Wednesday, March 25, 2009

Farewell Bend, Oregon

Jackie and I made a weekend trip to Bend to begin our spring break. Bend is a nice, trendy town nestled in the heart of the Cascades in central Oregon, and it reminds me a lot of Boulder, Colorado -- very neat, very friendly, very expensive, and filled with rich people from all over the country.

We visited the Deschutes Brewery, which was fantastic, and the local McMenamin's, a former Catholic school.

The trip back was a little slow because of a snow storm in the mountains at Santiam Pass (elevation 4,800+). A lot of people were putting chains on their vehicles, but fortunately that wasn't necessary with ODOT doing a nice job of keeping the roads clear enough for most drivers to make their way safely through the pass.

The first photo below is from Oregon Route 223 looking back into the stormy Cascades.





1 comment:

Josh said...

Jackie looks like she's kind of excited about whatever's about to happen, you look considerably terrified. Waaaait... are you driving to a wedding chapel? :) (Because, you know, all women want to get married and men don't. Like in movies.)

Blah blah blah. Anyway, nice pics, I think that you caught Bend at a pretty good time of year.