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US 97 near Warm Springs is closed due to a tanker truck that reportedly went off the road, causing a fire. The driver of that tanker has not been found.
Intrepid BENT blogger and general Bend hero Bob Woodward is in the middle of a massive road trip. Here is his first dispatch.
There are few things as deeply ingrained in the American experience as the road trip. From Dean Moriarty and Sal Paradise “balling across America” to Steinbeck traveling with his dog Charlie to see what’s out there, road tripping is burned deep in our collective psyche.
Over the years, my road trips have ranged from coast-to-coast epics, tours of the northern and southern tier of states and routes starting in California and looping around the great southwest.
And that’s where I am now, part way through a tour of the Southwest, only this time without kayaks, mountain bikes, backpacking gear and buddies but with granddaughters, ages 12 and 10. As this trip has unfolded, there are times I think of myself as what Sal Paradise might have been like had he come back as a middle-aged character in a Kerouac sequel to On The Road.
Check out this video for the Timbers (Portland’s new MLS team) and their sponsor, Alaska Airlines. The Scottish dude giving the demo is Timbers coach John Spencer.
Looking to take a vacation over the upcoming holiday weekend, but don’t have the cash? Well, there’s one Bend man named Scott who has posted the following ad on craigslist.org looking for someone to join him on a journey back to 1988.
If you didn’t get out to see Washington D.C.
Dinner At The Thompsons is playing at Madhappy Lounge on Thursday, June 30 and you could go! For free! With a date! Or with one of these exclamation marks!
The French-American pair is on tour in support of their second album, Off the Grid. Check them out:
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Cascade Center of Photography is looking for models here in Central Oregon.
Last weekend I had the pleasure to work with fellow photographers David Cobb and Sean Bagshaw during our weekend-long Business of Travel and Outdoor Photography workshop.
A couple weeks ago in the print edition, we mentioned a zany new race coming to Bend called the Oyster Off Road Adventure Race, and now the event is less than a week away. Saturday’s race looks like it will have a little bit of everything and for everyone from intense extreme athletes to the more laid-back beer drinkers among us.
More proposed changes are afoot in our backyard recreation zone. Mt. Bachelor, which is on 8,122 acres of National Forest Land and operates on a Special Use Permit, has asked for permission from the Forest Service to make a pile of changes to the mountain’s operations and amenities.
Among the most interesting proposals are a new lift on the East side of the mountain (thick red line on the right), new lift-served mountain bike trails (all the lavender squiggly lines between the Sunrise and Outback lifts), a zip line (!), and moving the tubing area right on top of the nordic lodge and staging area (orange blob). New, but minimal nordic trails are also in the proposal (barely perceptible pink line).
Embattled Deschutes County District Attorney Pat Flaherty has lost two of his two top staff members in a surprising shake-up in an office that has been defined by controversy.
In a Monday afternoon press release, Flaherty announced that his top prosecutor Traci Anderson and management analyst J.
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