They say "Love is more precious than gold"Can't be bought and it can't be soldI got love enough to spareThat makes me a millionaire-Chris Stapleton This Chris Stapleton song was one of my cousin TC’s favorites and has become…
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Oregon
Mirror of the sky,Crater Lake provides some calm,Family yet to come.…
Boondock With Bailey Scenic Cycling Travel
Visit 3 Starkly Beautiful Landscapes in Southeastern Oregon
When you think of Oregon, you probably think of lush, green locations like those near Crater Lake (link), Columbia River Gorge, Silver Falls State Park (link), Portland (link), or something rocky along the Oregon coast, but there are some…
We originally thought we’d take a year travel sabbatical, see some of the country and maybe look for other places besides northern California to retire. When we started the journey (now nearly 4 years ago!) I thought someplace we…
Is the picture above Napa? Sonoma? Paso Robles? No, no, and no. This is not even in California! It’s Newberg, Oregon – the small town where Doug spent many of his formative teenage years. We’ve been here a couple…
If you’ve only been to the old Tillamook cheese tour, you’re missing out! The 2018 visitor center has an improved factory tour, plenty of delicious products (especially the ice cream) and lots of fun facts. Given that cheese might…
Boondock With Bailey Scenic Cycling Travel
Beating 2021’s Summer Heat and Bad Juju in Eastern Oregon
With 2021’s sweltering heat even in early July, we continued to look for camping at high elevation and near water. Believe it or not, Halfway, OR met our needs more than halfway. HALFWAY AND FISH LAKE Halfway, OR is…
2021 was the summer of excruciating heat and a massive number of forest fires, big and small, particularly in the western states. We had hoped to spend some additional time in eastern Oregon before heading up into Idaho but…
From Prineville, OR we headed for John Day Fossil Beds National Monument. The 2 hour drive is the epitome of slow boiling a frog as the landscape gradually transitions from crystal blue streams and lush dark green pines to…
Almost due east of Sisters, OR (post here) is Prineville. The drive from Sisters to Prineville is pretty in a central Oregon ranch land way, and just before you drop into Prineville there’s an overlook called Ochoco Wayside State…
