Category Archives: Oregon

A Rock Named Smith

Oregon’s Smith Rock State Park is located just outside of Redmond. We have read about it several times, been told by others not to miss it, and even have seen it from the highway. So, we finally took a day … Continue reading

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Rockaway Beach and Astoria

One of our favorite ways to avoid the August heat is a visit to the Oregon coast. And our favorite spot to do that is Shorewood RV Park in Rockaway Beach. They have a couple of RV sites nestled among … Continue reading

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Both Sides Now

From our spot at the Portland/Fairview RV park we made a day trip up the Columbia River Gorge to Hood River. There we knew from past experience that we’d find Double Mountain Brewery. What we remembered most about our last … Continue reading

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Brewery No. 100

In reality we already reached this milestone at some point in the past. But since we only started counting breweries last June (see the blog post that prompted counting here) we can only now officially mark the occasion. I should … Continue reading

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Whole Lotta Brewing

One of the many great things about Bend, Oregon, is all of the beer brewing activity taking place all over town. Even though we didn’t make an attempt to visit them all this year, we did come close. As we’ve … Continue reading

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Redmond

Fifteen miles to the north of Bend is Redmond, Oregon. An internet search showed that there are three breweries with a tap room there, two of which are fairly new, so we made the short drive to check them out. … Continue reading

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Pisano’s Woodfired Pizza

Now we’ve done it. We went and found another reason why we could live here (in Bend, Oregon). What we found was Pisano’s Woodfired Pizza and what a great find it was! Admittedly, it was an odd time of day … Continue reading

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Rat Hole Brew Pub

It was a year ago that we were in Bend, Oregon, navigating the Bend Ale Trail, when we stumbled upon the newest brewery in town at the time, Rat Hole Brewing. Because of their excellent brews, delicious food and friendly … Continue reading

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Mount Bachelor

The clouds and the smokey haze from the wildfires down in southern Oregon that had been hanging around for the past several days finally took their leave and Sunday morning greeted us with the clear blue skies that we remembered … Continue reading

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Bend

Although Bend, Oregon, claims to have the most craft breweries per capita in the nation, that is not the only, or necessarily the main reason we like it so much. The other compelling reasons are the mild weather and the … Continue reading

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