The mister and I are heading out on a road trip down the oregon coast and to northern California this Friday. I’m so excited! And I was hoping some of you maybe had some tips and advice on the places we’re going to stay. Favourite restaurants, favourite sightseeing spots, favourite ice cream joint – I wanna know!
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We’ll also be spending our last night in Port Angeles WA, but that’s just a stop over so we can catch the morning ferry. We’ll swing by Olympia WA to do a major Trader Jo’s shop (hello grass fed butter!) and maybe check out that state government house thing. I don’t know, we drove by it last time and it was pretty.
Have you been to any of these places? What are your recommendations?
How fun! You’re traveling through my favorite parts of the West Coast! Are you going to go all the way down the Oregon Coast to California? Or go inland for part of it? In Astoria, you can visit the Goonie’s house and I definitely recommend a trip out to Fort Stevens. Below that on the coast, my favorite spots to stop are Nye Beach, Hug Point, Cape Perpetua, and Samuel H. Boardman State Park. There’s also a pretty good Co-Op in Arcata (near Bayside) where you should be able to find some good eats.
All the way down from Astoria to Bayside, then inland from Bayside to Ashland.
I have to admit I’ve never seen the Goonie’s, but Ryan might enjoy it!
Thanks so much for the info!
Awesome! I just did a trip to Cannon Beach and Portland and it was amazing.
Have you been to Portland before? If not, I would recommend checking out the DS* city guide- it lot of great ideas for shops.
My favorite Portland places include:
Powell’s Books
Portland Centre Stage theatre
Maurice Luncheonette
Lardo – get the pork meatball bahn mi
Clyde Common and/ or Pepe Le Moko for drinks
Imperial (get the fried chicken with compressed watermelon)
Stumptown for coffee
House Spirits – great distillery – try the whiskey
Mother Bistro
Ive heard great things about Tasty n’Alder for brunch.
And as I get to the end of this and recall you may be a vegetarian I will also recommend Ava Genes who apparently have killer veggies.
Cheers!
PS I haven’t been there but there is a terrarium shop on the east side. Amazing.
heh I haven’t been vegetarian for a few years so all your suggestions are perfect!
After you get off the Coho, make a stop at Blackbird Coffee! It’s probably the only thing worth stopping for in Port Angeles!!!
Awe have sooo much fun!!! xoxo
Lol yes port angeles isn’t worth much but throughfare eh?
If you’ve got daylight, make the trip up to Hurricane Ridge (17 miles from the Coho to the top). I think it’s $5/person at the gate and it’s so beautiful at the top!
I’ll try to squeeze it in! Thanks!
Definitely check out Morning Glory Cafe in Ashland–best breakfast ever! Also Portland is having restaurant month right now–a ton of restaurants with three course meals for $29–great way to try places!
Woah perfect timing. Thanks for the heads up!