Leaving Portland Friday morning we head north crossing the Columbia River and heading back into Washington. We had a greasy breakfast at the Peachtree Restaurant and Pie House which helped us recover from the bourbon the night before 🙂 This was a big day for driving and we had intent to make Bellingham, Washington which was over 400 km north of Portland. Of course we could not skip a stop in the legendary city of Seattle, so we spent a couple hours looking around the downtown core. We saw the waterfront, Pike Place market and downtown before continuing north to Bellingham.
The next day we crossed the border into British Columbia and had a quick lunch in Vancouver before I dropped Kurtis and Sarah off at the airport for their flight back to Toronto. We travelled over 2000 km on this trip staying in Nanaimo, Victoria, Aberdeen, Seaside, Depoe Bay, Lincoln City, Portland and Bellingham. It was a legendary road trip and I thank my friends Kurtis and Sarah for making it so awesome and the sisters for watching over us 🙂
We spent two nights in downtown Portland exploring the downtown core, waterfront, Oregon Brewers Festival and a couple of fabulous restaurants. Kurtis had arranged a Portland Brewcycle tour which is. read more…
Approaching Portland we could see Mount Hood looming in the background. The mountains in the western United States are vastly different from the ranges we have up in British Columbia,. read more…
We had talked about staying a second night in Seaside since the beach was so beautiful, but in the morning opted to push on south for Newport. After an amazing. read more…
In Aberdeen we found the Sucher & Sons Star Wars memorabilia shop which was quite a trip. We learned that Aberdeen was the birthplace of Kurt Cobain the legendary artist from. read more…
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Leaving Portland Friday morning we head north crossing the Columbia River and heading back into Washington. We had a greasy breakfast at the Peachtree Restaurant and Pie House which helped us recover from the bourbon the night before 🙂 This was a big day for driving and we had intent to make Bellingham, Washington which was over 400 km north of Portland. Of course we could not skip a stop in the legendary city of Seattle, so we spent a couple hours looking around the downtown core. We saw the waterfront, Pike Place market and downtown before continuing north to Bellingham.
The next day we crossed the border into British Columbia and had a quick lunch in Vancouver before I dropped Kurtis and Sarah off at the airport for their flight back to Toronto. We travelled over 2000 km on this trip staying in Nanaimo, Victoria, Aberdeen, Seaside, Depoe Bay, Lincoln City, Portland and Bellingham. It was a legendary road trip and I thank my friends Kurtis and Sarah for making it so awesome and the sisters for watching over us 🙂
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West Coast Road Trip Part 5: Portland
We spent two nights in downtown Portland exploring the downtown core, waterfront, Oregon Brewers Festival and a couple of fabulous restaurants. Kurtis had arranged a Portland Brewcycle tour which is. read more…
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West Coast Road Trip Part 4: Mount Hood
Approaching Portland we could see Mount Hood looming in the background. The mountains in the western United States are vastly different from the ranges we have up in British Columbia,. read more…
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West Coast Road Trip Part 3: Seaside, Newport, Depoe Bay, Lincoln City
We had talked about staying a second night in Seaside since the beach was so beautiful, but in the morning opted to push on south for Newport. After an amazing. read more…
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West Coast Road Trip Part 2: Aberdeen, Astoria, Seaside
In Aberdeen we found the Sucher & Sons Star Wars memorabilia shop which was quite a trip. We learned that Aberdeen was the birthplace of Kurt Cobain the legendary artist from. read more…
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