I had been looking forward to getting back to Waldo Lake. My family has been coming here for years and it’s a very special place. The lake is in the Cascades Mountains between Eugene and Bend. It’s kind of Oregon’s answer to Lake Tahoe but more remote and less visited. Motorized boats are banned so it’s […]
Oregon
McKenzie River Trail
The McKenzie River Trail in Oregon is one of my favorite places. It offers spectacular scenery, hiking, an awesome trail for moutain biking, waterfalls, hot springs, and fishing. The colors of the water and surrounding forest are surreal. Sahalie and Koosah falls are easily accessible from the road. Tamolitch Blue Pool is a little more […]
Opal Creek
We had kind of planned on going to Glacier National Park in September. Glacier is one of our favorite National Parks if not favorite. But Oregon seems to be tugging at our heart so we are looking at staying and exploring more of this beautiful state before the infamous rains arrive and we start heading […]
Pacific City, Oregon
I think I can count the number of warm sunny days I’ve spent on the Oregon Coast on one hand. We stayed five days at Pacific City Thousand Trails and managed to hit the beach weather loto with highs in the 80’s. The park has trails to the beach across the road and you can even […]
Going Coastal
We spent a week on the beautiful Oregon Coast at Whaler’s Rest south of Newport. The weather was unfortunately a bit on the wet side for July. We did enjoy a couple of good beach days and sightseeing between showers. We had to cut our trip short when Jaime’s tooth got infected and she had to […]
Summer Solstice
We had high hopes for making the most of the longest day of the year and things went mostly to plan. The weather finally improved to a nice Central Oregon mid 70’s. I blew up our paddle boards and we took a cruise up the Little Deschutes River. There was enough of a current to […]
Summer in Oregon Starts July 5th
My Dad maybe not so jokingly likes to say that summer in Oregon starts July 5th. This week that seems the case. I drove up the Cascades Lakes Scenic Byway yesterday to take some pictures and summer definitely looks far off.
Bend Sunriver RV Resort
We successfully navigated to our first stop just South of Sunriver at the Thousand Trails Bend Sunriver RV Resort. It’s a pretty nice campground with access to the little Deschutes river. A drastic change in the weather has put a damper on our paddle board plans for now. Jaime’s parents (Texas contingency) have joined us […]
Adventures Ahead
Monday we finally leave the parents driveway and head out for the unknown or Sunriver (whichever comes first). We sold our last thing from California, our beloved Land Cruiser and bought a 2014 Jeep Wrangler that was already setup for RV towing. My parents posed for a ceremonial passing of the keys before heading out […]
Orygone!
We are in Oregon, getting the Winnebago ready to hit the road. We realize we haven’t updated the blog in a while but trust us, we are working hard. If you are reading the blog, please leave a comment and say Hi. We love to hear from family, friends and visitors to the site. Cheers!