Everyone knows that Central Oregon is beer crazy, but there’s a new way to get your hop fix while also indulging in the ultimate spa experience. Hop In The Spa, billed as America’s first beer spa, has been providing therapeutic and rejuvenating hop-infused treatments since...
A Day on an Oregon Scenic Bikeway I tapped my brakes lightly as I watched the older woman walk from her barn towards the mailbox at the end of her driveway. With her head down, she didn’t seem to see me approaching on my road...
Gear for enjoying a meal outdoors (for the dog too) Four Person Picnic Backpack This fully-stocked backpack by Picnic at Ascot has everything you need for luxury picnicking. It features a detachable wine holder, combination corkscrew, acrylic wine glasses, hardwood cutting board and cheese knife, wooden salt...
A backpacking circumnavigation of Faith, Hope and Charity Lying in my sleeping bag after a 15-mile hike carrying 40 pounds of gear should have produced a feeling of accomplishment-laden relief. While it did feel good to free my shoulders from the straps of my backpack, I...
The diner and drive-in scene in Central Oregon provides a mega-dose of nostalgia. Imagine onion rings delivered by roller-skating carhops, silver canisters with your favorite malted milkshake, and shiny red booths big enough to hold a cheerleading squad. Our version of cheeseburger paradise is these...
Some of my fondest summer memories are of Grandma making homemade ice cream: soupy bowls dotted with black vanilla beans, intricate drips of chocolate syrup in the style of Jackson Pollock, and the occasional chunk of rock salt in my mouth to offset the milky...
Over the course of his career, renowned golf course designer Robert Muir Graves created courses in some of the world’s most beautiful places. But it was the landscape of Central Oregon that captured his heart in the 1980s, when he designed Black Butte Ranch’s Big...
The organic personal care products of T’s Tonics Teresa Schweitzer’s family is active and outdoorsy. “Our family loves to camp, hike, bike and climb,” she says. “However, with all our activities, it means we deal with lots of bumps, bruises, sunburns and bugs.” When Schweitzer’s three...
Scenes from the Oregon section of the West's famous 2,600-mile trail ...
Epic adventures on our Wild and Scenic Rivers With nearly 60 Wild and Scenic Rivers, Oregon has more than any other state. It’s no surprise that the Cascade region boasts its fair share of these waterways, and you’re probably familiar with the Wild and Scenic headliners...