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Fishing towns in Oregon, I'd give some thought to Brookings, Newport, Port Orford. Where is your starting point? There are three routes you can take. Hwy 1, Hwy 101, or I-5. Hwy 1 is the coastal route, but California is a big state and taking Hwy 1 from say Southern California all the way to Oregon has the potential to be a very long ride. Case in point, the drive from San Francisco to Eureka on Hwy 101 is a 6 hour drive. Taking the coast highway, Hwy 1 is significantly longer driving time, at least 8 hours, but there are nice coastal towns to visit as well. If you take 101 to Eureka, you'll pass through some of the best wine growing country in California, Sonoma and Mendocino. Figure out your route and I can probably come up with more suggestions.
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My wife and I drove from the Bay Area to Seattle a couple of years ago. We took 101 to where it joins up with 1, about halfway between Ukiah and Eureka, and stayed with 1 the rest of the way. We overnighted in hotels a couple of nights. I don't remember the specific towns, but it was easy to find cool little towns and a couple of nice, relatively inexpensive places to stay next to the water without pre-planning. Sometimes I just like too head down the road with no plans other than to have a destination and a loose arrival time and just go exploring.
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For "real" fishing ports in Oregon, I like Newport, but maybe it was better back in the day (1989) when I was terrorizing the place! I also highly recommend the Inn at Spanish Head just south of Lincoln City, OR, but again that was 22 years ago, so it may not even exist today! And Lincoln City is not a fishing port, so it may not qualify... but it was very romantic when I spent time therre with the SO of the moment!
There are a bunch of other small port cities all the way up to Astoria on the mouth of the Columbia... hey that might be the answer, but I don't recall specific hostelries up there....look for Bed and Breakfast type places.. they are usually "quaint" for the SO's.... she might love it!
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Don't know about the road in Washington, but if you're going to be heading back on the inland route, I recommend a stop at Crater Lake, an amazing place.
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What's your route back. I didn't see your thread until today. I can definitely give you some tips in Portland if you are coming throught.
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Yeah, I agree, Vancouver BC is a beautiful and terrific City with lots to do.
Long time ago, but about Oregon, I agree Crater Lake was well worth seeing. We also stopped in Coos Bay, and nice little fishing town, but not so quaint. I consider Morrow Bay in Cali to be "quaint", perhaps on your way home, but also accessible from Paso Robles on your next trip there.
In Washington Oak Harbor on the San Juan Islands is worth a trip (go over by bridge/road, leave via Ferry at the shouth end), or Gig Harbor near Tacoma is also quaint.
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Hi Joe, terrific pictures! It looks like an excellent trip! The message is clear. I gotta get outta here and take a long drive.
Any 968 interactions with people along the way? I once was parked and this good looking, well dressed couple came over and said: "beautiful car, we always loved the 924". Clearly their brains would show no color on the functional MRI.
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