7/28-8/7

Oh beautiful

for spacious skies,

For amber waves of grain,

For purple mountain majesties

Above the fruited plain!

America!

America!

God shed his grace on thee

And crown thy good

with brotherhood,

From sea to shining sea!

Katharine Lee Bates

{I've been in Oregon on vacation. All these shots ~ except the plane ~ are from this gorgeous, wild-west state!}