Oregon

A Winter Adventure

A winter adventure – quite by accident! We had a little cold spell here in Portland, but the sky was …

Return to Silver Falls

A great start to our Thanksgiving vacation this year! Sun was in the forecast this weekend so we made a …

Allingham

My favorite part of Oregon!!!  Allingham has some beautiful sites, but they’re first come first serve and they’re hard to get! We …

Suttle Lake – A smokey caldera!

The driest summer in Oregon history means lots of wildfires, making it almost impossible to find a place in the northwest where …

McNeil Campground, Mt. Hood

A quick weekend trip close to home…with a generator this time, just in case. You read mixed reviews of this …

Nottingham!

Nottingham is lovely! Tied as one of my two favorite campgrounds on Mt. Hood! No reservations and no water typically …

Jefferson Park

Wow! Such spectacular scenery just 1.5 hours from our doorstep. Who knew…certainly not us! Although this is a long hike …

Three Pools State Park

What a treat! On our way back from our day hike to Jawbone Flats, we noticed a fork in the …

Boy did it RAIN…Neahlem Bay

The weather forecast looked promising early in the week and so we made reservations again…and again we watched the chance …

Champoeg State Park

We made reservations earlier in the week to stay the weekend at Champoeg State Park. The forecast called for sunny …

Nehalem Bay

Stayed at Nehalem Bay State Park, in the cute little town of Manzanita on the Oregon coast last weekend! The …

Fall at Champoeg State Park

We decided to get one more weekend trip in before our daughter and son-in-law were set to have their baby. …