Oregon and Washington States

donn0128 wrote:
A month is a good start. Sept east of the cascades can be outstanding, warm dsys cold nights. Central/eastern paeta of both states are high desert country. Bend is approx 4000 feel elevation and dry. Sept/Oct is the best time to visit the coast.
If all you want is sight seeing the coast is your best option. If you want lots of outdoor activities central eastern is a better choice.
The Deschites river is now listed as a scenic wayerway. From Bend/LaPine area you can access the river for anywhere from a couple hours to several days. State parks like LaPine is eight on the river, has 14 miles of hiking biking trails to explore. Bend area offers hundreds of miles of trails. Surrounding Bend are lava flows, caves, lots of places to explore.
Far eastern Oregon is Willowa Lake area calles the Oregon Alps for its scenery..
Do not expect to see it all in a month. There is just too much. Remember you will eat up over a week just traveling to and from. So, do you have a month total or a month here?

Deschutes Brewing in Bend has good beer for the end of the hike ;)

Salt Creek Rec Area, Pt Angeles site 11 gives a marvelous view of De Fuca Straits. Get lucky and see a NAVY Sub

Visiting Fish Hatchery is a must. As previously stated Leavenworth is like going to Munich.

Casino's are everywhere. Drink coffee make your own or drink at fast food Mickey dees $3.00 up per cup in other venues.

A month is a good start. Sept east of the cascades can be outstanding, warm dsys cold nights. Central/eastern paeta of both states are high desert country. Bend is approx 4000 feel elevation and dry. Sept/Oct is the best time to visit the coast.
If all you want is sight seeing the coast is your best option. If you want lots of outdoor activities central eastern is a better choice.
The Deschites river is now listed as a scenic wayerway. From Bend/LaPine area you can access the river for anywhere from a couple hours to several days. State parks like LaPine is eight on the river, has 14 miles of hiking biking trails to explore. Bend area offers hundreds of miles of trails. Surrounding Bend are lava flows, caves, lots of places to explore.
Far eastern Oregon is Willowa Lake area calles the Oregon Alps for its scenery..
Do not expect to see it all in a month. There is just too much. Remember you will eat up over a week just traveling to and from. So, do you have a month total or a month here?

I would urge you to go to Leavenworth, WA. It is a small town on US 2 that is a Bavarian motif. Just west is Tumwater Canyon. It has great color in the fall.
Another trip you should try to do is over WA 20 through North Cascades park.
Loop around the Olympic Peninsula on US 101. Some great campgrounds. We like Kalaloch Natl Park along the coast near Queets.
I would do the western portion of Oregon and Washington early in September as it turns a little moist later in month. Eastern Oregon and Washington has a completely different environment then western Or. & WA.

I suggest you not try to see everything in one trip, there is simply too much. Heck, I could easily spend a month on the coast. We set up a base camp at Beverley Beach sp, about halfway down the Oregon coast, then explored from there. It was an easy day trip to many attractions. Did the same thing at Bend and Yakima.

Use the forum search feature - must be plenty of threads on this subject. You should be advised that until the kids go back to school the popular campgrounds will be booked. Fortunately for you most of the schools are in session after the first week of Sept.