We made an easy travel leg from Crescent, OR to Eugene. OR yesterday. It was only about 86 miles and traversed some beautiful scenery, crossing Diamond Peak, which is a ski resort in the winter. Along the way, we stopped to visit Salt Creek Falls, a dramatic sight with water falling over a shear cliff 286 feet high. The falls were formed as glaciers eroded basalt, cracking a section and moving it downstream. The remaining basalt cliff is resistant to water erosion and provides a stunning backdrop to the gushing water. We took a hike 2/3 or the way down to the base of the falls, but could not reach the bottom as the trail was blocked for safety reasons.
We arrived at Deerpark RV park where we off-loaded the trailer and went in to Eugener to explore microbreweries. This made Earline happy as she just loves dark beers. We visited the High Street Microbrewery and Brewpub and took a tour of the brewery with the brewmaster. It is amazing that they can create such good tasting beer in such a humble basement facility.
We then visited Ninkasi Brewpub. This brewery has had amazing growth in volume and has won many awards. Unfortunately, they only make one dark stout beer.
Following this, we moved to the Rogue Brewpub for Earline to sample a plethora of dark beers and to eat dinner before heading back to Deerpark.
Based on this experience of beer tasting, Earline deemed this trip a 10 on a scale of 10. I am glad this made her happy!
Deerpark, while a comfortable park, is just too close to the highway to rate it for a return visit. In addition, for a luxury park, to have the rest rooms run out of TP is not fine.
-----Off to Coos Bay, OR.
You are living right nothing better than traveling along Abrazos and keep living the good life
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