Explore Oregon Podcast: 16 glorious Oregon summer road trips to camp, hike, swim, fish
In this episode of the Explore Oregon Podcast, Zach is joined by Oregon outdoors author Franziska Weinheimer, the owner and operator of the website HikeOregon.net, to talk about 16 glorious summer road trips that include hiking, camping, floating, fishing and exploring all corners of the Beaver State.
Zach and Franziska talk about a waterfall-filled road trip to Crater Lake National Park, a hidden corner of the Wallowa Mountains and campsites with dazzling swimming holes alongside — to name just a few.
Franziska is the author of the new book "Lakes of the Cascades: 50 Enchanting Oregon Lake Hikes," and so spends a lot of time breaking down her favorite alpine pools in Oregon's mountains, from the area outside Bend to Mount Hood.
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Relevant reading from the episode:
Backpack the 400-mile Oregon Coast Trail in style; 5 best 'segment hikes'
The shockingly great campsites and floats of the Willamette River
Oregon's most beautiful and grueling hike reaches top of Wallowa Mountains
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Zach Urness has been an outdoors reporter in Oregon for 15 years and is host of the Explore Oregon Podcast. To support his work, subscribe to the Statesman Journal. Urness is the author of “Best Hikes with Kids: Oregon” and “Hiking Southern Oregon.” He can be reached at zurness@StatesmanJournal.com or (503) 399-6801. Find him on Twitter at @ZachsORoutdoors.
This article originally appeared on Salem Statesman Journal: 16 Oregon summer road trips to camp, hike, swim, fish
