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Oregon / Wash Road trip details
Here's the route that I ended up taking - by no means DIRECT,
but a gorgeous drive ! Goggle shows 1757 miles : I actually drove a little more than 2500 ... I don't remember getting THAT lost. Thanks to everyone for all the things to do/see. About halfway into the trip I knew .. not enough time for all of this - I will definitely come back to do the rest. http://maps.google.com/maps?f=d&hl=e...04785&z=7&om=1 Bobb ( home now ) -Bobb- wrote: Columbia River Gorge Don't miss the world class Maryhill Museum of Art and the nearby Stonehenge. In a nearby town is the world's largest collection of rosaries -- incredibly fascinating! Oregon Caves Wonderful! Crater Lake park The most beautiful natural sight I've ever seen! -- __________________________________________________ _________________ Jail to The Chief http://geocities.com/dancefest/ --- http://geocities.com/iconoc/ TouringSFO:http://geocities.com/touringsfo/- IClast @ Gmail.com -- Posted via a free Usenet account fromhttp://www.teranews.com- Hide quoted text - - Show quoted text - ( I'll have to try teranews - posting on the road is apparently an issue with my ISP, so I had to make-up a spam account at google) UPDATE from the road ... Summary so far: 1. Columbia Gorge. Amazing that 30 minutes outside of airport I can be seeing waterfalls. ( Hotel was very nice, but surprised it was on the list of " 1,000 places to visit before you die" . It wasn't THAT nice. http://www.columbiagorgehotel.com/ ) 2. Mt St Helens - spent entire day there. (then forecast was for bad weather, so headed south again) ( Days Inn nearby) 3. Mt Hood (Loved the Timberline hotel - but it was full the day I was there with a wedding, so stayed at a Best Western ) 4. Crater Lake ( hotel was full so stayed at Prospect hotel B&B - it was great) http://www.prospecthotel.com/ 5. Oregon Caves . I DID stay there - loved the Chateau - vintage 1930. Steam radiators, one AC outlet per room - and the 2 lights were plugged into it. BIG beams cut from local trees - railings from branches, etc ... wonderful. http://ivcdo.projecta.com/SectionIndex.asp?SectionID=2 6. California Redwoods drive , then did a U-turn to start northern coastal part of trip. Great drive again today: from Brookings,OR to Yachats,OR The first part had great scenery /beaches. I didn't think I was ever going to make any time if stopping to enjoy the view every 3 miles, but eventually I got to the Oregon Dunes Nat'l park. No need for me to stop there, and while driving by it ( for miles) I had no ocean views but GREAT winding roads - fun driving. Hardly anyone on the roads ( midweek) so driving is a lot of fun ... miss something? - do a U-turn in middle of highway and go back.... no slow-pokes. And they have a passing lane every 5 miles or so, so if we did catch up to someone, could pass them shortly. Tonight at http://www.adoberesort.com ( $63 for a room - right on the ocean !!!! ) Great location--we had Sunday brunch at the Adobe. We stayed 1 couple of miles south of Yachats, at the Shamrock Lodgettes..or some such similar name--got such a cheap price we felt we were almost stealing and ...right on the ocean!! Maybe a lot of Oregonians don't realize what a Nirvana they have right on their OWN door stoep?? I watched the sunset ... tried to see the green flash - Nope ! Not again this time. Tomorrow will be in Northern Oregon then WA. heading north eventually to Northwestern most point of US. I was speaking to another traveler who said that there Is a marker there to identify it and it is accessible. On a map it looks like reservation so I wasn't sure. Then on to Olympic Natl Park - then Mt Rainier. As for Mt Ranier ... does it matter which way I approach it ( north/ west ?). Any advantage to approaching Mt Ranier from one side or another ? ( trying to save a drive all the way around the mountain to see something that I SHOULD see.) I found at Crater Lake that I came in North (12 o'clock position)- went clockwise and not until I went 3/4 of the way around did I see " the expected view". I almost drove out at "Rim Exit" (7 o'clock position) but figured "I'll do the rest". THEN I saw the clear blue views. According to the locals in the Cascades, the northern coast of OR is supposed to be even more scenic then the southern half so I'm looking forward to it. I've got 6 more days here - hopefully enough time to do it all. If not, I'll skip seeing Seattle and/or Portland/ Stonehenge etc. I've loved the scenery and the mountain drives ! That's really why I'm here this time. Bobb |
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