Leaving Portland Friday morning we head north crossing the Columbia River and heading back into Washington. We had a greasy breakfast at the Peachtree Restaurant and Pie House which helped us recover from the bourbon the night before 🙂 This was a big day for driving and we had intent to make Bellingham, Washington which was […]
We spent two nights in downtown Portland exploring the downtown core, waterfront, Oregon Brewers Festival and a couple of fabulous restaurants. Kurtis had arranged a Portland Brewcycle tour which is tour of the city on a bicycle built for 14 riders. Our tour was with a corporate group from HP and we had a blast […]
Approaching Portland we could see Mount Hood looming in the background. The mountains in the western United States are vastly different from the ranges we have up in British Columbia, they are volcanic so rise up and stand alone. Its remarkable to see a 3,000+ metre mountain tower over the the landscape. Both Seattle and […]
We had talked about staying a second night in Seaside since the beach was so beautiful, but in the morning opted to push on south for Newport. After an amazing walk around Canon Beach and Haystack Rock we drove south to Tillamook and popped into the Tillamook Cheese factory, where we did three loops around […]