We still had plenty of day as we drove down the Rogue River, so we stopped at the Gorge and at a few other stops to do some leg stretching and sight-seeing.
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| we have stopped here before, but it is always a pleasant place to take a break and be amazed anew. |
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| I love the mossy boulder strewings |
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| the Rogue River in mid-September |
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| that trees grow out of this sheer cliff full of lava tube holes and pounded by high waters was pointed out as wondrous |
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| it's hard to capture the Gorge |
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| waterfall forced through the bottle-neck |
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| the Rogue enters a narrow part of the Gorge |
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| water does it's work on basalt |
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| water features by Mother Nature |
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| Jeffery hikes near a pretty tree |
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| colorful foliage |
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| Miller Creek Falls - 173 ft. tall |
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| are we having fun yet? you bet we are! |
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| art shot of Barr Creek Falls, just a little ways from Miller Creek Falls |
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| Barr Falls - 242 ft tall |
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| beautiful bridge just outside the town of Prospect, OR, which is a charming place |
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| upstream of the bridge. see the deck belonging to whoever is lucky enough to live right here. |
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| view downstream of the bridge, which shows a little of the Avenue of Boulders, which we've hiked to in the past |
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| view of afar before the dark made photo-taking worthless |
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| a final view of the bridge |
We ended up in a hotel in Ashland, which we found in the dark, because we'd spent more time along the beautiful Rogue River than planned. We were so tired, we ate dinner and went to bed.
Wonderful pictures! I want to go there! I especially like the holes made by Mother Nature and the trees growing out of the rocks. Amazing what power a seed has that takes root where it finds itself and then splits rock becoming a tree.
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