Our adventure of the weekend called for something new, and my husband brilliantly suggested we visit an empty lake. Every year, Fall Creek Lake is drawn down to the historic stream level. …
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Formerly the Holleywood Ranch, the petrified wood dig site is under new ownership with a new name. It’s now the Old Marker Ranch, open by appointment only. (From our visit in 2016…we’ll…
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Drake Peak Lookout is seated high in the Warner Mountain Range at an elevation of 8,222 feet. Perched on the end of a ridge, it has nearly 360-degree views and you can…
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It all started with Aspen Cabin. We loved camping, but we had a newborn. I needed something more than a tent, and I’d heard that the Forest Service sometimes rented historic cabins. …
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We wanted an adventure close to Eugene, so we booked two nights in the Forest Service’s Box Canyon Guard Station on the Auferheide Memorial Drive. The photos online looked nice, but otherwise…
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We’ve fallen in love with renting Forest Service cabins…old guard shacks and lookouts that are no longer used in an official capacity and are now in their Recreational Rental program. Most of…