The City of Bend does a lot of things right. The Deschutes River runs through the middle of town and they've done a fine job of enhancing the natural beauty with parks, paved walkways, upscale shops and homes, restaurants, sculptures, and so on. These pix were taken along a portion of the river walk.
Cool kayak sculpture in center of roundabout. The Bend area offers virtually every outdoor activity imaginable: biking, hiking, downhill and cross country skiing, kayaking, river rafting, rock climbing, the list goes on. And, of course, pickleball.
Bend (originally Farewell Bend) was where the pioneers forded the River. Logging operations began in 1903 (ponderosa pine) and 2 large timber mills were established in what is now the downtown area. Draft horses did much of the grunt work.
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