We had a good nights sleep
then after breakfast headed out to explore the city. Bend is about the size of Nanaimo.We had to leave Mickey in the trailer because it is just too hot [27]to leave him in the truck for any length of time.
There is a very nice downtown area, treed streets with lots of old brick buildings and tons of restaurants and outdoors stores.
We drove to the top of Pilot Butte, a viewpoint on an old volcanic cinder cone on the edge of the city. Fantastic views Mt. Bachelor and the Olympic range, the pictures don't do it justice.
The whole area has lots of evidence of the volcanic activity that took place here. Allthough we didn't see it, there is a site with a lava tube you can walk through and other sites with old lava flows.
Tomorrow we will start the way west. Not sure whether to head northwest towards Portland or west to Salem. We'll study the map and decide tonight.
We would like to find a nice park on a lake or river to take it easy after our 2 nights in the big city.
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