • Orange sunset along the Big Sur coast, California, USA
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  • Sunset light aligns with the pedestrian tunnel to McWay Falls viewpoint, Julia Pfeiffer Burns State Park, Big Sur coast, California, USA
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  • Big Creek Bridge silhouette at sunset, Big Sur coast, State Route 1, near Lucia, California, USA. The Big Creek Bridge is an open spandrel, concrete deck arch bridge (589 feet long) on the Big Sur coast of California, along State Route 1 near Lucia. Opened for traffic in 1938, it crosses Big Creek Canyon.
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  • Sand Dollar Beach, Big Sur coast, Los Padres National Forest, California, USA. This panorama was stitched from multiple images.
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  • Sand Dollar Beach, Big Sur coast, Los Padres National Forest, California, USA
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  • McWay Rocks, Julia Pfeiffer Burns State Park Vista Point, Big Sur coast, California, USA
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  • Walkway in coastal redwood forest. Pfeiffer Big Sur State Park, California, USA. On the western slope of the Santa Lucia Mountains, the peaks of Pfeiffer Big Sur State Park tower high above the Big Sur River Gorge, where the Big Sur River enters this popular park. Walk along the banks of the river and among the redwoods, conifers, oaks, sycamores, cottonwoods, maples, alders and willows. Big Sur is the southern limit of Coastal Redwoods in North America.
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  • Walkway bridge in coastal redwood forest. Pfeiffer Big Sur State Park, California, USA. On the western slope of the Santa Lucia Mountains, the peaks of Pfeiffer Big Sur State Park tower high above the Big Sur River Gorge, where the Big Sur River enters this popular park. Walk along the banks of the river and among the redwoods, conifers, oaks, sycamores, cottonwoods, maples, alders and willows. Big Sur is the southern limit of Coastal Redwoods in North America.
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  • Pfeiffer Falls. Pfeiffer Big Sur State Park, California, USA. On the western slope of the Santa Lucia Mountains, the peaks of Pfeiffer Big Sur State Park tower high above the Big Sur River Gorge, where the Big Sur River enters this popular park. Walk along the banks of the river and among the redwoods, conifers, oaks, sycamores, cottonwoods, maples, alders and willows. Big Sur is the southern limit of Coastal Redwoods in North America.
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  • Iris flower. Pfeiffer Big Sur State Park, California, USA. On the western slope of the Santa Lucia Mountains, the peaks of Pfeiffer Big Sur State Park tower high above the Big Sur River Gorge, where the Big Sur River enters this popular park. Walk along the banks of the river and among the redwoods, conifers, oaks, sycamores, cottonwoods, maples, alders and willows. Big Sur is the southern limit of Coastal Redwoods in North America.
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  • Bixby Creek Bridge (1932), Big Sur coast, California, USA. 120 miles south of San Francisco and 13 miles south of Carmel in Monterey County along State Route 1. Completed in 1932 for just over $200,000, the concrete span, one of the highest bridges of its kind in the world, soars 260 feet above the bottom of a steep canyon carved by Bixby Creek. This panorama was stitched from multiple images.
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  • Bixby Creek Bridge (1932), Big Sur coast, California, USA. 120 miles south of San Francisco and 13 miles south of Carmel in Monterey County along State Route 1. Completed in 1932 for just over $200,000, the concrete span, one of the highest bridges of its kind in the world, soars 260 feet above the bottom of a steep canyon carved by Bixby Creek. Iceplant was introduced to California in the early 1900s as an erosion stabilization tool beside railroad tracks, and later used by Caltrans on roadsides. Iceplant is bad for a number of reasons. It’s invasive and releases salt into the soil, raising the salt level high enough to inhibit other plant seeds, especially grasses.  It doesn't serve as a food source for animals and can out-compete the native plants for water, light, and space. It's actually bad for erosion control. Having weak root systems, these heavy plants can cause the hill to start sliding, taking existing topsoil from the slope. Although the soft succulent new growth has a high water content which doesn't burn, the slow-to-decompose dead leaves layered underneath create a fire hazard.
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  • Bixby Creek Bridge (1932), Big Sur coast, California, USA. 120 miles south of San Francisco and 13 miles south of Carmel in Monterey County along State Route 1. Completed in 1932 for just over $200,000, the concrete span, one of the highest bridges of its kind in the world, soars 260 feet above the bottom of a steep canyon carved by Bixby Creek. This panorama was stitched from multiple images.
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  • Bixby Creek Bridge (1932), Big Sur coast, California, USA. 120 miles south of San Francisco and 13 miles south of Carmel in Monterey County along State Route 1. Completed in 1932 for just over $200,000, the concrete span, one of the highest bridges of its kind in the world, soars 260 feet above the bottom of a steep canyon carved by Bixby Creek.
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  • Non-native Calla lilies on Doud Creek, Garrapata State Park, California, USA. The park is 6.7 miles south of Carmel and 18 miles north of Big Sur Village on the Monterey coast. These non-native Doud Creek calla lilies bloom in late January through mid April (photographed March 8, 2022). The plant is originally from Malawi and South Africa.
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  • Non-native Calla lilies on Doud Creek, Garrapata State Park, California, USA. The park is 6.7 miles south of Carmel and 18 miles north of Big Sur Village on the Monterey coast. These non-native Doud Creek calla lilies bloom in late January through mid April (photographed March 8, 2022). The plant is originally from Malawi and South Africa.
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  • Non-native Calla lilies on Doud Creek, Garrapata State Park, California, USA. The park is 6.7 miles south of Carmel and 18 miles north of Big Sur Village on the Monterey coast. These non-native Doud Creek calla lilies bloom in late January through mid April (photographed March 8, 2022). The plant is originally from Malawi and South Africa.
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  • Non-native Calla lilies on Doud Creek, Garrapata State Park, California, USA. The park is 6.7 miles south of Carmel and 18 miles north of Big Sur Village on the Monterey coast. These non-native Doud Creek calla lilies bloom in late January through mid April (photographed March 8, 2022). The plant is originally from Malawi and South Africa.
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  • Sue-meg State Park, 25 miles north of Eureka, Humboldt County, California, USA. Previously named Patrick's Point State Park from 1930-2001, Sue-meg is the original place name used by the Yurok people. The park is home to many tree species including coastal redwoods, Sitka spruce, hemlock, pine, fir and red alder and wildflower meadows with a shoreline that consists of sandy beaches and sheer cliffs against the Pacific Ocean.
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  • Recreated Yurok village in Sue-meg State Park, 25 miles north of Eureka, in Humboldt County, California, USA. Previously named Patrick's Point State Park from 1930-2001, Sue-meg is the original place name used by the Yurok people. The park is home to many tree species including coastal redwoods, Sitka spruce, hemlock, pine, fir and red alder and wildflower meadows with a shoreline that consists of sandy beaches and sheer cliffs against the Pacific Ocean.
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  • Tsunami Evacuation Route sign on Miner's Ridge Trail, walked from Gold Bluffs Beach Campground, in Murrelet State Wilderness, California, USA.
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  • Redwood trees on Clintonia Trail in Murrelet State Wilderness, California, USA.
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  • Light rays in foggy redwood forest in Murrelet State Wilderness, California, USA.
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  • Light rays in foggy redwood forest in Murrelet State Wilderness, California, USA.
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  • Orange fruiting bodies on lichen. Murrelet State Wilderness, California, USA.
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  • Skunk cabbage. Murrelet State Wilderness, California, USA.
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  • Tangled trees in Fern Canyon in Murrelet State Wilderness, seen on a loop hike from Gold Bluffs Beach and returning via via coastal Prairie Creek Redwoods State Park, in California, USA.
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  • Fern Canyon trail in Murrelet State Wilderness is accessible from Prairie Creek Redwoods State Park, in California, USA.
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  • Light rays slice through fog in Fern Canyon. Fern Canyon trail in Murrelet State Wilderness is accessible from Prairie Creek Redwoods State Park, in California, USA.
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  • Gold Bluffs Beach, Prairie Creek Redwoods State Park, California, USA.
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  • Pacific waves crash at Gold Bluffs Beach, Prairie Creek Redwoods State Park, California, USA.
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  • Pacific waves crash at Gold Bluffs Beach, Prairie Creek Redwoods State Park, California, USA.
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  • A message on a bottle: keep clam and please don't litter. Gold Bluffs Beach, Prairie Creek Redwoods State Park, California, USA.
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  • Coastal redwoods are the world's tallest lifeform. Stout Memorial Grove, Jedediah Smith Redwoods State Park, California, USA
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  • Coastal redwoods are the world's tallest lifeform. Stout Memorial Grove, Jedediah Smith Redwoods State Park, California, USA
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  • Gnarly roots of a fallen giant. Stout Memorial Grove, Jedediah Smith Redwoods State Park, California, USA
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  • Redwood sorrel, Stout Memorial Grove, Jedediah Smith Redwoods State Park, California, USA
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  • Stout Memorial Grove, Jedediah Smith Redwoods State Park, California, USA
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  • Thomas Creek Bridge Viewpoint loop trail, Samuel Boardman Scenic Corridor, Oregon coast, USA. This panorama was stitched from multiple images.
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  • Natural Bridges Viewpoint, Samuel Boardman State Scenic Corridor, Oregon Coast Trail, USA
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  • A couple dressed for a formal wedding explore Secret Beach, Samuel Boardman State Scenic Corridor, Oregon coast, USA
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  • A couple dressed for a formal wedding explore Secret Beach, Samuel Boardman State Scenic Corridor, Oregon coast, USA
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  • Secret Beach and waterfall, Samuel Boardman State Scenic Corridor, Oregon coast, USA. This panorama was stitched from multiple images.
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  • Secret Beach, Samuel Boardman State Scenic Corridor, Oregon coast, USA. This panorama was stitched from multiple images.
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  • Secret Beach, Samuel Boardman State Scenic Corridor, Oregon coast, USA
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  • Sea stacks at Pistol River State Scenic Viewpoint, Oregon coast, USA
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  • Sea stacks at Face Rock State Scenic Viewpoint, Bandon, Oregon, USA
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