Pacific City is one of those Oregon Coast towns that feels like it belongs to a different era. There’s no downtown strip of tourist shops, no boardwalk, no traffic lights. Just a wide sandy beach, a massive sandstone headland, a…
Portland vs Bend: Which Oregon City Should You Visit?
Portland vs Bend might be the question I get asked more than any other when someone’s planning an Oregon trip. And the honest answer is that it depends entirely on what kind of vacation you’re after. These are two of…
Best Restaurants in Bend, Oregon (A Local’s Guide)
Bend’s food scene has quietly become one of the best in Oregon, and I don’t think enough people know that yet. Most visitors come for the breweries (fair, there are a lot of them), but the restaurant scene here has…
The Best Waterfalls Near Multnomah Falls (10 Falls Most Tourists Miss)
Everybody and their mother stops at Multnomah Falls, and I get it. That 620-foot drop is the real deal, and I’m not going to be the local who rolls her eyes at it. But here’s the thing nobody tells the…
Silver Falls Day Trip from Portland
Silver Falls State Park is the kind of place that makes you understand why people move to Oregon. My husband and I have been making the drive from Portland at least a couple times a year for as long as…
Is Oregon a Good Place to Retire? (A Local’s Honest Take)
Is Oregon a good place to retire? I’ve lived here my whole life, and over the years I’ve watched a steady stream of my parents’ friends sell their homes back east and land here, full of hope. Most of them…
