Came for the beer, left with tires

My desire for visiting Bend was beer and bike rides.

I was fortunate to accomplish both. The bike riding is wonderful, I specifically rode the gravel bike. Warning, more pumice than gravel. Riding on pumice is satisfying, sticky, crunchy, and no mud.

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My desire for visiting Bend was beer and bike rides. I was fortunate to accomplish both. The bike riding is wonderful, I specifically rode the gravel bike. Warning, more pumice than gravel. Riding on pumice is satisfying, sticky, crunchy, and no mud.

Oregon has no sales tax. Living a cash lifestyle where my partner reaps the benefits of change in my pockets, no change was brought home. Taxation on outings was not an additional fee I have come to expect. Not having to pay tax was satisfying and odd, I felt like I was stealing.

I purchased new tires while visiting Bend from Discount Tire. I also asked Discount Tire to refer me to an alignment shop, they referred me to Elite Fleet Automotive They did a good job. Appointment was easy and service was quick.

Brew houses of note:
Monkless
Sunriver Brewing
Deschutes Brewing

services

Starlink

Thousand trails in Sunriver-Bend is a heavily tree clad area. We picked a spot with good open exposure in the front of the park that backed up to a meadow. The meadow had no barrier from the street and we could hear cars/trucks. We weren’t bothered by the road noise.

Hookups

Electric and water.
Each site had good electrical and a water spigot. The water in our site would not connect without a continual leak. We opted to fill our water tank and use the internal water pump. Sites did not have any sewer connection so using a tote for grey water disposal was required.
The dump site for was a short drive from where we camped and was never crowded. The park as a whole did have a good census level. Walks around the park were abundant, never boring and many paths to choose from. The tree cover throughout the park was welcoming.

Laundry

We used the laundry room. It was clean with good machines. The laundry room is automated and requires that the internet service in the park is working. The second time using the services challenges appeared with getting the machine kiosk to accept payment and start the machines due to “No Internet”.

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