Thm twilight son*.
You don't have to
go into space to en
ter another dimen
sion. Visit Gold Hill
Oregon, home of
the 165-foot-diame
ter Oregon Vortex.
Within its circle,
people “shrink" or
grow depending
on where they
stand; animals shun
the area. No one
knows what causes
the magnetic weird
ness, but the
eruption of Mount
St. Helens appar
ently weakened its
power. Call
503-855-1S43.
It's a good little walk across glaciers and snowfields to Camp Muir, 10,000 feet up on the shoulder of Mount Rainier.
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sn nit d to slnniiin ami \ 11natt with tin mutinn <»i
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tin twu thlllUs srpaiatt lv ^ou pit k up on tin tain
m i tc tiin ss "i things tin wav all atoms follow a
single pattern ^ nil see tin dam*
I tried to tulluw w hat In uas sa\ imi hut |iist then
tin damp Washmuton sk\ hioke t"i i moment a
shaft "I sun shot tint»nuh the trees hount etl f i "in tin
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e\es I was strut k h\ tilt < "inn - fedness i *f nature
and In tiled huek f"l tile sprites I t'si »|\ lllli tu et *11
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ISLAND-HOPPING
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\N ashinuton s San Juan Islands, which dot tin St i ait
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( niilium mis states
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h< •“ h to tin next l.xeiv snimin i Seattle based
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ka\ ak a amp mu tups limn Unas Island to Sin ia I
land a boat onlx state park I In >dSl* lee inc ludes
kax ak i nst i nc t ion all t ampini^ u< ai and near m n
met meals \t\ last Snc i.t t up \x as hmhhuhted bx a
spt c tac nlai show ol noithein lights that I watched
I roll i ms sleeping but* on an emptx heath
lo t amp on an ( >it as Island t htl sleep m a i m.tn
t ahin soak in a hot till) m liste n to live him 1 ,
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t In lai 11 p oi t In island ( ahi ns start it u I -
a n i tih t I he island is a >0 minute ten x
pm t C it \ ol \nac • M tes ( all 2* >'
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