Oregon

June 3 We first visited Crater Lake National Park in the fall of 2013. It was the end of September, but judging by the weather you would have thought it…

We spent our first week in Oregon at the Aspen Point Campground on the shores of Lake of the Woods. There are three campgrounds on the eastern shore of the…

Friday after work we packed up and headed two hours south to Crater Lake. Our destination was a national forest campground on the shores of Diamond Lake. We had heard…

I started to write this post yesterday all about our last two weeks in Bend. Then I did something really stupid that essentially caused everything on my phone to get…

We arrived in Bend on Saturday afternoon and immediately drove to a boondocking spot in the national forest that we had scoped out on Google maps. It was basically just…

Despite the unusually hot weather during our visit, the Columbia River Gorge proved to be a wonderful spot to spend the week. There’s so much to do here that we…

Last Friday after work we left Glacier N.P. and made the long two day journey to Memaloose State Park on the Columbia River Gorge in Oregon. The first day we…

After six weeks and eight state parks along the Oregon coast, we have decided that we’re in L♥ve. The state parks on Oregon’s coast are welcoming, well-maintained and located alongside…

This park wins the prize for coolest name. It also has the nicest bathrooms and showers we’ve seen at any state park, the tallest mountain in Oregon that rises directly…

The next stop on our tour of Oregon’s coastal state parks was Cape Blanco State Park. On the day we arrived the weather was cold and gloomy. Really, really cold.…

During our recent three night stay at Bullards Beach State Park Mother Nature graced us with two dull drizzly days, and one spectacular sunny day. We took advantage of the sunny day…

See that tiny dark speck in the middle of the photo? That’s Phineas enjoying a romp through the Oregon sand dunes. When we set off to explore the largest expanse…

We’re back! After five nights of shopping, dining out, catching a movie in the theatre (gasp!) and just generally enjoying life in lovely Eugene, we’ve wandered back to the coast.…

Well it happened. After almost 4 months of blue skies, sunshine, brilliant sunsets and starry nights, the clouds rolled in the rain began to fall. And apparently when it starts…

Our free camping…I mean parking, spot We’re here in Eugene for a few days and decided to take advantage of the free overnight parking at the Valley River Center. There’s…