After adventuring the Cascades and exploring the Old Mill District, it’s time to relax. Grab an inflatable donut and meet at Riverbend Park to enjoy one of Central Oregon’s most popular and majestic attractions the right way. Sit on your biscuit and float your way through downtown Bend taking in all the beautiful scenery—but just […]
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New Rental Outfit for Shuttling along the Deschutes
Tumalo Creek will take over for Sun Country Tours in May
Tumalo Creek Kayak & Canoe, the Bend and Sunriver-based rental, tour and retail shop was just awarded the contract for concessions operations at Riverbend Park—where inner tube and paddleboard rentals happen—from the Bend Park & Recreation District. According to Julie Brown, BPRD’s communications and community manager, the District reached out for proposals because it intends […]
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Letters to the Editor: May 29 – June 5
Readers weigh in on the Paris Climate Agreement exit
Hazardous Urban Trees Consider this about trees: Trees are wonderful, they are indeed beautiful. They offer cooling shade and are home to many creatures. Among other things they produce much needed oxygen. However, trees that grow too large in town often damage sewer and water pipes with their root systems. They can also cause foundations […]
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Coming Soon to a River Near You
Once just blueprints and a concept, whitewater park is nearing reality
“I think it will be transformative,” explains Jayson Bowerman, with Bend Paddle Trial Alliance. He is talking excitedly about the proposed “whitewater park” adjacent to the Colorado Avenue Dam. “We have a lot of whitewater, but (Bend) hasn’t been a destination spot.” Part of a voter-approved bond measure, the so-called water park is scheduled to […]