Bend is the biggest city we will zero in on the trail. There's over 80000 people here in this popular tourist destination which includes floating down the Deschutes River in tubes. The city centre has been developed beautifully with the old buildings retained in a tree lined atmosphere. The shopping is classy with a ton of restaurants & bars - including a number of breweries. Tiptoe and I enjoyed a beer & nachoes at the excellent Bend Brewing Co later that day
The inner city suburb streets are leafy & generally well maintained
It was a big day with laundry, gear & grocery purchases. For the first time on trail I have brought all my groceries for the trip ahead as resupply ahead is difficult. That meant an impressive layout of food to box up & send on
The supermarket had a good range on NZ wines including Pete Yealands, Oyster Bay, Nobilos, Kim Crawford etc.
An interesting sign I saw today
A Dispensary is where you buy marijuana which is legal here in Oregon - as it is in Washington.
In terms of the PCT the big news was......finding Banjo!!! I spied him in town....with a bike. He was suffering bad shin pain & switched to a bike st Etna to get to Cascade Locks. It was great to catch up with him & he was in good spirits. I miss him on trail but hopefully he will be around us in Washington.
Back on deck tomorrow once we can get a hitch out of town. Once again internet coverage will determine updates.....Weta
Thats a lot of food to carry - good luck with that
ReplyDeleteI packed it into 5 boxes & sent them up the line to certain points for my resupply.
DeleteWell thats a good idea then - I pictured you carrying al that stuff lol
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