I grew up, went to college, and still live in Oreogn. As a native
Oregonian, I've responded to similar questions before. I have several email
messages still stashed away regarding things to do around Oregon and
Washington. Rather than trying to post them all to this news group, if you
would like to send me a valid email address I will forward three or four
that might be pertinent to planning an Oregon/Washington trip.
For starters, you can try these URLs:
http://www.el.com/To/Oregon/
http://www.milebymile.com/main/United_States/Oregon/region_byways.html
http://www.oregon.com/byways/
http://www.traveloregon.com/
http://www.visittheoregoncoast.com/
http://www.southernoregon.org/drives/index.html
http://www.experiencewashington.com/v5/home/default.aspx
http://www.oregon.gov/OPRD/PARKS/index.shtml
http://www.tripcheck.com
http://www.fs.fed.us/r6/willamette/recreation/tripplanning/index.html
http://home.vr-web.de/eugen.winklharrer/waterfalls/usa_oregon/silverfallsstatepark1.htm
http://www.fs.fed.us/r6/centraloregon/newberrynvm/
You can spend as little as a week or several months travelling around and
sight-seeing. Oregon and Washington both have many different climate zones,
so the coast will be different from the mountains, which will be different
from the central part of the state, which will be different from the eastern
part of the state, etc. We have cities, national parks, state parks,
national forests, waterfalls, lakes, mountains, the ocean, sandy beaches,
botanic gardens, museums, volcanic lava fields, resorts, ghost towns, wild
and scenic rivers, etc. It all depends on what you want to do.
-- Walt
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