The PERFECT Summer Trip to Bend Oregon! Top Things to Do (Food, Hikes, + Beer)
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- čas přidán 5. 06. 2024
- Big thanks to Visit Bend for helping make this video possible! If you're planning your own trip to Bend Oregon check out Visit Bend's website for planning and tips.
0:00 Intro to Bend, Oregon travel vlog
1:01 Northwest Crossing farmers market + Sparrow Bakery Ocean roll
2:32 Floating the Deschutes river (the TOP thing to do in Bend in the summer)!
5:16 Breweries in Bend (Crux + Bend Food Trucks)
6:38 Bend's Geologic history (volcanoes and lava tubes at Redmond Caves)
8:04 Smith Rock State Park (Hiking in Bend)
12:59 Dinner + Drinks in Bend (Best restaurants and food)
13:59 Visiting the last Blockbuster in the world!
16:12 Wild Rose Thai + Movie night
18:57 Outtakes
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Haha! My favorite bumper sticker I saw in Bend: "Bend Sucks, Don't Move Here" 🤣😂 I don't think he was fooling anyone!
Blockbuster was my childhood!
That's what I'm talking about!
cool to see how special bend is from an outside prospective, i live here and can definitely fall into taking it for granted of day to day life sometimes
It's easy to do (anywhere). Glad it was a refreshing view at a wonderful city!
As a person who lives in Bend and before that visiting since 1976. There is so much to do in the winter, summer and other times. 95 degrees is really hot for Bend, but that river is very cold from the snow melt from the mountains around Bend.
Yes it's definitely a year round destination!
Hey!! YOU FOUND MY STATE OF OREGON!! Having grown up here, I guess we sort of take it for granted after a while,, but I still remember my first float down the rapids the Summer my family camped there with daily river floats and campfire goodies, I was 7 years old... it somehow etched such a positive feeling that when my kids were growing up we made many long weekend trips staying in Sisters, Redmond, and Bend... doing all the great activities... Mt Bachelor SNOW!! also Snow camping near the Pacific Crest trail. Suttle Lake camping and fishing such fun!! YES you really have NO idea how deep into the activities you can get. My cousin has a Bed & Breakfast so besides camping many different options for spending a weekend or a Week! Looking forward to your next adventures!
That's wonderful and yes it's easy to forget how special it is.
❤. Hello!! This is Lana.I sent a message almost a year ago. You and Dennis inspired me to visit the oregon coast. Well we are here in our new rv!! We are now in bend. I literally took all your advice and we visited all the places you did. Ate at sparrow bakery!! Awesome. Walked the Deschutes river walk. Plan on tubing since we'll be here three weeks before hitting the oregon coast ! I've watched your bend video countless times. Saw where you stay originally. Scadia rv park. Loving it here!! Thanks to you. This my 45th wedding anniversary. Thought about you and wanted to say thank you for helping making this even more spectacular ❤!! I hope one day we meet on the road! Your biggest fan!!😊
This message really is amazing and helps motivate us to keep going! Thank you Lana. I'm glad you enjoyed Oregon and Bend. Hope you have many more awesome trips and memories in the near future ❤️ we appreciate you!
I live in Bend… for 40 years. And I’m 40. I’m happy you went to Wild Rose. Best restaurant in Bend. Also that float you did.. my buddies and I started that… used to be fun but it’s chaos now.
Bend is amazing to live in!
Blockbuster.....lmao......it was a staple in our home. of course I've gone through so many iterations of entertainment delivery systems that I'm telling on my age!!!!!
Haha so much has changed over the last 50 years it's unreal!
We went on a great vacation to Redmond/Bend. This part of the country is absolutely beautiful. The Cascade mountain range is awesome. A lot of awesome memories.
So glad it brought you back to this regions beauty!
The outtakes is my fav👍🏼😃🤓
A lot of us know the words thanks for the chuckle.
Clutchy I like that too👍🏼
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Hahaha 🤣 glad you liked that!
Hello Liz and Dennis, yes I do remember that blockbuster night and getting some drinks and all kinds snack food like pizza, chicken wings and I made what you would call a movie night, I kinda of miss those days, thank you for showing that they are still around cool, have wonderful trip and see you on the next video love Becca
It was definitely a slower time. So much fun! Thanks for watching 😊
I'd love to visit Bend one day - looks incredible. The Smith Rock State Park looked so pretty and I'd love to float on the river and visit the last Blockbuster.
I hope you make it there soon!
Yeah, the only thing I really miss about VHS tapes is that I can't find a Midnight Run (1988) that hasn't been re-mastered for DVD - sometimes the re-mastering really detracts from the authentic original - just kills me when they decide to cut scenes that were originally there and cut frames that were such a big part of making it truly special - we used to stop and go frame by frame of Charles Grodin's face as he feared they were going to crash driving off-road - priceless!
Bend also looks to be priceless!
Hahaha what a fun memory! I didn't know the changed them.
I love Bend. It's my happy place 😁
It's a great city!
Thanks, your tour of Bend definitely reminded me that I need to visit. Yes, I miss the evenings of strolling through the aisles of Blockbuster, great memories!!
Seriously, the nostalgia is next level. I hope you can make it there in the near future ☺️
Glad I bought my house in Bend 39 years ago because nowadays I could not afford it.
Yes, real estate has gone up a lot there (honestly almost everywhere).
I live and work in Bend. I grew up in Astoria and moved here in 2005. Best decision ever!! There’s so much to do year round! You get all four seasons and there’s tons to do within those seasons. Food carts are my favorite. And floating the Deschutes. And shopping. ♥️
It's an awesome city and couldn't agree more about the four seasons activities !
Looks like a fun hike and the water would be fun on the weekends.
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Yes it was a blast!
We used to enjoy taking our kids to Blockbuster to rent movies when they were young. Be kind rewind! My husband used to work for Sound Warehouse then Blockbuster when Blockbuster bought them out before having kids. Our kids thought it was cool he worked in their IT department. We were surprised to see one still open. It is nice to see one survived. Great video.
You guys are so cute! I love your videos. I was excited when I saw you posted a new one! ❤️💙
Oh thank you Lori!
I used to take my son (who was born in Bend) to that very Blockbuster to get movies. My son is 34 now and still goes to Bend, but I have not been there in years and years.
That's AWESOME!
Well hello guys good to see you again , back in the early 2000 I went to that area thru Scenic byway 128 from Grand Junction to Moab awesome scenery place we drove along side of Colorado River most of the way hopefully I get to go again , saludos amigos
So cool you guys went to Bend. We did the Bend Ale Trail about 10 years ago and so many of the popular breweries (including crux) wee just starting. The geological history is amazing and I am so glad we were able to take the kids to the local cast forest when they were young, now we get “me time” as they are grown and we have our first camper.
Thank you for some ideas on places we haven’t been….hello, Scandia as we just got a camper 😂
Awesome! Hope you enjoy it!
Such a great vlog! You all do such great work. Thanks
Thank you Bekki!
Blockbuster was our childhood. Every weekend after dinner too! Aww my sis and I are traveling from Hawaii to visit our uncle who is sick and lives in bend. It’s a nice surprise to hear that this is in fact where the last blockbuster is. We’ll def need to visit and get a pic lol so nostalgic❤
Yesss! Wishing your family well ❤️🩹 and hope this is a nice walk down memories past.
Another awesome video, thank you so much for sharing all the beautiful places and I felt the nostalgia of the Blockbuster, remember they used to charge if you didn't rewind the movies 🎥😂👍
Haha YES! There was be kind rewind signs everywhere.
@MIGUEL TORRES
Blockbusters motto:
Be kind
And rewind
We love central Oregon. Great video.
Visiting from Belgium this Summer. So looking forward to it!
Hope you enjoyed it. Us Oregonians love to visit our state. That may sound strange, but the biodiversity here is such that you can visit places that are so unlike where your home is, it's sometimes hard to grasp that you haven't left your own state.
Bend is for sure on our must-visit list....if not for Blockbuster ALONE!! But all of it looked AWESOME! We are currently on Edisto Island in SC and your video helped us out so much. Headed to get dinner at Briny Swine in a few. Safe travels!
Wow! Edisto island is our DREAM! We love it there and love it bend too! I hope you can get out there to visit 😊
I’m glad you guys got to experience Smith Rock’s Misery trail. Living very close and having hiked that trail hundreds of times my wife and I had to chuckle when you first said “doesn’t look that hard”. Next time you guys should hike Black Butte in Sisters, OR. Highly recommended!
Haha thanks for the recommendation!,
OK we need to go here!! Will definitely rewatch this when we’re planning our trip 😍😍
Yay!!
No don’t come here
Omg!!! We miss Blockbuster! Funny that Alli and I were just talking about Austin Powers today leaving peace river campground. Fun video! ❤️
Haha good taste!
Otters! We were going to stop at Smith Rock start park but didn't have time! Now I regret it! Great video by the way!
The outtakes are the best 😂💕
Hahaha 😂
When I was born in Bend it was 5,000 people and the whole west side was dirt roads. Now it's an overpopulated mess.
Things change. It's crazy what a few decades can do! My hometown is totally different and filled with over a million people!
Great video, I’m sold on ‘Bend! We are going in July!🎉 Thank you!
Wohoo have so much fun!
this was great for an introduction to Bend, thank you.
Glad you liked it!
Oh the tubing on The Deschutes looks amazing! Oddly enough with the amount of time we have spent in Oregon, we have not spent much time in Bend. And I have no idea why… The otters! 😍
You gotta get there!
I spent a month in Bend earlier this year and you absolutely nailed all the highlights!
Me too! Got any ideas for another “Bend” type of location?
Wonderful! Thank you for watching
Yes I love the earrings thanks. Bend looks like a really fun place and has natural beauty. What kind of bluebirds were those? Awesome you got to see the otters. 💖🙏✌️
Those were stellar jays!
Great video, I was there a month ago.love Bend.
I REALLY recommend you look at the rv park called “the camp” for your next visit. Super reasonable monthly rate in winter but great anytime of the year.
Thank you! They were booked when we stayed but we did look into it. Looked super cute!
I used to go to the blockbuster there every Friday, when I lived there. 😊
Awesome vid! Subbed
So glad to have you here!
Another wicked awesome video!!!!!! 472 thumbs up and 391 high 5's!!!!!!
Thank you so much!
Thanks!
Thank you!!
I think Oregon is the only state I haven’t been to. Gotta get there. Great video
Definitely so many amazing spots to enjoy!
I have heard that Bend is great and need to get there someday. Thanks for showing us around. And too funny that Liz knows all the words to the Minnie Me song!
Hahaha you definitely need to visit! It's fantastic
You don't need to come, please don't visit. There's too many people coming out here every weekend and holiday as it is. Us locals would love to be able to make it to work on time or enjoy our activities and sights here with out the over crowding. Videos like this is why we can't make left hand turns here at all during summer and winter months
@@mikeashe7270 Yea, I feel the same way about my hometown of Austin. Too many touristas all year.
I think this can be said about most great cities these days. It's changes and as a local it's hard to see the change and you feel the impacts more than newcomers. All we can do is advocate for conservancy and respect for the area!
@@EatSeeRV you could also do something by not advertising the overflow of people to overcrowd the areas, make videos or promote the tourism of smaller and less known areas instead of those locals are already at their wits end at with the massively high tourism influxes that are actively putting too much strain on the city and residents because the city of 600k that's already 300k more population that the city is built for turning into nearly a million plus people during the extra high traffic
We leave for Glacier tomorrow for about one month. Hopefully you two come through Twin Falls and then Colorado on your way to the ABQ Balloon Fest. Would love to see your impressions. Bien Viajes!
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Hola gracias por venir a Oregon los avía invitado hace tiempo meviera gustado saludarlos saludos
Gracias!
Welcome to Oregon 😃 🙂
Thank you!
amazing 🎞
Thank you!
Well I live here and it is wonderful… growing way too quickly and that’s sad but it is a beautiful place. Locals say come visit and enjoy and then go home. 🤷🏻♀️ This week it is getting calmer. The kids are back in school and the town will have a calmness to it!
Also next time you visit come rent ebikes or do a historic tour on ebikes at Let it Ride Pedego Bend!!! I’d be happy to show you around!
I totally get it! My home town is growing like CRAZY as well. Hopefully people will continue to visit and respect it taking care of the residents and the area.
I know it's been awhile since you guys were in Charleston SC but I live in Savannah and went to Charleston today and found that restaurant you guys suggested Vicious Biscuit it was awesome 👌
So glad you went and enjoyed! I could go for a biscuit right now 😋
If you have the time, head to Glenwood Spings, CO, down to Carbondale, over McClure Pass and Kebler Pass (plenty of BLM camping) to Crested Butte, back west to the north rim of the Black Canyon of the Gunnison, (campground here) down the 92 to Montrose (there is a nice KOA) and then down the "Million Dollar Highway" to Durango (available sites in Ouray). The aspens will be in full golden color along this drive before you get to ABQ for the Balloon Festival. Randall.
Thank you. We've done Colorado many times visiting all of the places you recommended! We love it there 🥰
Bend is an amazing place. We spent 6 weeks there last year.
Yesss! That's the way to do it. We would have loved that much time there
Bend is great and the drive into the city regardless of which direction you come from is equally great. We did the beer walk and filled up our “passports “. Enjoy.
That's awesome! The beer is fantastic there!
Lived here for almost 20yrs lol
Awesome!
Thanks for coming to show the lovely Bend. Born and raised here and you showed alot of the best places in bend. 🙏 hopefully you had fun!!
I do miss Blockbusters!!!
Right?!
Excellent video. My wife and I took our View to Bend last fall…so much to do! Are you heading down to Calif? If you come through Santa Barbara, love to offer up a Harbor cruise.
Aw thank you so much. We're not headed to California this year. Hopefully in the future 🙂 appreciate the offer and glad you've gotten to see what makes Bend so special!
Assume filming down rapids. Thanks. We will be there in a week. 👍👍. Hopefully temps 70s
I hope it's good weather for you. I'm sure it will be! Enjoy
Lol I read bend as a verb.. thought it was some new phrase kids were using . never been to the Northwest, but we are leaving on Monday and was just looking at some videos here. My husband is going to be volunteering at the Senior women’s open, but we want to explore in our free time. (Alexa is saying it’s 2 1/2 hrs away.. another time
Haha 😆 nope it very much is a noun in this instance. Safe travels
It’s known for its quilts too!
Oh wow really? That's awesome!
Sisters
You’re talking about the quilt festival in Sisters, not Bend
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Currently in bend oregon!
Did the Blockbuster have the same video store smell? So many hours of my youth were spent there picking out movies. Bend looks awesome, I added a bunch of the stops to my google maps.
Yes! It's such a great city. Yay hope you make it there soon!
what's your audio setup, are you recording with your camera? and what mic you're using. lastly what camera you're using. thanks for your videos, i am learning about places from yours vids.
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We remember Blockbuster and all of the other “mom & pop” video rental shops. Yeap, VHS and Beta were there. Bend looked pretty good. That river looked fun, but crazy busy. How many people did you guys run into going down the river?
Haha a lot. We also went on a Sunday during a heat snap so busy was to be expected. If we did it during the week no one would have been around!
Spork is one of my top eateries. I’m a local
Yum! So good
7:30 our caves stay 45 degrees year round
What month of the year did you experience all these amazing activities?
This was late August early September.
Great video, it was really fun to watch your enjoyment of the Bend area. I live 30 miles south in La Pine. There are in addition to all the trails around Bend, the Sunriver and La Pine area have some awesome trails and lakes as well. We certainly don't have the brewery and food options but the outdoor activities and the tiny town flavor.
Went to Amazon and bought the series set of Auston Powers. ; - )
Yesss
You did lots of great stuff and I always recommend wild rose! But you totally dropped the ball by not ordering the turmeric clams! It’s the most amazing thing I’ve ever eaten. 😋 🤤
This video was well put together. You've piqued my interest about visitig Bend Oregon in my RV.
That's awesome! It's a great city. Hope you see it for yourself
Love the vlog/content! I looked through your past vlogs and was surprised that y'all haven't done anything on Northern California/Humboldt County/Redwood National/State Park. I live in Trinidad, along the far north coast of Humboldt County. Our coastline is very similar to the Southern Oregon Coast and we have the tallest and largest areas of old growth Coast Redwoods on the planet. I think this would be a great vlog. Let me know if you need some pointers for must see places.
We drove it but due to limited time we didn't vlog it. It's so beautiful though!
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Are you challenging us because misery loves company? 😂
Did you go Blockbuster? It’s the last one left … nvm watched the vlog glad u made it to BlockBuster
Haha! 🍿 🎥
Please....when visiting Bend
Please DO NOT SPEED.
NO U-turns at intersections & don't run red lights. Please.
I agree! There are so many pedestrians and bikers and people visit and don’t slow down… be kind you’re in Bend
@@michellemccarthytager9457 ahh, you must live in Bend as well.
Tonight is my last night in Bend after one month! Got any ideas for another “Bend” type location?
Not sure what you mean? Another city like bend?
Makes me wanna go for sure! I’d check out the local plant-based/vegan restaurants before that big hike though! lol Might have made it easier❤️😉
Thanks! I'm sure you'd love it! Hope you can get there soon. We love vegan and vegetarian food but no longer make it our entire diet. My health/blood work has improved after eating meat again (🤯). I think more hiking and physical activity would help make that hike easier 😂
How the hell did you film the rapids? Mind blown lol
360 dude! So glad to see you actually still watch our videos 😊
@@EatSeeRV Of course! I knew you guys would blow up. Seriously AMAZING content. You 2 make a great team. Mexico was cool. I thought it was slightly funny getting upset about crooked cops. I would invite you to Rio this next trip, but that is the status quo, Haha. I don't watch all of them. Honestly, I'll never hike a trail or go to Oregon by choice, but, you guys still make a good watch. If you only pinged me when you were in town for months at a time ;)
Thank you Marc! We'll let you know next time we're home promise!
"Be kind, rewind"
The only way to do it!
OK.....EVERYTHING except the beer. I'm now looking at 84 and could never stomach the puke! Give me pomegranate wine or a Mango Margarita ANYday. BHE
I recoiled in horror at all that awful IPA. Give me a thick, pitch-black, port-barrel aged, Belgian-style quad at 13% with notes of figs and dates.
Haha, we love it all!
@@mescko I have NO idea what IPA is.
why does everyone from Oregon look the same?
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Lovely video! I was born and raised in bend :)) only downside is the lack of diversity in this city :( I’m Latina and have faced a lot of racism growing up in school. Plus, with new people moving here I’m seeing my neighborhood that was once a fully Hispanic street being gentrified. Family friends that have been living in their apartments 15 + years are just starting to be kicked out to make room for white families from out of state. Sorry for ranting it’s just now that bend is becoming more popular… people should also be aware of the downsides :D I’m glad you liked the town though!!
Oh good grief… maybe live in Portland…just don’t call for police help…but they’re diverse.
Totally get that and thanks for sharing! Sorry to hear that's happening. Seems it's happening in most "up and coming" places. My hometown is like that too. It's hard to experience for sure.
Don't discredit her sharing her feelings Patrick. She's allowed to feel however she feels it's her life after all. Also, if it's not a helpful comment maybe just don't say it next time? It literally helps no one.
IM A VICTIM, WAHHHHH
NO STAY OUT OF DESCHUTES COUNTY WE ALL HAVE RONA SO STAY HOME
I totally get wanting to have it stay the perfect bend it its good to share with others. Recreating responsibly can help bring tourism dollars and respect for the beauty of Bend.
@@EatSeeRV absolutely not because all you guys do is bring your city breweries restaurants businesses here and you cut out the mom and pop locally owned stores no I don't agree with you we were doing just fine before you City people came here
DONT MOVE TO BEND, it sucks here
Defund Visit Bend...
I'm sorry you feel that way. I'm glad it helped me discover your beautiful city and visit it in a respectful way. Totally get not wanting it to change further, but you cant discredit what Tourism does for an area. It brings money to the city and helps create jobs!
@@EatSeeRV I don't mind Bend getting filled with tourists and more people moving to it, because Redmond is close by and isn't filled with people like Bend. So you can live in Redmond and still be close to all the activities but without nearly all the people, but still enjoy the increase in home values due to the proximity of Bend (assuming you already own a home there, otherwise you are SOL). I live in Redmond, only 5 minutes away to Smith Rock park and my house sits next to the entrance of the Dry Canyon that runs through Redmond.
For the love of all that's good TAKE THIS VIDEO DOWN!!!! there are already too many of you tourists ruining our town and clogging up our roads, parks and businesses. We literally need less people coming out here every weekend making work and day to day life 100 times more difficult.
DONT COME TO BEND, DONT MOVE TO BEND THERES TOO MANY PEOPLE HERE BEFORE YOU COME BOG UP OUR TOWN!!
I totally get the concern but tourism is a big part of what creates jobs for people who work and live there! We hope everyone who visits will continue to respect the locals and the surrounding area so it's not a burden!
@@EatSeeRV I'm kind of with Mike. Lived in Bend since 1978. It has become an absolute circus here in the summer and winter. The tourism creates people that want to move here; and typically the people that move here drive up housing prices to the point where the people who cater to the tourists are no longer able to live here.
@@fishingjohnson exactly, and that lack extra travel has made it so many companies that once relied on tourism had to close because cost of living was too much and people had to find work close to where they had to move to as well as having a harder time finding employees for year round employment. Also causing our homeless epidemic to skyrocket. The exceedingly high tourism has lead to aggressive gentrification and is only exacerbating the problems
We don’t want you guys moving here … our town has been ruined enough
Don't come here. Also you did very little in a week. Most of us accomplish that in one evening after work.
We have "Bend Sucks" stickers for a reason, and it's not because we don't love it here. It's because we don't like to share. Thanks and goodbye.
Bend Oregon sucks it's awful do not move or visit here.
I don't think that comment is convincing someone but I do understand you want it to stay the same awesome Bend it is.
Bend- not just for yuppies anymore. Bloggers are welcomed too! That’s the diversity that only the ONLY state to explicitly forbid black people from moving to has to offer!
Bend is over crowded don’t bother what they don’t show is the lines of people
Too many people moving and living here now. Infrastructure is not set to handle the number of people and vehicles here for tourism. I hate seeing videos and magazines publicizing the area that only increases the problem of trying to get to a grocery store. Housing costs are soaring and a decent place will now cost you over $500K and a nicer home closer to $750K or more.