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#FoodFindFriday | Bontà Natural Artisan Gelato | Ice Cream | Bend, Oregon

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A few weeks ago we made our second big trip down to Bend, Oregon for some camping, hiking and gelato eating. Prior to our trip I looked up ice cream shops to visit and Bontà was one of the first spots to pop up. I checked to see what they had for non-dairy options and when I saw flavors such as chocolate coconut, lemon sorbetto, and vegan spiced latte I knew that we just had to give Bontà a try.

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Our first day in Bend we headed downtown and to our delight we not only found the Bontà store front but their was a food festival also going on which included the Bontà gelato cart. After perusing the flavors we decided to get the coconut with Jem nutbutter from the cart and the raspberry sorbetto from the shop. We also sampled the chocolate and the lemon which where absolutely amazing and I have dreams about going back for a scoop of each. 

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The dairy-free gelato was smooth, creamy, and incredibly rich. Exactly what I love in a gelato or non-dairy ice cream. I will say we went for a regular size of the coconut with Jem and it was more than we could finish because it was so rich but oh it was so good. 

Overall A+++ when it comes to quality, selection and taste and easily one of my most favorite #FridayFoodFinds.

Disclaimer: this post is in NOT sponsored. 

Our Bend Getaway | Part 2 | Smith Rock State Park & Crux Fermentation Project

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Day 3.

We started day three in bend at Backporch Coffee where I picked up this really good bottle of cold brew. 

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Once we were fully caffeinated we made our way out to  Smith Rock State park because we all needed to finally see Monkey Face after reading about it at least a million times in Goodnight Oregon. 

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We got to Smith Rock State Park and it was actually quite packed with hikers, rock climbers and fellow sightseers. While I would have liked to have gone for a hike my parents were with us and they are not the hiking types. That didn’t stop us from finding a flat path to walk around although I spent most of my time holding my breath as I watched people (both big and super little) propelling themselves off the side of the rock cliffs. When I wasn’t holding my breath I was telling Neil to step away from the edge. Something I never thought I would have to say because he used to be petrified of heights and ledges. Looking back it was quiet a stressful visit! [you can find more photos here.]

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After Smith Rock State Park we dropped the kids back off at the house with the grandparents and we made a break for it. We debated a few places to go and settled on Crux were we sampled a number of beers and loaded up on amazing vegan food. 

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We had some seriously amazing food and then headed downtown to walk around and find more coffee before heading back to our littles. 

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This was our third and last full day in Bend. The following day was pretty dull and basically started with breakfast, more Backporch Coffee and ended with us driving home with a few quick stops including Rowena Crest where we saw the amazing view below. 

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We are looking forward to our next trip to Bend and of course there is so much we didn’t do or see. What are your favorite things about Bend?