Category Archives: Oregon

 We just returned from a week-long visit to Crater Lake National Park. Descriptive words, such as awesome, beautiful, gorgeous, magnificent, spiritual come to mind - but those words just do not do justice to the spectacular vision Crater Lake is.....

Crater Lake is iconic, like the Grand Canyon. When you see the Grand Canyon, sometimes all you can say is, "Wow, it's really big." What everyone says about Crater Lake is, "Wow, it's really blue." Yes, it is, and in this post with these uncolor-enhance...

Good question! Care to guess? Here's a hint, or fourteen hints to be exact.(Since we just finished our time in Oregon I thought I'd revisit these particularly "cool" summer spots.  Many of the links in this post are from the Northwest Waterfall Su...

We are at Diamond Lake RV Park for two weeks, located at the southeast corner of Diamond Lake.  We chose this location to be close enough to explore Crater Lake National Park, which is only about 20 miles away.  The rv park is much like a sta...

Currently in North Bend OR (Low 55 Sunny Currently 60)Heading to Newport OR (Currently 55 Sunny High 68) Living along a working bay like Coos Bay you sometimes can see a big ship go by. Here is one early in the morning while it was still yucky wea...

Currently in North Bend OR (Low 55 Mostly turning Partly Cloudy High 68) There was a break in the rain so we headed out to do some sightseeing. Luckily there are great sites very close by. First off was Sunset Bay State Park.We do like lighthouses...

Currently in Westfir OR (Low 44 Mostly Sunny Currently 61)Heading to North Bend OR (Currently 61 Partly Cloudy High 65) After the Oregon Cascaders rally we visited Salt Creek Falls, at 286 feet the second highest plunge waterfall in Oregon. The gr...

Currently in Westfir OR (Low 44 Mostly Sunny High 72) Come along with Bob as he walks around Casey's Riverside RV Park in Westfir Oregon. Here is the view stepping out the front door of the Cameo.It is a nice walk first along the Middle Fork of th...

Currently in Westfir OR (Low 42 Rain High 64)Subtitled: The Curse Has Been Broken (more on that later)Yesterday we left the very scenic area of Prospect Oregon and headed to Westfir Oregon. It was approximately 125 miles to Westfir and this is the rout...

Currently in Prospect OR (Low 40 Sunny Currently 48)Heading to Westfir OR (Sunshine and Clouds High 62) We did some more sightseeing yesterday; the Rogue Gorge and the Natural Bridge. Trails to both of these beautiful sites are easy and paved. Her...