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August 06, 2012
I hadn’t meant to push my bikey agenda so much at the family reunion last weekend. It all started out innocently enough: I knew there would be a pleasant network of bike paths in Sunriver, where we we...
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August 06, 2012
A search for “cycling Bend Oregon” brought up the Cycle Pub, the 14-person bicycle I convinced my family to ride through Bend. I also came across Central Oregon’s Scenic Bikeways. That’s right. Oregon...
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July 27, 2012
Inside the Deschutes National Forest lies a gem. The Newberry National Volcanic Monument is a must see for those who travel Oregon. Managed by the U.S. Forest Service, the monument offers a unique o...
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July 24, 2012
After several fun days exploring and eating our way through downtown Portland we hit the road and traveled through the mountains to Bend, Oregon....
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July 21, 2012
This past week, to celebrate six great years of marriage, Drew and I joined our friends Jim and Shelly (married 22 years) and Meghan and Travis (married some amount longer than us and so we are still ...
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July 11, 2012
Mt Bachelor, southeast of Portland, Oregon, is my all-time favorite ski mountain, because it has all the features that I crave in one resort. There are easy enough greens to warm up on, and cruising b...
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June 09, 2012
Bend is a little over 3 hours way from Portland in Central Oregon. We settled on Bend for a couple reasons. It is a part of Oregon we haven't been too and it is the home of 10 breweries (along with 2 ...
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May 28, 2012
For the past couple of years, my little family has taken a Memorial Day vacation with some great friends. The vacation takes place in Bend, where we rent a house, bring lots of food, watch some movies...
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May 17, 2012
Bend is located on top of extensive lava flows that stretch as far as the eye can see in all directions (the Three Sisters are all volcanoes along the Cascades, and there are cinder cones around town)...
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May 14, 2012
By their nature, "best of" lists are always limited and subjective. That said, I present my personal evaluations of the "best of" my recent hotel experiences. BATHROBES: Spindrift Inn/Monterey, CA and...
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