My wife and I are considering an 8 night trip flying into and out of Portland in late July.
We plan on renting a car and making a loop from Portland, to Bend, then cutting west to the Oregon coast and following it up from say Newport to Astoria, then back to Portland to fly out. I think its about 12 hours of driving total so never more than two hours in a car in a day.
I am very outdoorsy (hiking and fishing) and really enjoy Lewis and Clark history and she likes bed and breakfasts, the beach, relaxing with a glass of wine, nice quaint shops, so we are thinking we might compromise and tent camp half the time in state parks and go B&Bs or nice hotels the other four nights.
We are thinking one night in Portland on the front end, a night camping on the way to Bend, a night in Bend, a night camping as we make our way towards the coast, a night in Newport and another night camping in a state park along the north coast and finally a night in Astoria before we drive to the airport.
Any must see items or recommendations on food or lodging? How about day beautiful hikes or sights?
I am worried it might be too much window time and not enough relaxing so we might cut out Bend if it gets to be too much.
Anyone ever been to Crater of the Lake, we probably won't get that far south on this trip unfortunately but am considering trying to squeeze it in.
I tried doing a search on this and not much popped up so sorry if this area has been discussed recently. Thanks
We plan on renting a car and making a loop from Portland, to Bend, then cutting west to the Oregon coast and following it up from say Newport to Astoria, then back to Portland to fly out. I think its about 12 hours of driving total so never more than two hours in a car in a day.
I am very outdoorsy (hiking and fishing) and really enjoy Lewis and Clark history and she likes bed and breakfasts, the beach, relaxing with a glass of wine, nice quaint shops, so we are thinking we might compromise and tent camp half the time in state parks and go B&Bs or nice hotels the other four nights.
We are thinking one night in Portland on the front end, a night camping on the way to Bend, a night in Bend, a night camping as we make our way towards the coast, a night in Newport and another night camping in a state park along the north coast and finally a night in Astoria before we drive to the airport.
Any must see items or recommendations on food or lodging? How about day beautiful hikes or sights?
I am worried it might be too much window time and not enough relaxing so we might cut out Bend if it gets to be too much.
Anyone ever been to Crater of the Lake, we probably won't get that far south on this trip unfortunately but am considering trying to squeeze it in.
I tried doing a search on this and not much popped up so sorry if this area has been discussed recently. Thanks