Scenic Driving Oregon : Exploring the Region's Most Spectacular Back Roads. This item is unavailable.Scenic Driving Oregon : Exploring the Region's Most Spectacular Back Roads

Pack up the car and enjoy 45 memorable routes in the Beaver State. Featuring over 4,800 miles of riding pleasure, this indispensable highway companion maps out unforgettable trips for exploring the region’s scenic back roads. Embark on an adventure that winds along the mountainsides. Take in the magnificence of the Columbia River Gorge. Trek along a coastline that sports some of the earth’s most spectacular scenery. Along the way you’ll discover fertile farmlands, unspoiled wilderness, deserts filled with sagebrush, and breathtaking vineyards and orchards.

Kim Cooper Findling is the editor of Central Oregon Magazine and the author of Day Trips From Portland: Getaway Ideas for the Local Traveler and Chance of Sun: An Oregon Memoir. Kim is an ambassador for Travel Oregon’s Ask Oregon program. Her work has appeared in Horizon Air, Alaska Air, Runner’s World, Sky West, The Best Places to Kiss NW, High Desert Journal and more, and she was the 2011 winner of the Oregon Quarterly Northwest Perspectives Essay Contest. Kim grew up on the Oregon Coast and has lived in Central Oregon since 1995. See www.kimcooperfindling.com.