  Gizy Have you thanked a soldier today? Premium join:2002-08-26 Lake Oswego, OR
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If you knew you only had about 4 weeks in the Portland area, and money and time were not object, what would you want to see in the Pacific Northwest? What are the sights you couldn't do without?
Nothing is too grand or too small.......
I"ll post the why later....just need input now -- Any Soldier Don't judge a picture by its camera. My Gallery
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  tshirt Premium join:2004-07-11 Snohomish, WA
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| mount st helens pacific coast someplace up the gorge several dozen resturants gizy's place  eastern oregon/WA some/one of the columbia dams (grand coulee being the big one, but not exactly in downtown portland) |
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  Arathaen Yoink Premium join:2001-08-06 Vancouver, WA | reply to Gizy In no particular order:
1 Seattle 2 Newport area 3 Mt. Hood area 4 Maybe the winery area, but I'm not a drinker. The views are gorgeous though  |
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| reply to Gizy In a very particular order . . 
1) Mount Rainier National Park 2) Olympic National Park, Hurricane ridge and the rain forest, rocky beaches 3) Mount St Helens 4) North Cascades . . 10000) Anything at all . 100000001) Seattle 100000002) Tacoma |
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  Gizy Have you thanked a soldier today? Premium join:2002-08-26 Lake Oswego, OR
| reply to Gizy Thanks for the ideas! I'm actually considering mount st helens for tomorrow (guess I'm not sleeping in now....) And Olympia was also on that list......
And tshirt just let me know when you're going to cross the river...we'll talk  -- Any Soldier Don't judge a picture by its camera. My Gallery
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  MotherNature Chile peppers are my heroin Premium join:2002-08-23 Fontana, CA | reply to Gizy Voodoo Doughnuts. Voodoo Doughnuts. Voodoo Doughnuts. -- It's not nice to fool Mother Nature. |
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  tshirt Premium join:2004-07-11 Snohomish, WA
| reply to Gizy turn left at olympia and head out to the coast, then north to Iron springs resort/moclips for the wide, wide beaches. Hoh rain forest, hurricane ridge, dunguness spit, Tim's house from port angeles take the black ball ferry to victoria, BC (you have a passport, eh?) than the gulf islands ferry to vancouver> back down pased mount baker to the Ncascades NP highway to grand coolee.........wait you only have four weeks? |
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  tshirt Premium join:2004-07-11 Snohomish, WA
| reply to Gizy said by Gizy :And tshirt  just let me know when you're going to cross the river...we'll talk I prefer to sneak up  |
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  MotherNature Chile peppers are my heroin Premium join:2002-08-23 Fontana, CA | reply to Gizy You could always go see the Rollofs. -- It's not nice to fool Mother Nature. |
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  Gizy Have you thanked a soldier today? Premium join:2002-08-26 Lake Oswego, OR
| said by MotherNature :You could always go see the Rollofs. I'll pass on that one. |
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  Brazbit Randomness Personified Premium join:2003-10-22 Port Orchard, WA
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| reply to Gizy said by Gizy :If you knew you only had about 4 weeks in the Portland area, and money and time were not object....... I would question why I was in Portland of all places.....
It would really depend on the interest of the people involved. While I would love to head over to the Evergreen Air & Space Museum in McMinnville to see the Spruce Goose many would find that a complete waste of time. Some good sites to check out for suggestions might be Travel Oregon and the Official Washington State Tourism Site. -- At the end of this day, one shall stand, one shall ROFL! |
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| reply to Gizy Ocean, mountains, gorge, waterfalls, many rivers.
I live in the gorge, above it that is, so when are we going, just kidding.  -- Got SKY: select pak, beam 101, Seattle gateway, linksys WRT54G router, 2 PC's running XP Pro. |
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  MotherNature Chile peppers are my heroin Premium join:2002-08-23 Fontana, CA | reply to Gizy I rack my brain trying to come up with fun and interesting things for you to do, and this is the thanks I get. -- It's not nice to fool Mother Nature. |
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  Gizy Have you thanked a soldier today? Premium join:2002-08-26 Lake Oswego, OR | *smooch* love you too Cappy |
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  MotherNature Chile peppers are my heroin Premium join:2002-08-23 Fontana, CA | But you could shoot pumpkins. And feel like a giant. I'll even come along and make midget jokes to keep things light. -- It's not nice to fool Mother Nature. |
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 wgm Premium join:2007-09-22 Washougal, WA | reply to Gizy Oregon/Washington deserts and/or ghost towns. -- Got SKY: select pak, beam 101, Seattle gateway, linksys WRT54G router, 2 PC's running XP Pro. |
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  Gizy Have you thanked a soldier today? Premium join:2002-08-26 Lake Oswego, OR
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| reply to Gizy First, thanks to everyone for the suggestions. Braz: I said in Portland, because that's where I am 
Gorge = Check Oregon Coast = Check (already done.....) Mount St. Helens = Check Spent 5 hours in the car driving both ways, but well worth it.


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  tshirt Premium join:2004-07-11 Snohomish, WA
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| reply to Gizy Oops! I left you at Grand coulee.so now you're in your inner tube heading down the columbia, past wenatchee, rock island, george, and it's time to get out (your toes are all wrinkly anyway) head west on I-90 to ellensburg, south on 82 to Yakima, west again on 12 through Naches and take the right fork onto 410 (chinook scenic highway) upto chinook pass (and the best view of Mt rainier (from the east side) then down to cayuse pass (southbound 123), if you have time a quick trip up to sunrise (best at sunrise) and on to the steven's canyon gate for Mt Rainier, Just inside is the grove of the Patriarchs (big trees that used to cover all of western WA/OR) »www.nps.gov/archive/mora/trail/grove.htm back out to 123>12>131 to see the back side of Mt' saint helens (just as cool but different then the NW side) stop for a quick bite in Cougar and follow the lewis river rd (503) back to I-5 and back home. |
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  Gizy Have you thanked a soldier today? Premium join:2002-08-26 Lake Oswego, OR | you're better than a travel agent  |
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  tshirt Premium join:2004-07-11 Snohomish, WA | and cheaper too! |
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