Tomsd

And Amen Tom. Good for ye getting that great trip to Diamond Lake. I caught 4 very decent size Rainbows there - the shortest being about 20 inches and the biggest being about 24" - and well over three pounds. Of course, a big fat Six to Seven pounder got away. True story - really.

Tomsd

Here is some more on Oregon Redwoods. The biggest are over by the Coast - Brookings - a little south of Gold Beach where the Rogue River jetboats embark: But we have some about 2/3 that size growing north of Klamath - up by Chiloquin - along route 97.

Here are some pics of Oregon Redwood forests - and there is a town over the hill from Klamath Falls, west of Grants Pass - called appropriately enough: REDWOOD. Here is one location of Redwoods - http://tinyurl.com/76zqqda and this shows some pics of Oregon Redwoods, among others:

http://tinyurl.com/7hc2poj

And here is even an article talking about Oregon and California Redwoods: http://www.mailtribune.com/apps/pbcs...EGONOUTDOORS01

http://www.oregonwild.org/about/hike...regon-redwoods

http://www.city-data.com/city/Redwood-Oregon.html

Tomsd

And here's a nice pic of an Oregon Redwood:

http://saunteringoregon.com/blog/?p=3387

Tomsd

And here is the Redwood Motel - by Grants Pass Oregon, just over the hill from Klamath Falls.

http://www.redwoodmotel.com/

Otis_B_Driftwood

"but the ones around Klamath Falls are still very robust trees, and I have paused under then when hunting - and there was a rain shower passing over."

Tomsd - these were probably cedars.

None of the links you provided show any redwoods near Klamath Falls. The link about the former county of Klamath was interesting but that Klamath County was totally within California and it's county seat was at first Trinidad and later, Crescent City which is where the coastal redwoods are. There's a different Klamath County in Oregon.

http://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Klamath_County,_California

All coastal redwoods live within 60 miles of the Pacific. The most northerly grove is just north of the California border near Brookings, OR.

http://www.visitoregonsouthcoast.com...arbor_Redwoods

Here's the map put out by the US National Park Service that shows the range of natural groves of coastal redwood trees:

http://www.nps.gov/redw/planyourvisi...Wmap3Persp.pdf

There are none east of the Cascades.

Just because there's a motel named Redwood does not mean there are native redwoods nearby. It's probably named for the Redwood Highway which begins in Grant's Pass, OR.

Juldie

I am very grateful to all of you for taking the time to be so helpful and specific with your suggestions for routes, sites and tips. As a result we are convinced that we will see a lot more in the time we have by doing the Oregon trip; thank you traveler24. I have a lot of research to do which will be very wonderful. I will likely come back with some more questions.

My husband seems to be interested in Gold Beach. It seems very out of the way given all we want to do. Does anyone agree it is worth the extra traveling? To see the Rogue, maybe get on the river.

tomfuller

Quoting from my "Textbook of Dendrology" p. 197 Redwood is native to the California "fog belt" a narrow strip of coast about 450 miles in length and from 20 to 35 miles in width, extending from southern Oregon near the California border to the Santa Lucia Mountains south of San Francisco Bay.
On page 200 (plate 21) the natural ranges of the Coast Redwoods and the Giant Sequoias are shown. The Klamath river flows into the ocean in Del Norte county CA near the town of Klamath.
If you want to see some great Coast Redwoods, visit the "Trees of Mystery" along US 101.
There is a Redwood Motel along US 97 near the turnoff to go to Crater Lake. There is not a Redwood of any type within 60 miles of it.

Juldie

tomfuller, if you know of other hot springs, even if they are off the beaten track I would love to hear about them. thanks

bbqboy

Here's a basic route my friends have taken many times...
Portland to Astoria or Cannon Beach . Cannon Beach to Yachats. Yachats to Bandon or Gold Beach. From there down to view the Redwoods at Jed Smith State Park in Ca.
On to Ashland. Up to Crater Lake, then to Bend.
Up to Hood River.Down the Gorge.
Back to Portland.
Hits the cool towns and the scenic wonders.

Juldie

bbqboy; do you think this is reasonable in 8-9 days?

Tomsd

Otis - how many times do I have to say they were Redwood. Repeat Redwood.

Not their bigger cousins over on the Coast - but they were still big - and were the prescious Redwood. Why do you think the timber companies paid so much for the rights?

If you read the article - you would have seen how many thousands of acres of Redwoods there are in Oregon.

Yes, we also had Cedar - and I even worked one college summer at a Cedar Mill - Paint, Rock and Cedar - and they can produce some good lumber - but it's a lesser valued wood - sometimes even shipped to Japan for making pencils.

And Tom Fuller: Beg to differ: If you come down 97 a few miles from the Crater Lake turnoff - to north of Chiloquin - please head into the forst and tell me if you can't find some Redwoods. Well, that's assuming they weren't all logged out way back in the 60's and 70's.

Tomsd

And Otis: I also know about the Klamath County in California. Pleez - I grew up in Klamath Falls, in the middle of very big Klamath County, Oregon. You know - where Crater Lake is located? http://www.klamathcounty.org/

We had many lumberjacks/lumber truck drivers working in and around K. Falls, Oregon - and also down in California - their Klamath County - with Happy Camp being one of their southern destinations, among others. There were also a number of sawmills down by Redding, and guys/their families moved back and forth all the time.

fyi: http://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Happy_Camp,_California

Tomsd

And Klamath Falls/Klamath County is located in the Cascades - except for the eastern part which is more high desert.

Here is pic of the other big mountain we could see from town - Mt. McLoughlin. http://volcano.oregonstate.edu/vwdoc...cloughlin.html

And from our back porch - we had an clear view of Mt. Shasta - some 70 miles to the South, but it looked like you could just drive to it in a few minutes. As you know - it's over 14,000 feet high. http://tinyurl.com/7ycp7g6

tomfuller

If you want to visit South eastern Oregon, You can visit 3 hot springs and Oregon's only geyser. http://oregonhotsprings.immunenet.com/crump.htm
Last year I was at the parking lot for Bagby Hot Springs but decided I didn't have the time to get there and back before dark.
Redwood is an often misused term. I will check to see if there are any Sequoia Gigantea in Klamath County Oregon.
The species that I call Redwood is Sequoia Semipervens.
The species found in Mariposa Grove I call Sequoia.

Tomsd

Juldie: If I may add: Reasonable means different things to different people, but from Portland over to Astoria is about 2 hours and then you could drive all the way south to Gold Beach (only about 400 miles) in one day if necessary. (Well - summer weekends would take that into past sunset.

And while I also love Yachats (more scenic than Cannon Beach) if you wanted to go partway south your first day - south of Lincoln City is very pretty - and here is one highly acclaimed resort. http://www.salishan.com/

You could also spend some time in Tillamook - where they not only have great cheese but a big Air Force museum/hangar if that is of interest to you. http://www.tillamookair.com/

Tomsd

And - IMO - there is nothing prettier than driving the Oregon Coast. Hey - if you need a little break - find a good little restaurant that is serviing fresh seafood - and perhaps pair that with a delightufl Oregon Pinot Grigos: http://www.northwest-wine.com/Oregon-Pinot-gris.html

During grad school at U of O in Eugene - waaaay back in the late 60's, for an inexpensive Saturday night out - we would drive over to Florence ( http://www.florencechamber.com/ where they reportedly filmed some scenes of Ken Kesey's One Flew over the Cuckoo's nest - Jack Nicholson's breakout role http://www.imdb.com/title/tt0073486/ ) - when gas was cheap.

We would buy a couple of Oregon Dungeness crabs http://tinyurl.com/72937pl http://www.oregondungeness.org/fishery.shtml , some loaves of sourdough bread - a six pack or two (all for under $10 total) - and then build a fire on the beach.

Heck - I would pay much more to do that nowadays.

Tomsd

Tomf: Did you read the article - an Oregon State timber study - that notes the thousands of Redwood acres/forests in Oregon?

It was neve a "misused" term to me - but to some - it means only the giant Coastal Redwoods.

Tomsd

And here is a hot springs by Klamath Falls. Hey - I love soaking in hot springs now - but growing up - it wasn't a big thing. We would rather just go swim at Lake of the Woods.

http://www.oregontravels.com/paisley...ake/index.html

Tomsd

And if the Salishan resort south of Lincoln City is a bit too upscale for what you are planning, this place - the Surfrider is great (you can go down the steps to the long beach) - with a good restaurant with an incredible view - and it's next to a park where you can go hiking, etc.

http://surfriderresort.com/

tomfuller

Here is the Youtube video of the Trees of Mystery in Del Norte County California. Whoever shot it didn't know what county they were in. http://www.youtube.com/watch?v=iaB7NQ5LVOk
I have stayed at the Raven Motel in the town of Klamath.