Beautiful Bend – Again!

July 28, 2012 by Tina Schell4 Comments on Beautiful Bend – Again!Abstract, Adventure, Bend, Boats, Deschutes, Hiking, Horses, Juniper, Lakes, Landscape, mountains, Nature, Nikon, Oregon, Photography, Rafting, Rivers, Rock Climbing, Smith Rock, Travel, Waterfall, Wildflowers

“I am living out my adolescent dream of travel and adventure.”   T. Cahill

For the past two days we’ve explored more of Bend, Oregon with our good friends Jane and Bob, who joined us from their San Francisco summer home.

NOT SO WILD HORSES AT THE SISTERS MOUNTAINS

We celebrated Bob’s birthday with a bit of a Kiawah reunion at Elevation, an excellent restaurant run by the students at the Cascade Culinary Institute.  During the day, we hiked the famous Smith Rock, home to some very adventurous rock climbers.

REFLECTIONS, SMITH ROCK

BETTER YOU THAN ME, SMITH ROCK

We drove the gorge at Bowman’s Dam and then played golf at Brasada Ranch Resort, where the mountains were beautiful to see and difficult to putt :-).  We also enjoyed a terrific meal at Zydeco here in town.  All in all, a wonderful few days made better by the company of good friends.

In closing, here are some additional scenes of our adventures in Bend.

TUMALO WATERFALL

RAFTING THE DESCHUTES RIVER

CRAZY RAFTER, DESCHUTES

DESCHUTES CLASS IV RAPIDS, DONNA’S WORST NIGHTMARE

HANGING JUNIPER BRANCHES

DILLON FALLS

OLD GROWTH JUNIPER

ABSTRACT, OLD GROWTH JUNIPER

That’s it for now; see you next time!

I SEE YOU SEEING ME

Note:  All photos taken with Nikon D/300s

1. Not So Wild Horses:  Nikkor 18-200mm @40mm, ISO 200, f/11, 1/160
2. Reflections, Smith Rock:  Nikkor 18-200mm @20mm, ISO 400, f/5.6, 1/320
3. Better You Than Me:  Nikkor 18-200mm @ 95mm, ISO 200,, f/11, 1/20
4. Tumalo Waterfall:  Nikkor 18-200mm @170mm, ISO 100, f/25, 1/5
5. Rafting the Deschutes River: Nikkor 18-200mm @32mm, ISO 200, f/11, 1/60
6. Crazy Deschutes Rafter:  Nikkor 18-200mm @105mm, ISO 200, f/11, 1/80
7. Class IV Rapids, Deschutes:  Nikkor 18-200mm @18mm, ISO 100, f/22, 1/20
8. Hanging Juniper Branches:  Nikkor 18-200mm @80mm, ISO 200, f/11, 1/20
9. Dillon Falls: Nikkor 18-200mm@34mm, ISO 100, f/29, 1/20
10. Old Growth Junipers: Nikkor 18-200@18mm, ISO 200, f/5.6, 1/50
11. Abstract, Old Growth Junipers:  Nikkor 18-200 @34mm, ISO 100, f/22, 2 sec
12. I See You Seeing Me:  Nikkor 18-200 @50mm, ISO 200, f/6.3, 1/200

Bend on Dwellable

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1. april kanew says:

   July 28, 2012 at 7:48 am

   just fabulous….don’t think I ever saw class VI white water…..not for me!! enjoy!

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   • trschell says:

     July 28, 2012 at 11:37 pm

     Me either!

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2. Jane Lurie says:

   July 28, 2012 at 12:54 am

   Great shots and a wonderful time! Thank you!

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   • trschell says:

     July 28, 2012 at 11:37 pm

     Thanks Jane – great to be w you as always. T

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