by Lisa Broadwater | Oct 8, 2013 | About Central Oregon, Central Oregon Images, Day Tripping, Uncategorized
Last weekend, Jack and I headed out on our annual fall-color pilgrimage via the McKenzie Pass-Santiam Pass Scenic Byway Loop. Each trip, we try to venture to uncharted territory (for us, anyway) and see if we can discover even more beautiful autumn scenery than...
by Lisa Broadwater | Oct 16, 2012 | Central Oregon Events, Day Tripping, Photos of Central Oregon, Uncategorized
Okay, at the count of three, everybody put down your smartphone, your iPad, your iPod, your Kindle — whatever technological devices you have attached to your fingertips, your hip and/or your earlobe. Now step outside and take a good look around. It’s autumn in...
by Lisa Broadwater | Sep 25, 2012 | About Sisters, Oregon, Central Oregon Events, Photos of Central Oregon, Uncategorized
Well, it wasn’t exactly the finale to the Sisters Folk Festival that we would have hoped for. Nevertheless, on the afternoon of Sunday, Sept. 9, some Sisters residents prepared to potentially evacuate as an alarmingly fast-moving wildfire, located six miles...
by Lisa Broadwater | Sep 18, 2012 | About Central Oregon, About Sisters, Oregon, Central Oregon Events, Life Lessons, Photos of Central Oregon, Uncategorized
Last Saturday, I participated in the Sisters Country Prepared and Ready: Emergency Preparedness Fair (the Central Oregon Oregon Association of Realtors was one of its sponsors). Held at the Sisters Elementary School, it couldn’t have been a more timely event...
by Lisa Broadwater | Jun 4, 2012 | About Central Oregon, About Tumalo, Oregon, Central Oregon Events, Local Resources, Photos of Central Oregon, Uncategorized
On Saturday afternoon, some friends and I dropped in at the grand opening for the Tumalo Art Works sculpture garden. Turned out to be quite the party –- with a good-size crowd filling both the gallery space and the sculpture garden. Outside, guests were invited to...
