About the Author

Tim Neville

Tim Neville is a writer based in Bend where he writes about the outdoors, travel and the business of both. His work has been included in Best American Travel Writing, Best American Sports Writing and Best Food Writing, and earned various awards from the Society of American Travel Writers and the Society of Professional Journalists. Tim has reported from all seven continents and spends his free time skiing, running and spending time with his family.

Family-Friendly Weekend in the Wallowas

May 16, 2022
Summer ushers in family road trip fun in Oregon, particularly on spectacular mountain roads that open once again once the snow melts. That’s true in Northeast Oregon, where one of the state’s most scenic routes, Forest Service Road 39 — aka Wallowa Mountain Loop Road — typically reopens by mid-June. The road winds through the Wallowa-Whitman National Forest and connects towns like Halfway with Joseph, Enterprise and the Wallowa Valley.  The road’s reopening means road-trippers can once again make an unforgettable loop out of the...
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Find Your Balance With Stand-Up Paddleboard Yoga in Oregon

May 12, 2022
With so many flowing, peaceful waters — from chill alpine lakes to thousands of miles of rippling rivers — Oregon offers no shortage of inspiring locations for beginner and advanced yogis alike to find a peaceful spot to recharge the body and mind.  When you place your practice atop a floating stand-up paddleboard, the lessons of breathing, balance and being present become even more crystal clear. Certified yoga instructors frequently work with area rental shops to help you get what you need to get mindful...
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Find Rejuvenation in Oregon’s High Desert

April 25, 2022
Oregon may claim the best craggy coasts, misty forests and icy volcanoes around, but venture east of the Cascades and you enter the wild high desert, a magnificent land of yawning canyons and windswept steppes where the sky’s so big and blue, you swear you can feel it on your shoulders.  May marks a special time to visit, too, as the desert sheds its winter skin and transitions into a world bursting with life. The pronghorn antelope have their babies, the balsamroot explodes like sundrops... More
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Beginner’s Guide to Foraging Spring Greens on the Oregon Coast

April 1, 2022
Oregon’s public lands are loaded with wild edibles all year-round, but spring is a special time to wander into a world of vibrant, fresh shoots that erupt out of the soil and push out of branches to entice the culinarily curious. From as early as February to as late as May, you can turn that afternoon hike into a rewarding bowl of greens. More
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Beer-Lover’s Getaway to Sisters

March 23, 2022
Oregon Food Trails
Rising where the high desert meets the Cascades, the gateway community of Sisters has always had a special air about it — maybe even literally. From sampling new beers wild fermented with natural yeasts collected in town to refueling on the tangy-charred crunch of a wood-fired pizza crust, here are some ways for beer lovers to enjoy a getaway to Sisters. More
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Urban Winery Dazzles in Portland

Enjoying the view from the enormous back patio of the new Amaterra Winery across the estate vineyards that grew the grapes now in your glass, you could be forgiven for forgetting where you are — just minutes from downtown Portland.   Amaterra opened in January 2022 — a 46,000-square-foot facility with a 12-acre vineyard — in the West Hills area of Portland. In doing so, the city gains a robust wine-tasting experience typically found deeper in the Tualatin Valley or neighboring Willamette Valley, but one that’s an... More

Oregon Museum Explores Utopian Communities

January 18, 2022
It is an idea as old as society itself: From the Garden of Eden to Burning Man and beyond, we have always wondered how we might build a better society. But what if you could design your own utopia? What would that look like? More
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How to Hike Oregon’s Table Rocks

September 8, 2021
About a five-minute drive north of Medford, the ground abruptly rumbles skyward to form airy U-shape plateaus of ancient lava that press into the fertile fields of the Rogue Valley below. These are Oregon’s spectacular Table Rocks (Upper and Lower) and together they offer nearly 5,000 acres’ worth of excuses to wander among rare flowers and fairy-tale views. The Takelma people — who foraged in this homeland area for roots, berries and acorns — sought refuge here from conflicts with settlers in the 1800s. Today... More
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Explore These Less-Crowded Wilderness Trails in the Central Oregon Cascades

May 4, 2021
Hikers love the high peaks and wilderness areas of Oregon’s Central Cascades for good reason. The glacier-gouged volcanoes rocket out of the earth in a scream of rock and ice, while placid lakes shimmer in the palms of the pine-scented forests that surround them. But like IPAs and Sparrow Bakery’s ocean rolls, too much of a good thing isn’t great, and such easy access has led to overuse that threatens the very thing that made these areas special. More
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Local’s Guide to Rediscovering Central Oregon

December 8, 2020
For the past few months, my wife, my daughter and I have skipped the long road trips and vacations and instead have focused on outings much closer to our home in Bend — which is great. The distances we travel may have diminished, but the spirit of travel has not. Tonight, we only need to drive 14 miles to tick off something we’ve always wanted to do but just never have. More
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