Oregon Must Sees - Poll

I can hardly wait.

Interest seems to be waning so I will work on poll results this week. Obviously if the original premise had been adhered to it would be easier. Comments for whole state or entire coast drive are not useful although I can understand the enthusiasm for them. A nice place to camp for a week was not my goal. I will be concentrating more on the sightseeing experience.

Ah, yes. Thanks. Poll results from OP?

clikrf8 wrote:
Beautiful lake and mountain. It fogged in for my morning shot, not too proud of my evening one. We like the seclusion of Thielsen View. And, they had free firewood from the dead pines they cut. Waldo Lake was another one we liked. We camped at Shelter Bay. Any other lakes that are picturesque in that area?

Crescent Lake


Odell Lake

Beautiful lake and mountain. It fogged in for my morning shot, not too proud of my evening one. We like the seclusion of Thielsen View. And, they had free firewood from the dead pines they cut. Waldo Lake was another one we liked. We camped at Shelter Bay. Any other lakes that are picturesque in that area?

clikrf8 wrote:
goducks:
I would hike it, albeit slowly, but hubby has COPD so it would be difficult. Love Eastern Oregon for its diverse topography, rock-hounding and photography opportunities. Yes, we are adventurous types and have wandered around on BLM lands lost until a friendly ranches pointed us in the right direction (looking for Crack in the Ground from the west.). I also like the slower speed limits and the people in the smaller towns. We will be visiting again next April.

Did you stay at Thielsen View or the first campground? Thielsen View was one of our favorite campground son our 6 week Fall trip.

Oregon has it all; evergreen forests and sage brush deserts, swift and lazy streams, waterfalls and rock jumbles, wetlands and playas, rugged coasts and sandy beaches, deep and dry lakes, snow covered mountains and deep gorges.

Happy trails,
Judy

We stayed at Diamond Lake CG. We were on the 1st part of a week vacation and arrived Sunday when people were leaving. Ended up getting L3 right on the water facing Mt Bailey. We usually stay at Broken Arrow since it has showers and a dump station. Diamond lake is one of our favorite places to go. It's the dang mosquitos that keep is away. We were in L3 on 8/18/13 and couldn't believe that the mosquitos were gone.
Yes Oregon does have it all. It's pretty easy to just stay in Oregon when camping.

Here's a pic of Mt Theilson/Diamond Lake from Mt Bailey

We stayed a week over labor day at the KOA in Waldport we ventured out north and south along the coast to see the many sites. We ate and spent a great deal of time in the city of Newport. The owners at the KOA are very nice folks and they are putting much effort into making their campground a good place. Newport is awesome and the sea aquarium is well worth the admission. The Columbia gorge is also a great area to explore.

goducks:
I would hike it, albeit slowly, but hubby has COPD so it would be difficult. Love Eastern Oregon for its diverse topography, rock-hounding and photography opportunities. Yes, we are adventurous types and have wandered around on BLM lands lost until a friendly ranches pointed us in the right direction (looking for Crack in the Ground from the west.). I also like the slower speed limits and the people in the smaller towns. We will be visiting again next April.

Did you stay at Thielsen View or the first campground? Thielsen View was one of our favorite campground son our 6 week Fall trip.

Oregon has it all; evergreen forests and sage brush deserts, swift and lazy streams, waterfalls and rock jumbles, wetlands and playas, rugged coasts and sandy beaches, deep and dry lakes, snow covered mountains and deep gorges.

Happy trails,
Judy

clikrf8 wrote:
Oregon is a special neighbor state and we visit frequently. It has it all. My votes would be:
anywhere along the coast especially from Florence to Depoe Bay and the 3 Capes Loop. Oregon coast S P are stunning but we favor Beverly Beach.

John Day Fossil Beds National Monument (all 3 units)

Succor Creek State park/Leslie Gulch

Wallawa Mts area in the northeast

Along I 84 and the Columbia River especially when the west side noticeably becomes the east (forests to dry scrub)

Crater Lake and Diamond Lake (Thielsen View campground has a view of Mt. Thielsen, a mountain similar to the Matterhorn with a lightning rod top)

Silver Falls State Park

Smith Rock State Park

I could go on but these are the favorites that come to mind.

You seem like the adventure type. Have you hiked up to Mt Bailey? Wife and I stayed at Diamond Lake CG this summer and hike up to the top of MT Bailey. It was real close to a 10 mile RT hike with about 3000' EL climb IIRC. Unbelievable views up on the top. We were pretty proud of ourselves, the wife is 57 and I'm 60. Doubt we will do it again, but you never know.

anything on the Oregon Coast and our favorite of all, Silver Falls SP.