R E C O M M E N D A T I O N S

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3-30-2021 Sights from Sandy OR

5-25-2021 Boise ID and nearby

8-24-2022 Boise Bound, Again!

6-11-21 Pendleton, La Grande, Baker OR & more

9-24-21 Ontario OR & the Four Rivers Cultural Center and Museum

2-16-2022 Seattle Sites to See

3-25-2023   2 Seattle by Train

7-12-2022 Northwest Pirate festival

9-18-2022 Mt Angel OR Oktoberfest

8-15-2022 Tacoma Treks

8-8-2023 Chalk Art Festival--Hillsboro OR (July)

8-9-2023 Oregon Trail Days, Tenino WA

8-31-2023 PNW Capitals: Salem, Olympia, Boise, Victoria BC

2-15-2024 Oregon City OR

3-30-2024 Wilsonville OR & more

12-14-2024 Gresham OR & environs

City 'Scapes

4-26-2022 Portland Downtown--Pioneer Square, Arts venues, etc

12-31-2021 Greater Portland OR

4-16-2022 Walk the Willamette Waterfront, Portland OR

9-28-2024 Quilt Shop Hop--greater Portland OR region

2-22-2025 Portland Chinatown & Lan Su Chinese Garden

2-16-2024 Celebrating Chinese Style

12-30-19 Traveling Light--Diwali, Hanukkah, Kwanzaa, Christmas

2-24-2025 Black History in the PNW

6-10-2025 Hanukkah & Holocaust; + Annual Jewish Holidays

5-8-2022 Japanese-American Journeys

7-11-2023 Buddha & Connected Cultures

5-14-2022 Savor the Latin Flavors

5-10-2023 Portland's 2023 Cinco de Mayo Festival

7-19-2023 Islamic Excursions

8-15-2023 Great Scot! Scottish Festivals

3-29-2025 Saturday in the Park--explore nearby parks

6-21-2023 May Days--Public Gardens to Delight

11-2-19  Aviation & Space Museum, Air Show, Water Park  9-21-19

1-31-2024 Fort Vancouver National Historic Site

2-22-2025 Esther Short Park and Vancouver WA

7-27-2021 Rafting the Deschutes River, Maupin OR

12-13-2021 SNoqualmie Falls WA & Yuletide train

11-15-2022 Dam Awesome Sites, Lower Columbia River

9-7-2023 Hwy 101 along the Hood Canal, WA

the Gorgeous Gorge,      River Runs, and Water Fun

10-28-19 post:  Maryhill Museum of Art & the Carshow 10-5-19

7-14-2022 Columbia Hills petroglyphs & Maryhill 2

12-4-2020 Columbia Gorge--WA, Hwy 14 east to Bingen & a bit beyond

12-15-2020 Columbia Gorge--OR, I-84 to Biggs Junction

12-23-2020 Columbia Gorge waterfalls along old Hwy 30

3-31-21  Gone Fishing for accessible fishing

6-15-21 Snake River Gorge-ous canyons, and Jet Boating Hells Canyon

3-22-25 The Sacajawea Trail, Lewis & Clark and the Corps of Discovery--part 1

3-24-2025 Sacajawea Trail part 2--traveling down the Columbia River to the Pacific Ocean

7-20-21 Traveling the Oregon Trail--part 1

7-23-22 Traveling the Oregon Trail--part 2

2-21-2023 Traveling the Oregon Trail--Part 3

More Destinations, near & not very far

the Coast

10-30-19 Whale Watching, Depoe Bay (3-19)

10-31-19     Astoria, Ft. Stevens, Ft. Clatsop

1-25-20:  Coffenbury Lake & Astoria 2, and the Forts

7-3-20 Florence to Port Orford, Dune Buggies and Bandon

8-30-2021  Florence OR

8-12-2020 Seaside, OR

10-22-20 Crescent City & its coasts, Ca

11-28-20 Newport OR, Beverly Beach, Devil's Punchbowl

1-26-21 Lincoln City and south to Depoe bay, or

2-12-21 Coos Bay, North Bend, Charleston OR

4-20-21 Long Beach WA & Cape Disappointment

8-15-21 Crabbing on the Coast, Waldport OR

8-30-21 ​Along the Oregon Coast--Heceta Head, Cape Perpetua, Yachats, Seal Rock

8-30-21 Reedsport OR and Up & Down the Coast

8-30-21 Forks, POrt Angeles, Sequim wa--coastal towns & their surrounds

5-31-2024 North Bend to Brookings--the Southern Oregon Coast

6-24-2024 Tillamook To Astoria OR, Coast on up the Oregon Coast

6-24-2024 Skoal Scandinavia! (MIdsummer Festivals in Astoria OR etc.)

8-19-2024 Lighthouses of the PNW

10-25-2024 Bremerton & Poulsbo WA

6-20-2026 Hwy 38--Reedsport to Drain OR

 the Mountains & Hills

11-7-19 post:  Mt. St. Helens

8-6-20 Crater Lake, fish the rogue,  wildlife safari, roseburg

9-18-2020 Mt Hood & Hwy 26
​(9-2-20)

9-22-2020 (actually Aug 25-26)
Mt Rainier & Hwy 12

10-29-20 Cottage Grove to California, Southern OR along i-5 and Hwy 199
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4-30-21 Detroit Lake OR

7-6-21 Mt Adams Day Trip

8-30-2021 Olympic National Park WA

9-5-21 Klamath Falls to Springfield OR--in the Loop

9-15-21 Halfway & Union OR, and thereabouts

6-27-2022 Mt Shasta & Shakespeare (Ashland OR & so forth)

10-4-2022 Oregon Alpenfest, Joseph OR

9-10-2022 Port Townsend, various Forts, Mt Baker and the North Cascades

7-31-2024 Bend OR & Beyond

4-21-2025 Mtns of the PNW, & what they are made of

the Forests

10-30-19  RV/camp/picnic at Iron Creek, WA

12-2-19 Millersylvania state park, wa

1-2-20 (updated since) Battle Ground Lake State Park & vicinity; WA

4-11-20 Trees to See in the Pacific Northwest: Arboretums

5-29-20 Oxbow Regional Park, OR

6-17-2024 Milo McIver State Park, North Fork Reservoir, Estacada or

10-20-20 Redwoods, CA

10-25-2023 Return to the Redwoods, Smith River to Eureka CA

8-15-21 Loggers Jubilee--Morton WA; also Mossyrock & Buckley WA

6-13-2023 Renaissance Faire, Canby OR

4-20-2024 Return to Roseburg, then Hwy 138 & Klamath Falls OR

Other Lands & Peoples

O Canada!