One perfect day in Bend
a sample itinerary — one player’s perfect day
This is one player’s route through My Stay in Bend, a free, twenty-minute, browser-based mini RPG set in Bend, Oregon. Every stop below is a real place — the Tower Theatre marquee, Mirror Pond’s geese, a float down the Deschutes, the last Blockbuster on Earth — and every link goes to the place itself. Play it and you’ll get your own itinerary like this one, plus a postcard of the photos you took.
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Tower Theatre
835 NW Wall St, Bend, OR 97703
📱 Sela: THE MARQUEE!! told you it glows. I owe you one popcorn. A large.
Check the marquee for tonight's show; the box office is right under the neon.
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Drake Park & Mirror Pond
777 NW Riverside Blvd, Bend, OR 97703
📱 Sela: it looks PAINTED. also that goose is looking at you like it pays rent there.
Thirteen riverside acres downtown. Best light for the Mirror Pond reflection is early morning. Do not feed the geese; they already run the place.
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The Goose Committee (Drake Park lawn) secret shot
777 NW Riverside Blvd, Bend, OR 97703
📱 Sela: they're holding a MEETING. about you, probably.
Any bench facing the pond. They will find you.
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Deschutes Brewery Public House
1044 NW Bond St, Bend, OR 97703
📱 Sela: ok I watched you take this one and it STILL looks better than real life. Deschutes, baby.
Pouring since 1988, on the corner of Bond and Greenwood. This is the room where Black Butte Porter was first brewed.
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Old Mill District
450 SW Powerhouse Dr, Bend, OR 97702
📱 Sela: the smokestacks!! it's giving 'postcard rack at the airport' and I mean that as a compliment.
The three smokestacks are on the REI building — the old Brooks-Scanlon powerhouse. Summer concerts at Hayden Homes Amphitheater next door.
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The Last Blockbuster
211 NE Revere Ave, Bend, OR 97701
📱 Sela: THE LAST ONE ON EARTH. it's like photographing a unicorn that smells like carpet. PERFECT.
Yes, you can still rent a movie. Membership costs a few bucks, and the laminated card is the real souvenir.
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The Last Blockbuster (inside) secret shot
211 NE Revere Ave, Bend, OR 97701
📱 Sela: 22 years late. the clerk's FACE. this is my favorite photo and it's not even of Bend.
Ask about the late-fee wall.
- You took a growler errand for the Brewer. In real Bend: fill one at the Public House and carry it down to the river.
- Delivered the growler to The Regular at Mirror Pond. Real version: bring a growler to Drake Park at golden hour.
- Norm handed you a 22-year-old DVD. Real version: rent something at the Last Blockbuster and actually return it.
- Returned Galaxy Quest. The Clerk waived the fee. Legend.
Floating the Deschutes
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Float the Deschutes (put in at Riverbend Park)
799 SW Columbia St, Bend, OR 97702
📱 Sela: a mid-river selfie?? you absolute legend. did your phone survive. don't answer.
Put in at Riverbend Park, ride the little wave train through the Bend Whitewater Park, and climb out at Drake Park — river right, just past the Galveston Bridge. The Ride the River shuttle ($5, roughly every 45 minutes, mid-June to early September) loops you back.
Bend Park & Rec: floating the river → · Visit Bend: how to float → · eat: Bend Brewing Co. (post-float, by the take-out)
- Found all three rubber ducks on the float. Real version: the river provides — bring a dry bag.
Day trip: Mt. Bachelor
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Mt. Bachelor
13000 SW Century Dr, Bend, OR 97702
📱 Sela: ok THAT'S a horizon. I see that summit from my porch every day and I'm still jealous.
22 miles west on Century Drive. Summer: scenic chairlift rides and hiking; winter: skiing. Off the edge of this map — follow the arrow.
Day trip: Lava Lands
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Lava Lands Visitor Center
58201 S Hwy 97, Bend, OR 97707
📱 Sela: you went to a VOLCANO (gift shop adjacent) on MY tour. exactly as planned. flawless.
11 miles south on Hwy 97, and a road climbs 500 feet to the top of Lava Butte. The High Desert Museum is on the same stretch of highway, a few miles closer to town.
Deschutes National Forest → · Visit Bend: Newberry Monument → · eat: Sunriver Brewing (Sunriver)