Things to do in Oregon

Multnomah Falls
Silver Falls State Park
Oregon Zoo
Oregon Aquarium
High Desert Museum
Winery Tours
Portland Rose Festival (you'll be comming in on the tail end of it.... I am sure your gf would enjoy Fleet Week when all the hot sailors are in town :eyebrows


Honestly there is SOOOOO much to do in Oregon! I will have to update this post when I am home from work tonight with links and other ideas.

 

I enjoyed driving up the Columbia river, stopping at the dam and seeing fish swim by. Some neat hikes up the face of the gorge if you make it up to Portland and head east up the river.

Can you say "GoreTex"?

enjoy....

 

Dude, Shorty just barely touched it. So many cool things, just depends on where actully you are going to be or plan on. I can name quite a few. as mention any place along the Columbia River, then there's out in NW Oregon along the coast, then If And I highly suggest it, is if you're this close you might as well hit up Mt St Helens. only a few hours up and back from Portland. Best give me a call or whatever when it gets closer, Just might have to hook up. :wink:

 

If you go to Crater Lake, take route 97 up to Bend. Stop there for a bit and find any place that will serve you a Black Butte Porter or 6. It's brewed there in Bend, great beer. Take route 20 just north of Bend to route 126 and then to 242. It is an old scenic route that goes through some incredible lava fields. 242 will meet back up with 126 and take you back to the Willamette Valley in Eugene. There are a lot of quirky places to stop and eat there.

 

Hike Saddle Mountain to the top. Google it.

Spend an evening in Astoria at the Cannery Pier Hotel. Get a river view room. Your girlfriend will love it!

Cannon Beach and Ecola State Park.

Oswald West - great trails to the beaches.

Camping? What's that . . . ?

 

Doing the Oregon coast myself later part of June with the wife myself. Driving hte flagship and pulling the fifth wheel on this trip. Wiffie isn't into the bike thing. Will be taking the peddle pusher but the wife doesn't do much of that either. Her bike is some 15 years old and still has all it's injection knobbies on the tires. Never been there before so looking forward to this.

Hey Alaskan. A cruise up the inner passage to your neck of the woods sounds like it may be in the cards sometime soon. Used to watch the cruise ships float by when I lived in Campbell River on Vancouver Island.

 

Randy!, let me know when you're coming. I'll give you the key to my VF750F if you want to have your own (two) wheels while you're here in Juneau. The cruises are a great way to see the Inside Passage. However, AVOID the period from mid-August to the end of the season unless you don't mind the rain. The weather is variable the rest of the season.

If you come, make sure you guys take the train from Skagway up to White Pass. It's the most fantastic railroad line in North America!

 

Hey. Look at where I live. The only place wetter is Prince Rupert and Kitamat. I have friggin skin growing between my toes. My flathead family from the prairies call me Kermit. The cruise is a bit of a long shot though. But I would sure like to do it. My wife is another story though. She is the shopping type while I tend to do the outdoors thingy.

I love storms on the water. I get orgasmic feelings every time a southeaster blows up when I lived in Campbell River A whole new story on another thread.

 

Ok here are some links
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Multnomah Falls
Info about the falls

Also make sure to have lunch at the lodge, is pretty good.
Multnomah Falls Lodge

Camping near by
Oregon State Parks and Recreation: Rates


Silver Falls State Park
Oregon State Parks and Recreation: Rates


Columbia River Gorge
Columbia River Gorge Visitors Association

High Desert Museum (Bend area)
High Desert Museum: highdesertmuseum.org

Oregon Wineries
Home


Cannon Beach
Cannon Beach Chamber and Information Center (503) 436-2623


Beautiful Astoria, OR (Alaskan can tell you alll about it)
Official site of the Astoria & Warrenton Area Chamber of Commerce and the State of Oregon Welcome Center at Astoria


Salty's Restaurant (Portland waterfront dining, $$)
Salty's On The Columbia River - Portland, OR, 97211 - Citysearch

Le Bistro Montage (great quirky place underneath a bridge! $)
Montage Restaurant â?¢ 301 SE Morrison St. â?¢ (503) 234-1324


Oregon is a such a great place, you'll understand why we get flooded with Californians all the time now! :lol:

If you and your gf need a tour guide for the greater Portland area let me know! I am sure JohnnyB and I can show you two around or at least meet up for drinner/drinks. Heck maybe you can just talk some of my neighbors to the not so distant north into commin down as well! :smile:


There really are lots more things to do and see, if I don't get too lazy I'll post more up.

I hope you enjoy your trip!

 

And be sure to bring a chainsaw, a weed eater, a yard blower, several types of pesticides, insect repellent and raingear. Oh, wait, you'll only be there 4 or 5 days... you won't need the yard blower.

Har, har! Have fun!

 

excellent job shorty Couldn't have done any better myself. also consider NW 23rd (querky portland at it's best), and Timberline lodge on Mt. hood.

A meet for drinks/dinner would be great, count me in!!

 

Oh that is so harsh! And comming from an ex-Oregonian :tsk:

NW 23rd?! They are trying to get away from liberals (jk)







If you guys really get a bug up your butt, this place is awesome but a few hours from Portland:

Stonhenge WWI Memorial <--click

 

Take route 30 out of Troutdale just east of Portland on I-84. In about a 20 mile stretch there are at least 4 oportunities to do just this. Most with in a 20 minute walk of the road. None of these falls are huge, but they are kinda off the beaten path.

 

VFRShorty is right, derstuka. I am being too harsh. You can probably get by with insect repellent, raingear, a hatchet, and a shotgun.

Oh, you DID notify your parole officer that you were leaving the state, I hope...

If, by any chance, you end up on Highway 126 that goes from Eugene to the coast, about 10 miles out of Eugene proper you will come to the small burg of Veneta. On the right hand side of the highway used to be a small coffee shop called "Dixie's". If you like biscuits and gravy or hashed browns and gravy (actually on the menu!), stop and have some. You can feel your arteries clog as you eat, but it is worth it!

 

still suggest if you are close enough, to hit up Mt. St. helens

 

Oh my gosh. Another brother. Quintuplets Stop1