One of the great things about living in Salem, Oregon is how close it is to Portland (north), Eugene (south), the Coast (west), and the Cascades/Central Oregon (east).
My wife and I hugely enjoyed the 20 years we were 1/4 owners of a Forest Service cabin on the banks of the Metolius in Camp Sherman, near Sisters in central Oregon.
After selling our cabin share, we bought a 1/4 share in a Black Butte Ranch house not far away. We're finding it easier to say goodbye to the cabin on the Metolius by the house being close to beautiful Paulina Springs.
Via an Adobe Spark page I made, here's photos of Paulina Springs, along with a video, plus a "goodbye" photo of Laurel and ZuZu, our dog, on a Metolius river walk.
I used to participate in endurance rides (races) on horseback in the Sisters and other places. One of them was called the Paulina Creek Ride. Beautiful country to ride in. These rides were generally 50-100 miles long. Time depended on the trails, whether they were steep, rocky and so forth, but the footing on the trails in the Sisters was generally very good and you could cover a lot of ground fast. On my best horse (a pale grey, nearly white Arab I called "Blackie") we did 50 miles in about 3 1/2 hours weaving through the lush forest, crossing creeks and streams with views of the snow capped Sisters everywhere on a magical mystery tour as one. Man, was I fortunate to do that. So much fun.
Posted by: tucson | May 13, 2018 at 11:57 AM