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So, what else did we do that didn’t involve beer? On our first full day in Bend, we woke up
bright and early with plans of getting in some activity to offset our beer
calories. We had breakfast at our hotel
(delicious bagel sandwiches on homemade bagels) and drove a few miles to Pilot
Butte.
Pilot Butte is an old cinder cone and is a one mile
hike to the top. You actually hike in a
spiral and have so many views of the city and surrounding area, including a panoramic
one from the top. The hike both up and
down the mountain is about two hours. We
followed the road on the way up so we could have pavement and realized about
half way through it was pretty much straight up! On the way down, we followed the nature trail
which appeared to level off and might have felt easier. However, going down the dirt felt so much
harder than pavement.
In the early afternoon, we drove to the Old Mill District to rent a four-person bike for one hour. We had so much fun on our bike and
surprisingly, it was quite the workout.
We high-fived people, waved, and even had some frat guys jump on board
and help us peddle a bit. It was way too
much fun.
The next day we drive about 14 miles south of Bend to
tour a Lava River Cave. It was about a
mile deep, very dark, cold, and really creepy.
Also, it had about 35-40 bats inside.
Yikes! It was also quite the
workout.
We also had some good eats and some good drinks.
In the middle of our Girls Weekend was National
Whiskey Day, which needed to be celebrated.
Phoenix and I went to a nearby whiskey bar called Stihl Whiskey Bar. We made some new friends with the
bar tender Mikey and also met Jesus, who is actually Scottish. Jesus was in town for his bachelor party.
This town kept on entertaining us.
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