On the edge of the Steen Mountains and the Alvord Desert lies a great day hike ready for exploring. While Pike Creek Canyon Trail is nearly 7 miles in total, it’s easy to turn it into a shorter out-and-back (which we did due to heat) or if you’re looking for some additional adventure, you can extend it for several more miles if you’re willing to do a bit of scrambling, climbing and bushwacking.
Read MoreDeep in the rain shadow of the Steens Mountains, the Alvord Desert is actually a dried-up lake bed ripe with not water, but the opportunity for activities like dirt biking and ATV riding, hiking, geode hunting, artifact finding, and hot spring-ing.
Read MoreEvery time we travel to the coast, we fall a bit more in love with it. This year we packed up the van and road-tripped to Dunes City, Pacific City, Cape Disappointment, and Forks, WA.
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