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Get off the beaten path

The 15 million acres of public lands in Oregon and Washington offer an amazing array of settings including coastal beaches and headlands, Cascade forests and rivers, Columbia Plateau pothole lakes, and high desert mountains and grasslands. Across the region, facilities such as day use areas, trails, campgrounds, boat launches, visitor

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Road Trip Oregon

Come and explore the sites of the Pacific Northwest in one of our fully equipped pop top camper vans.  From the beaches of the Oregon Coast to the volcanic peaks of the Cascade Mountains there is no better way to travel.  This video was filmed and edited by Dylan Melcher on

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1859 magazine feature story- VW on the OC

Editor Kevin Max takes a road trip with his family to explore the southern Oregon coast and ends up having quite an adventure. IT HAD BEEN COMING DOWN IN BUCKETS FOR DAYS. It was even chilly, late June on the coast. There was no tent this time. No rain-fly, no

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Fishing in Oregon

Few places in the world have such diverse and high quality fishing as Oregon.  The Pacific coastline offers incredible opportunities to catch halibut and salmon.  The major rivers deliver fresh runs of steelhead and salmon to the tributaries of central and eastern Oregon.  The countless smaller mountain streams and lakes

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