The Narrows, Princeton, OR Our Stay in Princeton, OR Our Airbnb At The Narrows, Princeton, OR We learned that Oregon has even more outside sceneries to offer other than the Pacific Ocean, dense forests, impressive volcanoes, beautiful mountains, and calderas. We can also add Oregon’s southeastern, unexpected, rough “high desert” nature in the middle of …
Steens Mountain Wilderness Our Stay in Princeton, OR Steens Mountain Wilderness We went up Steens Mountain, the highest point in Oregon in the middle of Oregon’s rugged wilderness. The mountain rises to 9,773 feet and is about 30 miles long and 10 miles wide. We drove a well-maintained gravel road, part of the Steens Mountain …
Malheur National Wildlife Refuge Our Stay in Princeton, OR Malheur National Wildlife Refuge We accidentally made a road trip in Oregon’s high desert. We started in Burns after filling the car with gas. We wanted to visit the Malheur National Wildlife Refuge, so we took Oregon Route 78, which looked promising on the paper map. …
Hitting The Road Again! Our Stay in Spokane, WA Hitting The Road Again! We were early birds! We had a long day with driving ahead! So, at 7 a.m., we walked to the Centennial Trail for the last time to take pictures of our running route the previous week: along the Spokane River and through …
Time to Say Goodbye Again! Our Stay in Portland, OR Time to Say Goodbye Again! The past week, our home away from home was a charming, spacious Airbnb apartment, in Portland’s friendly, urban neighborhood Concordia. We loved the parks, restaurants, and coffee shops just around the corner and weren’t surprised to learn that this neighborhood …
International Rose Test Garden, Portland Our Stay in Portland, OR The International Rose Test Garden Is Simply A Lust for The Eyes Sometimes you just need to change plans. Hubby and I had planned to hike part of the Wildwood trail. The marker with directions to the Rose Garden at the starting point near the …
Powell Butte Nature Park, Portland Our Stay in Portland, OR Our 1st Visit to Powell Butte! We expected to walk in a park surrounded by houses when we drove to the Powell Butte Nature Park’s parking lot. However, as we climbed up the hill into the park, the houses disappeared. Suddenly, we were surprised to …
Kelley Point Park, OR Our Stay in Portland, OR We are baack! How wonderful it is to be back in the Pacific Northwest to continue our traveling adventure again! I was excited to see the beautiful white mountaintops flying into the area again. After we landed and drove to our accommodation, everything looked cheerful. Driving …
Mary S. Young Park March 2021 Tryon Creek State Natural Area Our current Airbnb is beautifully located in the West Linn Hills. However, the street in front of the home is not suited for running or walking. So, we went a couple of times to Tryon Creek State Natural Area to do our daily workout …
Checking Out! December 2022 Checking Out! And again, we said goodbye to another cozy, comfortable, convenient Airbnb in Milwaukee, OR. The Airbnb was cozy, clean, spacious, and nicely decorated, with off-street parking. We hiked the Trolley Trail many times and conveniently traveled to downtown Portland on the Max Light Rail. And driving to visit our …
