Welcome to Tom & Jana's 2015
Oregon & Washington Travel Journal!
A short two weeks in the Pacific Northwest, exploring beaches, rivers, gorges, caves, deserts, forests, waterfalls, volcanoes, and glaciers.
When first planning a 12-day trip to the Pacific Northwest, we
had grand ideas of how much of Oregon and Washington we'd be able
to cover. We even thought we might make it into Canada for a day or two. But as we
learned more, those thoughts turned out to be wildly
unrealistic. There's so much to see just in Oregon, we barely made it to
Washington at all, and we left with many areas of interest still
unseen. No regrets, though. Everything was gorgeous and amazing,
and I can't wait to visit this area of the country again!
Highlights along the way include the Columbia River Gorge,
Bonneville Dam and Lock, Mt. Hood, the north and central Oregon
coast from Astoria to Reedsport, Umpqua Scenic Byway, Crater Lake National Park,
Bend, Newberry National Volcanic Monument, Crooked River Back
Country Byway, McKenzie Pass-Santiam Pass Scenic Byway, Smith Rock
State Park, John Day Fossil Beds National Monument–Painted Hills
and Clarno Units, Mount St. Helens, Mt. Rainier, Portland, and the
Long Beach Peninsula.
Jana and Tom at Mt. Rainier, Washington
August 31, 2015 Knoxville, Tennessee to Portland, Oregon
September 01, 2015 Columbia River Gorge, Mt. Hood, Astoria
September 02, 2015 North Oregon Coast, Astoria to Newport
September 03, 2015 Central Oregon Coast, Newport to Reedsport to Roseburg
September 04, 2015 Umpqua Scenic Byway, Crater Lake National Park, Bend
September 05, 2015 Newberry National Volcanic Monument, Crooked River Byway
September 06, 2015 McKenzie Pass-Santiam Pass Scenic Byway, Smith Rock State Park
September 07, 2015 John Day Fossil Beds National Monument, The Dalles
September 08, 2015 The Dalles, Mount St. Helens, Packwood
September 09, 2015 Mt. Rainier
September 10, 2015 Packwood to Portland
September 11, 2015 Astoria-Megler Bridge and the Long Beach Peninsula
Our Flickr pages have even more pictures from our trip!