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Cranes’ Landing and Fog

January 24, 2022April 25, 2022 / Nancy Friedland / 13 Comments

We went for another glimpse of Sandhill Cranes, but everything was submerged in an opaque fog, and we could have been anywhere.... I listened intently for that bugling call, or the cry of the geese. Apparitions rose from the fog as I peered around, and my ears strained to hear

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Between Mountains

August 26, 2021April 25, 2022 / Nancy Friedland / 9 Comments

Around each turn road signs point into the dense forest, beckoning toward hidden pleasures lying in wait: a thousand trails, over a hundred lakes, and a variety of landscapes and viewpoints beyond.

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Big Obsidian Flow

July 28, 2021April 25, 2022 / Nancy Friedland / 6 Comments

Mounds of lava pile up near Oregon's eastside rivers and roads, a bleak, barren sideshow alongside all the greenery. Standing in the midst of it is to be in another world, mind swept clean.

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Drama

May 24, 2021May 2, 2022 / Nancy Friedland / 13 Comments

I thought the biggest drama of a trip would be the fact that I haven't taken an overnight trip in 19 months. But that part was easy. The drama came from all directions.

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Eastside Westside

December 26, 2019May 2, 2022 / Nancy Friedland / 12 Comments

Eastsider? Westsider? These terms are new to me, but it makes sense. The Oregon Cascades Mountains create a great divide running along the length of the state with two different climates, economies, lifestyles, and politics - all the things that make a life.

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