It took us several years to take the leap into full-time travel. One of the biggest reasons we waited was because we couldn’t fathom traveling with our cat, Spot (named for the white spot on her belly). At the time, Spot (more affectionately known as Spotty-Kitty) was in her mid-teens and had never traveled anywhere […]
Archive for Oregon – Page 4
In mid-October, we got to do one of our favorite things. We went on a weekend camping trip. I know that sounds funny, given that we’ve been traveling full-time in our trailer for the past 16 months. But this felt like a camping trip from days of old (meaning pre-full-timing). Before we took the leap […]
If you own anything tie-dyed, you’ll feel right at home in Eugene, Oregon. According to polls, this is the number one hippie city in the country. Judging by the astonishing array of tie-dyed merchandise at the Saturday Market, I’d say that’s a good call. Our politics are liberal and we eat locally grown organic foods, […]
After one full year on the road, we didn’t anticipate just how unsettling it would feel to return to our hometown of Ashland, Oregon. We love Ashland. But as we entered the gravitational pull of the Rogue Valley, I felt a disquieting mix of excitement and anxiety. Returning Home It was odd to be returning […]
I guess it had to happen at some point in our travels. The Monday afternoon after we moved camp from the eastern end of the Columbia Gorge to the western end, Eric said, “Every part of my body hurts.” At first, I attributed it to the strenuous uphill hike we had just completed at the […]
There’s enough going on in the Columbia Gorge to occupy a lifetime. We only had eight days there, so we took the smorgasbord approach and sampled a bit of everything that appealed to us. It was just the right way to experience what the gorge has to offer, and left us wanting to return for […]
While in Joseph, we took a day trip to the Zumwalt Prairie, a Nature Conservancy preserve about 25 miles east of town and even further out into the middle of nowhere. There’s a beautiful sign proclaiming that we had indeed arrived at the preserve, but there were no discernible trails. We flagged down the young […]
The main street in the tiny town of Joseph leads directly into the vast wilderness of the Wallowa Mountains. Tucked into the far northeastern corner of Oregon, Joseph is in the middle of high desert-mountains-nowhere. It was the perfect place to spend a week, allowing us the time and space to recover from the intensity […]
There are unexpected treasures in the Oregon high desert. Traveling along mostly deserted roads next to the winding John Day River, the scenery is a dramatic mix of mountains, river valleys, and the spectacular geologic formations of the John Day Fossil Beds. The Painted Hills and Sheep Rock Unit (both in the John Day Fossil […]
As of last Wednesday, June 12th, we’re on the road, traveling and living full-time in our 21’ Bigfoot travel trailer. (With the cat, but that’s another post.) Had we known what it would take to prepare for this adventure, I suspect we might have bailed on the idea. Over the past few years, we’ve fantasized […]
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