Oregon & Northwest California in 3 weeks(with a 2 yr old)

We had breakfast here everyday. We loved the funky décor and the good rock’n’roll to get our day started. Try the Soilent Green Omelet or the Vagitarian. You won’t be sorry. You can get church out of the way at the same time as there is a life size crucifix at one end of the restaurant.

Cool day trip from Portland. Take Rte 30 out and Rte 26 back to get a feel for the area. Climb the hill to the Astoria Column and you’ll get to see an astounding view of where the Columbia flows into the Pacific and get a little exercise. When you come down park at the Columbia River Maritime Museum and take the trolley down the boardwalk. It’s only a dollar, what do you have to lose? There are a bunch of restaurants along the way. We chose The Cannery which was good, albeit a little more than I would have liked to pay for that level of fare. On the way out of town we stopped at Fort Stephens which was awesome. You could rent bikes and spend a whole day at Fort Stephens. Way cool, huge park that has it all.

Good food, good service, good view, but a tiny bit pricey.

Beautiful drive from about 16mi outside Portland to Hood River. Be careful you don’t drive off the road watching the scenery. There are a bunch of great waterfalls right off the road and a couple decent hikes

We hiked up to Mirror Lake (Vitoria was in a baby back pack). Quite a hike but well worth it. There are several switchbacks leading up to a beautiful lake that reflects Mt. Hood in it’s waters. Afterward we headed south on

The Mill Inn was great. The room was fair to good and had it's own bathroom. (Not all the rooms have them.) The old mill rooming house is very ecclectic. It's owner, Carol is originally from Brooklyn, NY and you can see her unique tastes throughout the B&B. We felt right at home here. Carol, the proprietor is a friendly and helpful host. She's a very interesting person if you take the time to get to know her. If you're a skiier, she's your gal. She even got us maps to help determine where we could go hiking. As we're traveling with our 23 month old daughter we needed laundry and she let us use the Inn's facilities. Breakfast was the real surprise. No fancy omelettes or gourmet plates, but damn that breakfast is good. Eggs (however you want them), fruit, thick bacon, sausage, pancakes, rocketfuel coffee, etc. Wicked good. For what we paid for this room, and all the great service The Mill Inn is an outstanding deal. It is however, ON the road, so if you're a light sleeper ask for the room on the parking lot side. The location is perfect and just a few blocks from downtown. It's a block from a great coffee, hip shopping, etc. This is the only place to stay in Bend if you're not hung up on pillow mints and white lace.

Average food, decor and service. Little pricey for the quality. Good beer.

Tres cool! Food could have been better, but it was pretty good. Prices were fair. It's the decor, service and the beer that is outstanding. The McMenamins have a design/artist team put all theor places together and it's a lot of fun to check out. You can spend your whole meal exploring the place with your eyes.

Decent base for exploring, but eat elsewhere.

Listen, the fella who ownes this place is real nice so I feel a little bad giving it a bad review - but it could really use some work. I was born in the Ozark Mtns, so I get rustic, but this place just needs to get picked up. There are old panes of glass and piles of unused building supplies, appliances and discarded furniture right next to the room doors, a pile of broken concrete next to the hammock in the yard, cat feces, etc. The interior of the rooms is very dated and in need of a renovation. I could have put up with all this if they hadn't charged us $95 a night. To be fair though, it was great to have a room right on the river, with it's own deck and the owner did upgrade us without being asked. He's gonna be really mad if he reads this, but dude, come on, get that place together. It has wonderful potential.

Historic old town with shopping, restaurants and pinach.

Farmy village in the middle of nowhere. Nice place to drive around in the afternoon. Check out the General Store.

Drive thru on the way to or from Ashland. Not that interesting.

Cute, clean town especially great if you like Shakespear. Nice park.

Great family fun! See review.

Very scenic and twisty interstate highway that is fun to experience.

Beautiful coast. No need to stay in the bigger touristy towns to the north in the summer. Too crowded.

Nice, fairly clean, great views. Nice pool/hottub.

Decent Mexican

They should call this place El Crapola.

Gorgeous state park with a tough hike to a promintory point as well as Devil's Churn and an easy hike along the seashore.

Fantastic! Go for the German cuisine.

Pretty boring town. Keep going if you're checking out the coast. Decent place to crash, but don't hang out. Go to the Paradise for breakfast.

Decent room, but the windows on the deck don't open. Weird.

Great value, great food, awnry waitress.

Awesome hike from south parking lot with gorgeous vistas. If it is foggy you get to experience walking through an inversion layer, if not you get awesome views. Good switchback trail leads to great seashore. The tour books make one feel like there are just a few places hike here, but there are trails that lead for miles through this park with surprises around every corner. Bring water, a camera and I found some low powered binoculors where invaluable. Pack some snacks and kick back at the bottom. You could easily kill a whole day exploring here.

Just passed thru, but would have liked to stay and check more out.

Good and bad. Old part of town is cute.

Awesome authentic food, good prices, GREAT service, entertaining live music.

Very cool. See review.

Horrible. Basically it's a T.G.I.Friday's or a Chili's in costume.

Great place to stop for a break if you're taking the curvy rte 3/36 out of Redding and returning to the coast. There is a natural food store/deli here that is fantastic. The owners are wonderful and the sandwich was amazing. So was the coffee and yogurt covered raisins.

Decent town. You can get good deals south of Mendocino too. Daughter and wife had fun at glass beach.

Girls had fun rooting around for little glass pieces that will inevitably end up all over my house, but oh well.

Great beer! Good food.

Very cool. Don't miss it.

Philo, Booneville and Navarro are beautiful country. Nice drive.

Fantastic farm. My daughter made us bring her back 2 days. See review.

Very interesting town. Try and use as a base for exploring the area, but ended up in Rohnert Park on the cheap. It's a cool town though, with lots to do.

Beautiful town. Go thru as part of a scenic loop from Sebastopol, Bodega Bay, Jenner, Cazadero, Geurneville, etc.

Wow. See review.

WOW! See review.