Start off checking in a bunch of bottles in my checked bags to give to people as I travel around the state and they make it safely (always a question when flying with bottles in the luggage). Get picked up by my Turo guy and taken to the car. Take off and head straight to Bend through the Mt Hood pass. Such a beautiful drive with gorgeous weather; its impressive seeing the mountain in the distance. It is still snowcapped, the forest is lush and green, just feels amazing out. Then we get to the otherside of the mountain and its almost desert like. Stop at the black bear diner for an incredibly late lunch but hunger got the best of me.
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| Some of the selection in the Deschutes taproom |
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| Cheers to my baby, Black Butte Porter! |
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| Look at that beauty peaking around the corner |
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| So beautiful and such a pretty day to be mountain gazing. |
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| View from the other side of the mountain |
Food was ok but service was pretty slow. Maybe on me for not being more proactive in getting their attention but I was the only person in the place. Get back on the road and finally make it down to Bend and get to the hostel. Find the parking lots from their site and there are no spots anywhere. Apparently this hostel (Bunk and Brew Historic Lucas House) is a big gathering point for locals as well. I ask a random dude chilling outside if there are otherplaces to park. He says give him a minute and he moves his car. He returned soon to the hostel and I offered to buy him a beer to say thanks and he wouldnt take it. Great dude. Meet up with Russel who got there before me. Grab some drinks and listen to the music while catching up. One of the 3 musicians up there is just to do whistling and he is nailing it. We get to the point where we get hungry so we check in and take our bags to our rooms to drop them off and try to go down the street to the deschutes taproom but they have a 1hr wait so we put our name on the list and go across the street to Brother Jon's ale house for a drink. They dont have any space cause the kitchen is backed up but we tell the dude we are not eating so he lets us sit at the bar and order our drinks. Decent place with friendly bartender. A little bit after getting our drinks we get the text saying our deschutes table is ready so we pound our drinks and walk back across the street. Have some flights of many delicious beers and the food is delicious. Place looks awesome and the staff is incredibly pleasant. We stayed a bit after they closed and the staff wasnt kicking us out, just doing their close and letting us chill and finish our drinks. It was nice of them. Walk back to the hostel and have one more beer there before heading to bed.
Hostel review - decently nice back patio, don't really like their bathroom set up (essentially have to leave house to get a free bathroom and it's shared with the public. Food truck was decent. In non covid times I bet they have food activities. Friendly hosts. Great location. Very busy (potentially due to memorial day weekend or maybe its just always like that ). Nice breakfast considerations (2 eggs, juice, granola, e.t.c) but constantly out of stuff and not well organized.
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