Wake up seven days a week with the Cascades Reader. Get local news, event information, podcasts, discounts and more. Sign up now!

Sign up

The busy summer tourist season is behind us, the days are short and with the holidays looming, many of us could use a little something to look forward to. From the rivers to the forests to the plains, let these mini-trips within about two hours of Bend give you some inspiration for adventure.

A Room with a View in Hood River: Basecamp at Hood River Hotel for bikes, wine, orchards and plenty of nighttime fun

A Night With The Lights On at the Newly Reopened Shaniko Hotel: The former wool outpost has a population of about 30 – not counting the ghosts

Heed Your Head at Breitenbush Hot Springs: Partially destroyed in the 2020 fires, this hot spring gem offers lessons in resilience for changing times

Plus – Bonus food adventure!

A Two-Hour Food Adventure: Cowboy Dinner Tree – Far-flung culinary oasis serves up classic cowboy vittles

This article appears in Source Weekly November 9, 2023.

MAKE LOCAL JOURNALISM HAPPEN

One-time Monthly Annually

One-time

$25

$50

$150

Other Donation amount

$

Monthly

$10

$20

$85

Other Donation amount per month

$

Annually

$120

$500

$1,000

Other Donation amount per year

$

We're stronger together! Become a Source member and help us empower the community through impactful, local news. Your support makes a difference!

Donate Now

Republish This Story

Republish our articles for free, online or in print, under a Creative Commons license.

Close window

Republish this article

This work is licensed under a Creative Commons Attribution-NoDerivatives 4.0 International License.

The Two-Hour Getaway ▶ [With Video]

by Nicole Vulcan, The Source - Bend, Oregon
November 16, 2023

<h1>The Two-Hour Getaway ▶ [With Video]</h1> <p class="byline">by Nicole Vulcan, The Source - Bend, Oregon <br />November 16, 2023</p> <br /> <figure class="wp-block-image size-full aligncenter aligncenter"><a href="https://www.bendsource.com/wp-content/uploads/2023/11/feature-landing.webp"><img src="https://www.bendsource.com/wp-content/uploads/2023/11/feature-landing.webp" alt="" class="wp-image-52776" /></a></figure> <p> </p> <p class="p1"> <span class="fdnDropCap">T</span>he busy summer tourist season is behind us, the days are short and with the holidays looming, many of us could use a little something to look forward to. From the rivers to the forests to the plains, let these mini-trips within about two hours of Bend give you some inspiration for adventure. </p> <h4 class="content_h4"><a href="/news/a-room-with-a-view-in-hood-river-20162462" target="_blank">A Room with a View in Hood River:</a> Basecamp at Hood River Hotel for bikes, wine, orchards and plenty of nighttime fun</h4> <h4 class="content_h4"><a href="/news/a-night-with-the-lights-on-at-the-newly-reopened-shaniko-hotel-20162469" target="_blank">A Night With The Lights On at the Newly Reopened Shaniko Hotel:</a> The former wool outpost has a population of about 30 - not counting the ghosts</p> <p><a href="/news/heed-your-head-at-breitenbush-hot-springs-20162475" target="_blank">Heed Your Head at Breitenbush Hot Springs:</a> Partially destroyed in the 2020 fires, this hot spring gem offers lessons in resilience for changing times</h4> <p> <b><i><br /> Plus - Bonus food adventure! </i></b> </p> <h4 class="content_h4"><a href="/food-drink/a-two-hour-food-adventure-cowboy-dinner-tree-20162446" target="_blank">A Two-Hour Food Adventure: Cowboy Dinner Tree</a> - Far-flung culinary oasis serves up classic cowboy vittles</h4> <p> </p> <div class="wp-block-group newspack-embed-container align"> <blockquote class="instagram-media" data-instgrm-captioned data-instgrm-permalink="https://www.instagram.com/reel/CzuPAQiypSk/?utm_source=ig_embed&amp;utm_campaign=loading" data-instgrm-version="14" style="background:#FFF;border:0;border-radius:3px;margin: 1px;max-width:540px;min-width:326px;padding:0;width:99.375%;width:-webkit-calc(100% - 2px);width:calc(100% - 2px)"> <div style="padding:16px"> <a href="https://www.instagram.com/reel/CzuPAQiypSk/?utm_source=ig_embed&amp;utm_campaign=loading" style="background:#FFFFFF;line-height:0;padding:0 0;text-align:center;text-decoration:none;width:100%" target="_blank"> </p> <div style="display: flex;flex-direction: row;align-items: center"> <div style="background-color: #F4F4F4;border-radius: 50%;flex-grow: 0;height: 40px;margin-right: 14px;width: 40px"></div> <div style="display: flex;flex-direction: column;flex-grow: 1;justify-content: center"> <div style="background-color: #F4F4F4;border-radius: 4px;flex-grow: 0;height: 14px;margin-bottom: 6px;width: 100px"></div> <div style="background-color: #F4F4F4;border-radius: 4px;flex-grow: 0;height: 14px;width: 60px"></div> </div> </div> <div style="padding: 19% 0"></div> <div style="display:block;height:50px;margin:0 auto 12px;width:50px"></div> <div style="padding-top: 8px"> <div style="color:#3897f0;font-family:Arial,sans-serif;font-size:14px;font-style:normal;font-weight:550;line-height:18px">View this post on Instagram</div> </div> <div style="padding: 12.5% 0"></div> <div style="display: flex;flex-direction: row;margin-bottom: 14px;align-items: center"> <div> <div style="background-color: #F4F4F4;border-radius: 50%;height: 12.5px;width: 12.5px"></div> <div style="background-color: #F4F4F4;height: 12.5px;width: 12.5px;flex-grow: 0;margin-right: 14px;margin-left: 2px"></div> <div style="background-color: #F4F4F4;border-radius: 50%;height: 12.5px;width: 12.5px"></div> </div> <div style="margin-left: 8px"> <div style="background-color: #F4F4F4;border-radius: 50%;flex-grow: 0;height: 20px;width: 20px"></div> <div style="width: 0;height: 0;border-top: 2px solid transparent;border-left: 6px solid #f4f4f4;border-bottom: 2px solid transparent"></div> </div> <div style="margin-left: auto"> <div style="width: 0px;border-top: 8px solid #F4F4F4;border-right: 8px solid transparent"></div> <div style="background-color: #F4F4F4;flex-grow: 0;height: 12px;width: 16px"></div> <div style="width: 0;height: 0;border-top: 8px solid #F4F4F4;border-left: 8px solid transparent"></div> </div> </div> <div style="display: flex;flex-direction: column;flex-grow: 1;justify-content: center;margin-bottom: 24px"> <div style="background-color: #F4F4F4;border-radius: 4px;flex-grow: 0;height: 14px;margin-bottom: 6px;width: 224px"></div> <div style="background-color: #F4F4F4;border-radius: 4px;flex-grow: 0;height: 14px;width: 144px"></div> </div> <p></a></p> <p style="color:#c9c8cd;font-family:Arial,sans-serif;font-size:14px;line-height:17px;margin-bottom:0;margin-top:8px;overflow:hidden;padding:8px 0 7px;text-align:center;white-space:nowrap"><a href="https://www.instagram.com/reel/CzuPAQiypSk/?utm_source=ig_embed&amp;utm_campaign=loading" style="color:#c9c8cd;font-family:Arial,sans-serif;font-size:14px;font-style:normal;font-weight:normal;line-height:17px;text-decoration:none" target="_blank">A post shared by The Source Weekly (@sourceweekly)</a></p> </div> </blockquote></div> <p> </p> <div class="wp-block-group fdn-after-article-related"> <h3 class="wp-block-heading">Related Stories</h3> </p></div> <p>This &lt;a target=&quot;_blank&quot; href=&quot;https://www.bendsource.com/news/the-two-hour-getaway-20163343/&quot;&gt;article&lt;/a&gt; first appeared on &lt;a target=&quot;_blank&quot; href=&quot;https://www.bendsource.com&quot;&gt;The Source - Bend, Oregon&lt;/a&gt; and is republished here under a &lt;a target=&quot;_blank&quot; href=&quot;https://creativecommons.org/licenses/by-nd/4.0/&quot;&gt;Creative Commons Attribution-NoDerivatives 4.0 International License&lt;/a&gt;.&lt;img src=&quot;https://i0.wp.com/www.bendsource.com/wp-content/uploads/2026/03/cropped-Untitled-design-4.png?resize=150%2C150&amp;amp;ssl=1&quot; style=&quot;width:1em;height:1em;margin-left:10px;&quot;&gt;</p> &lt;img id=&quot;republication-tracker-tool-source&quot; src=&quot;https://www.bendsource.com/?republication-pixel=true&amp;post=52771&quot; style=&quot;width:1px;height:1px;&quot;&gt;&lt;script&gt; PARSELY = { autotrack: false, onload: function() { PARSELY.beacon.trackPageView({ url: &quot;https://www.bendsource.com/news/the-two-hour-getaway-20163343/&quot;, urlref: window.location.href }); } } &lt;/script&gt; &lt;script id=&quot;parsely-cfg&quot; src=&quot;//cdn.parsely.com/keys/bendsource.com/p.js&quot;&gt;&lt;/script&gt;

Copy to Clipboard

1

Trending

Deschutes County Commission Candidate Ron Boozell Arrested at Forum in BendMay 1, 2026Clayton Franke

Bend Is Ripe For a New Indoor Venue. It's Unclear How That Will Look.April 28, 2026Clayton Franke

Walkouts Planned in Bend, Redmond for May Day  April 29, 2026Jesse Coronado

May 2026 Election: Endorsements and IdeasApril 29, 2026The Source Editorial Board