The Oregon trail

tracilicious · 02-02-2007, 08:18 AM

Thanks for the recs.

I'm not into beer, but I've heard such good things about Portland beer that maybe I'll become a convert.

We're trying to decide where to stay. We don't want to rent a car until we're ready to leave Portland, so we need our hotel to have easy access to public transportation (which I hear is fantastic there). I'm wondering if we need to stay downtown, or if other Portland hotels (that are cheaper than the downtown hotels for the same quality of hotel) are close enough to transportation to make it worth saving the money.

So far the definite's on our agenda are: Oregon zoo, Japanese garden, Powells, maybe Museum of Science, riding the trolley, and I don't know what else. We've decided on Newport for the coast trip, but I'm not sure if we should drive from Portland to Newport to Corvallis all in one day or try to spend a night in Newport. I'd rather not add a third hotel, but that seems like a lot of driving for one day.

Alex · 02-02-2007, 08:31 AM

I assume you're going to Newport for the aquarium (which, in my opinion, even better than Monterey Bay)?

It's only about an hour to Corvallis from Newport so if you leave Portland early you'll have plenty of time for a full day in Newport and then a quick jump over to Corvallis at the end of your day.

It would be about 3.5 hours of driving total (2.5 from Portland then another hour to Corvallis). Though that is assuming you take I-5 down to Corvallis and cut over to Newport. If you take 101 down the coast that would add 30 minutes to an hour depending on where you reached the coast (my preferred scenic route would be Portland to Tillamook, stop for cheese, drive south to Newport but that would be a 3-5 hour trip depending on your stops and whatnot).

02-02-2007, 08:18 AM	#1
tracilicious avatar transition Join Date: Jan 2005 Location: in-between Posts: 2,487	Thanks for the recs. I'm not into beer, but I've heard such good things about Portland beer that maybe I'll become a convert. We're trying to decide where to stay. We don't want to rent a car until we're ready to leave Portland, so we need our hotel to have easy access to public transportation (which I hear is fantastic there). I'm wondering if we need to stay downtown, or if other Portland hotels (that are cheaper than the downtown hotels for the same quality of hotel) are close enough to transportation to make it worth saving the money. So far the definite's on our agenda are: Oregon zoo, Japanese garden, Powells, maybe Museum of Science, riding the trolley, and I don't know what else. We've decided on Newport for the coast trip, but I'm not sure if we should drive from Portland to Newport to Corvallis all in one day or try to spend a night in Newport. I'd rather not add a third hotel, but that seems like a lot of driving for one day. __________________ And now Harry, let us step into the night and pursue that flighty temptress, adventure! - Albus Dumbledore
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02-02-2007, 08:31 AM	#2
Alex . Join Date: Feb 2005 Posts: 13,354	I assume you're going to Newport for the aquarium (which, in my opinion, even better than Monterey Bay)? It's only about an hour to Corvallis from Newport so if you leave Portland early you'll have plenty of time for a full day in Newport and then a quick jump over to Corvallis at the end of your day. It would be about 3.5 hours of driving total (2.5 from Portland then another hour to Corvallis). Though that is assuming you take I-5 down to Corvallis and cut over to Newport. If you take 101 down the coast that would add 30 minutes to an hour depending on where you reached the coast (my preferred scenic route would be Portland to Tillamook, stop for cheese, drive south to Newport but that would be a 3-5 hour trip depending on your stops and whatnot).
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