Blogs from Oregon, United States, North America

Leaving Blackberry National forest campsite we headed back to the coast where the weather had brightened up and we had a full sunny day ahead of us. It's great wild camping but you still need to dump and top up with water every few days. After finding a dump and some potable water we were set again to go carry on with our travels. More beaches, lighthouses, stunning scenery and surprises today. We drove through Newport to Yaquina Bay lighthouse and on to Yaquina Head lighthouse and state Park. Yaquina head lighthouse at 93 feet tall the tallest lighthouse continues to cast its light with the original lens in place. We had lunch in the moho overlooking Pebble beach which we descended to via a staircase. Pebble beach is exactly that pebbles. It also has ... read more

Crater lake it's no wonder they made it a National Park in 1909. This place is like nowhere else in the world. Imagine discovering this place, there is a spot called discovery point where it was discovered. Basically a huge volcano errupted spilled out all its ash for hundreds of miles destroyed huge areas of forest then the cone collapsed in on itself creating a huge crater. Over hundreds of thousands of years later it fills up with rain water and snow, yes, there is no Inlet or outlet and it now has a 2000 feet deep lake filling it. The water is so clear it has moss beds growing 2000 feet at the bottom. This is why it is also so blue. It's sight takes your breath away. A rim road has been built around ... read more

We spent the weekend in Little Switzerland otherwise known as Wallowa mountains. Hells Canyon scenic byway holds lots of secrets. More than 19 of the Wallowas peaks rise above 9000 feet many forming the back pack and horseback paradise on Eagle Cap Wilderness. It also has the deepest Canyon in the US, yes deeper than the grand canyon. We left Wallowa rv park and headed for Joseph about 30 miles away. We booked into 5 peaks RV park on the recommendation of the tourist information Centre in Enterprise who told us Joseph was going to be busy with the Alpenfest this weekend. It certainly was. We continued on the Hells canyon scenic byway into Joseph and Wallowa Lake situated a mile from where we're staying. This place has the right to be called Little Switzerland its ... read more

We continued along US 26 or Journey through time scenic byway. The marks of time are stamped across this landscape through prehistoric fossil beds, mining boomtowns and surprising sights like the Painted Hills. 55 million years of life are preserved in the rocks in this region, which is why its been given National Monument status. Enroute we stopped at the stunningly beautiful Painted Hills. The geological features are the random deposits of fossilised forests from millions of years ago giving rise to ochre, bronze and black colours over the hills, making them look as if Painted. We continued from Mitchell a small but full of character town. We stopped for lunch at its one pub where it threatened to punch us in the face if we didn't buy its beer 😄. We didn't and they didn't ... read more

We collected our moho on Friday and headed east towards Bend where we stayed for 3 days. We had a "quick" stop at Walmart which took 1 hrs and 20 minutes for groceries. After 90 miles of driving we stopped at Detroit Lake State forest recreation area at 5pm. Joni and Jim the camp hosts were great and gave us a spot right next to the lake. The Lake is a dammed river which they use for recreational purposes during the summer. About now they start to open the dam intime for winter rain to fill it up. Oregon don't do ordinary roads they have scenic Byways and our journey took us through two. They do what they say on the tin supply stunning scenery. We travelled along Cascades scenic byway through McKenzie Pass-Santiam Pass scenic ... read more