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Things To Do Travel

Celebrate during Cannon Beach’s Haystack Holidays

I love Cannon Beach, Ore., in all kinds of weather and most any time of year. That is why it is one of my first choices for a true holiday getaway. It offers great shopping, restaurants, cozy lodgings, lots of holiday cheer and, of course, marvelous, wild, blustery beachcombing on Cannon Beach! To motivate beach […]

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Northwest Events Oregon

Shop weekends in Eugene at the Lane County Farmers Market's Holiday Market

Are you wishing and hoping to find just the right gift for your special someones? Then, travel to Eugene and trek over to the Lane Events Center most any Saturday Nov. 22 – Dec. 21 to shop the wonders of the Lane County Farmers Market Holiday Market. FYI – The Lane County Farmers Market can […]

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Travel

The Bend Ale Trail ™ – Explore 14 Breweries

In the little mountain town of 82,000 people, Bend has 14 world-class breweries clustered close together like the gold at the end of a big, beer rainbow. Bend has more breweries per-capita than any other city in Oregon and has been dubbed Beer Town USA. So, it is only natural and fun that Bend invites […]

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Travel

Amtrak Offers Northwest Travelers Reliable Options

I have friends in Bellevue, Wash., who travel every Thanksgiving to visit relatives in Klamath Fall, Oregon. Yep, it’s a long drive and the weather can be notoriously lousy in late November. The days are short, gloomy and dark! As a consequence of too many horror stories driving the distance, these friends started booking travel […]

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Travel

Tree to Tree Aerial Adventure Park ~ Portland Area Fun for the Fearless

by Nancy Thompson @ Just a Backpack and a Rollie Feeling adventurous? A short drive from Portland out near the little town of Gaston, sits one of Oregon’s coolest hidden gems.  It’s the Pacific Northwest after all. We’ve got trees.  We love outdoor adventure. So it was only a matter of time before some brilliant […]

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Outdoor Activities

Plan Ahead to Rent Houseboats on Billy Chinook Lake

Yes, the houseboating season at Billy Chinook Lake in Central Oregon is over for this year, but fall is the perfect time to check-out the scene and make reservations for the summer of 2015. You may gasp, “Houseboating in Oregon? That’s crazy!” But, we are here to tell you that the only lake in Oregon […]

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Health and Fitness

Why Donate Blood?

My short answer is, “It makes me feel good.” Why does it make me feel good? Because it makes me feel like I am doing good. You see, I don’t have huge wads of money to shower on the Red Cross in Oregon or Puget Sound Blood Center in Washington. But I am blessed with […]

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Travel

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 […]

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Outdoor Activities

Boating on the Willamette River System offers recreation, history, wildlife viewing

The Willamette is one of Oregon’s most popular waterways for boating. In 2005, approximately 387,000 boat use days were logged—most of that on the lower 18 miles of the river within Multnomah County. A decade later we can assume there are lots more boats on the Willamette. Here are a couple of everyone’s favorite destinations: […]