General San Francisco to Portland in August/September

[Splinty]

About 90% gonna make this trip.
Which of you live along the way? I've never been to that area of the country for any appreciable time.

Gonna rent a car and fly in San Francisco and out Seattle, unless I should do it opposite for some reason.

French Laundry Reservations on the list of to do items. Go see some national forest. Wine. Smell some hippies in Portland. What else am I doing?

 

[Freeloading Rusty]

Dont forget your naloxone kit.

 

[Enock-O-Lypse Now!]

Red Woods!

 

[Freeloading Rusty]

Red Woods!
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Crazy how much that looks like a park on Vancouver Island.

 

[Filthy]

About 90% gonna make this trip.
Which of you live along the way? I've never been to that area of the country for any appreciable time.

Gonna rent a car and fly in San Francisco and out Seattle, unless I should do it opposite for some reason.

French Laundry Reservations on the list of to do items. Go see some national forest. Wine. Smell some hippies in Portland. What else am I doing?

take the 101 up from Frisco to Tillamook, then cut over to PDX and go up I5 to seattle. In PDX, eat at Le Pigeon. No bullshit.

nothing to see on the WA part of 101.

 

[Filthy]

Do some Orca watching off Anacortes while you're up Seattle way.

 

[Enock-O-Lypse Now!]

You run an MMA Forum might as well pay respects to the MMA legend and his son while in Seattle.

 

[Freeloading Rusty]

Do some Orca watching off Anacortes while you're up Seattle way.

What a beautiful group is islands down that way. The whole inside passage w/ Vancouver Island is a must see.

We are looking at buying a cabin on an island within boating distance from there... on the Canadian side of the border of course.

 

[Filthy]

Haystack Rock on Cannon Beach and Klamath Falls are your "Must Get" IG spots.

 

[Filthy]

What a beautiful group is islands down that way. The whole inside passage w/ Vancouver Island is a must see.

We are looking at buying a cabin on an island within boating distance from there... on the Canadian side of the border of course.

if Canada isn't locked down, take the ferry to Vancouver Island and spend a night at Sooke Harbor House.

 

[Freeloading Rusty]

if Canada isn't locked down, take the ferry to Vancouver Island and spend a night at Sooke Harbor House.

We are on lock down... but once that ends, Ill check out the Harbor House.

I havent spent much time in Sooke but I have been to the potholes, which were amazing.

 

[Filthy]

We are on lock down... but once that ends, Ill check out the Harbor House.

I havent spent much time in Sooke but I have been to the potholes, which were amazing.

they have a big garden and everything they serve is grown on the property or caught in the harbor.

 

[Wintermute]

Lemme know when you'll be in PDX! Maybe we can convince @kneeblock to meet us out here.

 

[Rambo John J]

I would ride the Cali/Oregon/Wash Coast...Pacific Coast Highway(PCH)

not much reason to go inland unless you have already experienced the Pacific Ocean, it's vast sunsets, and it's beauty


PCH becomes US Highway 101 as you get in northern Cali

No reason to drive up I-5 man...trust me, unless you are gonna go into the mountains or desert spots then don't go inland

Although if you want a lil adventure I would look into Crater Lake, a good inland Destination
Certainly a gem of the US, and It actually looks like this in person most of the time






I know the Mt Shasta area also, amazing valley...dry and rugged.

Depends upon how much time you have to spend there are a lot of great inland juts off of 101 or I-5 to have some fun...If you just wanna do the coast then stay on the coast

West Coast has some major targets...do your research

If you are early enough you likely avoid any fires and smoke

 

[Rambo John J]

take the 101 up from Frisco to Tillamook, then cut over to PDX and go up I5 to seattle. In PDX, eat at Le Pigeon. No bullshit.

nothing to see on the WA part of 101.

PDX is where the trip starts to end unless he only wants to see big cities and shitloads of people

 

[megatherium]

Scratch that. I'm wrong. I was thinking of Port Angeles...

 

[Jesus X]

french laundry the finer things. napa has the great scenery I would live there if my income was 400 percent more than it is right now..

 

[Jesus X]

Do some Orca watching off Anacortes while you're up Seattle way.

Washington has orcas island too you can take a pretty cheap boat there. sometimes the orcas come all the way down to long beach,ca or san pedro,ca but I never saw one in the wild just heard of people seeing them here.

 

[Jesus X]

You run an MMA Forum might as well pay respects to the MMA legend and his son while in Seattle.

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brandon lee has one of the nicest tombstones I have ever seen

 

[rmenergy]

If hwy1 was still open I’d recommend SLO to Santa Cruz WAY before SF to Seattle.

Napa/Sonoma is nice, as well as Mendocino/Ft. Bragg. Oregon Central Coast is nice but it’s not CA central coast by a damn site.

I’ll let others recommend stops for this trip. If you’re ever interested in SLO, hit me up. I lived in Morro Bay & Paso Robles for nearly 20yrs & still visit regularly.

 

[rmenergy]

Moved there for college in the 90’s. Owned a house in north MB until ‘14. Bought a Victorian on Vine St. in Paso but work forced me to move up to Sacramento in ‘16.

I would gut someone while looking them in the eyes to be able to relocate my family back down there now.

 

[rmenergy]

There used to be some cunt dressed up as a pirate all the time. No idea why, I think he just likes dressing up as a pirate.

Lol, you mean the high school mascot haha

 

[rmenergy]

I worked in SLO and lived in atascadero first house off the 101. Paso robles has great restaurants. I used to hang out there every weekend

My in-laws are still in 3F Meadows out in A-Town. Small world

 

[Jesus X]

If you go to San Fran go to Mr bings bar and get me a souvenir. For real, I'll send you the money or whatever.

that china town is way better than our chinatown in L.A

 

[rmenergy]

Dunno. There's the carpark down by the bay with the old submarine, then when you walk across the front towards the galley (great restaurant) I'd always see him in full costume doing weird pirate shit. I don't think he worked for a specific restaurant, I saw him all over town just being a pirate.

My old mechanic used to walk around town with his parrot ? lol