Nicole Vulcan, Wyatt Gaines and Richard Sitts, Author at The Source

20/40/60: The Drive Less Challenge

A Millennial, a Xennial and an old hippie endeavor to alt-commute to work. Who will log the most miles?

Nicole Vulcan, Wyatt Gaines and Richard SittsOctober 11, 2017February 5, 2024

T he City of Bend is 35.9 square miles—hardly a megalopolis that makes walking, biking or otherwise getting out of your car to get around a daunting task. And while the bike rack at the Source is often filled with at least a few two-wheeled steeds most workdays, most of us could do better. So […]

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20/40/60: SUP, Sunday?!

A rare traffic-free morning on paddleboards on the Deschutes

Nicole Vulcan, Wyatt Gaines and Richard SittsJune 14, 2017April 29, 2024

What were you doing last Sunday morning? Perhaps wearing your Snuggie, drinking a hot cup of coffee and watching the wind toss the trees around? That sounds cozy. We know what you weren’t doing: paddleboarding on the Deschutes River near the Old Mill in Bend. We know, because we were the only ones doing it. […]

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20/40/60: Blowin’ in the wind

Disc golf on a blustery spring day

Nicole Vulcan, Wyatt Gaines and Richard SittsMay 17, 2017August 1, 2025

A lot of the outdoor activities in Central Oregon require 1. Spendy gear (skiing or mountain biking, for example) or 2. A level of skill or physical prowess that, without it, the thing is decidedly less fun (rock climbing or mountaineering, for example). That’s not to say that disc golf doesn’t require a level of […]

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20/40/60: Do Like the Canadians Do

The Source’s crack team tries curling

Nicole Vulcan, Wyatt Gaines and Richard SittsFebruary 15, 2017August 23, 2024

It was just a few weeks ago when members of the Bend Curling Club added a new listing to our calendar, looking to boost the numbers for their club, which meets several times a week at The Pavilion in Bend. Since no one has yet proposed building a wall between us and Canada, we thought […]

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