Alder Springs- Lower Wychus Hike
A short Spring hike into a grassland canyon to Alder Springs, a lush desert oasis.
Lava Cast Forest
The Lava Cast Forest is a classic, it's great for kiddos because it's an easy 1 mile 'hike' and it features tree molds formed by Ancient molten lava!
Peter French Round Barn
Peter French was a nefarious cattleman whose strong handed acquisition of land would lead to his vengeful murder.
30 Shades of Gray Butte
Millennial turns 30 and hikes butte, reminisces about ticks and pioneer orchards.
Bessie: The 'Other' Butte
Bessie Butte is my other butte. To Pilot 'in-town' Butte and Lava 'on-the-way-home' Butte anyway. Admittedly, there are enough buttes in my life that I have taken to giving them nicknames. Seems silly to personify a mass of dirt but I assure you each one has a unique personality, no two inclines are ever alike.
Ghost Towns & Pioneer Graves: Oregon's Grassland Roots
In the city we drink eclectic cocktails on barnwood tables, nosh our locally harvested aperitif. Out here, the barn wood supports a livelihood. The solitary farmer is a 16 hour dust cloud. Around him are ghostly carcasses, lost homesteads. Century old dreams lay baked in the desert sun. They are but apparitions in a literal ghost town.
Deschutes River Trail: Slough Meadow to Dillon Falls
8 Mile Out & Back along The Deschutes River.