zanzibar138
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- Jun 30, 2007
Just a quick background on this trip for those who haven't followed my PTR...
After a few signs telling us that we shouldn't go to Bali for our anniversary trip, DH and I decided fairly last minute to go to the US instead. DH found good value premium economy airfares to LAX with Virgin which would get us to gold status with Velocity using family pooling, so it was more of a status run than anything else, and still very much a short, low budget trip.
We toyed with the idea of returning to San Francisco. When that was too expensive, we looked at Seattle. Still too expensive. So we continued our search along the west coast and came across Portland, which was decently priced. I'd remembered reading about some nice places in Oregon, and with the help of one of my facebook friends who is from there, started putting together an itinerary.
A recurring theme of our trip was the looks of disbelief we received when telling anyone that we were going to Oregon. Most of the time people would ask if we had family or friends there that we were visiting, as if that was the only logical reason we would have for visiting such a place.
I'd like to put it out there for people to consider as a destination if they're in the area or looking for a low budget alternative to NorCal. We had a wonderful time and there were some really beautiful areas. It was a lovely relaxed feeling place and great for driving around (good roads, not much traffic). Of course, we were doing all this in low season... in summer I imagine the crowds in some of these areas could get a little crazy.
So without further ado, I shall present my TR!
After a few signs telling us that we shouldn't go to Bali for our anniversary trip, DH and I decided fairly last minute to go to the US instead. DH found good value premium economy airfares to LAX with Virgin which would get us to gold status with Velocity using family pooling, so it was more of a status run than anything else, and still very much a short, low budget trip.
We toyed with the idea of returning to San Francisco. When that was too expensive, we looked at Seattle. Still too expensive. So we continued our search along the west coast and came across Portland, which was decently priced. I'd remembered reading about some nice places in Oregon, and with the help of one of my facebook friends who is from there, started putting together an itinerary.
A recurring theme of our trip was the looks of disbelief we received when telling anyone that we were going to Oregon. Most of the time people would ask if we had family or friends there that we were visiting, as if that was the only logical reason we would have for visiting such a place.
I'd like to put it out there for people to consider as a destination if they're in the area or looking for a low budget alternative to NorCal. We had a wonderful time and there were some really beautiful areas. It was a lovely relaxed feeling place and great for driving around (good roads, not much traffic). Of course, we were doing all this in low season... in summer I imagine the crowds in some of these areas could get a little crazy.
So without further ado, I shall present my TR!