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In May weather will be great in West Oregon or Washington for a few days. Below suggested ternary to see the diversity of the PNW.
Id fly to Seattle . Head out to the Olympic Peninsula , hike sight see then drive HWY 2 incredible scenery) stop in Leavenworth WA for lunch, east over to Idaho Panhandle to Kootenai falls in NW Montana. Explore the Troy, Libby MT area Hike a bit and Take Hwy 90 back west. Day in CDA ID and stop in Ellensburg. Great hiking there in May and all of the wild flowers out. Hike Umptanum ridge. Head back . Stop in Rosslyn too.
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Thanks for all the ideas so far. She has traveled to the the east coast, Colorado, California, She thought she would like to travel up to the Northwest.
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"There's very cool, low elevation hiking along the Umpqua east of Roseburg. Mostly day hiking. The highway runs on the north side of the river. Every few miles there's a bridge over the river with parking and access to the trail that runs up the south side of the river."
That's what I would have said, but after the fires it is a mess. Before the fires, one of the most beautiful drives around.
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I haven't read the whole thread.
Oregon for the Coast and Crater Lake.
Washington for the mountains (Oregon has them too..) and the Olympic peninsula.
Lots of nice semi-arid lands (and drier mountains) in the eastern halves of both states.
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Slept under the stars many nights out there. The gorge at George to......
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We took our college age girls and a boyfriend out to Washington and visited Mt. Rainier, Mt. St. Helens, and Seattle before heading out to the Olympic Peninsula: Dungeness Spit, Hurricane Ridge, Forks, La Push, and the Hoh River. Would do it again in a flash.
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We took our college age girls and a boyfriend out to Washington and visited Mt. Rainier, Mt. St. Helens, and Seattle before heading out to the Olympic Peninsula: Dungeness Spit, Hurricane Ridge, Forks, La Push, and the Hoh River. Would do it again in a flash.
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My pick is Oregon away from the Willamette. It's a shockingly diverse, friendly and remote state aside from the Potropolis.
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We took our college age girls and a boyfriend out to Washington and visited Mt. Rainier, Mt. St. Helens, and Seattle before heading out to the Olympic Peninsula: Dungeness Spit, Hurricane Ridge, Forks, La Push, and the Hoh River. Would do it again in a flash.
Pretty huh Yes it is, but depending on what kind of snow year they're having up there it could be they don't get much hiking in some of those places. Hiked through Olympic NP from Quinalt over to the Elwah valley and out there. July 1974. 8' of snow on the pass in the park and that's not very high. Got over to climb Rainier and do the Wonderland Trail. Managed with the right gear to do Rainier, but the Lodge at Paradise was still mostly buried and the Trail averaged above 6k' and we didn't have snowshoes to do the 93 miles. Might be some short hikes available in May though. Maybe a Washingtonian can let us know what conditions are up there this year.
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Tourism is the fourth largest industry in Washington State, employing more than 182,700 workers and generating $21.4 billion in annual spending.
Good luck with that after the homeless, antifa, BLM, and covid
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Avoid the cities completely, come into Oregon down the Columbia River Gorge, stop at Multamona Falls, go north on I-5 to Longview WA, Cross the Columbia there, or stay in WA to the 4-mile long bridge over the river into Astoria. In Astoria go to the column climb it and take in the view, there is also a fort to sea hiking trail from Lewis and Clark Natl. Park, a herd of elk can sometimes be seen in Fort Stevens and where the Columbia River meets the sea was worth the time.
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Avoid the cities completely, come into Oregon down the Columbia River Gorge, stop at Multamona Falls, go north on I-5 to Longview WA, Cross the Columbia there, or stay in WA to the 4-mile long bridge over the river into Astoria. In Astoria go to the column climb it and take in the view, there is also a fort to sea hiking trail from Lewis and Clark Natl. Park, a herd of elk can sometimes be seen in Fort Stevens and where the Columbia River meets the sea was worth the time. Like these?
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Bend or Port Orford OR are also nice. Flintlocks has a good suggestion. WA has lots of nice places too. Bring your raincoats if they go on the coast. Bend is beautiful but a liberal schit hole. Skip that.
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BTW - those were taken at the Hammond boat launch last fall. (Astoria area, where the Columbia river meets the Pacific.)
Lots of Roosevelt elk in that area.
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In Oregon, Silver Falls State Park. East of Salem. Beautiful falls that you hike under.
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That's another great one - the trail of 10 falls. About a 9 mile hike, best in the winter or spring when water flows are at their highest.
But - Oregon sucks, so stay away.
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Looking for a little help/input here. The daughter graduates in May from college and wants to take a week and go to one of these two states with her boyfriend. Other than staying out of Portland and Seattle, any ideas would be appreciated. They want to do some hiking, sightseeing etc. Oregon has a really neat Light House driving self-tour along the coast. The Oregon coastline if gorgeous. The old light houses are neat as well.
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He said in May, so it should be warm.
How about going north along Oregon and Washington coast. Then to Vancouver and then east thru Jasper, Banff and Lake Louise. Next down thru Glacier Park and Yellowstone.
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I haven't read the whole thread.
Oregon for the Coast and Crater Lake.
Washington for the mountains (Oregon has them too..) and the Olympic peninsula.
Lots of nice semi-arid lands (and drier mountains) in the eastern halves of both states.
Cant access Crater lake til middle of June or later
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