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Portland, OR ideas
I had previously asked about things to do and see in Seattle. Well, our
trip plans have changed and instead of taking Amtrak to Seattle, we will disembark in Portland. We'll probably spend a couple of days in Portland before moving on to spend most of our visit in and around the Columbia River Gorge. I'd love to get ideas of things not to miss in Portland. We are a family of four with two teenaged girls. By the way, we are not shoppers....even the women of the family...unless it's really unusual. Our interests include museums, unique parks and views, hiking, perhaps bike rentals if there are good bike trails. Thanks. -- |
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Portland, OR ideas
In article hENzh.2254$5M1.1680@trndny01,
Bill in Schenectady wrote: I had previously asked about things to do and see in Seattle. Well, our trip plans have changed and instead of taking Amtrak to Seattle, we will disembark in Portland. We'll probably spend a couple of days in Portland before moving on to spend most of our visit in and around the Columbia River Gorge. What time of year? And are you willing to rent a car while you're there? A trip up Mount Hood (with lunch at Timberline Lodge, perhaps) would be beautiful. Patty |
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Portland, OR ideas
In article hENzh.2254$5M1.1680@trndny01,
Bill in Schenectady wrote: We'll probably spend a couple of days in Portland before moving on to spend most of our visit in and around the Columbia River Gorge. Heading West to Astoria might be worthwhile. That's an interesting area. Not a pretty city, though. The best thing about Portland is the brewpub scene, IMO. No idea of you're into that.... |
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Portland, OR ideas
"Patty Winter" wrote in message ... In article hENzh.2254$5M1.1680@trndny01, Bill in Schenectady wrote: I had previously asked about things to do and see in Seattle. Well, our trip plans have changed and instead of taking Amtrak to Seattle, we will disembark in Portland. We'll probably spend a couple of days in Portland before moving on to spend most of our visit in and around the Columbia River Gorge. What time of year? And are you willing to rent a car while you're there? A trip up Mount Hood (with lunch at Timberline Lodge, perhaps) would be beautiful. Patty We will arrive in Portland on June 27 and leave Portland for Glacier National Park (and ultimate trip back home) on July 6. So that's ten days, including arrival and departure day. We don't intend to rent a car immediately, but would like to stay a couple of days in Portland without a car. After that, we'll do a slow loop around the Columbia River Gorge, with side trips to interesting areas. Figure that we'll rent a car for a week of the ten days. We'd like to do one day trip to the coast (ideas, anyone?), one day trip to Mt. St. Helens (I've always wanted to see that), and plan to do lots of hiking and other outdoor activities in the Gorge and surrounding mountains. We'd also like to take in a winery tour or two, do some whitewater rafting, and perhaps consider renting bicycles if there are some good off road bicycle trails. |
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Portland, OR ideas
"Todd Michel McComb" wrote in message ... In article hENzh.2254$5M1.1680@trndny01, Bill in Schenectady wrote: We'll probably spend a couple of days in Portland before moving on to spend most of our visit in and around the Columbia River Gorge. Heading West to Astoria might be worthwhile. That's an interesting area. Not a pretty city, though. The best thing about Portland is the brewpub scene, IMO. No idea of you're into that.... Well, my wife and I enjoy brew clubs. But we will have a couple of teenagers with us. So what's so interesting about Astoria? |
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Portland, OR ideas
In article 1DOzh.2410$H77.1328@trndny08,
Bill in Schenectady wrote: So what's so interesting about Astoria? It's out where the Columbia hits the Pacific... lots of history, and interesting scenery. Directly across (well, sort of) the Columbia in WA, there is Ft. Canby SP, which is also historic and scenic. That's basically the breakwater of the Columbia delta. Astoria has the Astoria Tower, which is a pretty old structure, but you can walk up there and see a lot if the weather is clear. It's different, at least. |
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Portland, OR ideas
With that much time, you will be able to "do" Mount St. Helens, the Columbia
River Gorge, the Oregon Coast down as far as you can go without entering California, and see lots of goodies in Portland itself. Bob Gardner "Bill in Schenectady" wrote in message news:hENzh.2254$5M1.1680@trndny01... I had previously asked about things to do and see in Seattle. Well, our trip plans have changed and instead of taking Amtrak to Seattle, we will disembark in Portland. We'll probably spend a couple of days in Portland before moving on to spend most of our visit in and around the Columbia River Gorge. I'd love to get ideas of things not to miss in Portland. We are a family of four with two teenaged girls. By the way, we are not shoppers....even the women of the family...unless it's really unusual. Our interests include museums, unique parks and views, hiking, perhaps bike rentals if there are good bike trails. Thanks. -- |
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Portland, OR ideas
Bill in Schenectady wrote: We will arrive in Portland on June 27 and leave Portland for Glacier National Park (and ultimate trip back home) on July 6. So that's ten days, including arrival and departure day. We don't intend to rent a car immediately, but would like to stay a couple of days in Portland without a car. After that, we'll do a slow loop around the Columbia River Gorge, with side trips to interesting areas. Figure that we'll rent a car for a week of the ten days. We'd like to do one day trip to the coast (ideas, anyone?), one day trip to Mt. St. Helens (I've always wanted to see that), and plan to do lots of hiking and other outdoor activities in the Gorge and surrounding mountains. We'd also like to take in a winery tour or two, do some whitewater rafting, and perhaps consider renting bicycles if there are some good off road bicycle trails. The reproduction of Lewis and Clark's Fort Clatsop burned down awhile back but I believe it has been rebuilt (near Astoria). Cannon Beach represents the best of the Oregon Coast to me, and in Tillamook you can visit the cheese factory. Howard Hughes' Spruce Goose is in McMinnville. In Portland itself, the Oregon Museum of Science and Industry (OMSI) has interesting exhibits including a Russian submarine. The Rose Gardens will be beautiful that time of year. Also, I can easily spend a day at Powell's Books on Burnside -- it's huge and wonderful. |
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Portland, OR ideas
Bill in Schenectady wrote:
I'd love to get ideas of things not to miss in Portland. The zoo is unusually nice. The rose gardens are fabulous. The hands-on science museum predates San Francisco's Exploratorium but not the Chicago Museum of Science and Industry. -- __________________________________________________ ______________ A San Franciscan who's visited 49 of 50 US states. http://geocities.com/dancefest/ --- http://geocities.com/iconoc/ ICQ: http://wwp.mirabilis.com/19098103 ------- IClast at Gmail com -- Posted via a free Usenet account from http://www.teranews.com |
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Portland, OR ideas
wrote in message ... In Portland itself, the Oregon Museum of Science and Industry (OMSI) has interesting exhibits including a Russian submarine. The Rose Gardens will be beautiful that time of year. Also, I can easily spend a day at Powell's Books on Burnside -- it's huge and wonderful. Yes, definitely the Rose Gardens and also the Japanese Gardens nearby and the Chinese Garden downtown. Portland has good public transportation. Let's see, maybe a walk along the river. I love Powell's also. You could do a kind of loop to Mt Hood, then Hood River, a wind-surfing/orchard town. Just across the Columbia are a couple of intreresting sights: the Maryhill Art Museum and a copy of the "complete" Stonehenge. You then could approach Mt. St. Helens from the east, but I don't know the road situation there. There's a very good road and series of viewing/information centers coming off I-5 to the west. Plus you don't want to miss the Oregon side of the Columbia Gorge. There's a great view from the old highway and a number of waterfalls, viewable from the road and hike-innable. Good time of the year for waterfalls. Speaking of waterfalls, a bit of a detour south and just east of Salem is Silver Falls State Park. It has a 5-mile hike passing by 8 waterfalls (and behind one). For an extra couple miles you get 2 more waterfalls. One of my favorite places. Maybe you could do it on your winery tour day. Marianne |
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