If you enjoy a road trip, central Oregon is a driver’s or cyclist’s dream. Most of the year it isn’t that crowded compared to interstates and big city traffic. Round a bend to find Mount Bachelor looming larger than life—and find its image perfectly reflected in a mile-high lake around another bend—and you’ll understand why […]
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Head for Oregon Waterways in the Late Summer, Early Fall
Sure, the days are a smidgen shorter and the nights are cooling off (mercifully). But there is still lots of glorious late summer and early fall weather ahead to enjoy Oregon’s 6,000 lakes, 112,000 miles of rivers and 363 miles of coastline. Of course, these Indian Summer days after Labor Day weekend and the start […]
Favorite hikes
ActiveLifestylesNW.com invites you to explore our Great Northwest trails. Here are three of our favorite Northwest hikes: Catherine Creek Interpretive Trail, located in Washington the east end of the Columbia River Gorge National Scenic Area, is the ideal place to walk your dog while viewing spectacular gorge scenery. For Columbia River views, hike the one-mile […]
Favorite hikes
ActiveLifestylesNW.com will feature a different Northwest hike each week in Oregon and Washington. To start off, here are three of our favorite Northwest hikes: Catherine Creek Interpretive Trail, located in Washington the east end of the Columbia River Gorge National Scenic Area, is the ideal place to walk your dog while viewing spectacular gorge scenery. […]