2023 Hopeful Scope
​Eugene Scottish Festival--http://eugenescottishfestival.com/index.html
PNW Capitals:  Salem OR & Olympia WA
Renaissance Faire, Canby OR--https://www.oregonfaire.com/
Oregon Chainsaw Carving, Reedsport OR--http://reedsportcc.org/oregon-divisional-chainsaw-carving-championships/
Tillamook OR
Scandinavian Festival, Astoria OR--https://astoriascanfest.com/
Hillsboro Chalk Art Festival--https://tvcreates.org/lastrada/
OR Trail Days, Tenino WA
--https://cityoftenino.us/community/page/recreation-and-parks
PNW Scottish Highland Games, Enumclaw WA--https://www.sshga.org/
Hood Canal, Hwy 101
Brookings OR--Redwoods CA?
Renaissance/Viking Faire, Bonnie Lake WA--https://washingtonfaire.com/
PNW mountains--compilation
​PNW Native Americans--compilation

2022 Wish List

  • Seattle Aquarium & Zoo--post dated 2-16-2022
  • added "Celebrating Chinese Style" because I had too much to just add to other posts--dated 2-16-2022, updated 5-8-2022 to include Seattle's Lunar New Year that had been postponed til 30 Apr 2022; update 11/28/2022 to include Tacoma memorials
  • added "Black History in the Pacific Northwest", inspired by art and more--dated 2-26-2022, updated 11/28/22
  • Sacajawea Trail--part 1 post dated 3-15-2022; part 2 published 4-14-2022 updated 11-26-2022 
  • ​added "Walk the Willamette Waterfront Loop, Portland OR", published 4-16-2022
  • updated/reorganized Portland Downtown Day Trek, 4-26-2022 to include Oregon Historical Society Museum etc
  • Victoria Clipper, still awaiting opportune timing
  • updated Japanese American Journeys--now dated 5-8-2022, updated to include photos from Tacoma 11-28-22
  • Savor the Latin Flavors--published 5-14-2022, updated Oct 2022 & 11-28-2022
  • updated Fort Vancouver to include Officers Row--post now dated 6-24-2022
  • Mt Shasta & Shakespeare--post dated 6-27-2022 (includes Weed CA, Ashland OR, Central Point OR, Gold Hill OR, and Valley of the Rogue State Park)
  • updated Forks, Port Angeles, & Sequim WA  with more about Sequim, dated 8/30/21
  • Columbia Hills (petroglyphs) & Maryhill 2--post dated 7-14-2022
  • Vancouver to Vancouver by train--looks like I can't manage again this year ☹
  • Pirate Festival, Lacey WA--post dated 7-12-2022
  • OR Trail part 2--posted 7-23-2022 Hooray!
  • updated Esther Short Park & Vancouver WA with lots of Hawaiian Festival photos, now dated 7-25-2022
  • Ft Nisqually, Tacoma Museums & Waterfront Parks, Northwest Trek--post dated 8-15-2022
  • Port Townsend WA, Mt Baker & the North Cascades--post dated 9-10-2022
  • Mt Angel OR Oktoberfest--post dated 9-18-2022
  • Swiss-Bavarian Alpenfest Joseph OR--post dated 10-4-2022, includes towns & things to see & do along Hwy 82
S. Oregon Coast--won't be able to make it this year
  • Dam Awesome Sites along the Columbia River--post dated 11-15-2022
  • updated Greater Portland post to include Winter Wonderland (Christmas Lights)

2021 Travel Intents

  • Japanese-American Journeys--post updated 5-8-2022 and re-dated
  • Ontario OR & the Four Rivers Cultural Center & Museum (added to gather info for other posts)--post date 9-24-21 
  • Lincoln City OR (part 1: winter waves post 1-26-21)
  • Crabbing on the Coast--Waldport OR post 8-15-21
  • added Florence OR (since I was staying there on the Crabbing trip)--post dated 8-30-21
  • added Yachats etc (all part of the Crabbing trip)--post dated 8-30-21
  • added Reedsport OR and Up & Down the Coast (more from the Crabbing trip)--post dated 8-30-21
  • Hagg Lake OR--added to Saturday in the Park, post 3-22-20
  • Detroit Lake OR--posted 4-30-21
  • Goin', Goin', Gone Fishin'--posted 3-31-21, but still gathering and adding
  • ​Zoos, Aquariums, Safaris--still collecting
  • ​Tacoma WA--couldn't squeeze it in this year
  • Long Beach WA--posted 4-20-21
  • Coos Bay, North Bend, Charleston OR--posted 2-12-21
  • Boise ID--traveled April 2021, post dated 5-25-21 
  • Jetboating Hells Canyon--see the Snake River post dated 6-15-21, scroll down
  • Pendleton, La Grande, Baker OR & more--6-11-2021 (gathering for OR Trail post)
  • added Halfway & Union OR, and therabouts (gathering more info for Snake R, fishing, OR Trail...)--dated 9-15-21 
  • Sacajawea (Lewis & Clark) Trail--in process
  • Oregon Trails--part 1 posted 7-20-2021; 
  • Klamath Falls OR, Collier State Park, & Hwy 138 "Highway of Waterfalls"--had to be adjusted for fires--it's now Klamath Falls to Springfield OR, in the Loop, post date 9-5-2021
  • Mt Adams day trip--posted 7-6-2021
  • Columbia Hills State Park WA--transmission died before I could make it this year
  • Deschutes River rafting, Maupin OR--part of River Runs and Water Fun, now done; posted 7-27-2021
  • Loggers Jubilee, Morton WA--post dated 8-15-2021, under Forests on the Destinations page
  • Olympic National Park, traveled in Aug, post dated 8-30-2021 
  • added Forks, Port Angeles, & Sequim WA--coastal towns & their surrounds, post dated 8-30-2021
  • Canada Cruise (Seattle, Victoria, Vancouver BC)--spoiled again by COVID-19 restrictions
  • Gold & Ghosts (dusty rusty mining towns)--see Baker museum, Union museum... travel limited by death of transmission on the way home from Ontario OR;  see also Washington State History Museum in Tacoma Treks
  • ​added Hanukkah & Holocaust, Portland OR--dated 11-30-2021
  • Snoqualmie WA Yuletide Express & Falls--posted 12-13-2021
  • ​added Greater Portland, a collection of some years of little expeditions--posted 12-31-2021

2020 dreams & schemes

City 'Scapes

Chinese New Year in Portland's Chinatown-----accomplished see addendum to post 10-27-19
Shen Yun Dance & Pagliacci Opera, Portland Arts venues--cancelled due to COVID-19
Portland Japanese Memorial & Garden--temporarily closed, to be posted in 2021
Washington State Historical Museum, Tacoma--temporarily closed
World of Speed Motorsports Museum, Wilsonville--closed permanently by COVID-19
Fort Vancouver, WA-----accomplished, see post 2-29-20
Hawaiian Festival, Vancouver, WA--cancelled due to COVID-19
​Vancouver to Vancouver (via Victoria) Clipper Ship vacation package--had to be postponed
Added nearby parks and gardens--see Destinations page

the Coast

Dune Buggy tour Oregon Dunes, & Bandon, OR--we dune it, see post 7-3-20
Crabbing in Lincoln City, OR--cancelled due to COVID-19
Long Beach, WA--venues I wanted to see closed for COVID-19
Oregon Coast Aquarium et al, Newport, OR--see post 11-28-20
Seaside, OR added--see post 8-12-20
Crescent City, CA--see post 10-22-20

the Gorge

Antique Aeroplane & Auto Museum, Hood River, OR--post 12-15-2020, scroll to Hood River
Gorge Days, North Bonneville, WA & the Bonneville Dam (and more!) see post 12-4-2020
Cascade Locks and the Oregon side of the Gorge--post 12-15-2020
​added Waterfalls along the Historic Columbia River Highway--post 12-23-2020
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the Forests

Redwoods, CA--see post 10-20-20
Goin' Fishin'--checking out accessible fishing all over, all year
Loggers' Jubilee, Morton, WA, Collier State Park Log Truck Show & Steam Day--cancelled
​Blueberry Festival, Mossyrock, WA--cancelled due to COVID-19
Added various state & regional parks--see Destinations page
​Trees to See in the Pacific Northwest (Arboretums)--posted 4-11-2020

the Mountains

Mt Hood--made it before the fires made it impossible, see post 9-18-20 (went 9-2-20)
Crater Lake--made it, posted it 8-6-20
Mt. Angel Oktoberfest? spoiled by COVID-19
Mt. Rainier--see post 9-22-20
Southern OR, Cottage Grove to CA along I-5 & Hwy 199--posted 10-29-20
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