The last time our family went to the Oregon Coast was in November for Florence, Oregon’s annual Exploding Whale Memorial Celebration. I wrote about that visit, which sounds strange, but this post explains how the event came to be and…
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There’s never a bad day to be at the Oregon coast, even on the worst weather days. I know many people wouldn’t agree with me, but I love the wild, windy coast no matter what! Well, as long as I…
On a nice fall weekend we decided to drive to Crater Lake, Oregon’s only national park. And, I’m ashamed to say, our first and only national park trip since long before the pandemic. This road trip to Crater Lake was…
On a beautiful early fall day we left the Central Willamette Valley and headed south on a road trip to Ashland, Oregon, to stay at Lithia Springs Resort. From Eugene, this trip takes only three hours, but we made a…
Just twenty miles from Oregon’s iconic Timberline Lodge (if you’re traveling on U.S. 26 in the direction of Government Camp), the Wildwood Recreation Site is an excellent stopping off point on your way to the summit of Mt. Hood. A…
Darlingtonia State Natural Site is a state park and botanical preserve located five miles north of Florence, Oregon, United States on U.S. Route 101, just west of Mercer Lake and south of Sutton Lake that is dedicated to the preservation…