Mt. Hood, Oregon
If the weather is clear, you should definitely go to Mt. Hood. Only 60 miles from Portland, it’s an easy drive. Combine it with Columbia Gorge for even more scenic vistas.
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If the weather is clear, you should definitely go to Mt. Hood. Only 60 miles from Portland, it’s an easy drive. Combine it with Columbia Gorge for even more scenic vistas.
(more…)Since we were in Oregon and one of the biggest running schools in the country is the University of Oregon, we took a prospective student tour. We gathered in the…
With 363 miles of rugged coastline, Oregon was a top choice for our next family vacation. Because we were tacking this onto the back end of a previously scheduled trip to Alaska, we had to make the most of our time. I didn’t care what we did in Oregon as long as it included Haystack Rock at Cannon Beach.
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Astoria, located where the mouth of the Columbia River meets the Pacific Ocean, delighted us in every way. Many recognize the town from “The Goonies” filmed in 1985.
Named after John Jacob Astor, the town hails as the oldest settlement west of the Rockies. Earlier that morning, we debarked the Disney Wonder in Vancouver, drove to Seattle for a tour of the University of Washington and then headed 180 miles southwest to Oregon’s oldest city.
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