We left Bend about 10am for the drive west. It is a much nicer drive than the one from Crater Lake to Bend, that was 60 miles of dead staight highway wiht 20 ft. scrub pine on either side. Very little to see.The road from Bend to the Cascades goes through large pine forests with little undergrowth, very different from our dense forests.
We stopped at a viewpoint for Mt. Washington, alot steeper than our Mt. Washington.
There are old lava flows that the highway runs through and for the last 150 miles they have used these red cinders on the road shoulders.
We finally arrived at our destination, Detroit Lake State Park.
Nice park, right on the lake. $20 for full hookup. Our Provincial Parks seem so over priced for what you get compared to Oregon and Washington. Last time we were at Rathtrevor it was $23 plus reservation fee for a site with no power or water.
This park is about 60 miles from Salem, OR. and gets crazy with boat traffic on the weekends.
They have quite large sites with enough privacy
It was nice to be somewhere quiet away from civilazation for awhile.
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