One of the great things about living in Oregon is the multitude of campgrounds within an hour’s drive of Eugene. The Fall Creek area is one of those gems, with numerous campgrounds, hiking trails, and swimming holes along one long…
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When we heard the gray whales were beginning to migrate down the Oregon coast, we decided to make a quick overnight trip to Pacific Ocean. As with most last-minute trips to a desirable destination, rates for hotels and B&Bs were…
Kah-Nee-Ta Resort & Spa is a popular family-vacation destination in Central Oregon’s Warm Springs Reservation. Less than a two hour drive from Portland and an hour north of Redmond, our family celebrated the start of summer vacation with a three…
If you loved to camp before starting a family and now have babies and young kids still in the napping phase, sleep can be a huge barrier to getting back out into the outdoors. And depending on where you live…
Camper vanning is already a popular way to road trip across many parts of the world. Typically, tourists fly into a hub city and then rent a vehicle that has been converted into a smaller version of what we would consider a…
Before kids, camping happens on a whim. Want to go camping? Sure. Toss a few things in the car and off you go. After kids, you need a professional organizer. We asked Helen Olsson, author of The Down & Dirty Guide to Camping with Kids to give us her top ten tips for car camping with kids. After a trip or two, you’ll wonder how you ever camped with out them.