Want to hike to a basin full of some of the most gorgeous alpine lakes in the region? What about a beach hike out to a point where you can search for wildlife in tide pools and admire the towering sea stacks that seem to be exploding out of the ocean? There aren’t very many…
On our last trip to Bend, which took us from our home in Portland out Highway 26 past the base of Mount Hood and into central Oregon, we spent a good chunk of the drive talking about how fast and drastically the landscape changes as soon as you cross over the Cascades. Dense evergreen forests…
If this is your first time on this site, welcome! The very first thing you should know about us is that we’re very much mountain people. Which means that Banff, Jasper, and the rest of the Canadian Rockies are essentially paradise for us with all of the towering rocky peaks, stunning turquoise alpine lakes, and…