Kristen Grund Jokinen, Broker at Alpine Real Estate

03/05/2026

🙌 Central Oregon Friends! 🙌 If you are coming to our next, and final, presentation March 26th at 6:30pm Roundabout Books, PLEASE sign up early!! This event will be NEW photos, videos and stories. Thanks everyone that came out to our last event, we were *sold out* with a waiting list so want to make sure we have enough room in the next space for everyone that wants to come. Bring friends, coworkers, family. We will talk about kindness, openness, curiosity, and building community across borders. It will be joyful, positive and ALL are welcome. Please bring some good questions for the Q&A 🚴🏽‍♀️🚴‍♂️ Hope to see you there! 👇🏼

Roundabout Books & Cafe is an independent bookshop located in the NorthWest Crossing neighborhood of Bend, Oregon. This website is used to purchase books, register for upcoming events, sign-up for our newsletter, and find information for upcoming book clubs, storytimes, and more events going on in t...

10/05/2025

🏡 Bend friends! I’m hosting an open house again today, Sun. 11-5 at Bear Creek Ranch. Come take a look, bring friends and get a tour. Turn right off Bear Creek Rd at the Bear Creek Ranch sign, drive over the bridge and the house is to your right just past the pond. Hope to see you there! 🙌

This 3092 square feet Single Family home has 4 bedrooms and 3 bathrooms. It is located at 21925 Bear Creek Rd, Bend, OR.

10/04/2025

🏡 Bend friends! I’m hosting an open house today, Sat. 11-3 at Bear Creek Ranch. Come take a look, bring friends and get a tour. Turn right off Bear Creek Rd at the Bear Creek Ranch sign, drive over the bridge and the house is to your right just past the pond. Hope to see you there! 🙌

This 3092 square feet Single Family home has 4 bedrooms and 3 bathrooms. It is located at 21925 Bear Creek Rd, Bend, OR.

10/03/2025

Excited to share the video of my new ranch listing here in beautiful Bend, Oregon. Give me a call if you would like to come take a look!

09/08/2024

Check out The Bulletin article about our bike ride through Africa! Thank you Mark Morical + Bend for continuing to follow our journey 🙌🚴🏽‍♀️🚴‍♂️

Kristen and Ville Jokinen have biked nearly 30,000 miles together on seemingly impossible stretches of land throughout the world.

06/07/2024

Friends, I have a favor to ask…

The sole purpose of writing/publishing my book, ‘Joy Ride: A Bike Odyssey from Alaska to Argentina’ was to share the message of kindness and inspire others. Hearing what you think of our book means a lot to us, and does a lot to support us and the book. If you’ve read ‘Joy Ride’ and have a moment to share your thoughts, would you please leave a review on Amazon.com, Goodreads, Barnes & Noble, Powell's Books, Inc. and/or any bookstore’s website where they support reviews? If you enjoy the book, please tell others about it. If you are in a book club, please consider picking it as your month’s ‘pick’. Download a Reader’s Guide for book club discussions on our website: https://www.welostthemap.com/the-book. Do you write for a magazine, know someone who works in media, or host a podcast? Reach out to us! Please share the book on socials and tell others what you think. Small acts of kindness become big acts of greatness and we thank you for your help! ❤️

Love on wheels

03/21/2024

🇱🇸 Hello from Lesotho! Africa Adventure: Part 2 just dropped 🎥 Click below to watch 👇🏼

https://youtu.be/CnsD1JK7d2U?si=9R5LCFPQEJFgHB7k

03/05/2024

In honor of Women’s History Month, Women Who Explore + Women Who Explore Book Club are reading ‘Joy Ride’. Join us March 14th at 7pm MT to discuss 📕

03/02/2024

We are on YouTube! Find us

https://youtu.be/GfVOd3mcKgI?si=xqSdFhu5qgqiI4pe

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First leg of hopefully many on our journey through Africa. Cape Town to Jeffreys Bay. - Keep on keepin on! -

02/18/2024

We love meeting new people! 🇿🇦

12/29/2023

Bend Friends!! Please help me spread the word! Ville + I will be back for a presentation January 10th at the downtown Bend Deschutes Public Library at 5:30pm. Thanks so much to all of you who have been reading, reviewing and telling others about ‘Joy Ride’. ❤️📕🙌

An exclusive reading and Q&A by a local author.This is an in-person program.We are excited to welcome local author, Kri...