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@outsidehiker

Dad, hiker, 5th grade teacher married to my sweet love. All pics are taken on my own adventures.

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BLM Announces Plan to Fell Oregon's Last Great Forests One billion board feet per year... 30 days to make your voice heard.

I copied this from someone here on BS to share with a few friends. I apologize for not reposting it. This is of huge importance to me and the planet. πŸ’”

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06.03.2026 02:18 πŸ‘ 120 πŸ” 45 πŸ’¬ 14 πŸ“Œ 0

I am a fifth grade teacher and in their defense, they would’ve chat gtp’d this statement with much more ingenuity before Christmas break as they actually care about trying to trick their audience (me)β€”albeit β€œ6/7” would’ve undoubtedly played a major role in their disclosure somehow.

02.01.2026 22:28 πŸ‘ 10 πŸ” 0 πŸ’¬ 0 πŸ“Œ 0

🀣 Yes on the red tail…probably should be just a deer trail but it just hasn’t been cleared since the fire five years ago and I was dumb enough to hike it without checking its status beforehand πŸ€¦β€β™‚οΈπŸ˜†πŸ€·πŸ».
Lesson learned.

10.12.2025 06:42 πŸ‘ 1 πŸ” 0 πŸ’¬ 1 πŸ“Œ 0
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Looking down towards Eagle Creek from the PCT a couple of weeks ago.
Beautiful hike, all the trails up there were horrible (🀣) besides PCT.

#oregon #hiking #columbiarivergorge #pacificcrestrrail

10.12.2025 05:35 πŸ‘ 22 πŸ” 0 πŸ’¬ 1 πŸ“Œ 0

πŸ’™ We are so blessed to have those people in our lives!! What a treasure!!

06.10.2025 13:57 πŸ‘ 2 πŸ” 0 πŸ’¬ 0 πŸ“Œ 0

Who’s in the picture with you Eric?

04.10.2025 04:22 πŸ‘ 2 πŸ” 0 πŸ’¬ 0 πŸ“Œ 0

That better not be in Portland.

17.09.2025 23:26 πŸ‘ 0 πŸ” 0 πŸ’¬ 0 πŸ“Œ 0

Mt. St. Helens 😁

04.09.2025 17:53 πŸ‘ 1 πŸ” 0 πŸ’¬ 0 πŸ“Œ 0

It was so amazingly refreshing!!

03.09.2025 23:50 πŸ‘ 1 πŸ” 0 πŸ’¬ 0 πŸ“Œ 0

Thank you!

03.09.2025 14:08 πŸ‘ 0 πŸ” 0 πŸ’¬ 0 πŸ“Œ 0
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Yes, I was taking a glorious soak in this pool before it ran over the edge.

#hiking #plunge #nature #pnw #WaterfallWednesday #EastCoastKin #outside

03.09.2025 14:08 πŸ‘ 42 πŸ” 2 πŸ’¬ 4 πŸ“Œ 1
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Looking at big sky over the Alvord Desert from the Steen’s Mountains.

#Oregon #hiking #outside #nature
#EastCoastKin #landscape

02.09.2025 12:41 πŸ‘ 31 πŸ” 0 πŸ’¬ 1 πŸ“Œ 0
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Great views from the trail on Friday. I had to stop and jump in this water with that sharp peak behind it. So beautiful!

#hiking #landscape #mountains #pnw #Eastcoastkin #trail #nature

01.09.2025 16:16 πŸ‘ 41 πŸ” 1 πŸ’¬ 0 πŸ“Œ 0

Oof. Agreed on the tick hate 😣

01.09.2025 15:03 πŸ‘ 2 πŸ” 0 πŸ’¬ 0 πŸ“Œ 0

Yes it is!!

31.08.2025 22:55 πŸ‘ 1 πŸ” 0 πŸ’¬ 0 πŸ“Œ 0
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Looking down on Snow Lake in the Mt. Margaret Backcountry.

#hiking #backpacking #alpine #pnw #nature #mtsthelens #landscape #EastCoastKin #lakestrail211

31.08.2025 14:13 πŸ‘ 49 πŸ” 1 πŸ’¬ 1 πŸ“Œ 0

πŸ€£πŸ‘Œ

30.08.2025 16:30 πŸ‘ 0 πŸ” 0 πŸ’¬ 0 πŸ“Œ 0
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Coldwater Lake yesterday on a hike near Mt. St. Helens.

#hiking #nature #landscape #pnw #EastCoastKin #washingtonstate

30.08.2025 11:09 πŸ‘ 47 πŸ” 1 πŸ’¬ 2 πŸ“Œ 0
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Old Faithful making it happen his summer in front of almost a thousand people. It was a great shared experience actually 🀷🏻😊

#nationalparks #yellowstone #nature #Eastcoastkin #geysers #wyoming #outside

29.08.2025 14:35 πŸ‘ 36 πŸ” 3 πŸ’¬ 1 πŸ“Œ 0

Gorgeous

29.08.2025 01:45 πŸ‘ 1 πŸ” 0 πŸ’¬ 0 πŸ“Œ 0

Yes please

29.08.2025 01:42 πŸ‘ 0 πŸ” 0 πŸ’¬ 0 πŸ“Œ 0
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Yellowstone falls 😊

#nationalparks #nature #hiking #Eastcoastkin #landscape #waterfallwednesday

27.08.2025 12:44 πŸ‘ 71 πŸ” 10 πŸ’¬ 1 πŸ“Œ 0
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Backpacking meal last week near Mt. Jefferson πŸ˜‹. We at them ALL day long. I listened to a podcast that said they’re ACTUALLY blueberries but they’ll always be huckleberries to me πŸ₯°.

#backpacking #nature #flora #summerberries #outside #Oregon #Eastcoastkin #foraging #pnw #huckleberry

26.08.2025 14:23 πŸ‘ 16 πŸ” 0 πŸ’¬ 0 πŸ“Œ 0
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This was our view last night traveling home on the Columbia River Gorge. Couldn’t love this place more.

#Oregon #nature #landscape #pnw #EastCoastkin #photo #sunset #photography

25.08.2025 12:29 πŸ‘ 33 πŸ” 1 πŸ’¬ 0 πŸ“Œ 0
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Backpacking out of β€˜Lupine Lane’ last month πŸ₯°πŸͺ»

#bloomscrolling #wildflowers #pnw #landscape #nature #hiking #Eastcoastkin #Oregon #mthood

24.08.2025 18:59 πŸ‘ 51 πŸ” 3 πŸ’¬ 1 πŸ“Œ 0
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Mt. Jefferson in June, super warm but ground around Russell Lake still covered. My son was taking pics of me struggling to not post hole into the snow.

#hiking #backpacking #nature #pnw #Eastcoastkin #Oregon #landscape

23.08.2025 15:51 πŸ‘ 16 πŸ” 1 πŸ’¬ 0 πŸ“Œ 1
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Firehole River inYellowstone last month. So peaceful. Super shallow too πŸ€”

#nationalparks #hiking #landscape #Eastcoastkin #nature #outside

22.08.2025 15:26 πŸ‘ 40 πŸ” 0 πŸ’¬ 0 πŸ“Œ 0
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Missed yesterday’s #waterfallwednesday but oh well. It was still beautiful to see this on Mt. Hood. Pacific Crest Trail winding beneath it πŸ₯Ύ

#hiking #nature #landscape #pnw #Eastcoastkin #pct #Oregon

21.08.2025 15:19 πŸ‘ 32 πŸ” 1 πŸ’¬ 0 πŸ“Œ 0
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Looking over Jackson Lake at the edge of the Grand Tetons this July.

#nationalparks #nature #landscape #outside #hiking #mountains

19.08.2025 15:08 πŸ‘ 18 πŸ” 0 πŸ’¬ 0 πŸ“Œ 0

Been there…That area is notorious for the amount of target practice that happens.

18.08.2025 23:50 πŸ‘ 0 πŸ” 0 πŸ’¬ 0 πŸ“Œ 0