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Glacial Escape

Last week, Stefanie and I got out for a few hours just west of town 20 miles to exercise our day permit we had got a few days ago. We got it to hike into the Three Sisters Wilderness to Broken Top Mountain (a collapsed volcano), the Bend Glacier, and the beautiful blue-turquoise No Name Lake from the Broken Top Trailhead in the Deschutes National Forest. Stay tuned for more technology and industry articles, advice, and reviews on the Between... Read more →

Last Weekend - Diving Kayaking and Spending Time with Friends

Last weekend we visited a beautiful Central Oregon lake that is formed from a freshwater spring, and gin crystal clear. 360 photo: Photos of this lake could be mistaken for the Mediterranean oceans clear waters. I hope you are having a nice summer and getting out in nature. Its a great place to relax, quiet the mind, and come up with new ideas, inspiration, or realization of gratitude. -Shaan Read more →

Spring Finally in Central Oregon

The other day I went with the Deschutes Land Trust to photograph and film some wildflowers starting to appear. It was a very warm and sunny day near the Ochoco National Forest where we spotted many wildflowers like Indian paintbrush, prairie stars, balsam root, flax and phlox, checkered lilies, wild onion, wild strawberries, chokecherry, serviceberry, larkspur, columbine,and so much more as well as wildlife like vultures, squirrels, lizards, small birds, rabbits, elk and deer tracks, and one small 5-7-year-old northern... Read more →

Pure Stoke – Skiing on a Volcano

I went alpine skiing, Wednesday at Mt Bachelor. Mt Bachelor is an extinct volcanic cone mountain about 20 miles West of Bend Oregon where I live, and the 6trh largest ski resort in the US. We have received so much snow recently, that I had to go skiing even after so much recent travel left me exhausted. It was also my lucky day to be skiing with sunny skies and fresh powder “pow” when they opened the summit ski lift... Read more →