Enchantment
by Don Schwartz
Title
Enchantment
Artist
Don Schwartz
Medium
Photograph - Digital Photography
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A woman and a dog, barely detectable among the towering trees of Neahkahnie Mountain along the Oregon Coast, are headed toward a moment of enchantment. According to legends of the Coastal Indians (probably the Nehalem Clan of the Tillamook Tribe), Neah-Kah-Nie (often spelled Neahkahnie) Mountain is seen as a sleeping warrior, waiting to be awakened. In the tribal language, "Ne" means "place of" and "Ekahni" means "supreme deity." Neah-Kah-Nie = "the place of the superme deity."
The mountain, which juts 1600 feet above the beach, plunges into the sea at the north end of Manzanita Beach, bifurcating the beach and causing fog and clouds coming in from the north to be redirected out to sea, to come aground again around Rockaway Beach. This is why Manzanita is often known as "the banana belt" of the North Oregon Coast.
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August 11th, 2013
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Parrish Todd
This is so beautiful, I love the blur at the top of the image. Adding this location to my hiking bucket list!
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