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paulj
Oct 10, 2015Explorer II
I think of Bend as a hub for sightseeing on the east side of the Oregon Cascades. I've never stayed there, but I've passed through several times.
To the NW is Cove Palisades - a piece of Utah in Oregon.
To the W is Sisters, Camp Sherman and the headwaters of the Metolius
To the SW is Cascade Lakes Loop
To the S is LaPine, and Newberg Crater
There are other volcanic features in Christmas Valley, and more 'outback' basin-and-range (Nevada) scenery along OR31.
OR 20/22/58/138 all cross the middle Cascades.
In various trips around and through Oregon I've gone up and down portions of US97. I haven't driven much of I5 south of Albany, though I've crossed it at Salem, Roseburg, Grants Pass and Medford.
To the NW is Cove Palisades - a piece of Utah in Oregon.
To the W is Sisters, Camp Sherman and the headwaters of the Metolius
To the SW is Cascade Lakes Loop
To the S is LaPine, and Newberg Crater
There are other volcanic features in Christmas Valley, and more 'outback' basin-and-range (Nevada) scenery along OR31.
OR 20/22/58/138 all cross the middle Cascades.
In various trips around and through Oregon I've gone up and down portions of US97. I haven't driven much of I5 south of Albany, though I've crossed it at Salem, Roseburg, Grants Pass and Medford.
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