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Rocks, In Brice Creek, Umpqua National Forest, Oregon

Two Rock Cairn
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Two small rock cairn external link had been built alongside the river. Nothing dramatic like cairn found elsewhere, but pretty nonetheless.


Rocks In Brice Creek   •  In The Umpqua National Forest external link   •  Cottage Grove Ranger District external link   •  Brice Creek Trail external link   •  (Date Photographed: 12:53:05 Wednesday 26 August 2015)   •  (Date Published: Friday 18 September 2015)   •  © 2015 Bryan Costales Creative Commons Attribution-NonCommercial License #C15_4300
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Fallen Trees On Rocks
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On the other side of the creek, trees had fallen and now rested atop the rocks that made up the shore of this creek.


Rocks In Brice Creek   •  In The Umpqua National Forest external link   •  Cottage Grove Ranger District external link   •  Brice Creek Trail external link   •  (Date Photographed: 12:57:52 Wednesday 26 August 2015)   •  (Date Published: Friday 18 September 2015)   •  © 2015 Bryan Costales Creative Commons Attribution-NonCommercial License #C15_4301
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Half Submerged Rocks
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Rocks occupied the creek bed. As a consequence, some of the rocks were either half submerged or half dry.


Rocks In Brice Creek   •  In The Umpqua National Forest external link   •  Cottage Grove Ranger District external link   •  Brice Creek Trail external link   •  (Date Photographed: 13:01:10 Wednesday 26 August 2015)   •  (Date Published: Friday 18 September 2015)   •  © 2015 Bryan Costales Creative Commons Attribution-NonCommercial License #C15_4307
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Fully Submerged Rocks
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Because this was a creek made up of rocks, it makes sense that some of the rocks would be fully submerged.


Rocks In Brice Creek   •  In The Umpqua National Forest external link   •  Cottage Grove Ranger District external link   •  Brice Creek Trail external link   •  (Date Photographed: 13:02:30 Wednesday 26 August 2015)   •  (Date Published: Friday 18 September 2015)   •  © 2015 Bryan Costales Creative Commons Attribution-NonCommercial License #C15_4308
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Another Rock Cairn
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A ways further along the shore was another rock cairn. This one was more ambitious than the other two, but was still on the small side.


Rocks In Brice Creek   •  In The Umpqua National Forest external link   •  Cottage Grove Ranger District external link   •  Brice Creek Trail external link   •  (Date Photographed: 13:02:43 Wednesday 26 August 2015)   •  (Date Published: Friday 18 September 2015)   •  © 2015 Bryan Costales Creative Commons Attribution-NonCommercial License #C15_4309
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Big Boulders
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Some of the rocks lining the creek were so large that they could be called boulders.


Rocks In Brice Creek   •  In The Umpqua National Forest external link   •  Cottage Grove Ranger District external link   •  Brice Creek Trail external link   •  (Date Photographed: 13:05:52 Wednesday 26 August 2015)   •  (Date Published: Friday 18 September 2015)   •  © 2015 Bryan Costales Creative Commons Attribution-NonCommercial License #C15_4311
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Plants Grew In Cracks
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Plants grew in the cracks of some boulders. Over eons those starter grasses would transform boulders into rock, and those rocks into sand, and that sand into soil.


Rocks In Brice Creek   •  In The Umpqua National Forest external link   •  Cottage Grove Ranger District external link   •  Brice Creek Trail external link   •  (Date Photographed: 13:17:43 Wednesday 26 August 2015)   •  (Date Published: Friday 18 September 2015)   •  © 2015 Bryan Costales Creative Commons Attribution-NonCommercial License #C15_4327
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Moss Covered Rocks
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Moss covered the rocks nearest the forest. From this distance it looked like just moss, but up close was a mixture of lichen and moss.


Rocks In Brice Creek   •  In The Umpqua National Forest external link   •  Cottage Grove Ranger District external link   •  Brice Creek Trail external link   •  (Date Photographed: 13:33:48 Wednesday 26 August 2015)   •  (Date Published: Friday 18 September 2015)   •  © 2015 Bryan Costales Creative Commons Attribution-NonCommercial License #C15_4335
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