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Coyote Wall Loop
Some weeks give us plenty to carry. But every so often, a trail asks us to set all of it down. I drove south last night with a full week still riding along, four hours of highway between me and The Dalles, and thirty minutes of dark road saved for this morning. I almost did…
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Tunnel Falls
COLUMBIA RIVER GORGE, CASCADE LOCKS, OR: The road felt different than it usually does before a hike. Normally it’s just me, darkness, and the quiet hum of tires before sunrise, but this time the highway carried a migration of seekers escaping south into the weekend. I watched the early evening light hang over small Puget…
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Dry Creek & Bridal Veil Falls
COLUMBIA RIVER GORGE NATIONAL SCENIC AREA, OR: With an early morning start that really felt like the night before, I had plenty of road-time to Bridal Veil Falls in Oregon, a quick stop before my hike at Dry Creek Falls in the Columbia River Gorge. The stillness of the early morning was like a gentle…