| Oregon Spring Loop Drive
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We took a few days to make this loop below Portland, through the Willamette Valley, over to the Oregon Coast, and back to Portland. In spring, leave I-5 at any exit, wandering down past Woodburn to Silverton. Along the way visit tulip fields and, later, Iris. Past Silverton visit Silver Falls State Park, which ought to be a National Monument. Cross back over I-5 to Corvalis for more flowers and the Willamette River, passing grass seed farms of Linn County and more covered bridges than in any other state in the U.S. From Corvalis, it's out to Newport for a coastal drive that will bring you north, back over the mountains to your start south of Portland. Four days. Click each thumbnail for more detail. For more spring botanicals, see Galleries 1 and 2! For more short adventures, follow the blue links above.
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Tulip Bulb Farm
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Willamette Valley Fence Line
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Tulip Display Garden
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Tractor in Field
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Tulip Reflections
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Generational Walk
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Running in Tulips
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Grass Seed Farm
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Willamette Valley Farm
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Jordan Covered Bridge
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Gilkey Covered Bridge
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Shimanek Covered Bridge
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Middle North Falls
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North Falls
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South Falls
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Red Jellyfish
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Tufted Puffin
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Crab Boats, Newport
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Otter Point
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Tulip Farm
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Red Tulip Rows
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Tulips in Woodburn, OR
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Yellow Tulip Rows
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Pink Tulip Rows
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Spring in the Willamette
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Windmill and Tulips
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Holding Hands in Tulips
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Hoffman Covered Bridge
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Jordan Covered Bridge
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Silver Falls State Park
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Waterfall Trail
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Middle North Falls
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South Falls, Silver Falls SP
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Hiking, Silver Falls SP
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Winter Falls, Silver Falls SP
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Douglas Orton is a Seattle photographer and author of non-fiction literature available for assignment.
Douglas Orton specializes in Nature, Landscape, Lifestyle, and Portrait Photography.
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