Oregon Territory » Rivers http://oregon.lightreport.org Traveling the beautiful state of Oregon and the Pacific Northwest! Tue, 20 Jul 2010 18:20:26 +0000 en hourly 1 http://wordpress.org/?v=3.0.1 2006-2007 gordon@lightreport.org (Debby and Gordon Rosenberg) gordon@lightreport.org (Debby and Gordon Rosenberg) posts 1440 http://www.lightreport.org/oregon/wp-content/plugins/podpress/images/Ore_Terr_logo_144.jpg Oregon Territory » Rivers http://oregon.lightreport.org 144 144 Traveling in the Oregon country and Pacific Northwest Traveling in the beautiful state of Oregon and the Pacific Northwest bio-region; videos and still photos of nature and natural landmarks, links to site where you can find out more! Oregon, Pacific Northwest, travel, Cascade Mountains, coast, west, United States, Canada, British Columbia, nature, videos Debby and Gordon Rosenberg Debby and Gordon Rosenberg gordon@lightreport.org no no More Dillon Falls http://oregon.lightreport.org/2010/01/03/dillon-falls-2/ http://oregon.lightreport.org/2010/01/03/dillon-falls-2/#comments Mon, 04 Jan 2010 01:51:57 +0000 Gordon and Debby http://oregon.lightreport.org/2010/01/03/dillon-falls-2/ Roaring Dillon Falls just south of Bend on Central Oregon’s sometimes rugged and always beautiful Deschutes River.

]]> http://oregon.lightreport.org/2010/01/03/dillon-falls-2/feed/ 0 Dillon Falls http://oregon.lightreport.org/2009/09/03/dillon-falls/ http://oregon.lightreport.org/2009/09/03/dillon-falls/#comments Fri, 04 Sep 2009 00:47:06 +0000 Gordon and Debby http://oregon.lightreport.org/2009/09/03/dillon-falls/ a few miles from Bend the Deschutes River plunges through a narrow channel creating turbulence and sound

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tranquil water just above the falls

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here come the falls …

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over the first drop how long has this log been wedged here?

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sitting with the roar at the edge of the rapids

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the chute through lava banks

surrounded by sound, a kind of meditative experience

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once again calm the river enters a meadow below

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]]> http://oregon.lightreport.org/2009/08/26/rafting-deschutes/feed/ 0 The Big Eddy – Bend, Oregon http://oregon.lightreport.org/2009/08/25/the-big-eddy-bend-oregon/ http://oregon.lightreport.org/2009/08/25/the-big-eddy-bend-oregon/#comments Wed, 26 Aug 2009 04:20:14 +0000 Gordon and Debby http://oregon.lightreport.org/2009/08/25/the-big-eddy-bend-oregon/ Just a few miles west of downtown Bend is The Big Eddy.  A local and tourist favorite rafting adventure.

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]]> http://oregon.lightreport.org/2008/08/31/benham-falls/feed/ 0 Tranquil Metolius River Scene http://oregon.lightreport.org/2008/03/16/the-beautiful-metolius-river/ http://oregon.lightreport.org/2008/03/16/the-beautiful-metolius-river/#comments Mon, 17 Mar 2008 06:30:21 +0000 Gordon and Debby http://oregon.lightreport.org/?p=17 A mellow place along the banks of the beautiful Metolius River at the eastern foot of the Cascade Mountains near Bend in Central Oregon. Gordon has a long history with this river and it’s one of our favorite places anywhere.

]]> http://oregon.lightreport.org/2008/03/16/the-beautiful-metolius-river/feed/ 0 Dramatic Sahalie Falls http://oregon.lightreport.org/2008/01/17/dramatic-sahalie-falls/ http://oregon.lightreport.org/2008/01/17/dramatic-sahalie-falls/#comments Thu, 17 Jan 2008 08:36:53 +0000 Gordon and Debby http://oregon.lightreport.org/?p=18 Spectacular 120-foot high falls on the upper McKenzie River, in west central Oregon, about an hour from our home. There are scores of beautiful waterfalls in Oregon, where there is of course plenty of rain to nourish them!

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Debby at Central Oregon’s dramatic Smith Rock State Park, a popular rock climbing and sightseeing location 40 minutes north of Bend.

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About 2 hours south of Bend is the incredible Upper Rogue River Gorge, many thousands of water per second pounding its way through this narrow gorge cut through volcanic rock.

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Central Oregon’s Metolius River flows mysteriously from the base of a cinder cone named Black Butte and meanders through meadow and forest for 25 miles, before arriving at Lake Billy Chinook reservoir. Along the way it provides lovely scenery in this dry Cascade Mountain landscape. The bottom photo shows a waterwheel which provides water to a cabin formerly owned by our family for 40 years.

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