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Most of the beaches I saw in Oregon were pretty clean, but this one was particularly neat and free of anything other than sand. Except of course for this one washed up tree.

I went to Lake Michigan early one morning to catch the sunrise. It was pretty overcast and cleared up a bit later. I did get some sunrise shots, but I also really like these crazy icicles that were right by the water. The ice went right up to the edge, so I had to be careful not to fall in, as that water looked way too cold for a swim. As the sun broke through the clouds it lit up these icicles just perfectly!

The lighthouse in Algoma Wisconsin. This was a familiar sight for me growing up, and is something I now associate with going home for the holidays. This was a very cold sunrise, but the steam coming off the lake with the lighthouse is striking.

A view of Coit Tower in San Francisco from the water. I snapped this on my way into the city on the ferry. It looks fairly calm, but it was hard to get a steady shot the way that the boat was rocking!

This photo might not make you think of Thanksgiving, but it was where I spent Thanksgiving a few years ago! The Pismo Beach Pier at sunset was a pretty great place to be.

This shot is taken from behind one of the many waterfalls in Silver Falls State Park in Oregon. It was a beautiful day, and walking behind this waterfall made a wet Oregon day even wetter. It was worth it for the view!

At the Palace of Fine Arts in San Francisco I scared this pigeon at the right time to get him taking off over the water.

This is the view up Horestail Falls in the Sierra Nevadas. The hike to get to this point is pretty short, but the scramble to get to the top of the falls can be a bit of a challenge when the trail disappears!

There was not a lot of water flowing over Vernal Falls in Yosemite on this particular fall day, but there was enough to make a nice rainbow at the bottom.

This isn’t the typical view of Crater Lake with deep blue sky and water, but I still like it. The ominous clouds and almost grey water make the scene a little spooky.