Sip Northwest, Winter 2015
28 SIPNORTHWEST COM T he towering Cascade Mountains peak Mount Bachelor and the three Sisters rise to the west of Bend the high desert former mill town located in central Oregon Located just three hours by car from Portland and six hours from Seattle this year round recreation destination has grown from its humble beginnings as a workingclass timber town to a celebrated destination for golf skiing fishing rafting craft beers and cycling Ten minutes away I told my husband every time we drove anywhere in Bend during our recent visit It seemed like everything we wanted to do was only a couple minutes away Mount Bachelor and Sunriver Brewing Company were maybe 20 minutes away but nothing seemed to require any extensive commitment of time in the car If weather had been a little warmer and a little drier we would have opted for bicycles since planned bike routes and bike lanes appear on most thoroughfares in Bend The Deschutes River flows through the center of Bend and helped give the town its name Farewell Bend was the nickname used by early pioneers to refer to a low point along the river where it was easily crossed and where the town was established in 1905 One of those pioneers was Solomon Tetherow a wagon train captain from Missouri who led a party through the area in the mid 1800s Tetherow BY SONJA GROSET PHOTOS COURTESY OF TETHEROW RESORT Resort DWELLERS BEAUTY AND THE BUTTES IN BEND
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