Tuesday, June 09, 2009

Pacific NW Trip!!!

Today I leave for Margaret's 30th Birthday Bash Trip to the Pacific Northwest!! I'm so excited! And don't worry, I will have plenty of pics and update in detail when I get home! Here's a rough draft of our itinerary!

Tuesday night:
-Arrive In Seattle
-Drive to Portland or stay in Seattle (depending on what time our flights actually get in)
Wednesday: Day in Portland, OR
-Voodoo Doughnuts
-Chinese House Tea Garden
-Rogue Ales Public House
-?????
Wednesday Night:
-Hang out with Dorothy & Juan!!
Thursday: Oregon Coast
-Tillamook (Tillamook cheese factory)
-Depoe Bay (World’s smallest natural Harbor and great place to whale watch!)
-Otter Rock (Devil’s Punchbowl)
-The Flying Dutchman Winery
-Newport (Rogue Ales House, Yaquina Head (Oregon’s tallest and second oldest active lighthouse))
-Florence (Sea Lions Caves, World’s Largest Sea cave)
-Dunes City (Oregon Dunes )
-Bandon (Cranberry bogs, Rock pools, sea stacks rising out of the ocean)
-Port Orford (Most Westerly city in continental US, Giant T-rex south of city)
-Brookings (Whaleshead Beach)
-Crescent City, CA (World’s tallest Paul Bunyan)
Thursday Night: Crash somewhere in northern Cali
Friday Morning: Redwood National Park
-Enderts Beach and Crescent Beach Overlook
-Jebediah Smith Redwoods State Park
-Stout Grove
Friday Afternoon: Drive back to Portland
Friday Night: Hang out with Dorothy & Juan again in Portland!
Saturday Morning: Drive to Seattle
Saturday Afternoon: Tour Seattle:
-Pike Place
-Science Fiction Museum (Mags is a big sci fi fan...or maybe I have a new interest after seeing Star Trek.........j/k ;)
-Space Needle
-Maritime Pacific Brewing Co. & the Jolly Roger Taproom or Elysian Brewing Co.
Saturday Evening/Night: Dinner and out in Seattle
-Wasabi Bistro (Recommended by new friends during Yazoo brewery tour)
-????
Sunday Morning: Leave for airport

I can tell you right now I'm going to be exhausted when I get back but I'll try to update as soon as possible! Promise!!

1 comment:

Anonymous said...

If you have the time, the underground tour in Seattle is also pretty cool. You get to learn how Seattle was founded by a bunch of morons.