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In honor of the Outdoor Rec issue, an ode to our beautiful outdoors, in six parts.

Part One: The Source names a poet laureate of This Perfect Day. Because what’s better than a day doing something you love outside? Doing it with poetry, of course.

all the highways END IN SKY

by Emily Carr

thursday rehearses herself on top

of a mountain, the sun arrives backwards,

double-fisted, an animal wind moves

in the trees, rearranging the world

in terms of female honesty. (you’ve come

this far so why not—

Parts Two, Three, Four, Five and Six: Source writers share their Perfect Days.

• Hood River Bike Stop
• Rockhounding at Richardson’s Rock Ranch
• McKenzie Paddle Adventure
• Beast Mode
• John Day River Steelhead, on a Fly

This article appears in Jun 27 – Jul 4, 2018.

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This perfect day

by The Source Staff, The Source - Bend, Oregon
June 27, 2018

<h1>This perfect day</h1> <p class="byline">by The Source Staff, The Source - Bend, Oregon <br />June 27, 2018</p> <br /> <figure class="wp-block-image size-full aligncenter aligncenter"><a href="https://www.bendsource.com/wp-content/uploads/2018/06/feature2-9cover-a57331727988fc4a.webp"><img src="https://www.bendsource.com/wp-content/uploads/2018/06/feature2-9cover-a57331727988fc4a.webp" alt="" class="wp-image-40479" /></a></figure> <p> <b><i>In honor of the Outdoor Rec issue, an ode to our beautiful outdoors, in six parts.</i></b> </p> <p> <b>Part One: The Source names a poet laureate of This Perfect Day. Because what's better than a day doing something you love outside? Doing it with poetry, of course.</b> </p> </p> <h3 class="content_h3"> <b>all the highways END IN SKY</b><br /></h3> </p> <h5 class="content_h5">by Emily Carr</h5> <p> thursday rehearses herself on top </p> <p> of a mountain, the sun arrives backwards, </p> <p> double-fisted, an animal wind moves </p> <p> in the trees, rearranging the world </p> <p> in terms of female honesty. (you've come </p> <p> this far so why not—</p> <p> <b> Parts Two, Three, Four, Five and Six: Source writers share their Perfect Days.</b> </p> <ul> <li><a href="/bend/Content?editor=true&amp;oid=6395878" target="_blank">Hood River Bike Stop </a></li> <li><a href="/bend/Content?editor=true&amp;oid=6395928" target="_blank">Rockhounding at Richardson's Rock Ranch</a></li> <li><a href="/bend/Content?editor=true&amp;oid=6396007" target="_blank">McKenzie Paddle Adventure</a></li> <li><a href="/bend/Content?editor=true&amp;oid=6396011" target="_blank">Beast Mode</a></li> <li><a href="/bend/Content?editor=true&amp;oid=6396112" target="_blank">John Day River Steelhead, on a Fly</p> <p></a></li> </ul> <p>This &lt;a target=&quot;_blank&quot; href=&quot;https://www.bendsource.com/news/this-perfect-day-6394770/&quot;&gt;article&lt;/a&gt; first appeared on &lt;a target=&quot;_blank&quot; href=&quot;https://www.bendsource.com&quot;&gt;The Source - Bend, Oregon&lt;/a&gt; and is republished here under a &lt;a target=&quot;_blank&quot; href=&quot;https://creativecommons.org/licenses/by-nd/4.0/&quot;&gt;Creative Commons Attribution-NoDerivatives 4.0 International License&lt;/a&gt;.&lt;img src=&quot;https://i0.wp.com/www.bendsource.com/wp-content/uploads/2026/03/cropped-Untitled-design-4.png?resize=150%2C150&amp;amp;ssl=1&quot; style=&quot;width:1em;height:1em;margin-left:10px;&quot;&gt;</p> &lt;img id=&quot;republication-tracker-tool-source&quot; src=&quot;https://www.bendsource.com/?republication-pixel=true&amp;post=40471&quot; style=&quot;width:1px;height:1px;&quot;&gt;&lt;script&gt; PARSELY = { autotrack: false, onload: function() { PARSELY.beacon.trackPageView({ url: &quot;https://www.bendsource.com/news/this-perfect-day-6394770/&quot;, urlref: window.location.href }); } } &lt;/script&gt; &lt;script id=&quot;parsely-cfg&quot; src=&quot;//cdn.parsely.com/keys/bendsource.com/p.js&quot;&gt;&lt;/script&gt;

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