Tag: camping

• Big Tree

  

  Big Tree: Oregon’s Largest Ponderosa!

  naybeline

  May 16, 2016

  Big Tree, deschutes river, family adventure, Lapine State Park

  Big Tree, camping, family friendly, Lapine State Park

• South Twin Lake

  

  When I was young I would read novels about sexy summer camps set on fabulous lake shores. Sensational scandals of murder and tipped canoes glimmered from the pages of my books. Looking up and out onto my own Cascade lake, I remember being bored. Maybe it was just that I was 13 and had spent the last […]

  naybeline

  May 16, 2016

  family adventure, south century, south twin lake, sunriver, twin lakes

  camping, family friendly, fishing, short trails, south century, south twin lake, twin lakes

• Pistol Butte

  

  There is something about a Butte, once you climb it, you never forget it. The more little bumps you recognize on the horizon, the better you know the land as a whole. 7 miles from my house is 5,154 foot tall Pistol Butte. Locals say the butte was named after Pistol Pete, a notorious mountain man who […]

  naybeline

  May 16, 2016

  buttes, fall river, geocaching, pistol butte, sunriver

  Bend, butte, camping, central oregon, fall river, firelookout, geocaching, hiking, pacific northwest, pistol butte, recreating, sunriver

• Glass Buttes: Obsidian Collection

  

  77 miles East of Bend, on Highway 20 lies Glass Buttes, a geological wonderland literally speckled with ancient volcanic glass. The area is one of the largest Obsidian collection sites in the North West. Native American’s have been accessing The Buttes for centuries.  Artifacts from this area have been identified as far north as British Columbia and […]

  naybeline

  May 16, 2016

  family adventure, glass buttes, rockhounding, the high desert

  Bend, bend oregon, camping, central oregon, geocaching, glass buttes, obsidian, oregon desert, recreating, sunriver