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Travel Local for Less
Note: many travel restrictions and cancellations due to COVID-19 in 2020--check links and locations Oregon The wonders of Oregon 3 min video https://traveloregon.com/things-to-do/trip-ideas/7-wonders/2-weeks-7-wonders/ Columbia River the Coast Crater Lake Smith Rock Painted Hills Wallowas Mt Hood Museums for All (low income) museums listed by state: https://museums4all.org/participating-museums/ Portland metro Multnomah Co Library Discovery Pass https://multcolib.org/how-it-works-my-discovery-pass Portland Arts for All $5 passes https://racc.org/resources/access-arts-and-culture/ Oregon Rail Heritage Center Free or donation; Thurs-Sun 1-5pm; Sat 45 min ride $5 Oregon Jewish Museum 1st Thurs free 5-8pm PDX Parent lists free/discount activities & venues https://www.pdxparent.com/free-and-discounted-portland-area-museum-days/ Portland Living on the Cheap https://portlandlivingonthecheap.com/events/ A great travel guide for Portland, including accessibility http://wheelchairtraveling.com/portland-oregon-wheelchair-accessible-travel-guide/ Free to look Powells City of Books Portland Saturday Market Farmers Market PSU King Farmers Market 
Transit Travel--
Portland & Vancouver WA Get a HOP pass at Safeway, Fred Meyer, and many other stores. It's like a re-loadable phone card--you don't have to worry about having change or exact change. https://myhopcard.com/home/ Tap the PASS as you board a bus, but before you get on the MAX (Portland’s Light Rail), look for a post like the one pictured at left. Discounts for Seniors/Disabled, Low Income, Youth. Reciprocal Admission Program—2020 Membership to one, admits to all January--Oregon Zoo February--Oregon Historical Society March--Deepwood Museum & Garden April--Washington County Museum May--World of Speed Motorsports Museum June--Columbia River Maritime Museum July--Clark County Historical Museum August--Architectural Heritage Center September--Rice Northwest Museum of Rocks & Minerals October--Evergreen Aviation & Space Museum & World Forestry Ctr November--Oregon Coast Aquarium December--Lan Su Chinese Garden State Parks free days and ways https://oregonstateparks.org/index.cfm?do=v.dsp_featureArticle&articleId=211 Free parking days at Oxbow Regional Park, Blue Lake Regional Park, Broughton Beach, M. James Gleason Memorial Boat Ramp, Chinook Landing Marine Park for 2020: Jan1, 16, 20; Feb 17, 20; Mar 19; Apr 16; May 21; June 18; July 16; Aug 20; Sept 17; Oct 15; Nov 11, 19, 27; Dec 17. Operated by Metro. Otherwise $5/day or $30/year. https://www.oregon.gov/oprd/Pages/news/2019/Celebrate-State-Parks-Day-June-1-with-free-camping,-parking-and-special-events.aspx (2019) Discounts available for military & disabled veterans, and foster families Free Fishing Days Feb. 15-16 (Saturday & Sunday), President’s Day Weekend June 6-7 (Saturday & Sunday) Aug. 15-16 (Saturday & Sunday) Nov. 27-28 (Friday & Saturday), Thanksgiving Weekend *The FINE PRINT: Area closures, bag limits and all other regulations still apply. Events will be posted about March https://myodfw.com/articles/2020-free-fishing-days-and-events Rates chart for state parks https://oregonstateparks.org/index.cfm?do=visit.dsp_rates State Park Events oregonstateparks.org/index.cfm?do=thingstodo.calendar Collier State Park Hwy 97, SE of Crater Lake Info: 541-783-2471 Dutch Oven Cook-off 5/24/20 Living History Day 6/21/20 Log Truck Show! 7/18/20 Art in the Park 8/8/20 Loggers Breakfast 9/6/20 Steam Day 9/12/20 Rooster Rock State Park https://omsi.edu/events may not show these yet OMSI lunar star party 7/25/20 OMSI meteor party 8/12/20 The Cove Palisades State Park Eagle Watch 3/28-29, 2020 https://www.visitbend.com/events/25th-annual-eagle-watch-celebration/ More in Oregon Link to Travel Oregon . . . Oregon Rest Areas https://www.tripcheck.com/Pages/Rest-Areas?fbclid=IwAR1_WIlLcU3QGY_1Gm6qR97no9g-FLafBGLu9sgbAFlLHfzXFs12LAnNlZ4 Salem
Eugene https://titancourt.com/10-free-cheap-things-eugene/ Corvallis/Albany
Medford/Ashland/southern Oregon https://www.travelmedford.org/things-to-do Bend & Central Oregon
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Advice from a frequent traveler (stations below just off the highway) I-5 Oregon 1. Flying J at Donald/Aurora, OR; exit 278 2. Pilot at Brooks, OR; exit 263 3. AM/PM at Lebanon/Corvallis, OR; exit 228 4. Arco at Creswell, OR (used to be competitive); exit 182 Hwy 101 at the Coast 1. Union 76 at Bandon, OR 2. Coos Bay 76 (one going north, one going south) 3. Fred Meyer at Warrenton, OR 4. Fred Meyer at Tillamook, OR I-5 Washington 1. Exxon at Burlington (George Hopper Rd); exit 229 Compare Arco same exit, across street (one or other might be better) And Costco gasoline close 2. AM/PM Slater Rd, Bellingham, WA; exit 260 3. Pilot at Ferndale, WA, east side of I-5; exit 262 I-84 1. Arco exit 16 before Troutdale 2. Space Age gas station about 200 mi east of Portland, exit 182 near Hermiston 3. Pilot station exit 188 not too bad Note: if you have Safeway rewards, you can use them at Chevron and Texaco. |
Washington Vancouver and Southwest Washington FVRL Experience Pass --use your library card for a free pass to: Cascades Locks Historical Museum, OR Clark County Historical Museum, WA Columbia Gorge Discovery Center, The Dalles, OR Columbia Gorge Interpretive Center Museum, Stevenson, WA Genealogical Forum of Oregon, Portland, OR Lan Su Chinese Garden, Portland, OR Maryhill Museum of Art, WA side of the Columbia River, near Goldendale, WA Rice Northwest Museum of Rocks and Minerals, Hillsboro, OR FVRL calendar of events https://fvrl.librarymarket.com/events/upcoming State Parks free days 2020 —day use only-- https://discoverpass.wa.gov/ Jan 1—New Year’s Day Jan 20—MLK Jr. Day Mar 19—State Parks Bday Apr 11—Spring Day Apr 22—Earth Day June 6—National Trails Day June 7—Fishing Day June 13—National Get Outdoors Day Aug 25—National Parks+ Sept 26—National Public Lands Day Nov 11—Veterans Day Nov 27—Autumn Day Free Fishing Days Always the first weekend after the first Mon in June https://wdfw.wa.gov/fishing/free (2019) Fort Vancouver & Pearson Field/Air Museum https://www.nps.gov/fova/index.htm Waterfront Renaissance Trail https://www.cityofvancouver.us/parksrec/page/columbia-river-renaissance-trail-5-miles Esther Short Park events Vancouver Farmers Market Summer Concert series, free Science in the Park, free kid activities Fire in the Park (Fire Dept. event) free & family friendly activities Hawaiian Festival, free Water Resource Center Free kid activities 2nd Sat Pendleton Woolen Mills free tours https://www.pendleton-usa.com/mill-tours.html Ridgefield National Wildlife Refuge https://www.fws.gov/refuge/Ridgefield/ Cedar Creek Grist Mill https://www.cedarcreekgristmill.org/ Lacamas Lake https://www.clark.wa.gov/public-works/lacamas-regional-park Picnic, playgrounds, fish, swim, boat (canoe, kayak rentals), waterski, trails To-Do Vancouver, WA https://www.visitvancouverusa.com/things-to-do/ More places of interest in SW Washington Long Beach, WA Fort Borst Park, Centralia Cowlitz Salmon Hatchery Loggers’ Jubilee , Morton Taidnapam Park, Glenoma (off Hwy 12, north of Mt. St. Helens) fishing Riffe Lake Maryhill Museum, Columbia Gorge Columbia Gorge National Parks & Lands
National Parks free days, 2020: Jan 20, Apr 18, Aug 25, Sept 26, Nov 11 Free & reduced passes--https://www.nps.gov/planyourvisit/passes.htm US Forest Service free days 2020: Jan 20, Feb 17, June 13, Sept 26, Nov 11 Forest Service free & reduced passes-- https://www.fs.fed.us/visit/passes-permits/recreation-fees-passes Smithsonian Magazine Free Museum Day 4-4-20 www.smithsonianmag.com/museumday/search/?q=& cancelled 2020 due to COVID-19 More in Washington 12 Free activities in WA https://www.onlyinyourstate.com/washington/fun-free-things-wa/ 25 Best to do WA State https://vacationidea.com/washington/best-things-to-do-in-washington-state.html Greater Seattle on the Cheap https://www.greaterseattleonthecheap.com/ Wheelchair Travel in Seattle https://wheelchairtravel.org/seattle-wa/attractions-sights/ A Senior Travel Site http://seniorcitizen.travel/index.php?s=WASHINGTON Transit Travel—other cities
Seattle https://www.seattle.gov/transportation/getting-around/transit Seattle Hop On, Hop Off tours www.yelp.com/searchfind_desc=Hop+On+Hop+Off+Tour&find_loc=Seattle%2C+WA Vancouver BC public transit https://new.translink.ca/ Victoria BC public transit www.bctransit.com/victoria Volcano Row https://pnsn.org/volcanoes Lassen Peak, CA Mt. Shasta, CA Medicine Lake, CA Crater Lake, OR Newberry Volcano, OR Three Sisters, OR Mt. Jefferson, OR Mt. Hood, OR Mt. Adams, WA Mt. St. Helens, WA Mt. Rainier, WA Glacier Peak, WA Mt. Baker, WA Travel your Local Planet Link to: https://happytowander.com/resources/ Pretty encompassing website for worldwide wheelchair travel and issues by a man who lives & travels in a wheelchair: https://wheelchairtravel.org/ Wheelchair Jimmy has a special rating system, videos, etc. https://wheelchairjimmy.com/ Mobility International USA--resources, helps, tips for Disabled travel https://www.miusa.org/plan/americans-abroad A travel company that arranges for disabled travel adventures: https://gowheeltheworld.com/ Disabled travel & adventures in Utah (you'll be amazed what they offer) https://www.visitutah.com/plan-your-trip/accessible-utah/ Here's an article about Travel Credit Cards, if you want to know more about them: https://money.com/best-travel-credit-card/ |