Pacific Northwest Trip

[4everwarriors]

The four of you cats gonna hook-up with melissasmooth too?

[wadesworld]

The four of you cats gonna hook-up with melissasmooth too?

She's out there now hey?

[Eldon]

The four of you cats gonna hook-up with melissasmooth too?

Where is melissasmooth? Does she still post on here?

[brandx]

Brand

Eastern Oregon is a neat place and offers some of the best high desert environments. I would definitely include Bend in your itinerary - spend at least two nights. The hiking along the Deschutes is spectacular and Bend is a great town with an even better brewery. If you are fly fisher the Deschutes in May is remarkable and stands as one of the best trout rivers anywhere.

Kinsella posted a pic of Smith Rock which is near Bend. If you are a climber then it is a must stop. If you are a hiker bring lunch and you will enjoy scenery better than any John Ford western.

Depending on how far north you get, the Columbia Basin is fabulous and you can do world class wine tasting from Walla Walla all the way to the Willamette. Another neat town along that trail is Hood River which was our base camp for skiing Mt Hood.

 

Thanks much, buddy.

[keefe]

Thanks much, buddy.

PM me and we can synch up as you get closer. Eastern OR is a great place.

[brandx]

PM me and we can synch up as you get closer. Eastern OR is a great place.

OK. Probably looking at late June.

[keefe]

OK. Probably looking at late June.

It gets out down there that time of year. If you go through Bend you should try rafting the Deschutes

[MU82]

Thanks everybody. This is great information I will save.

My daughter lives in Seattle and we are talking about spending a couple weeks in that part of the country the next time we make the trip to visit her. These are some wonderful options.

keefe and I couldn't quite get together when we were in Seattle in August. Next time we will!

[4everwarriors]

Forget about you. Just give keefe your daughter's cell number and I'm certain he'll take good care of her.

[keefe]

Thanks everybody. This is great information I will save.

My daughter lives in Seattle and we are talking about spending a couple weeks in that part of the country the next time we make the trip to visit her. These are some wonderful options.

keefe and I couldn't quite get together when we were in Seattle in August. Next time we will!

Mike

MS is kicking us out of the nest so we are opening our design/dev office in one of the lofts in Pioneer Square. Lots of ways to get in trouble there and close to where your daughter works. It'll be much easier to synch this time. Looking forward to it.

[wadesworld]

Rereading this thread as I'm trying to plan out my trip and there are a lot of good options out there with some good advice from you all.  We get into Seattle on Saturday afternoon and fly out of San Francisco the following Sunday.  Right now the plan is to spend through dinner on Monday in Seattle and then hit the road, making a few stops and ultimately arriving in SF on Thursday afternoon.  It sounds like Cannon Beach is one place we should stop, and I have been told to stay in Portland as well.  I personally would love to stop at Crater Lake.  The problem I see is that Seattle, Portland, and Cannon Beach are all somewhat close in distance rather than kind of evenly spacing the trip out.

I guess my questions for those who may know are should we plan to stay one night at/near Cannon Beach and another in Portland?  If so, is it worth to head inland to Crater Lake before the (what Mapquest shows) 7 hour drive from there to SF?  Or are there better stops to more evenly split the trip up in terms of driving time?

Thanks again!  Sorry if this is redundant.