Friday, July 24th - Sunday, July 26th, 2015
In our effort to experience the "7 Wonders of Oregon," we took advantage of a free weekend to head towards central Oregon for Smith Rock State Park.
Friday, July 24th -
Leaving Friday after work, we planned to camp at Cove Palisades in Culver, OR near Lake Billy Chinook. We grabbed our spot, then scoped out a place to view an amazing sunset.
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| Sunset. Houseboats on Lake Billy Chinook. Sam. Three Sisters (mountains). |
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| Loving the sunset with Mt. Jefferson and Mt. Hood. |
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| Calm, evening waters. |
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| Sam and Mary. |
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| Beautiful! |
Saturday, July 25th -
Next morning, we headed south for some mountain biking in Bend near Mt. Bachelor.
Trails: Funner and Tiddlywinks.
After biking and before heading back into town, we drove a ways to check out Sparks Lake.
Downtown Bend was hosting a crit bike race, so we checked it out. Our friend, Anna, had a teammate racing, who took 2nd place in the women's pro!
After tasting a few local beers, we drove north a bit to meet Mary's friend, Amy, who lives in Redmond.
Sunday, July 26th -
We grabbed breakfast and chai tea to go, and drove to Smith Rock State Park. Gorgeous weather and great sights.
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| If you look close enough, you can see many, many humans scaling the walls of rock! |
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| The famous rock climbing destination: Monkey Face. Do you see it? (Hint: it's facing towards the right) |
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| Crazy people climbing Monkey Face |
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| View from close to the top |
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| View from the top - and the other side of Monkey Face. |
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| More from the top. |
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| Rock cliffs to a long ways down... |
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| Cross Smith Rock State Park off of the list! |
7 Wonders of Oregon:
Crater Lake- Painted Hills
Smith Rock- Wallowas
Mt. HoodColumbia River GorgeOregon coast
