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When I was photographing Long Lake, I passed by a man loading his camper to leave. His name is Gary Hendricks, and he's a retired teacher. When he told me he had been coming to this lake for the last 50 years, I became very interested in his input about traveling to the Colville National forest from his home in Moses Lake about two hours away. Hendricks said it’s the quietude of the lake – Long Lake is closed to motorboats because of rare loons (a cold weather bird that lives around water) sensitive to human disturbances – and the quality of fishing that keeps him coming back. “The first time I came here the lake was alive with fish,” he said. “They were jumping out of the water. I sat on the bank with a fishing pole and caught one after another.” Hendricks was 25 when he first came to Long Lake. He's 76 now.

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When I was photographing Long Lake, I passed by a man loading his camper to leave. His name is Gary Hendricks, and he's a retired teacher. When he told me he had been coming to this lake for the last 50 years, I became very interested in his input about traveling to the Colville National forest from his home in Moses Lake about two hours away. Hendricks said it’s the quietude of the lake – Long Lake is closed to motorboats because of rare loons (a cold weather bird that lives around water) sensitive to human disturbances – and the quality of fishing that keeps him coming back. “The first time I came here the lake was alive with fish,” he said. “They were jumping out of the water. I sat on the bank with a fishing pole and caught one after another.” Hendricks was 25 when he first came to Long Lake. He's 76 now.