Grab the nearest book. Open it and go to the
tenth word. Do a Google Image Search of the word. Write about what the image
brings to mind.
The nearest book I grabbed is the National Audubon Society Field Guide
to the Pacific Northwest, and the tenth word was Oregon. When I google image
searched “Oregon,” it came up with a series of image subcategories which
included “Ducks, Football, Nature, University, Flag, and Ducks Uniforms.” Upon looking at the images, it brings to mind
some of the many, many reasons why I fell in love with the Northwest upon visiting
my husband’s family in Oregon for the first time over 5+ years ago. These
reasons and the images searched include, but are certainly not limited to, the
Oregon Coast, its many lighthouses, Crater Lake, Mt. Hood and the Three
Sisters, Multnomah Falls, Portland, and the Willamette Valley to name a few. In fact, as I look at the images, there are
so many more places I would love to visit in Oregon of whose existence I was
not yet aware.
One of the first things I did when we moved to WA was purchase a travel
book about the NW for my Kindle. Even more recently, I purchased a hard cover
copy of the National Audubon Field Guide because there are such an abundance of
things to see, places to visit, and nature to discover in the Pacific NW. I believe I could spend a lifetime here and
still not experience all there is to experience, and that’s a blessing. Living in such a beautiful part of the
country makes driving to work every day while looking across the Nisqually
Wildlife Refuge in the shadow of Mt. Rainier to the right and the ebb and flow
of the Puget Sound to my left worth the long week days. Knowing the weekend is coming when we can
take off on a road trip to hike in the Olympic National Forest, wade in the
tide pools of the Strait of San Juan De Fuca, check out the snow at Hurricane
Ridge, or just picnic at our local Tumwater Falls Park after floating down the
Deschutes River is enough to keep me content for quite a while. I don’t know how long we’ll be here or if
we’ll decide to make this our final state of residence, but it may very well
end of being one of my favorite residences due to its more than seven wonders
of the natural world! J
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