Bend, Oregon

[chland7]

From recent vacation...taken with Nikon D80. lenses 12-24mm & 70-200

Here's link to my flickr slideshow... http://www.flickr.com/photos/c...show/ (http://www.flickr.com/photos/clandgraff/sets/72157601456689216/show/)

Few of my favorites...


http://farm2.static.flickr.com/1222/1128104553_38183d3fda.jpg?v=0

http://farm2.static.flickr.com/1287/1128183731_60eda83242.jpg?v=0

http://farm2.static.flickr.com/1130/1128188139_e14420ec54.jpg?v=0

[SaltFork]

I like your shots. I especially like the shot of the path / road and the hikers - not because of any glorious photographic triumph but because of where it takes me in my mind....

.... and if you will indulge me just a bit:

Two roads diverged in a yellow wood,
And sorry I could not travel both
And be one traveller, long I stood
And looked down one as far as I could
To where it bent in the undergrowth;

Then took the other, as just as fair,
And having perhaps the better claim,
Because it was grassy and wanted wear;
Though as for that the passing there
Had worn them really about the same,

And both that morning equally lay
In leaves no step had trodden black.
Oh, I kept the first for another day!
Yet knowing how way leads on to way,
I doubted if I should ever come back.

I shall be telling this with a sigh
Somewhere ages and ages hence:
Two roads diverged in a wood, and I--
I took the one less traveled by,
And that has made all the difference

...Robert Frost


That's where it takes me. Good photography should do that. Thanks for posting it.:thumb

[RustingInPeace]

I live in Eugene and always liked to spend time in Bend. :clap

[maheanuu]

I live in Eugene and always liked to spend time in Bend. :clap

I was born in Bend, immigrated to Tahiti years ago and am now in Oregon providing care for my mother. I haven't been back to Bend in years and all my relatives who lived there are now long gone from this world. I still think of the high desert of Madras, Redmond, Bend and still can remember the wonderful summer days... Loved the shots. I am going to post a couple from my home just to show you the difference between my life way back then and now.

[SloYerRoll]

Welcome to dgrin!

I just moved to Bend a few months ago from Seattle. It was one of the best choices I made in a long time!

Next time you vacation around here. Check out Mackenzie pass. It's closed in the winter, but amazing to visit in the summer!

All the best.

-Jon