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Seagulls lining up on
St. Pete Beach, FL |
For a variety of expected and unexpected reasons, I've been traveling a great deal over the last month.
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Cemetery in McNeal, Arizona |
First I journeyed from my former home in New Mexico to St. Pete, Florida.
Once returned to NM, I packed up and drove up to Portland, Oregon, stopping over in McNeal, Arizona and Klamath Falls, OR.
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Flowers blooming in Portland, Oregon |
From Portland, OR, I flew the friendly skies out to Portland, Maine.
I've seen weather fluctuating from 8 inches of snow to balmy sea breezes and 75 degrees, and zipped up and down from sea level to snowy mountain passes.
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In flight |
Through all of this, I've kept my camera stashed in my purse, and managed to make good use of it here and there.
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Sunset from car window,
Portland, Oregon |
(I've also taken quite a few dreadful photos, rambling around rest stops to stretch my legs or sitting in doctor's offices blessed with surprisingly nice water views, and other places when I needed to pause for a moment. I'll keep those masses of less successful photos to myself.)
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Hwy 97 north of Klamath Falls, OR |
Lovely shots or not, I find focusing on images relaxing, a quick and easy way to tune down the incessant whirring of my sometimes overactive mind.
After a month, I can tell you: this country is very large, and gorgeous in a myriad of ways.
I presume at some point I will be more clear on what season it is and what time zone applies to me. We'll see.