I??m headed to Portland with my wife this week to see my son and daughter-in-law. They will be working during the day so any advice on must see things will be appreciated. I know we will go to Mt Hood and we have a trip planned to the coast. We will only be there for 4 nights. Thanks!
ps. Ottos or Edelweiss for decent German?
Edelweiss 100%! Just use mustards sparingly. I about lost a lung to the dragon that came out when I was not ready for the spice! The other ones I tried were not near as hot. Great sausages!?ÿ?ÿ
Definably see some of the falls in the gorge (Multnomah, Bridal Veil to name a couple (there are MANY options)), and see the Vista House when you are there.?ÿ
The bridges around here are cool. I love St. John's Bridge from Cathedral Park, if you are in that area.?ÿ
Dittos on Multnomah Falls and the Vista House, plus the Historic Columbia River Highway just in general.?ÿ
Mt. St Helens is cool, but will use up a whole day. Still, I think I would choose that over Mt. Hood.
Rocky Butte for a great view of the city.
The beach is great but don't forget to enjoy driving the coast range. Getting there is half the fun.?ÿ
There are loads of great places to eat and drink downtown but the place is also overrun with homeless "campers", so I hesitate to direct anybody there.?ÿ?ÿ
@norman-oklahoma Thank you. We are staying near Ladd??s Addition. Cool looking subdivision.
We are staying near Ladd??s Addition. Cool looking subdivision.
Here is a link to a survey I did immediate adjoining the west margin of Ladd's Addition. It is rather unique for its recovery and reliance upon the four "Ramsey points"?ÿ?ÿ
We are staying near Ladd??s Addition. Cool looking subdivision.
Here is a link to a survey I did immediate adjoining the west margin of Ladd's Addition. It is rather unique for its recovery and reliance upon the four "Ramsey points"?ÿ?ÿ
I tried to look at the Ramsey map but my iPad doesn??t like it for some reason.
I tried to look at the Ramsey map but my iPad doesn??t like it for some reason.
The map isn't really much to look at. Very large sheets, lots of white space, little detail. A small section of it is shown below. The main thing is that distinctive monuments were set c. 1914 on a regular pattern.
As a frequent visitor to Portland I might have some timely tips for a fellow tourist. Our daughter moved to Portland in 2015 and has lived there since then. We've visited there a lot. When she was in college (2015-2019) we'd stay downtown and it was a great time walking around, dining etc. Post COVID downtown is dead to me except for Powell's Books (which is a guaranteed stop every trip we take up there - bonus points if you find the two brass survey disks set in the floors of the store). She now lives near Laurel Hurst park in?ÿ Southeast Portland, near where you will be, and its a vibrant and interesting part of town. Old neighborhoods, interesting houses and lots of flowers and verdant vegetation, which we don't have much of here in the desert. Up on Burnside and NE 24th is the Screen Door East Side restaurant, which claims it's been "Serving Southern Food Since 2006". I can only vouch for the fried oysters and hushpuppies, since that's what I always get. It ain't cheap. You need to make reservations.?ÿ Speaking of southern food, Pine State Biscuits is at the corner of Division and SE 11th, within walking distance of where you will be staying. Great breakfast place.?ÿ Always a line out the door, best to go on weekdays. On SE Belmont and 46th is the Horse Brass Pub. An infamous British style pub with the likes of fish and chips, bangers and mash, scotch egg. No boiled kidneys or blood pudding. Thankfully. Also in Portland are a lot of great Thai, Vietnamese and ramen places, both brick and mortar and food trucks. Some decent Mexican places too.?ÿ
If you're feeling frisky and have a couple hours to kill, there are zillions of miles of hiking trails in Forest Park. We used to go to the Lower Macleay trailhead in NW Portland. Map.
And like @ppm said above, the St. Johns Bridge is a beauty when seen from Cathedral Park if you are out Forest Park way.
Hopefully, my survey brethren who live in Portland will let you know if I led you astray into areas where people get stabbed, grand theft auto'd or otherwise preyed upon. I'm a bumpkin and innocent to the ways of the mean streets of big cities.?ÿ
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"The bridges around here are cool. I love St. John's Bridge from Cathedral Park..."
Me too. Both of my folks grew up in St. Johns and were 14 years old in 1931 when the bridge was opened. They said it was a BIG celebration that day. Dad was a lifer in the Army and when he retired and the family finally moved back to Oregon they'd both take the station wagon down to Cathedral Park to admire the bridge and dream about their youth. The place has always been a touchstone to me.?ÿ
@mark-mayer I just noticed the street names are Sherman, Grant, Lincoln.?ÿ They were renamed after the Ramsey map.
On your way to the Coast, depending on your path, there's an old lumber camp on highway 26 that has a good restaurant, I've only been there for breakfast, though. Also my daughter's SIL and her husband own this place: https://maggiesontheprom.com/ in Seaside. Again depending on your schedule, Astoria's a nice area, Tillamook has the cheese factory and there's a smokery outlet that has the best pepperoni (in my opinion).
Papa Haydn is hard to avoid if you like a great dessert( and good food) and St Honores, with all the French pastries and breads is another place I miss.?ÿ And hell. Any of the McMinnamins.
in fact, there's so much friggin good food almost every time I go back I find other places I need to visit.
seriously.
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Any of the McMinnamins
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We made the one in Eugene (and occasionally the one in Bend) a standard place to go, 50 times better than that national seafood chain. That's one of the few things about living in Oregon that I miss, when you spend 12 years in a place that really has no (or VERRRRRRY few) good restaurants you come to appreciate even some of the not so good chains and want to find the good local places.
I "married" into the knowledge base and after I shed that 135lb of spit vinegar and alcoholic frenetic energy, love going back to the places I'd be at when visiting, and yeah, I'm sure if it rained less, more people would invade that place for the food beer coffee etc alone.
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If you're looking to kill an hour or two, the Willamette Stone is a cool place to visit.
Stand on the mark, look to north and say to yourself; and you you want me to go to Spokane from here? 66 feet at a time?!
Have a good trip!
@mike-berry Man, I almost want to go there just for the Pine State Biscuits!
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Skyline Cafe is just around the corner from that too.
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Food it's a real thing in Stumptown.
Thanks for the reply. My wife mentioned Powells Books. I'll try to find the monuments. I'll find out if the pub is the one that my son and his wife eat at on the way to the Timbers games.
Thank you.?ÿ We are planning to go to Astoria.
