Ep. 265: Bend | Oregon RV travel camping kayaking

[@mysticguido1]

Wow, some people.. Just let youtube know You don't want to see this or that channel..... Don't post about something the channel owner can't fix.......Just block it.........Grand Adventure is a nice learning show with views, Short or long I like them both.

[@GrandAdventure]

Well said, Sal - thank you.

[@mysticguido1]

@@GrandAdventure Just doing my part, Amico (My Italian Word of the Day...... Friend)

[@gina50gina]

Your filming, editing and narration are truly professional, entertaining and informative. I love how you give us enough time to absorb the beauty of the scenery as though we are really there.

[@GrandAdventure]

Wow, thank you Suzane! 😊

[@daviscrt]

That's very nice of you letting Homie at large use your other kayak. Great video. Thanks Don

[@GrandAdventure]

Thanks Don! I had a selfish motivation, for it was enjoyable to have his company paddling through town. Until I either sell it or leave it in my storage unit in Utah, that Necky will remain on the truck for others to use.

[@cliftonwilliams766]

Another winning Grand Adventure!

[@GrandAdventure]

And another winning comment! Thank you Clifton!

[@sondraodell9351]

Fantastic! The water is so clear and the volcano was impressive. My niece is moving there from Tacoma for a job opportunity, she and her fiance are big outdoorsman, so they will fit right in. Just a beautiful area.

[@GrandAdventure]

Oh yeah they sure will, Sondra! Thank you for watching!

[@pennysaufley8974]

Yay! You got to kayak twice!

[@jesib7526]

I didn't know Bend area was this beautiful. Thank you!

[@GrandAdventure]

Thank YOU Jesi!

[@davidcolinstillman5585]

GORGEOUS AREA 😉 BEAUTIFUL PLACES TO VISIT & STAY . BE SAFE ! HAVE FUN ! ENJOYED 🍨 🍨 🍨 🍨 🍨 🍨 🍨 🍨 🍨 🍨 THANK YOU 🙏 GOD BLESS YOU BOTH ALWAYS ON YOUR ADVENTURES 🙏 😀

[@GrandAdventure]

Thank you David, and same to you!

[@laughingram7287]

Hi Marc, Since we are planning to be up in Redmond, Oregon this November, we looked forward to seeing this video. The area looked beautiful, even your camping spot with Mt Bachelor staring down at you! Nice Kayak. I didn’t know there was that much to them and the paddles too! Enjoyed the ride on the water. Thanks as always!! Ram 👍🏼👍🏽

[@GrandAdventure]

Thanks to both of you for coming along!

[@georgecarpenter4126]

Bend, Oregon - looks like we need to put this place on our bucket list. Thanks again !

[@GrandAdventure]

Any time George! Thanks for watching.

[@camperbum]

One of my favorite places to, not in the winter in the big truck but, come thru in the summer was awesome, south of town their was a spot big enough for my truck and trailer I could stop and watch people floating by fly fishing, also some of the biggest snow flakes I've seen, in winter 😀 thanks for the great views...

[@GrandAdventure]

Our pleasure Dave! Thanks for sharing your experiences there, too -- that made us smile.

[@timothyjohnson8036]

Great job Marc.. It was a great video .. ENJOYED every minute..

[@GrandAdventure]

Thanks so much as always Timothy!

[@ricksplace55]

Beautiful scenery as always. Great video as always.

[@GrandAdventure]

Thank you as always Rick!

[@drewbdavis1927]

Thanks for another great video! Beautiful locations and ares informative 👌😁

[@GrandAdventure]

Thank you Drew!

[@susanrhodes2771]

I absolutely love your videos and the great information you provide on camping locations. I’m going full time in my RV in 2 months and can’t wait to explore Oregon. One thing I would love for you to add to your info list. I am a avid fisherman. The lakes and rivers you show make me drool with anticipation. Please add a little more info about fishing in the area and species. Thank you

[@GrandAdventure]

If we knew anything about fishing other than losing lures, we would! 😁 Thanks so much, and best wishes for your full time life.

[@kayeb7809]

Welcome to Bend, glad you liked it.

[@GrandAdventure]

Thank you Kaye! We love it.

[@jameswalsh6678]

Great episode. Really enjoy your videos.👍

[@GrandAdventure]

Thank you James! We really enjoy hearing from you.

[@timebanditrvtravels3449]

Glad to see you got the kayak you wanted I love mine

[@GrandAdventure]

It took years to find, Carl, but it was worth the wait.

[@joyces3550]

Beautiful!!! Thanks Marc.

[@GrandAdventure]

Than you Joyce!

[@suzannesnuggs4964]

Welcome to Bend! FYI there’s lots of great boon docking around, but we keep them a secret 😊

[@GrandAdventure]

Y'all hid them well. LOL! We found a bunch of sites; however, we needed open skies for both solar and Starlink.

[@normgibson6565]

CHEERS Marc it was only 101 in Bend today when we went to do some shopping enjoyed the video

[@GrandAdventure]

Ouch! That's mighty toasty, Norm. We're heading into the heat ourselves this weekend. We've had a lucky run of it most of the summer, but we're finally succumbing to a heat wave at the beginning of August.

[@SevenBears1]

Nice boat. Thought one hatch was for lithium batteries..Love overhead shot on lake.. Set my chair by the falls for hours.. Thanjs GA👍

[@GrandAdventure]

Thanks J! LOL at the batteries comment, for years ago on an 8-day paddle down the Green River through Canyonlands I kept a small battery bank in the dry hold, then ran a cable to a flexible solar panel strapped to the aft deck. Then I could use that battery bank at night to recharge cameras, GPS, etc. And that overhead lake drone shot of the dog retrieving the frisbee for the guy laying on the paddleboard just might be one of my favorite drone shots ever. Was just in the right place at the right moment.

[@SevenBears1]

@@GrandAdventure quality is what I expect from GA. I have my friend watch GA for tips for her channel XPLOREWITHALEX. See you next week 👍

[@GrandAdventure]

@@SevenBears1 I'll check her channel out! See you then.

[@akgobears]

I get it your not that fond of the snow park but especially in Oregon, they can come in handy...There is one similar to what your at near Crater lake where you were last week....I hear there is some decent boondocking up near Sisters Oregon bout half hr from where you are in this video...Learned a little bit bout Kayaks too...Kewl....That lava flow reminds me of Craters of the Moon in Idaho....Travel safe, Be well !!!

[@GrandAdventure]

Same to you as well! Those Sno Parks definitely do come in handy, and we made good use of them in the Cascades where the forest canopy is dense. We drove through Sisters crossing the Cascades way back in 2016 on a truck camping trip to the Oregon Coast -- it's a beautiful area.

[@Tott56]

Revamped intro 🔥🔥🔥

[@GrandAdventure]

Indeed, Michael - we did that a little while back. We'll tweak it more often, too.

[@jimsommer5991]

Beautifully done video of a very special place. Congrats on the new kayak. Please share more of your thoughts on Kayaking with a skeg vs moveable rudder. Thanks in advance.

[@GrandAdventure]

Thanks Jim! A rudder is of course brain-dead simple: want to move right, push your right foot. Want to move left, push your left foot. A skeg takes a bit more thought. Taking for example for a moment a 90-degree crosswind to the boat, that wind is either going to move the bow downwind faster, or move the stern downwind faster. The skeg, however, allows you to anchor the stern in the water more than the bow. The trick is figuring out just how far to lower the skeg, to provide just the right amount of resistance to keep the boat tracking on a straight line. Here's a KZbin video that explains it far better than I ever could: kzbin.info/www/bejne/hJi0dpuPjriXg5o

[@PhotographybyTimWMoore]

We lived in the area back in 1980. 4,000 people lived in Bend then. What a difference over the past 40 years! We love camping in Central Oregon. So much to see and do. Can’t wait to see your Mt Rainier segment once we return from British Columbia in 2 weeks.

[@GrandAdventure]

We can't imagine the difference from 4000 to nearly 100,000! Here's wishing you a safe and enjoyable trip through BC, Tim.

[@Setinmywaysalways]

Now that is a "Bonny" place to live.

[@nagillig]

Great video of the Bend area Marc. My wife and I take our 5th wheel there twice a year for a month each time. We will be there this coming October. Then back for the month of March to ski Mt Bachelor. I make sure to take my Eddyline Skylark to enjoy the beautiful lakes in the area as you did. Such a beautiful area.

[@GrandAdventure]

Thank you Rick! It sure sounds as if we're of a like mind.

[@IceLynne]

Looks like fun! ❤❤

[@GrandAdventure]

It certainly was, Lynne. We love that area.

[@adventuresofjandk]

We love Bend but so much more crowded now then it was just a few years ago.

[@GrandAdventure]

That is very true, as we've noticed ourselves just over the past 10 years or so. However, we do still love the place.

[@gorrdd]

Thanks Marc, Devil's lake is another one of those beautiful lakes in the west. I love that crystal clear light blue green water. Your new blue yak seems to travel faster over the water but is also much more twitchy than your Necky. It looks like you have to use more thigh work to maintain balance and stability. That's the issue I had. The whole area is beautiful. Kayaking down the river in the middle of Bend world have been neat to view as well. Those parks along the river looked really nice... Great video adventure, for sure. Gord

[@GrandAdventure]

Thanks Gord! "Twitchy" isn't necessarily a bad thing in a kayak, actually. Using thigh and hip pressure helps to maneuver effectively, especially in a longer boat. I'm quickly growing accustomed to it, and it's teaching me better technique, too.

[@gorrdd]

@@GrandAdventure Yes, I noticed in some of the clips that you were much more stable... getting used to the new moves. Gord

[@cpwatching5647]

Beautiful lakes and area. Thanks! Take care.

[@GrandAdventure]

It sure is, and you do the same.

[@milonetzler67]

Very good video Marc. I’m planning on possibly moving there this month. Never been there so I’m going by what I’ve seen and heard. Also looking for work in that area. Thanks again for the info.

[@GrandAdventure]

Thanks Milo, and happy to give you the preview. Best wishes for a successful and smooth relocation!

[@marvelousmarv-marvelousper4886]

That looks like a Marvelous Kayak find. I have been looking at a Lifetime Kayak but a ride on version with a suspension seat. Me being a big guy it seems to be a little easier to enter and exit. I have to tell you that you are my inspiration for this interest.

[@GrandAdventure]

Flattered to hear that, Marv. To be frank, though, IMO you're better off looking past that Lifetime and instead towards a sit-in design with a large cockpit entry. Just my $0.02.

[@mccarthy7566]

Enjoyed hearing more about your kayaking. Good seeing Zoey having fun!

[@GrandAdventure]

Thank you Pete!

[@jdtravelers1361]

Congrats on the new boat and welcome to the Eddyline family! As always a great video well produced. Safe travels..

[@GrandAdventure]

Thanks so much, and you too! I'm absolutely loving that boat, and will probably get it out somewhere in Glacier National Park this weekend to get more accustomed to a skeg boat after so many years of cheating with a rudder. It was a screaming deal, but one thing that had me bummed is that the prior owner had managed to get black scuff marks all over the lower half of the hull. However, I discovered last night that a magic eraser eliminates them entirely. She's looking brand new now!

[@jdtravelers1361]

@@GrandAdventure Been there..😁My Skylark is the same colors as yours. I have been to some manmade reservoirs where they used larger riprap stones on the shoreline. Lots of scratches. 400 grit sandpaper gets the deep ones out and rubbing compound for the light ones and scuffs. I need to try the magic eraser on the scuff marks. I have seen some people wax the hull like a surfboard.... I have been a canoe guy all my life, so I do not have much experience but I have been loving this boat. We are fulltimers like you in an ORV 250RDS and now I look for water when choosing where to go. Love LTVA in Yuma, several opportunities within 5 to 15 minute drives and lots of more experienced kayakers that stay here to learn from and paddle with. Safe travels sir..

[@GrandAdventure]

@@jdtravelers1361 same to you! I'd thought about the rubbing compound, but for what I've got the magic eraser is doing the trick with much less impact upon the surface finish of the ABS. Good to know, however, that's working for you on the deeper ones. I'll definitely need to be more careful with the Eddyline than I've been with that rotomolded Necky. Finally, ORV makes some excellent product. We're hoping to get the 'yak out onto the water tomorrow somewhere in Glacier NP.

[@CampTravelExplore]

Great work! Loved seeing the part of Oregon we didn't get to! The kayaking looked so beautiful there!! Looking forward to next weeks episode!!

[@GrandAdventure]

Glad you enjoyed it Tom, thank you! Lots more to come, as we're about to start covering some real ground with each weekly move.

[@dogmamma03]

Your channel has become my favorite channel. You do a great job of showing great places to travel along with telling the history behind the place. (A history teacher lives for that stuff!!). My husband and I keep adding all the places you visit to our ‘bucket list’. It’s quite lengthy!! Safe travels!!!!

[@GrandAdventure]

Wow, thank you Darcy! We're truly flattered.

[@blippacg]

Great video Marc. Very informative and helpful. Hope to make it up there some day. Oregon seems to be a great place to visit.

[@GrandAdventure]

Thank you Brian! It is.

[@gregpriddy8595]

Lovely, Marc. We’re those Homie’s overhead shots? Very nice! G

[@GrandAdventure]

Thanks Greg! Nope, I shot the drone footage; Homie's video was from the Big Obsidian Flow and Paulina Lake.

[@NvFlyAngler]

Many thanks for the Bend primer. We'll be there for four days next week after picking up our new travel trailer in Pendleton. I had completely forgotten about the last Blockbuster there. We're loving our new Eddyline Caribbean 12 FS kayaks. We had a great time with them in WY earlier this month, but we aren't taking them with us so we can concentrate on acclimating ourselves with our new rig. Thank you, sir!

[@GrandAdventure]

Our pleasure! And enjoy that new TT. FYI there's a convenient dump station at the Chevron station next to Blockbuster, so you can knock out two birds with one stone, although it's admittedly tricky exiting that dump with anything longer than our fiver. Those Caribbean 12s are nice boats, too -- congrats!

[@e-square9976]

Awesome as always! Stunning and informative. Thank you Marc. I will miss seeing Ed and Ann in follow ups. Hopefully they will document more on the travels. However I Can’t wait to see what lies ahead in your travels. Be safe and have fun. Thanks for all you do!

[@GrandAdventure]

Thank you as always! In the end, we've stuck together fore a few more weeks but this week (in real time) will be our last for a while because I'm continuing eastward into the heat wave, whereas they're retreating south to some cooler temps at higher elevation. We'll reconnect for a few days in Texas this fall, if not before. We had only planned to caravan together for a few weeks, but it turned out to be a full three months. As Mrs GA is out of country for a few months it'll be just Zoe and me for a while, so our parting ways with Homie at Large is rather bittersweet.

[@anybodyoutthere3208]

Oh dear another Bay Area No thanks (Grew up there and fled) Went through Bend a week ago Man….. can you say congestion We fled to the outskirts real quick Passed on the breweries and boutiques Great footage of the outside area

[@GrandAdventure]

Appreciate that, but seriously you passed up some wonderful experiences.

[@MyAlexWest]

nice video!!

[@GrandAdventure]

Thank you Alex!

[@therusticcollectionebaysto7028]

New sub! Liked 🙏👍😉

[@SevenBears1]

Hard to top Crater Lake from last week !!!

[@mikemoxley9477]

Great video

[@GrandAdventure]

Thank you Mike!

[@melodyassaro]

First off I am so sorry I missed the premier. Hubby had just finished editing a video and I needed to give him the final approval 😊Another great video. Bend Oregon is amazing. I would definitely like to go back one day. I do have to ask was that radishes on the pizza? I went back a couple of times to see again so not quite sure.

[@GrandAdventure]

Thanks as always Melody! Yep, those were radishes. Both the food and the brews are wonderful at 10 Barrel.

[@melodyassaro]

@@GrandAdventure it really looked good. Will keep the place in mind if/when we head back that way.

[@nationalparksprincess3216]

Mark, are you able to start the drive on the Casacde Byway from highway 58? We are going to drive through the area tomorrow and want to drive it south to north heading towards Bend.

[@GrandAdventure]

Well Donaleanne, I'm obviously a little too late getting back to you, but you've probably already discovered that yes you can. Hope that you had a safe and enjoyable trip!

[@nationalparksprincess3216]

@@GrandAdventureYes and Thank you. Everything I was looking at had the drive starting in Bend. Realized that the welcome center is in Bend, and it does actually help to stop in there beforehand. . All that being said, it was a beautiful area.

[@gorrdd]

Wow... we're on a Bender in Oregon! 🙈 Gord

[@GrandAdventure]

😁

[@tammienorgaard1482]

Lived Here All My Life and it's Not a Small Town Anymore and Doesn't Feel Like Small Town.Weathly People have Moved Here and Changed Bend to be Tourist Trap and Locals can't afford Living Here,Soo Sad!

[@gorrdd]

@@tammienorgaard1482 Sorry to hear that... I was just commenting on the other comments... having a little fun! 🤣

[@gorrdd]

This also happened on the west coast of Florida about 20 years ago. Wealthy people from the east began moving there in droves and the price of real estate doubled in just four years.

[@GrandAdventure]

@@tammienorgaard1482 it happens in many places, unfortunately.

[@moretoliving2236]

I honestly don't know how you do it Marc. I have paddled probably close to a 1000 miles, trolled about with a trolling motor for another 1000 miles, all in sit on top kayaks. I once in Wyoming tried a sit inside kayak and tried a canoe in Maryland and I honestly did not know what to do with myself. I just felt naked and exposed, lol. To sit in something that can flip would be of grave concern to me, but then again I paddle here in Florida surrounded by 8-12 ft alligators and carry all my camera gear so I can't really afford to flip. I saw you post this on your FB a few months ago. Happy that you have options now but still... I honestly don't know how one could steer with their thighs. Hmmm

[@GrandAdventure]

It's remarkably easier, MTL. If you spent one full day in a properly fitted touring kayak, with the proper guidance, I strongly believe that you'd feel differently. The boat becomes an extension of your body. You don't feel like you're sitting on it or in it, you feel like you're wearing it. In 20 years I've flipped a kayak precisely once, and that was only because I did something really, really stupid where the consequences of my stupidity were readily foreseeable. And if that unthinkable event happens, if you don't know how to roll the boat (I don't) you simply pull the handle on the spray skirt if you're wearing one, and swim out. Steering is accomplished not only with your body positioning, but predominately from your style of stroke. A vertical reaching stroke for forward propulsion, or a wide sweeping stroke to turn. Yes there are subtleties, and none of that is necessary if you're paddling a rudder boat. After many years with the latter, this new boat is a skeg boat, which forced me to clean up my paddling technique and also learn how to properly trim the skeg in different wind directions. As for the camera gear, anything not waterproof goes in a dry bag whether I'm in a sit in, sit in top, or a canoe.

[@tomcharters7051]

Curious, how's the transition from TT to fifth wheel with your kayak's rack on your truck has been? I'm kayaker with an 18" Wilderness system which I take with me tent camping. In due time shifting to an RV (COVID Delay's) but want to take the boat with me, been looking at TT due to this requirement. You get use to the skag in due time.

[@GrandAdventure]

Good to hear from you Tom! Nice boat, BTW. Honestly, when traveling with that rack system I hardly even notice that it's there. We actually did a video specifically on that setup and the thought process behind it: kzbin.info/www/bejne/hGGUe5uropd1iqc. We were at first stumped as to how we'd transport a touring boat with a fifth wheel, but this is working out like a charm.

[@tomcharters7051]

@@GrandAdventure I has seen that previous video, just wondering now that you've traveled a bit with it and have gone through the loading/unloading a few times how it compared to the TT setup.

[@GrandAdventure]

@@tomcharters7051 piece o'cake. There aren't many alternatives with a fifth wheel, and this works out very well.

[@berniecontreras6697]

Where did you camp Did you find any blm or free camp grounds Any state camp grounds Please let me know Looks like 👍🏼 a great place to visit Thank you

[@GrandAdventure]

We stayed in the Kapka Butte Sno Park, link below in the video description.

[@skletke7543]

I liked Bend better when it was a small town. Everything gets ruined by big business. The woods and water features are beautiful though.

[@GrandAdventure]

It's definitely grown exponentially since we first visited a number of years ago. However, from our perspective it's managed to effectively maintain its small town feel.

[@pennysaufley8974]

Is Homie no longer on you tube? I can’t find him.

[@GrandAdventure]

He decided to be more PC and renamed the channel to "Eddie at Large".

[@pennysaufley8974]

Got it!

[@mccarthy7566]

Also, why does Homie call you Johnny?😀

[@GrandAdventure]

It's a long-running joke. When he was first traveling in Utah he turned to me for info on places to see, places to camp, etc. as I'd lived there and explored the state for nearly 20 years. Thus his nickname for me, "Johnny Utah".

[@cbingham40]

Is the dyrt pro worth it?

[@GrandAdventure]

We've had great success with it.

[@cbingham40]

@@GrandAdventure gonna use your code and try it out for this weekend

[@GrandAdventure]

@@cbingham40 Thank you! Let us know how it goes.

[@cbingham40]

@@GrandAdventure For sure. We are just putting our first foot forward and get out there this weekend. I’ll let you know. Keep up the great videos

[@kevingoodrich3050]

You should have been here before the golf courses took over and destroyed the area. They use 1 millions gallons of water a day. The city is pushing out the little people and all the job begin with Can I take your order. I will be retiring this year and moving.

[@EmekliMasası]

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[@knutblaise9437]

Please consider adding a channel without shorts and "to be released/scheduled" content. There seems to be no way of hiding this content which I don't consume and it is clogging up my YT subscription feed. I've really enjoyed your long-form video content. Maybe YT will allow users to filter out unwated content some day or maybe you can make an alt channel. Id really like to resubscribe in the future. Safe travels.

[@GrandAdventure]

Same to you, sorry to see you go.

[@rd4660]

Euwww gross, 10 Barrel….owned by Budweiser. Pick a better brewery next time, like Deschutes or Worthy.

[@GrandAdventure]

We actually love 10 Barrel, both the brews and the food. We do love Deschutes, been there before and we were lucky enough to get a private tour of the brewery a number of years ago. We've also been to Cascade Lakes, Sunriver and a few of the other microbreweries. Haven't done Worthy, we'll put that one on the list.

[@dgrfsthrgsergwrtghasefq]

Thumbs down for tourists with drones.

[@GrandAdventure]

LOL! I suppose you hate cameras too, for a drone is just a flying camera. Damn that Cessna flying overhead!

[@debmadden4157]

Go away. Bend is horrible. Don't move here

[@GrandAdventure]

Everyone always wants to lock the door behind them. If you weren't born there you're part of the problem. We can say the same about ourselves for SLC.

[@dukefleshman4936]

Great episode Marc! Beautiful videos as always. I camped at Lava Lake a few years ago. Love the area and can’t wait to get back. Your episodes are an inspiration!

[@GrandAdventure]

Thank you Duke! Comments like yours motivate us to keep going.Yup, we looked at Lava Lake after dropping our fiver at the Sno Park, as part of our search for a more scenic location. However, although a beautiful place it was just too forested for our solar and Starlink.