Central Oregon Road Trippin' - Part 3: Paulina Lake! Hot Springs, Waterfalls, Trails, Obsidian!

 

Nikko ready for the ride to the waterslide...

"waterslide"... not for sensitive butts...

When we got there it was empty!

And 15 min later...

sweet sunset

Strava

• Aug 10 - Water slides - I ran while the fam rode bikes.
• Aug 11 - Paulina Lake to Peak run - good 16 mi run
• Aug 11 - Hot Springs family hike
• Aug 11 - Grom shuttle ride - 8 mi ride
• Aug 11 - Canoe to the hot springs - this was magical
• Aug 12 - Paulina Crater Rim Mtn Biking - solo, saw a badger! - 20 mi ride
• Aug 12 - Paulina Peak mtn biking descent with the boys - 7 mi descent

Central Oregon Road Trippin' - Part 2: Bend with Mooreheads/Dixons

After Waldo Lake, the boys and I checked out the bike park at Bachelor.  Just the kiddie zone.  That was fun for a few hrs.  

The Bridges came up and met up with us for the next few days.

I believe this is Tumalo Falls... that Shasta and I ran to, while the fam biked.  

Floating down the Deschutes...

Aaron had this crazy contraption...

We stayed with Lou Doo, Joel, & Mary pretty close to downtown.  We had some great walks into town to check out the sights.  

And some great morning runs.  Shasta at the tippy top of Pilot Butte with the Sisters in the background.

Then we went up to Smith Rock area and found some camping behind it.  This was during a morning run.  

Top of Grey Butte

Nikko enjoying the water at Smith

And we cruised over to Steelhead Falls which was a nice swimming hole.  

Grabbing food & brews at Sisters

Lots of snacks on this trip...

A quick visit to Sparks Lake... which was really really low... 

And there were leeches... 

I love the "canyoneering" at Sparks Lake.

Found a mtn bike feature in one of the neighborhoods in Bend.

More treats

And more... 

Joel got some too

Strava links

• Aug 5 - Bachelor
• Aug 6 - Shevlin Run/Tumalo Falls
• Aug 7 - Pine Ridge/Grey Butte run from camp
• Aug 8 - Pilot Butte Run
• Aug 9 - Sparks lake canyoneering; Gelato Run

Next time

• Ride Bachelor more... season pass next year?
• Three Sisters Marathon link up
• Find more swim holes.  
• Lots of day trips from Bend... 

Halloween in Bend '20

With all the festivities in Ashland cancelled (Ashland is a great place to be for Halloween... in most years), we decided to head up to Bend again and visit the Mooreheads.  We got in a day hike at Smith Rock, some mountain biking, squeezed in a few trail runs, a few family rides, and paraded around their neighborhood for a mini-Halloween.  At night we had the kids watching movies while the adults live streamed Phish from a garage across the street.  Amaze-balls.  

Smith Rock!  Haven't been here for ever!

    Our monkey in front of Monkey's Face

Family bike ride!

We watched Brynn play her last soccer game of the season.

Nikko!

on out last day we went to Sun River... which is la la land outside of la la land.  Fun bike paths, nice brewery.  And tons of things for the kids to play and discover.  Perfect last day.  

cheers!