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just after trailhead, Willow and I found this beautiful, rushing stream. the sun hit the stream just so, dappling down between deciduous leaves and dancing across the tops of the ferns. to the right, a simple log bridge allows passage when the water is high. to the left, the stream wanders off down the hill, parallel to the handful of other streams we crossed that day, leaving mossy rocks and so many little pools in their wake. 

shot by Willow