Washington & Oregon Sights One Should See
We are going to visit Washington & Oregon this summer & I am looking for recommendations to see while we are there. Sometimes when we visit an area & come home, someone may say did you see such & such...
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If I had to make a list of favorite places
#1. Drive the North Umpqua Highway from Roseburg to Diamond Lake en-route to Crater Lake. Stunning drive to an even more stunning place
#2 Best State Park in Oregon: Shore Acres/Cape Arago, Charleston, OR.
#3--Combine 1 &2 after a drive down the Coast and take highway 138 from Reedsport to Diamond Lake--follow the Umpqua River almost all the way. Great County and Federal campgrounds along the way.
#4) Mt Hood/Timberline Lodge - Same place, but no better place to be on Mt Hood.
#5) Cascade Lakes Highway - Just outside of Bend, because Bend is worth visiting and you will have been to Crater Lake. Once again, beautiful drive and great campgrounds.
#6) A day in Portland...You are from Eastern Kansas, you need a day in Portland. Visit half a dozen brew pubs, grab a Voodoo Donuts, Go to Powell's, drink lots of coffee.
#7) Do whatever anyone else suggests so long as it includes a slow drive down the Coast (it isn't called the "Beach" because you don't go in the water. The water is cold...always cold, but the beaches are beautiful.)
#7B) ...and they should have said "The Gorge". Do the Gorge. If it is salmon season buy your dinner from some native fishermen. Do the Gorge without driving on I-84...
#7C) Wallowa Lake: Because it is on the East side of the state and is absolutely stunning.
#7D) Malheur National Wildlife Refuge, Burns Oregon - Because it was in the news for the first time in history throughout January. (joking) but the Steens Mountains make the drive from Ontario to Bend worth it.
#8) I suppose there are reasons to drive south of Bandon, but if you have driven down the Coast to Charleston, it is much the same - beautiful mile after mile.
#8b) never drive on I-5. Why do it? It exists solely to move people through the least interesting landscape as quickly as possible. There are other roads that take a couple of hours more, but are wonderful drives. I-5 exists if you are in a hurry.
#1. Drive the North Umpqua Highway from Roseburg to Diamond Lake en-route to Crater Lake. Stunning drive to an even more stunning place
#2 Best State Park in Oregon: Shore Acres/Cape Arago, Charleston, OR.
#3--Combine 1 &2 after a drive down the Coast and take highway 138 from Reedsport to Diamond Lake--follow the Umpqua River almost all the way. Great County and Federal campgrounds along the way.
#4) Mt Hood/Timberline Lodge - Same place, but no better place to be on Mt Hood.
#5) Cascade Lakes Highway - Just outside of Bend, because Bend is worth visiting and you will have been to Crater Lake. Once again, beautiful drive and great campgrounds.
#6) A day in Portland...You are from Eastern Kansas, you need a day in Portland. Visit half a dozen brew pubs, grab a Voodoo Donuts, Go to Powell's, drink lots of coffee.
#7) Do whatever anyone else suggests so long as it includes a slow drive down the Coast (it isn't called the "Beach" because you don't go in the water. The water is cold...always cold, but the beaches are beautiful.)
#7B) ...and they should have said "The Gorge". Do the Gorge. If it is salmon season buy your dinner from some native fishermen. Do the Gorge without driving on I-84...
#7C) Wallowa Lake: Because it is on the East side of the state and is absolutely stunning.
#7D) Malheur National Wildlife Refuge, Burns Oregon - Because it was in the news for the first time in history throughout January. (joking) but the Steens Mountains make the drive from Ontario to Bend worth it.
#8) I suppose there are reasons to drive south of Bandon, but if you have driven down the Coast to Charleston, it is much the same - beautiful mile after mile.
#8b) never drive on I-5. Why do it? It exists solely to move people through the least interesting landscape as quickly as possible. There are other roads that take a couple of hours more, but are wonderful drives. I-5 exists if you are in a hurry.
