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Dec 21st, 2015, 09:01 AM
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Also check out the Requa Inn - just south of Crescent City. It's a restored inn with a wonderful restaurant.
If you take the road past the inn, there is a wonderful lookout at the top with fabulous views. Sometimes the whales come to feed there.
So much to see and do.
If you take the road past the inn, there is a wonderful lookout at the top with fabulous views. Sometimes the whales come to feed there.
So much to see and do.
Dec 21st, 2015, 10:06 AM
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I like Gardyloo's plan. Drive south on Rt. 35 from Hood River to get up to US 26. Timberline is quite a ways off US 26.
Take 26 all the way west to US 101 then south through Cannon Beach. In Cannon Beach be sure to stop to see Haystack Rock.
Make a stop just north of Tillamook at the Tillamook cheese factory for great cheese and ice cream (free cheese samples).
In the McMinnville area you might want to see the Evergreen Aviation museum. They have the "Spruce Goose".
Take 26 all the way west to US 101 then south through Cannon Beach. In Cannon Beach be sure to stop to see Haystack Rock.
Make a stop just north of Tillamook at the Tillamook cheese factory for great cheese and ice cream (free cheese samples).
In the McMinnville area you might want to see the Evergreen Aviation museum. They have the "Spruce Goose".
Dec 21st, 2015, 11:08 AM
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Hey, after reading this part:
"we'd love to have a more unique, personal experience and stay somewhat away from the huge crowds/tourist traps, while still staying in fun areas and tasting great wines."
I too want to endorse Gardyloo's path as written above:
It affords you a WHOLE lot of variety, and with eleven days you can afford some element of spreading yourself around. Furthermore, it is quite remarkable that Gardyloo's layout keeps you seeing some good stuff while not bogged-down by any sort of major tourist stuff. (thankfully September is well after the peak of tourism)
However, IF you entertain Gardyloo's plan, I would take the extra couple of hours to side-trip from Hood River, Oregon, to near Maryhill, Washington to visit the (full size replica of) Stonehenge monument there.
Now Stonehenge is a neat enough curiosity, but you really go there for the views of the Columbia Gorge. (besides, that gives you an excuse to add "Washington" to the list of states you visited on your journey)
I went to that Stonehenge a few months ago, and went to Hood River a few months ago, and went to Timberline Lodge a few months ago, and drove most of the length of the (part of the gorge that sits between WA and OR) on that trip... and I really DO think it would enhance the interests of the OP as quoted above in my post.
"we'd love to have a more unique, personal experience and stay somewhat away from the huge crowds/tourist traps, while still staying in fun areas and tasting great wines."
I too want to endorse Gardyloo's path as written above:
It affords you a WHOLE lot of variety, and with eleven days you can afford some element of spreading yourself around. Furthermore, it is quite remarkable that Gardyloo's layout keeps you seeing some good stuff while not bogged-down by any sort of major tourist stuff. (thankfully September is well after the peak of tourism)
However, IF you entertain Gardyloo's plan, I would take the extra couple of hours to side-trip from Hood River, Oregon, to near Maryhill, Washington to visit the (full size replica of) Stonehenge monument there.
Now Stonehenge is a neat enough curiosity, but you really go there for the views of the Columbia Gorge. (besides, that gives you an excuse to add "Washington" to the list of states you visited on your journey)
I went to that Stonehenge a few months ago, and went to Hood River a few months ago, and went to Timberline Lodge a few months ago, and drove most of the length of the (part of the gorge that sits between WA and OR) on that trip... and I really DO think it would enhance the interests of the OP as quoted above in my post.
Dec 21st, 2015, 11:22 AM
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Lots of wineries up toward Maryhill and Stonehenge. The Maryhill Museum is a treasure - Rodin in the sagebrush, French fashion mannequins from 1946... and Stonehenge just down the hill.
http://www.columbiagorgewine.com/wineriesvineyards.html
http://www.maryhillwinery.com/
http://www.maryhillmuseum.org/
http://www.maryhillmuseum.org/visit/stonehenge-memorial
http://www.columbiagorgewine.com/wineriesvineyards.html
http://www.maryhillwinery.com/
http://www.maryhillmuseum.org/
http://www.maryhillmuseum.org/visit/stonehenge-memorial
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