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The buttons are what I remember first. Before I can quite hear his voice, before the "Baby Elephant Walk" theme music starts up somewhere in the back of my head, I can see that sweater. All…
There’s something about a pumpkin patch on a cool fall afternoon that never really gets old. You wander out into the field looking for the right pumpkin, lose the kids somewhere between the corn crib and…
A book cart might seem like an unlikely starting point for a Saturday night out, but Eugene has plans for that. The Friends of Eugene Public Library are preparing illuminated books and rolling carts for this…
There are places in Oregon where you expect to feel transported somewhere else. Deep in the Wallowas, sure. Along a foggy stretch of the coast, absolutely. Lost in the Owyhee Canyonlands, 1000%. But then there’s Mount…
If your idea of a pumpkin patch involves quietly wandering through a field, choosing one respectable orange pumpkin, and heading home before lunch, Bauman’s is about to dramatically complicate your plans. Bauman’s Harvest Festival officially opens…
There are certain people who become so woven into American culture that it’s hard to imagine the world without them. Dolly Parton was one of those people. Now, just weeks after the legendary singer, songwriter, actress,…
There are plenty of ways to spend a day in Oregon. You can hike to a waterfall. Wander through wine country. Hunt for agates on the coast. Spend an afternoon poking around one of those wonderfully…
By late September, Oregon starts doing half the work for a Twilight road trip. Evergreen hills turn nearly black beneath low clouds. The Columbia goes pewter. The Coast trades its summer brightness for salt spray, wind,…
There is a stretch of summer in Oregon when a drive through Clackamas County can lead somewhere unexpectedly theatrical. One minute, you are following familiar farmland roads south of Portland. The next, you are hearing the…
Hug Point is open again. That sentence alone would have been enough for a lot of us after a closed spring break and a summer spent driving past barricades on Highway 101. Oregon Parks and Recreation…
There are normal fall festivals. You know the type. Apple cider. Corn mazes. Hayrides. Maybe somebody puts on a flannel shirt and spends twenty minutes choosing a pumpkin that somehow costs more than lunch. And then…
Multnomah Falls timed entry ended September 7, 2026. Here’s what actually changes for Exit 31 parking, what doesn’t, how lodge restrooms still work during renovation, and which nearby Gorge falls make better backups than a wishful…
