Bend's crazy growth!

Sunday was a bit more relaxed as we began the day early in the cool morning air, walking along Medford’s Bear River. We did one way on the seedy side of the small river where homeless folks camp and returned on the groomed portion of the course, on a paved multi-users. 

The festival of trees continued as we drove out of Medford and all the way to Bend, with a huge variety of trees from redwood to lodge pole pine and Oregon pine. In between we stopped at Winco for groceries and discovered a huge warehouse style grocery store that sell a pretty good French baguette for just $1.98! 

We reached Crater Lake in the middle of nowhere between Medford and Bend and enjoyed the sight and the snow that was still there in impressive depth. 

The worst of Bend was the sushi place we had dinner at, while the best part of the day was my rediscovery  of the city of Bend that has grown into a population of 105,000!

The best part though is the Deschutes River surrounding that seem to be the central active playground of the locals. Beautiful, vibrant and exciting! That in of itself is a worthwhile reason to visit that mountain city!