Desert Reflections

We did the Cascade Lakes Scenic Byway up to Mt Bachelor and Elk Lake Resort yesterday.  My son Tod and his wife Char are here for a week so ...

The 3-day Bend balloon festival started this morning, and it so happens that it started at an elementary school right across the st...

This bronze thing helps viewers identify prominent geographical features, both near and far.  It's located in the middle of the viewing...

In the early days of aviation, pilots in open-cockpit, bi-wing planes had to wing it (nyuk, nyuk) on navigation.  There were no radios....

Better than your average summerfest/street fair, with several blocks of vendor tents, 3 music stages, perfect weather.  We scanned all th...

Lava Butte is a 500' cinder cone located a few miles south of Bend.  The lookout shack is manned only in the summer and only duri...

A couple days ago, we had some time to kill in Redmond, OR while having some warranty work done on the RV.  Our most interesting adventu...