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Oregon / Wash Road trips - advice on length of time ?
Since Bobb hasn't sent me his email address, I did cut and paste excerpts
below of the other email messages I was going to send privately. ---------------------------------------------------------------------------- Worthwhile stuff to do IN Seattle: Pike's Place Market Go up the Space Needle Boeing Museum of Flight Underground City Tour Seattle Waterfront: Aquarium Lots of little shops Eat seafood and watch the ferries Dinner ferry to Tillicum Village for the Salmon Bake Water tour from waterfront Visit the U of W/Arboretum/University District Ride the monorail between downtown and science center West Seattle: Walk along beach Shops Park for view of downtown Seattle and watch the lights come up. Alki Point lighthouse Pacific Science Center (more or less like OMSI) Mariners game Columbia Tower (tallest building on west coast; does it have an observation deck?) Take a drive around Lake Union and Lake Washington (quite a few nice city parks) Find a good restaurant on Eliott Bay, or one of the lakes Close to Seattle (day trips): Whidbey Island/Deception Pass Olympic National Park/Port Angeles Port Townsend Ferry rides (take one ferry out and another back) San Juan islands --------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------- Subject: Oregon Wineries and Winery Tours Here are some sites to check out: http://www.winesnw.com/ http://www.oregonwines.com/ http://www.westernlimousine.com/winetours.asp (has links to several local winery web sites) http://www.ecotours-of-oregon.com/wine.htm http://grapescape.citysearch.com/1.html -- Grape Escape Winery Tours http://www.oregon.worldweb.com/Tours...res/WineTours/ ------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------ Subject: Oregon Coast, where to stop overnight? I grew up in Astoria and my mother-in-law currently lives just south of Newport. So, I know the Oregon coast well. For a first-timer, there is certainly much to see and do as you move down the coastline. Astoria, in particular is very rich in history. There is a great world-class maritime museum, several coastal defense forts around Fort Stevens to visit, the remains of an old shipwreck you can see on the beach, Fort Clatsop (now part of the larger Lewis and Clark national historical park), the Astoria column, and lots of good hiking (Oregon coast trail, the new interpretive trail at Fort Clatsop, and Saddle Mountain). You could easily spend a couple of days around the Astoria area. On the Washington side, Cape Disappointment is a must-see. As you drive south along the coastline there are many nice beaches to walk, parks to visit with scenic vistas, quaint little towns with some neat shopping, and lighthouses you can tour. Other people have responded to your posting with links to some good websites. If you start exploring those links, you should be able to come up with many places in line with your interests where you might want to stop. It might or might not be obvious from looking at the map, but you won't always have the ocean in view as you drive highway 101 south from Astoria to Newport. However, you should never be more than 5 or 10 miles inland at any given time and can easily cut over to the beach via access roads. The route goes something like this: -- From Astoria to Cannon beach junction (4 miles south of Seaside), for a distance of 20 miles you'll be about 1 mile inland with the ocean obscured by a series of low hills. However, you can get to the ocean by following the signs to Fort Stevens (which you might want to visit anyway), taking the Del Rey beach access road, or driving into downtown Seaside. -- From Cannon Beach junction to Tillamook highway 101 follows the bluffs along the coast with some great vistas of the ocean and bays (about 40 miles). Cannon beach is a neat little tourist town to stop at. Ecola State Park to the north of town is nice. Further south, Oswald West state park gives you a nice, short walk through the forest ending a nice beach. Nehalem Bay state park is also a nice stop for a picnic lunch. When you approach Tillamook, be sure to stop at the cheese factory. -- From Tillamook to Lincoln city (about 60 miles), highway 101 cuts inland again and you won't have any ocean views until arriving at Lincoln City. However, I would recommend taking the Three Capes drive out of Tillamook, which joins up with Highway 101 again about 10-15 miles further south. When on the Three Capes drive, make a stop at the Cape Meares lighthouse if the weather is nice. The lighthouse is on a point of land high above the ocean with good views of the coast both to the north and south. As drive down from Cape Meares, there is a nice little beach and state park called Oceanside with a small tunnel through the rocks you can walk through. -- From Lincoln City to Florence (about 70 miles), highway 101 again hugs the coastal bluffs. Lots and lots of places to pull over along this stretch of the road. Places to consider include visiting the two lighthouses on either end of Newport, the Newport bay front, the Oregon Coast Aquarium, Heceta Head, Devil's Churn, Cape Perpetua, and the Strawberry Hill wayside (where you can always find seals and sea lions sunning themselves on the rocks). At Florence, visit the bay front and eat at Moes. -- From Florence to Coos Bay (about 60 miles), highway 101 again cuts inland. Places you might want to stop include Honeyman State Park, the Oregon Dunes Overlook, and the elk refuge near Reedsport. When you get to Coos Bay, be sure to go out to Sunset Beach state park and visit the botanical gardens at Cape Arago. I don't know how long you'll be in Coos Bay, but if you have the time you might want to take a drive south from Coos Bay to the Oregon California border. In my opinion, this section of the coastline is more ruggedly beautiful than the northern Oregon coast. If you do that drive, beside some more nice beaches you'll also be able to visit a small wildlife game park near Bandon, take a jet boat ride up the Rogue river, and drive or walk through some large coastal redwood groves at the end. |
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Oregon / Wash Road trips - advice on length of time ?
Pike Place Market (not Pike's)
And if he is going to the Needle, there is also Experience Music Project and if he is with kids the Pacific Science Center Seek out some of the local art: Troll under the Bridge Waiting for the Interurban the new Waterfront Sculpture park Japanese Garden in the Arboretum Snoqualmie Falls St. Michelle Winery Seattle Art Museum Hiram Chittenden Locks And in Tacoma: State History Museum Museum of Glass On Mon, 25 Jun 2007 09:45:31 -0700, "Walt Tucker" wrote: Since Bobb hasn't sent me his email address, I did cut and paste excerpts below of the other email messages I was going to send privately. ---------------------------------------------------------------------------- Worthwhile stuff to do IN Seattle: Pike's Place Market Go up the Space Needle Boeing Museum of Flight Underground City Tour Seattle Waterfront: Aquarium Lots of little shops Eat seafood and watch the ferries Dinner ferry to Tillicum Village for the Salmon Bake Water tour from waterfront Visit the U of W/Arboretum/University District Ride the monorail between downtown and science center West Seattle: Walk along beach Shops Park for view of downtown Seattle and watch the lights come up. Alki Point lighthouse Pacific Science Center (more or less like OMSI) Mariners game Columbia Tower (tallest building on west coast; does it have an observation deck?) Take a drive around Lake Union and Lake Washington (quite a few nice city parks) Find a good restaurant on Eliott Bay, or one of the lakes Close to Seattle (day trips): Whidbey Island/Deception Pass Olympic National Park/Port Angeles Port Townsend Ferry rides (take one ferry out and another back) San Juan islands --------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------- Subject: Oregon Wineries and Winery Tours Here are some sites to check out: http://www.winesnw.com/ http://www.oregonwines.com/ http://www.westernlimousine.com/winetours.asp (has links to several local winery web sites) http://www.ecotours-of-oregon.com/wine.htm http://grapescape.citysearch.com/1.html -- Grape Escape Winery Tours http://www.oregon.worldweb.com/Tours...res/WineTours/ ------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------ Subject: Oregon Coast, where to stop overnight? I grew up in Astoria and my mother-in-law currently lives just south of Newport. So, I know the Oregon coast well. For a first-timer, there is certainly much to see and do as you move down the coastline. Astoria, in particular is very rich in history. There is a great world-class maritime museum, several coastal defense forts around Fort Stevens to visit, the remains of an old shipwreck you can see on the beach, Fort Clatsop (now part of the larger Lewis and Clark national historical park), the Astoria column, and lots of good hiking (Oregon coast trail, the new interpretive trail at Fort Clatsop, and Saddle Mountain). You could easily spend a couple of days around the Astoria area. On the Washington side, Cape Disappointment is a must-see. As you drive south along the coastline there are many nice beaches to walk, parks to visit with scenic vistas, quaint little towns with some neat shopping, and lighthouses you can tour. Other people have responded to your posting with links to some good websites. If you start exploring those links, you should be able to come up with many places in line with your interests where you might want to stop. It might or might not be obvious from looking at the map, but you won't always have the ocean in view as you drive highway 101 south from Astoria to Newport. However, you should never be more than 5 or 10 miles inland at any given time and can easily cut over to the beach via access roads. The route goes something like this: -- From Astoria to Cannon beach junction (4 miles south of Seaside), for a distance of 20 miles you'll be about 1 mile inland with the ocean obscured by a series of low hills. However, you can get to the ocean by following the signs to Fort Stevens (which you might want to visit anyway), taking the Del Rey beach access road, or driving into downtown Seaside. -- From Cannon Beach junction to Tillamook highway 101 follows the bluffs along the coast with some great vistas of the ocean and bays (about 40 miles). Cannon beach is a neat little tourist town to stop at. Ecola State Park to the north of town is nice. Further south, Oswald West state park gives you a nice, short walk through the forest ending a nice beach. Nehalem Bay state park is also a nice stop for a picnic lunch. When you approach Tillamook, be sure to stop at the cheese factory. -- From Tillamook to Lincoln city (about 60 miles), highway 101 cuts inland again and you won't have any ocean views until arriving at Lincoln City. However, I would recommend taking the Three Capes drive out of Tillamook, which joins up with Highway 101 again about 10-15 miles further south. When on the Three Capes drive, make a stop at the Cape Meares lighthouse if the weather is nice. The lighthouse is on a point of land high above the ocean with good views of the coast both to the north and south. As drive down from Cape Meares, there is a nice little beach and state park called Oceanside with a small tunnel through the rocks you can walk through. -- From Lincoln City to Florence (about 70 miles), highway 101 again hugs the coastal bluffs. Lots and lots of places to pull over along this stretch of the road. Places to consider include visiting the two lighthouses on either end of Newport, the Newport bay front, the Oregon Coast Aquarium, Heceta Head, Devil's Churn, Cape Perpetua, and the Strawberry Hill wayside (where you can always find seals and sea lions sunning themselves on the rocks). At Florence, visit the bay front and eat at Moes. -- From Florence to Coos Bay (about 60 miles), highway 101 again cuts inland. Places you might want to stop include Honeyman State Park, the Oregon Dunes Overlook, and the elk refuge near Reedsport. When you get to Coos Bay, be sure to go out to Sunset Beach state park and visit the botanical gardens at Cape Arago. I don't know how long you'll be in Coos Bay, but if you have the time you might want to take a drive south from Coos Bay to the Oregon California border. In my opinion, this section of the coastline is more ruggedly beautiful than the northern Oregon coast. If you do that drive, beside some more nice beaches you'll also be able to visit a small wildlife game park near Bandon, take a jet boat ride up the Rogue river, and drive or walk through some large coastal redwood groves at the end. |
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Oregon / Wash Road trip - Salmon fishing question
Hello again,
Still researching / planning it out and have a question for locals : any fishing folks out there ? We're not looking to keep 'em - just catch and release. I went to Kay's fishing link and it brought me to others ..... http://www.fishingoregon.net/links.htm then he http://www.mthoodterritory.com/fishing.jsp - questions: Where ? - I'm gonna do this trip in September and looking for advice/ recommendations on area to choose for 1 or 2 days of fishing with a boat charter. Recommend Washington or Oregon ? - does it matter ? I see a LOT of names/websites in a google search for " charter Fishing Oregon " from charter boats. They look like 20-25 foot boats ? They'll be just two of us - any suggestions? referrals ? Columbia River ? What part ? etc I'm trying to work it backward : 1. where to fish 2. When ? - early /late Sept That will decide where to fly into and to fish first or toward end of trip How ? Would we be fly-fishing ? ( my buddy never has) From shore ? /wading ? Or it depends ? SHOULD we hire a boat ? or certain spots to just drive to and fish from shore . ( Or course then we'd need to buy equipment ) Permitting ? do we need state ? local ? other ? Thanks again. |
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Oregon / Wash Road trip - Salmon fishing question
Yes, you'll need licenses, temporary or annual. Here is the Oregon
application: http://www.dfw.state.or.us/resources...pplication.pdf and Washington's: https://fishhunt.dfw.wa.gov/wdfw/licenses.html And the Oregon rules: http://www.dfw.state.or.us/resources...tions_2007.pdf and supplement to the Oregon rules: http://www.dfw.state.or.us/resources.../northwest.asp And Washington's: https://fortress.wa.gov/dfw/erules/efishrules/index.jsp GI Joes' is the big chain fishing/hunting good store in Oregon; it's recently changed its name just to "Joe's" http://www.joessports.com/home/index.jsp Can't answer your other questions: I still don't fish g Kay |
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Oregon / Wash Road trip - Salmon fishing question
Thanks once again Kay.
"Kay Lancaster" wrote in message ... Yes, you'll need licenses, temporary or annual. Here is the Oregon application: http://www.dfw.state.or.us/resources...pplication.pdf and Washington's: https://fishhunt.dfw.wa.gov/wdfw/licenses.html And the Oregon rules: http://www.dfw.state.or.us/resources...tions_2007.pdf and supplement to the Oregon rules: http://www.dfw.state.or.us/resources.../northwest.asp And Washington's: https://fortress.wa.gov/dfw/erules/efishrules/index.jsp GI Joes' is the big chain fishing/hunting good store in Oregon; it's recently changed its name just to "Joe's" http://www.joessports.com/home/index.jsp Can't answer your other questions: I still don't fish g Kay |
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Oregon / Wash Road trip
I'm NOT into hiking, but do like scenic drives.
Gonna book tickets asap ( tired of researching) - I could use some feedback. For those that have done it ... In 2-3 week trip, which would you do ? Your thoughts on these 2 trips ? To include California ? Make a loop in OR, WA ? Your opinion ? I've done SF - down the coast a lot , never northern coast though. http://maps.google.com/maps?f=d&hl=e...TF8&z=5&om =0 vs http://maps.google.com/maps?f=d&hl=e...TF8&z=5&om =0 |
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Oregon / Wash Road trip
"- Bobb -" wrote in message . .. I'm NOT into hiking, but do like scenic drives. Gonna book tickets asap ( tired of researching) - I could use some feedback. For those that have done it ... In 2-3 week trip, which would you do ? Your thoughts on these 2 trips ? To include California ? Make a loop in OR, WA ? Your opinion ? I've done SF - down the coast a lot , never northern coast though. http://maps.google.com/maps?f=d&hl=e...TF8&z=5&om =0 vs http://maps.google.com/maps?f=d&hl=e...TF8&z=5&om =0 I would change route 2 to this: http://maps.google.com/maps?f=d&hl=e...TF8&z=5&om =0 The alternate route extends your loop by leaving I-5 at Medford, and reconnects with I-5 at Salem. The eastern swing lets you take in a few of the sights in Central Oregon, including: -- Passes by Lost Creek Reservoir and Rogue River gorge -- Crater Lake -- Sunriver -- Lava Butte, Lava Tube, High Desert Museum -- Bend (might be a good stop for the night) -- Sisters -- Lava fields off the old McKenzie Highway (Hwy 242) -- Koosah/Sahalie Falls on the New McKenzie |
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Oregon / Wash Road trip
"Walt Tucker" wrote in message ... "- Bobb -" wrote in message . .. I'm NOT into hiking, but do like scenic drives. Gonna book tickets asap ( tired of researching) - I could use some feedback. For those that have done it ... In 2-3 week trip, which would you do ? Your thoughts on these 2 trips ? To include California ? Make a loop in OR, WA ? Your opinion ? I've done SF - down the coast a lot , never northern coast though. http://maps.google.com/maps?f=d&hl=e...TF8&z=5&om =0 vs http://maps.google.com/maps?f=d&hl=e...TF8&z=5&om =0 I would change route 2 to this: http://maps.google.com/maps?f=d&hl=e...TF8&z=5&om =0 The alternate route extends your loop by leaving I-5 at Medford, and reconnects with I-5 at Salem. The eastern swing lets you take in a few of the sights in Central Oregon, including: -- Passes by Lost Creek Reservoir and Rogue River gorge -- Crater Lake -- Sunriver -- Lava Butte, Lava Tube, High Desert Museum -- Bend (might be a good stop for the night) -- Sisters -- Lava fields off the old McKenzie Highway (Hwy 242) -- Koosah/Sahalie Falls on the New McKenzie Oops. Additional modification in Washington to take in Mt. Rainier National Park and a drive down Whidbey Island past Deception Pass. When you get to Anacortes, take walk-on ferry to Friday Harbor for the day if you feel like it. http://maps.google.com/maps?f=d&hl=e...TF8&z=5&om =0 |
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Oregon / Wash Road trip
Thanks Walt. How much time to allow for that extra ?
"Walt Tucker" wrote in message ... "- Bobb -" wrote in message . .. I'm NOT into hiking, but do like scenic drives. Gonna book tickets asap ( tired of researching) - I could use some feedback. For those that have done it ... In 2-3 week trip, which would you do ? Your thoughts on these 2 trips ? To include California ? Make a loop in OR, WA ? Your opinion ? I've done SF - down the coast a lot , never northern coast though. http://maps.google.com/maps?f=d&hl=e...TF8&z=5&om =0 vs http://maps.google.com/maps?f=d&hl=e...TF8&z=5&om =0 I would change route 2 to this: http://maps.google.com/maps?f=d&hl=e...TF8&z=5&om =0 The alternate route extends your loop by leaving I-5 at Medford, and reconnects with I-5 at Salem. The eastern swing lets you take in a few of the sights in Central Oregon, including: -- Passes by Lost Creek Reservoir and Rogue River gorge -- Crater Lake -- Sunriver -- Lava Butte, Lava Tube, High Desert Museum -- Bend (might be a good stop for the night) -- Sisters -- Lava fields off the old McKenzie Highway (Hwy 242) -- Koosah/Sahalie Falls on the New McKenzie |
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Oregon / Wash Road trip
Booked the trip - flying into Portland,OR via Delta. Allowing 2 weeks for
driving loop: Portland - Seattle- over to the coast - Rt 101 south as far as Eureka , CA , then back up via I-5 to Portland. Then 4 days in Vegas - then home. While picking flights/times, the price went up $96 ! I tried to put on hold ( like AA allows) but couldn't on Delta. By the time I checked different days/options, and came back , it went from $340 to $436.50 pp. Someone out there beat me to a cheap seat on one of my flights. Still a lot cheaper than others, so had to do it. Usually I take America West redeye home from Vegas, but on 10/8, they want $700+ one way for 11pm flight from vegas- boston. ( R/T is over $1,000 !) Don't know why - still lots of seats on it ??? ( Of course, now that I bought it, it'll go on sale next week on USair !!). My Delta flight (included in the $436) leaves at11pm and is a non-stop too so worked out fine. Just checked on rental cars ... - 10% surcharge for airport pickup. It's will be about $950 for a Mustang at Hertz, so will check into renting it offsite/ those other rental agencies - in the morning. Thanks folks. Bobb |
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