Bend, Oregon Daycations: Day Trips for Curious Families

Hey Bend, Oregon Lovers! Today is a great day for a day trip.Announcing the second edition of Bend, Oregon Daycations: Day Trips for Curious Families, by award-winning Oregon author Kim Cooper Findling. Beginning with its launch as a best-seller, including a rank as the #1 selling book of 2017 for Bend’s Roundabout Books, Bend, Oregon Daycations has been the must-have guidebook popular with families and newcomers curious about the exciting destinations that surround Bend, Oregon. Now the book has been updated to include maps, more destinations, and more fun one-day travel narratives for families. Learn what to take, where to go and what not to miss on 23 Oregon day trips within a two-hour radius of Bend.Follow easy itineraries packed with information to explore these places and more—The Painted Hills: Take a hike, learn Oregon’s geologic history and eat homemade pie.Newberry Crater: Explore an obsidian flow, dip your toes in the lake and see a waterfall.The Umpqua River: See 17 waterfalls, visit a historic fishing lodge and witness two rivers colliding.Crater Lake: Take a boat ride in a volcano, eat in a 100-year-old lodge and contemplate the United States’ deepest lake in Oregon’s only national park.Tumalo Falls: Hike up a canyon along a creek to a wildflower-laden meadow beyond Bend’s backyard waterfall. Read more