The plan for this summer was to visit Alaska in the RV. But the Canadian border didn’t open until late in the season — too late — so we decided to spend most of the summer in Washington state since we hadn’t spent much time there before. On the way there from California/Arizona we spent some time in Oregon again, which is always great. This post is about Bend and the volcanoes of the Cascade Mts. that we visited. Next post will be about the Oregon coast. Then on to Washington.

REMEMBER BLOCKBUSTER??

The last operational Blockbuster is in Bend, Oregon. You can still rent movies there, but it seems like most of their revenue comes from selling merchandise to tourists (like us). Jeremy gets tons of comments on his “Be Kind, Rewind” T-shirt because it evokes so much nostalgia in most of us, who grew up visiting Blockbuster every Friday night.😄

KLAMATH FALLS

We went to Klamath Falls and walked to the original falls that the town was named for. They’re tiny, lol. They’ve deteriorated over the years, but apparently were never that large in the first place. So funny. You hear Klamath all over the place out there. The rapids look like they’d be fun to raft on.

CASCADE MOUNTAINS

The Cascades are a string of volcanoes (some considered active, some not) and mountains in the Pacific Northwest. An earthquake from the plates that cause the range could set off a tsunami on coastal areas at literally any time. Kinda nerve-wracking if you think about it. Guessing people generally don’t, lol. The mountains are beautiful.

BEND AREA