Category Archives: Oregon

South Sister

Posted on September 26, 2016 by Jean Nguyen

After our first trip to Bend in 2015, I knew that we’d return. Again and again. Sure enough, exactly a year later, we found ourselves passing through Bend. This time we made sure to summit Oregon’s third highest peak, South … Continue reading →

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Hells Canyon and Around

Posted on November 10, 2015 by Jean Nguyen

Perhaps the most remote destination in the Pacific Northwest, Hells Canyon sits along the border of Oregon and Idaho with the mighty Snake River below carving the deepest river gorge in the U.S. Even during the scorching hot peak season of … Continue reading →

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Mount Hood

Posted on October 13, 2015 by Jean Nguyen

Had it not been for the hunting hillbillies telling us we weren’t welcome at a dispersed camping area outside of Mount Hood, we wouldn’t have spent the next 45 minutes driving in the dark frantically searching for a place to … Continue reading →

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The Northern Coast of Oregon

Posted on October 12, 2015 by Jean Nguyen

Despite its epic reputation, we hadn’t planned on making it over to the Oregon coast.  But we did, and boy, were we glad we did.  The original plan was to mosey over to Mount Hood after Portland, but I found out about … Continue reading →

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Willamette Valley

Posted on October 7, 2015 by Jean Nguyen

With wine country being just a convenient, short detour southwest from Portland and with the weather so perfect for sipping wine outdoors, we spent one brief day in the Willamette Valley.  After touring our local Napa wine valley and Mendoza’s wine country, … Continue reading →

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Waterfalls and the Columbia River Gorge

Posted on October 6, 2015 by Jean Nguyen

Images of drizzly, gray skies come to mind when I think of the Portland area.  Although wet weather was a known, I failed to connect water and mountain and was surprised to find out that Oregon is not just full … Continue reading →

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Bend

Posted on October 5, 2015 by Jean Nguyen

I had only heard of the small city of Bend, Oregon one year ago. During our 3.5-month road trip last year around the U.S., we randomly started chatting with an enthusiastic, talkative man at the top of Angel’s Landing at Zion … Continue reading →

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Crater Lake

Posted on September 29, 2015 by Jean Nguyen

Unlike South America there doesn’t seem to be too many lake-filled calderas in the United States.  Although we hiked along Ecuador’s Quilotoa and Laguna Cuicocha in Otavalo not too long ago, our breaths were still taken away by the majestic beauty of … Continue reading →

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