Hikers on the bluff at Iceberg Point, looking out from the southern tip of Lopez Island to the Strait of Juan de Fuca and the Olympic Range. (Brian J. Cantwell / The Seattle Times, 2017)
(Brian J. Cantwell / The Seattle Times, 2017)
Outdoors

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Arts & Life

Hikers on the bluff at Iceberg Point, looking out from the southern tip of Lopez Island to the Strait of Juan de Fuca and the Olympic Range.

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Photography

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