After Beverly Beach, Oregon, we headed east and stopped at daughter Season's home for one night. Season made us a great meatloaf dinner, and we got to see SIL Lee and grandsons Owen and Connor one last time. And we used their laundry:)
Then we headed for Bend. We've been there before, but have always camped outside of town.This time we stayed at the Scandia RV Park just two and a half miles from downtown and it gave us a different perspective. We're already thinking about how could work a month-long stay in Bend into future plans.
We've got to consider our dogs when we travel and Bend has eight dog parks. I'm not aware of a another city that size (about 80,000) with so many dog parks -- most of them off leash and big.
Second, the Bend area has lots of potential kayaking. We didn't have time to kayak this go around. In fact, with the exception of one paddle Jim did at Detroit Lake, our boats have remained perched on our tow car. (At least it makes the car easy to find in a parking lot.) We'd love to get the boats in the water in Bend.
Third, Jim loves craft beer. Bend has 22 local breweries and there are another half dozen nearby. We went to just one this trip brew pub this trip.
Fourth, we like to hike. There is plenty of that near Bend, plus could get in a couple of miles just walking around the dog parks. Bend looks like it's going through growing pains. Three out of four Bend residents moved there within the last 25 years. With today's mobile world maybe that's not terribly unusual -- but traffic was heavy on the main streets, and I was told housing prices are high. Still -- we'd like to spend more time there to see if we can add Bend to our list of favorite cities. |
Wednesday, October 5, 2016
Bend, Oregon
Subscribe to:
Post Comments (Atom)
I've enjoyed getting caught up on your bi and quadrupedal adventures. Perhaps a solution to the picture taking would be to train Arlo (clearly the more responsible pooch) to walk Maddie.
ReplyDeleteNonetheless, always good to see pics of the places that you have been and and to read your commentary. Also, a comfort to see Jim behind glasses of his IPOs, could hardly recognize him otherwise.
Hi Carl! Glad you are following our adventures again, and that we are giving you something to follow. Won't be long before we head south. Your suggestion re: Arlo might work as he does like to hang on to her collar. However, it does not take long before it's chewed in half, so we don't encourage it.
Delete