Willamette

Winter in the Willamette Valley, Oregon...? Thanks, but no way! Time to scoot off to places better traveled with my closest friends and put some miles of smiles under my feet... Off to Thailand, Laos, Cambodia, Vietnam, Bali, and Australia. The ...

... (probably b/c it was the last of the four and by that point, T and I could barely stand!). We truly loved Oregon's Wine Country. Willamette Valley is the way Napa used to be in its early days, it's a lush agricultural area. It is home to about 150 ...

My fiance and I visited Oregon wine country (the Willamette Valley) in August 2008.  We stayed in Dundee Oregon, which is relatively central.  It is approximately 45 minutes from Portland, Oregon, and 30 minutes from the Pacific coast. ...

... off to spread The Word an elderly female zealot turned back to push a tract on me. Pedalling west on Oregon 126, I left the Willamette Valley behind and began climbing into the mist-shrouded forests of the Coastal Range. After a minor delay caused by a ...

... Facts: Oregon was the THIRTY-THIRD state. Date: February 14, 1859 State Nickname: Beaver State Key Words: pioneers, Willamette, woolen, missionary, winery The gold-leafed bronze statue on top of Oregon's capitol symbolizes the rugged pioneers who ...

... I abandon my family and the downtown shopping experience this trip has become, and stroll to the riverside. The Willamette sambas north through Portland, dividing the city into east and west and laying out bridging opportunities for eager engineers. ...

... arrived at our BBDD in West Linn, OR, which is just south of Portland, OR at the confluence of the Tualatin and Willamette rivers.  Linda’s daughter, Alexis, and Jason greet us with hugs and delicious aromas wafting from the kitchen.  And ...

... , aimed at the general audience bringing you the news be it local, outside of the northwest or international.   2. The Willamette Weekly, which caters to the portland needs. In this newspaper you can also find the News, but more citizen based ...

... of interest. Our energy is running low at this point, so we enjoy the hotel grounds, take the girls for a blackberry hunt along the Willamette River and go to bed early for a 300 mile drive to Gold Beach. Are you detecting a sense of urgency here? Aug ...

... a couple days because this section rose up so steeply it became dangerous for bicycles. Sauvie Island, northwest of Portland where the Willamette River empties into the Columbia, is a great place for a bicycle ride.  It's fairly flat, has little ...

... ; Note however that if you like an intimate boutique hotel, then perhaps consider bed & breakfast options either in the Willamette Valley for a taste of wine country or a bed & breakfast in Portland. MEMORABLE MOMENTS ...

... nearing of  the end of their journey. Another lovely nearby town was Oregon City which  had the wide Willamette Falls that powered lumber & paper  mills. These towns were full of quaint old style homes. A ...

... first time. “Six months later,” says Amy Jo, “we were sipping coffee from a deck staring straight into Willamette National Forest.” From the beginning, they had no plans for the property except for overnight lodgers.Then Amy Jo's ...