Newport OR

[ACCORDianate]

Drove from Bend to Newport, about 4 hours thru the Cascades and the Coastal Range, took 2 cars, and did all the touristy stuff one would expect in a coastal town... visited a lighthouse at Yaquina Head, tide pools there, an aquarium, Newport historic bayfront, saw seals and all sorts of other critters. We ended up with this: (just a few of the 103 pics we took)


dig the parking lot name in conjunction with the sign warning:





sorry, I had to thought bubble this one:

[ACCORDianate]

this guy was almost 2' across:



underside of horseshoe crabs (yuck)

[TypeG]

did you use your transmission to slow you down on that 6% downgrade? later.

[ACCORDianate]

yep, sure did: kept it in 3rd the whole way and only had to tap the brakes twice

[phatdoughnut]

Sweet, newport is getting kind of old for us. The aquarium is the biggest rip off ever.

One time i went on a biking trip to Hells canyon (east oregon) and there is this sweet 65% down grade hill. On a bike!

[ACCORDianate]

Sweet, newport is getting kind of old for us. The aquarium is the biggest rip off ever.

One time i went on a biking trip to Hells canyon (east oregon) and there is this sweet 65% down grade hill. On a bike!

Yeah it was a little pricy to get in IMO.

Since we've hit the coast and Crater Lake, Mt Hood and the river valley is next: heading up to Hood River this weekend. One day we'll eventually make it out to Hells Canyon, but apart from the rec area there's not a helluva lot out where OR, ID, and WA meet.

[SMseagren83]

this makes me wanna take my vacation and go on a road trip somewhere!! sadly im already using a couple days of vacation for me swap.....blah! stupid cars

[phatdoughnut]

Sweet jeff, your coming to hood river? we should hang out or something. I dont know what your planning on doing or whatever but im down to show you around. I work in hood river.

im sure your planning some family thing.

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Sweet jeff, your coming to hood river? we should hang out or something. I dont know what your planning on doing or whatever but im down to show you around. I work in hood river.

im sure your planning some family thing.

I think that we're going just to go. My wife's uncle wants to go to an RC shop there and everyone else wants to go drive around Mt Hood and check out some fruit or veggies or something while theyre there. I'm just going to get the hell outta the high desert resort style town I live in LOL.

[phatdoughnut]

Sweet well if you wanna meet up or something we can! id love to meet you. Hmm RC shop? like remote control cars?

[ACCORDianate]

Sweet well if you wanna meet up or something we can! id love to meet you. Hmm RC shop? like remote control cars?

They said RC shop and paintballs all in one place.

[phatdoughnut]

oh yeah hood river hobbies. Not that fancy really unless they have changed it since ive been there.

[snailin91]

im a suckerrrrr for R/C's, mainly monster trucks, love my fuggin emaxx

[ACCORDianate]

oh yeah hood river hobbies.

thats what it was. Such a simple name eluded me. Should be up there midday saturday

[Maple50175]

awesome pics man!

I wanna go out there dammit