Bend, Oregon is a popular year-round destination for anyone who enjoys being active in the outdoors. It is especially popular for those who travel with their dogs! I lived there for about eight months and had a chance to explore some of the amazing dog-friendly trails in Bend. The small mountain town can get pretty …
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There is truly no coast as special as the Oregon Coast. I may be biased, but nowhere else have I found such expansive seashore available entirely to the public, for free. While a white-sand, tropical beach, adjacent to turquoise waters is lovely, I prefer the rugged and rocky, windy and stormy Oregon Coast for my …
The rain and gray skies during the winter months tend to keep most visitors away from the Pacific Northwest, which is exactly why it’s a great time to visit and plan a winter vacation with your dog. Where most who come this way in the winter head to ski resorts, it leaves plenty of other …
Bend, Oregon is a favorite year round destination for adventure enthusiasts. A three hour drive from Portland, many head to the Central Oregon vacation spot in search of sun during the rainy winters, delicious craft beer, and all the outdoor activities one could ever want. Thanks to the outdoor culture, Bend is very dog friendly, …
I never used to be much of one for spring. It’s not that I don’t like to welcome the warmer weather, I think it’s more that it feels like it takes a long time to arrive. The thought of spring makes one think about warm weather and sunshine, but that’s not really the case in …
Generally, we opt to camp when we travel, but sleeping outside isn’t always possible If it’s raining, we just want a comfortable bed and shower, or to simply explore a city for a change, we’ll opt to stay indoors. Fortunately, Oregon loves its pets and finding accommodation isn’t such a daunting task. Below, we list our …
If you didn’t already realize, we take Sora with us just about everywhere we go. The trouble always comes during the colder months, when our favorite restaurant patios are closed and there are few indoor places we can bring Sora along. I thought I was privy to all the dog-friendly places in Portland like breweries …
While 2017 ended our two-year bicycle journey that began in Oslo, Norway and ended in Medellín, Colombia, it by no means meant the end of our adventures. I try to stress that adventure doesn’t have to mean putting your dog on a plane, flying across the Atlantic, and cycling across 24 countries together. That is …
If you missed our recap of our first three legs, Portland to Champoeg State Park, the Willamette Valley and McKenzie Pass Scenic Bikeways, you can catch up before continuing on here. Before hitting the road back home to Portland via the Cascading Rivers Scenic Bikeway, we stayed with our friends Dakota and Chelsea in Bend for …
This post is written in partnership with Travel Oregon, Oregon Wine Country, and Eugene Cascades Coast. To read about our entire journey check out our blog posts leg-by-leg: Portland to Champoeg, Willamette Valley, and Cascading Rivers Scenic Bikeways I’m not sure how Dave managed to ride from Portland to Eugene with his flu/cold/death sentence. His cough was so bad …