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Somewhere in Wyoming, a sculpture atop a hill . . .
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These are the real thing, even if they're captive . . .
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We like unusual cloud displays . . .
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There was still some snow behind the snow fences in western Wyoming
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It's encouraging to see more wind farms as we travel . . .
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Somewhere, there's a redneck with a jacked up truck and tire envy . . .
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Don't know what happened here, but the size of the response was impressive
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There's plenty of impressive scenery crossing Northern Utah
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It's probably sandstone, and the weathered shapes are great
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Ahh - a very welcoming sign indeed
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Plenty of snow on the Cascades near Bend, OR
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The mountains west of Bend are always a welcome sight after crossing the desert
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Bend's High Desert Museum is a first-class attraction
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They had a great display of petroglyph-inspired art
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Picture of an enhanced photo of some Eastern Oregon rock art
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The museum combines museum displays and live animals like this lynx
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A press like this was used to bale hides for the fur trade in the early 1800's
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This impressive diorama illustrates the early placer gold mines
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Plateau Indians made these gorgeous bags from corn husks
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Lots of brass sculpture animals inhabit the High Desert Museum grounds, but this guy is real
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So is this cutie
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Tortoises cavort amid antique mining equipment
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We took lots of pictures of the river otter, but most showed just a blur. Finally, he was still for a sec.
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The otter has a small, but nice habitat at the High Desert Museum
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The ground squirrels were everywhere, and not at all shy
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A few authentic-looking teepees inhabit the grounds
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This is a model of an actual early sawmill
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We loved this life sized barbed-wire sculpture of a mare and foal
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Several fish-filled streams wander through the Museum grounds
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Some very talented sculptors are represented here
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This sculpture was amazing
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Mount Bachelor still has lots of snow, although ski season is over
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The ranger station atop Lava Butte, one of about 400 cinder cones in the Newberry Volcano area
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All those mounds in the distance represent mini-eruptions over a period of a few thousand years
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This is the lava flow from Lava Butte, which erupted about 6,000 years ago
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The Lava Butte crater has a well-interpreted quarter mile walk around the rim
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Lava Butte geology explained
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You need a lantern to visit the impressive lava tube between Bend and Sun River
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The lava tube still had impressive ice formations in the entrance
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We ate at Baldy's - a pretty good BBQ joint
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Lunch with Linda Hathorn, Cindy Toney, Cindy's sister-in-law, and Bobbe Crain - a Reedsport reunion!
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First Presbyterian in Bend - we got to go there three weeks
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A tiny Pizzaria in Sun River, D'Orazio's has no atmosphere, but great pizza
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The Crains, Hathorns and Aslaksons managed a fun meal together
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Bob and Bobbe Crain's "cabin" in the woods
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Al isn't afraid!
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Bob and Al relax on the Crain's great patio
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A Crain cat finds a handy drink . . .
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This is Tumalo Falls, just a few miles uphill from the Crain's place
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We drove to the falls. Bob wanted to walk. We like him anyway . . .
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This early in the year, there's water weeping out of the rocks most everywhere
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Judy took this one . . .
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The falls have carved quite a canyon over the years
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The rescue squad responds - somebody was "out of breath" somewhere on the trail
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One day we took a walk along the river to Benham Falls
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Along the trail, a curiously agile tree trunk
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At best, these are second-growth trees along the river
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The Deschutes River is very picturesque in many places
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Benham Falls is actually more like extended rapids - but still beautiful
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The trail follows the route of an old logging railroad, and is quite popular
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Once upon a time, this rig was used to measure the river stage
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Another day, we went to Petersen's Rock Garden, near Redmond OR
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The place shows the many things Rasmus Petersen built from rocks he found on his farm
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Once he got rolling, he foraged rocks from neighboring farms as well
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Most of this stuff was built in the 1930s.
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They say all the rocks used came from within 70 miles of the farm
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It all started as a personal rock garden, but quickly grew into a roadside attraction
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At some point, many of these were electrified, but the wiring has deteriorated
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Today, the children and grandchildren operate and maintain the attraction
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There were some noisy residents around the grounds
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A wonderful piece of petrified wood
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Obviously, there's a lot of concrete holding those rocks together
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The several ponds on the grounds are well inhabited
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Mr Petersen would probably be called an artist today. Back then he was an eccentric
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The details are often impressive
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This lighthouse was once lit.
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There are many live frogs in the water around this stone one
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Another attractive inhabitant
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Yep, they have a rock museum - full of rocks.
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These rocks glow under ultraviolet light.
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The views of the mountains from the Bend area are impressive.
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Heading west over the Cascades, we spotted a retired covered bridge
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Judy's sister Joanna has some colorful flowers in her Eugene yard
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There are almost always nice flowers in Joanna's yard
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Opening gathering at the Family Motor Coach Association rally at Albany OR
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Neat license plate at the RV rally
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Another neat one
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A horse on a skateboard - that's novel
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Every FMCA gathering features music by a group from The Frustrated Maestros
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Judy had a lot of fun at the Red Hat Society luncheon, as did this lady
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There were a couple hundred gals at the Red Hat luncheon
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They formed a very large kazoo band
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It's one of the ways you meet folks at these rallies
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Two old guys with a common hair style
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Two more old guys show they know where to buy hair
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Every night, about 1200 of us gathered for dinner and entertainment
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We'll end on this shot of the truck used to collect food for the local food pantry