Friends Lan and Jeff stayed here (The Crown Villa RV Park) last month and provided good reviews, so we knew we’d be comfortable on our last outing of the season. Beggars can’t be choosers – especially when looking for 3 nights just one day in advance. This is a very nice RV park located inside the Bend city limits. We feel quite spoiled and are hardly roughing it.
We did get some good hiking in, so in spite of our pristine site, we managed get a little dusty. Shevlin Park was crowded on Sunday afternoon, but we found the last open parking spot and settled on a loop trail that took us on a 5-mile walk through the park canyon.
It was a nice warmup for the hike we did the following day. The 6-mile Matthieu Lakes loop trail is located off the beaten path outside of Sisters, Oregon.
We passed several small ponds along the way. Although we were in shirtsleeves today, one pond was edged with ice, evidence of how low the nighttime temperatures drop this time of year.
Following the trail around the lake, we found the perfect lunch spot.
Our return trip took us up high with views of ancient lava flows, a view of Mt. Washington, a bird’s eye view of our lunch spot and back through sections of fire damage. All in all, a great hike and a good end to camping season!
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Beautiful post and pictures! I look forward to visiting that area in my future.
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Thank you for your nice words. Bend is an outdoor wonderland.
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My pleasure!
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Excellent hike! Fun to see more of the Bend area. Welcome home!
Jackie Bachman Board Member, Community Relations OHRA (760) 889-5122 Jackie.bachman53@gmail.com
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One of our favorite hikes (especially pre-fire)- and S Matthieu is a heavenly swim! glad you are still getting out there.
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It was interesting walking through the burned sections. Such a scar on the landscape, but great trail!
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Look at the brick for the pad, not bad. Did that cute little table and chairs come with it? Not your usual picnic table. Had dinner with Dana Oster tonight. She said Reg was her favorite teacher for her challenged son Eric. Blast from the past. Mike sold his motorhome in 20 minutes. Put it on Craigs List and had abut 6 calls immediately. First guy called within 20 minutes and bought it. 15,000 dollars in cash, of all things. Obviously high demand.
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Yes, the bricks made backing in straight much easier and kept everything cleaner! Each site had the table/chair set…nice touch. Trailer now closed up for the winter. A dusting of snow this morning on the mountain tops across the way.
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