1JAR

Even tho alot of people have sen most of California few mae it to Ccrescent beach and Jedediah Smith Redwood PArk. Fabulous place: beach and redwoods for hiking.

http://www.parks.ca.gov/?page_id=413

Here is a link for the Oregon State Parks
http://www.oregonstateparks.org/publications.php

This Oregon State PArk link is vey helpful as it identifies by geological regions; our favorite in the North Coast (lots of Forts, Lewis and Clark stuff, Fort Stevens, Coffenbury Lake swiming etc))
http://www.oregonstateparks.org/searchpark.php

The related links at the bottem are helpful too.


Here is a link for Oregon Federal Parks

1JAR

Sorry, that should be ""seen" few "make"


Here is the link to Federal camp areas several around Bend...


http://www.recreation.gov/unifSearch...abIndex=Search

islandaze

"spiro<b>bulldog</b>".... appropriate username there.

spirobulldog

whatever,
Crater Lake is very scary and a place that children won't enjoy at all. I guess that's why it gets "must dos", 5 stars, 4 diamonds, and is often featured on the cover of a lot of tour books of Oregon. The rim drive is suggested in all of them that I read and I couldn't find in Frommers, Foders, or Lonely Planet to mention it as scary. As great as the Oregon Coast, Columbia River Gorge, Mt. Hood, Oregon Cave, etc-Crater Lake is the only National Park in Oregon.

paulhelmick

and its on the way to Bend

bbqboy

I believe there is now a bus/trolley that makes the rim drive so you all can enjoy the scenery.
Did we ever decide how old the kids are?
My kids always loved Newport and the aquarium and the somewhat cheesy boardwalk and stuff in Seaside.