Friendly Bend

Spending some quality down time in Bend and staying put over the Memorial Day holiday. We came to Bend to meet with friend and stock broker Doug Graeber. We had a nice dinner at a little fish shack, we feasted on fish nachos and sushi. How's that for a combo?

The weather for the most part has been cold and over cast. Taking a lot of little day trips around the area. They have mountains, volcanoes and plenty of rivers. Wish it was sunnier, most of the pictures do not do the snow capped peaks justice. We also learned how to tell the difference between the chipmunks and squirrels in the area. They almost look identical with one difference. You'll have to come to Bend and find out for yourself.

From Bend area

The town of Bend itself is very pretty, they have really done up the area around the Deschutes river. Lots of nice trails and pretty shopping area. Nice dog park too where the dogs can even go swimming in the river. Everything looks spanking brand new. They are also into roundabouts at the intersections. For minute there, we thought we were in New Zealand and almost went the wrong direction.

We checked out the fancy and over priced Crown Villa RV park ( $60 a night and up to $80 for the holiday) but opted for the more reasonable priced Scandia RV park. Nice park and I can walk to Starbucks and a Fred Meyers store! It was my first Fred Meyer experience - they are a cross between a Sears, Target and Safeway all in one. Hold on to your credit card! JLS