Anyone from Bend, Oregon?
02-24-2011, 09:26 PM
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Ok. Thanks.
03-04-2011, 05:08 AM
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Yeah Central Oregon as a whole has pretty much everything you could ever want as far as the outdoors goes. You have Mt. Bachelor, and Hoodoo for skiing/snowboarding plus hundreds of miles of snowmobile trails. It gets hot in the summer here so you have 20+ lakes all within a short drive for wakeboarding/skiing. Tons of fishing, camping, wheeling spots. Plus there is some of the best micro brew beer companies in the world here such as : Deschutes Brewery, Cascade Lakes, Ten Barrel, etc.... Dang it i went and made myself thirsty.
03-04-2011, 06:45 AM
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My biggest complaint with central Oregon (really all of the Pacific Northwest) is that it is so volcanic. If you are not on established trails the sharp volcanic cobbles and boulders are gnarly and really make it tough going.
Having said that, have you been to the ORV park West of Klamath Falls? It is great, plus it has a shooting range! Not really close to Bend, I know...
Having said that, have you been to the ORV park West of Klamath Falls? It is great, plus it has a shooting range! Not really close to Bend, I know...
03-04-2011, 07:07 AM
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My biggest complaint with central Oregon (really all of the Pacific Northwest) is that it is so volcanic. If you are not on established trails the sharp volcanic cobbles and boulders are gnarly and really make it tough going.
Having said that, have you been to the ORV park West of Klamath Falls? It is great, plus it has a shooting range! Not really close to Bend, I know...
Having said that, have you been to the ORV park West of Klamath Falls? It is great, plus it has a shooting range! Not really close to Bend, I know...
03-04-2011, 06:58 PM
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How does Redmond compare to Bend? When we went to Bend we drove through Redmond but didn't stop. I work for the post office so if I can transfer to either one of these places I would be happy.
03-05-2011, 08:50 PM
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Redmond is a little better as far as dealing with the tourist crowd and all. They are only 15 minutes apart so its not a bad drive if you want something from bend. Home prices are a bit cheaper too. I prefer redmond to bend mainly because it is a little smaller but still has everything you could want or need.
03-06-2011, 08:55 AM
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Redmond is a little better as far as dealing with the tourist crowd and all. They are only 15 minutes apart so its not a bad drive if you want something from bend. Home prices are a bit cheaper too. I prefer redmond to bend mainly because it is a little smaller but still has everything you could want or need.
03-06-2011, 01:14 PM
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That is a nice area too, but a lot of the property out there dosn't have power, water, etc.... not all of it is like that but a majority is. Tumalo, Tetherow Crossing are good places to look at for good property value and nice places too. Tumalo is in between Bend, Redmond, and Sisters Tetherow Crossing is a little west and kind of a suburb subdivision of Redmond.
03-09-2011, 03:57 PM
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I would be happy with anything in the area. I was looking at some real estate websites the other day and prices have dropped quite a bit compared to when we first started looking. Hope we can get up there before they go up.