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Lodge at Detroit Lake: Simple, comfortable and worth it

August 12, 2010
By Jim
Lodge at Detroit Lake: Simple, comfortable and worth it

We spent two early August nights at the Lodge at Detroit Lake, which opened in July 2010. The Lodge is a nicely renovated and superbly expanded Detroit Motel, right on the tiny town’s main road. The old sign advertising the old motel, which locals said had really been rundown, still rotates above the building...
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Sweet Creek Falls Trail makes for a sweet, easy outing

August 10, 2010
By Jim
Sweet Creek Falls Trail makes for a sweet, easy outing

A week after enjoying the Waterfalls Loop Trail in the western Cascades, my wife and I headed west into the Coastal Mountain Range, driving 45 minutes on Highway 126 from Eugene toward Florence. Just before the bridge into Mapleton, you turn left, south, on...
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Below the McKenzie’s headwaters is the Waterfalls Loop trail

August 7, 2010
By Jim
Below the McKenzie’s headwaters is the Waterfalls Loop trail

To escape the summer’s heat, my wife and took a 75-mile drive east from Eugene, along Highway 126, to Carmen Reservoir in Cascades. From there we enjoyed a leisurely two-hour hike on the Waterfalls Trail Loop, providing us with great views of Sahalie and...
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A Sunday stroll around Eugene’s Mount Pisgah

June 28, 2010
By Jim
A Sunday stroll around Eugene’s Mount Pisgah

Sunday, June 27, as temperatures moved toward a summer’s first strike of 85-plus degrees, my wife and I headed southeast of Eugene to the Mount Pisgah Arboretum. The site’s...
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West Eugene Wetlands worthy of visiting, walking around

June 6, 2010
By Jim
West Eugene Wetlands worthy of visiting, walking around

One thing we like about our move to the northwest corner of Eugene is access to the portion of the Fern Ridge trail that winds through and around the...
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A really strange visit to a popular Eugene restaurant

May 26, 2010
By Jim
A really strange visit to a popular Eugene restaurant

I recently had the opportunity to go the Davis’ Restaurant & Bar, 94 W. Broadway, in downtown Eugene the other day for a farewell party for a colleague from...
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