Things to Do in Oregon

The Best of Oregon, USA

In no particular order: OR has 361 State Parks. On our last visit, only one of the many we visited charged a fee, $5 for admission to an historic mansion. Many (80) of the state parks are along the...

Wine Tasting Willamette Valley Oregon

The Willamette Valley is in Oregon, running from The Columbia River in Portland south through Salem. It contains more than 19,000 acres of vineyards and more than 500 wineries. We visited...

River House Motel, Bend, Oregon

When we revisit a place, we rarely stay multiple times in a motel or hotel despite putting a lot of pre-trip planning into selecting our lodging because we almost always end a visit by thinking...

Bend or Bust

Adventures in healthcare gave way to a trip to Oregon. Two weeks ago, the thought of josh getting on a plane was unthinkable. An ER visit followed by a spinal injection had him feeling spry one week...

Thursday Travels: Pont Alexandre III, Paris

Pont Alexandre III is one of the most gorgeous and elegant bridges in Paris, represents the peace in relationship between France and Russia. In 1900, Russian Tsar Nicholas II personally placed...

24 Hours in London

There is no way to see and experience everything in London in a single day because it is such a large metropolis. Everything is doable if you have a 24-hour stopover in London, with the obvious...