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Last Sunday morning, a handful of very muscled men, and two equally fit women, gathered in a hot garage on Bend’s southern reaches. The garage door was half-open, but no wind stirred. At two different tables, the competitors clasped their hands and squared off against each other in a sport familiar to every school kid: […]
In 1967, a few New Jersey high school students invented a new game, a hybrid of soccer and their skills from tossing around Frisbees at the Jersey shore. It was so much fun that one of the boys called it the “ultimate” sport, a term that stuck. An important tenant of their invented game, largely […]
Northwest of Lake Billy Chinook a road dead ends into a short dirt trail, and at the end of that trail lies one of the most spectacular and unusual remnants of Oregon’s volcanic history. Known only as Balancing Rocks, it is exactly as the name suggests, a field of massive boulders precariously balanced atop stone […]
One of the unexpected casualties of June’s massive Two Bulls Fire that raged through the forests just west of Bend was the ultra-fun mountain bike race, Blitz 2 the Barrel. With fire and smoke threatening the flank of Mt. Bachelor, organizers postponed the early summer race to now, late summer. Blitz 2 the Barrel is […]
Lake Abert is dying, if not already dead. But unfortunately, unless you are a limnologist, serious birder or just love Oregon for everything it has, Lake Abert doesn’t seem to matter. To begin with, Lake Abert, Oregon’s only saltwater lake, is a desolate place that (once was) a popular stopover for migratory waterfowl. It is […]
There are certain climbs in marathons reportedly so tough that they take on monikers, like Boston’s famed “Heartbreak Hill,” a steady climb that gains roughly 100 feet over a mile. It is a spot legendary for stopping runners in their tracks. But taken in context, that climb seems a lot like the same east coast […]
With both the super moon (August 10) and Perseid meteor shower (August 11-13), this is truly a stellar week for sky gazing. And there are few places in the United States better than Central Oregon to stand slack jawed in utter astonishment or to make wishes on shooting stars. Cascade Lakes Paddle This is the […]
As a child, I didn’t spend much time on boats. In fact, if you don’t count rides at Disneyland (e.g. Pirates of the Caribbean—before Johnny Depp made it sexy), I have been on a boat maybe five times in my entire life. Few enough, at least, that each experience can be prefaced by, “That one […]
When temperatures soar, the Three Sisters Wilderness area provides us desert dwellers a multitude of quick opportunities to get away and cool down. The 20-mile Six Lakes/Pacific Crest Trail/Mink Lake Loop can be done as an overnighter, but spreading it out over two allows time enough to truly take in the pristine clarity of the […]
It is that time of year when the emails and phone calls start arriving about moths: “Mr. Anderson (or Jim), I found this big green caterpillar about the size of a cigar in my yard—what is this thing!?” In some parts of the US of A it is known as the “tobacco hornworm,” but around […]
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