Tag: Portland
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Escaping Portland
I know, the title makes it seem like a bad thing. Hear me out. It’s not like Portland was a bad place to be imprisoned, mind you, but the clutches of the Portland area seemed to be pretty long indeed. July 17th we headed out on a little day trip. I’d mentioned to our friend…
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Adventures in Portland
As we came creeping up through Oregon, not one, but two different Portland friends got in touch via Facebook, offering a place to park the truck. And showers. Our friend Jon used to work with Michael at Colterra, and he rents a place on the southeast side of Portland. He’s been there for about 2…
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Beyond Bend
During our stay in Bend, OR we had a lot of camping options, as Bend is pretty much surrounded by National Forest land. Such is not necessarily the case throughout the rest of the state. We left Bend on a Thursday and drove west to Eugene. Along the way we had a pleasant stop at…