Seattle/Portland/Oregon Coast

[nellanole]

The wife and I are considering traveling to the Pacific Northwest. Neither of us have ever been to that part of the country, so we're going to check it out. Thinking about spending a few days in Seattle, maybe a day or two in Portland, and a couple of days on the Oregon Coast (Cannon Beach?).

So, Locker Room, I need some guidance/suggestions:

What to do?
Where to stay?
Where to eat?
Etc.

Any thoughts?

 

[fsunole025]

Eat at Pok Pok in Portland.

 

[ncnole1975]

Pick another part of the country. I was recently in Portland for a week. Outside of the breweries, it is extremely underwhelming.


Willamette Valley is nice if you're into wine but the rest of it is pretty mundane.

 

[BelemNole]

Pick another part of the country. I was recently in Portland for a week. Outside of the breweries, it is extremely underwhelming.


Willamette Valley is nice if you're into wine but the rest of it is pretty mundane.

Ignore this guy.

 

[Nwnole87]

Depends on what you like to do . There are far better beaches than cannon. We have quite a few microbreweries round here. If you like the mountain/desert terrain bend isn't very far. All in all the weather in the summer is pretty fair for everyone .defiantely not a urban scene outside of portland(they might as well be there own state) but there is a lot to do.

 

[FSUTribe76]

If you've only got 4 or 5 days, I'd nix Oregon and just do Seattle, Vancouver and Victoria or even better skip Mericuh all together and do Vancouver plus Banff, Jasper and the Columbia Iceshield. Oregon has some absolutely amazing cliff hikes overlooking the Pacific but most of them to my knowledge are middle to southern Oregon and about 3-4 hours from Portland. That's pretty far from Seattle for a short trip.

Those should really be two separate trips 1) a trip starting in Portland down to the Redwood National forest and back along the coast and then 2a) a Seattle to Vancouver and Victoria or 2b) Vancouver to Jasper and Banff and back (or fly back from Calgary). I'd say 2b would be the best trip, then 1 and then 2a.

I'm not saying Seattle or Portland is bad, they're both very nice. But a Seattle and Portland trip that leaves out the more amazing places like Vancouver, the South Oregon Coast, Redwood National Forest, Banff, Jasper, Columbia Ice Shield, Victoria, whale watching along Vancouver Island and Orca Island etc...it just seems like you're missing the point of going to the Northwest.

 

[NoleMac]

If you go to Portland, eat at the Screen Door, Salty's on The Columbia River (ask for a window seat overlooking the Columbia) (crab legs Dungeness crab and prawn), Mcmenamin's (don't do the one in Vancouver-the others are great), Tilt, Tin Shed, Waffle Window, Ox, and Voo-Doo Donuts. The RingSide Steakhouse may be the best steakhouse in Portland, bring your wallet, but it is good.

Try some of the food trucks, they have several areas where the trucks are parked and on the weekends they have a central bridge where you can walk through a large number of them.

Mount St. Helen's and Mt. Hood is close by. Go to Multnomah Falls and Bridal Veil Falls. The area around the Columbia Gorge is beautiful.

No matter where you decide to go, enjoy your trip.

 

[Nolomite]

The wife and I are considering traveling to the Pacific Northwest. Neither of us have ever been to that part of the country, so we're going to check it out. Thinking about spending a few days in Seattle, maybe a day or two in Portland, and a couple of days on the Oregon Coast (Cannon Beach?).

So, Locker Room, I need some guidance/suggestions:

What to do?
Where to stay?
Where to eat?
Etc.

Any thoughts?

1) Voodoo Doughnuts in Portland is a must-see
2) the town of Astoria, in the NW corner of Oregon, enjoys spectacular geography.


By and large, I am underwhelmed with Oregon, particularly Portland. Seattle is far more interesting.

 

[FSUTribe76]

1) Voodoo Doughnuts in Portland is a must-see
2) the town of Astoria, in the NW corner of Oregon, enjoys spectacular geography.


By and large, I am underwhelmed with Oregon, particularly Portland. Seattle is far more interesting.

Yeah that state is totally boring. Yawn.



;p

 

[ncnole1975]

1) Voodoo Doughnuts in Portland is a must-see
2) the town of Astoria, in the NW corner of Oregon, enjoys spectacular geography.


By and large, I am underwhelmed with Oregon, particularly Portland. Seattle is far more interesting.

VooDoo may be the most overrated aspect of Portland. If you have never encountered anything but Dunkin or Krispy Kreme, sure, give it a whirl. But if you live anywhere with a pulse, VooDoo is no better than any other specialty donut shop. Glazed and Confused in Chicago is way better in my opinion. Also, collectively, Portland may have the ugliest women west of Gainesville. Blah. Go to BC and spare yourself

 

[squiffynole]

Astoria and the mouth of the Columbia are very impressive. Cannon Beach not.