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| Wild Goose Cafe and Bar
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| The diner, Wild
Goose Cafe and Bar, where I ate breakfast.
| The diner was filled with locals. I sat at the bar.
I wonder if the guy holding up the newspaper was intending to cover his
friend's face or just showing him an article.
| Hash browns, scrambled eggs, and a home-made marionberry muffin.
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| Lower Table Rock
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| Lower Table Rock, as seen from shortly up the trail from the parking
lot. Look at all the different types of trees at different elevations.
| A plaque that explains the different ecosystems. If you view the previous
picture, you can spot the various levels.
In addition, I could see the changes in setting as I hiked up to the top.
| Wildflowers grew, but only during the first part of the hike.
If you look closely, you can spot some purple ones and some yellow ones in
addition the large number of blue and white ones.
| These solitary orange-red flowers stood out in the generally flowerless
environ at this higher altitude.
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| Taken from halfway up Lower Table Rock, this movie was intended to show
three different micro-climates. And it does, though it's hard to see in
this video that each third of the video actually shows different types
of plants and trees. (It's easier to spot if you pause and look at the
leaves.)
| There were lots of wildflowers along the flat top of Table Rock.
| A distinctive mountain (Mount Hood?) in the distance.
| A panorama from the top of Lower Table Rock. Yes, it really is pretty
much the same in all directions (except for the distinctive mountain
three-quarters of the way through the movie). Also, notice the many
wildflowers: yellow, blue, and white.
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| One path atop this table rock leads to a cliff. Where the ground ends in
this picture, it really does drop nearly straight down.
| The top of Upper Table Rock as seen from the top of Lower Table Rock.
The valley in between is easy to miss in this picture.
| The flat area near the park is called Rogue River Valley. It seems to
have many farms.
| The Rogue River Valley, as seen from the top of Lower Table Rock.
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| Another look down into Rogue River Valley.
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| Upper Table Rock
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| Upper Table Rock, as seen from the parking lot by Lower Table Rock.
| A panorama from the top of Upper Table Rock. Yes, it looks practically
identical to the top of Lower Table Rock.
| From part of the way up Upper Table Rock, one can see the top of part of
Upper Table Rock as well as, in the distance, Lower Table Rock.
Despite the names, they're roughly the same height.
| I took this picture while returning from the top of Upper Table Rock.
Look closely. Do you see why I took this picture?
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| A detail of the previous picture. This is the closest picture I got
before the salamander (?) scurried away. I'm not complaining--I can even
see the scales on its skin in this picture!
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| Omar's
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| Omar's, my
dinner destination.
| I forgot to take a picture of Omar's red, old-time interior.
| The large salad which came free with dinner, accompanied by blue cheese
and poppy seed dressing.
| The warm multi-grain bread which also came as an appetizer.
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| "Citrus seared pacific escolar" with potatoes, mussels, shrimp,
vegetables, and "grape tomatoes" in a "orange fennel lobster broth, and
topped with lemon saffron aioli."
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