West Coast Road Trip Seattle to San Francisco
Marsies14
Wanted to road trip it...great way to see the country!
14 Dec 2008
based on 4 votes
We took a 2 week road trip down the west coast and made plenty of worthwhile stops along the way!
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Explore locations featured in this Traveler List:
Seattle, George, Mount Rainier National Park, Washington, Portland, Newport, Depoe Bay, Bend, Crater Lake National Park, California, Eureka, Sonoma, Napa, San Francisco
- Category: Roadtrip
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- Tags: road trip, west coast, Seattle to San Francisco
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Go to Pikes Market, see the Space needle, eat some fish, and walk around the city. Easy city to get around in. |
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2. The Gorge Amphitheatre
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| Although it's totally a summer attraction, if you ever get a chance to see a show at this place, it's the best theatre!! In the middle of nowhere and the Columbia River Gorge is the backdrop. Amazing! |
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| Beautiful mountain. Sometimes hard to see up close if it's cloudy, but nice park to spend the day in too. There aren't many hotels nearby or anything to do, but worth seeing in person. |
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| You have to drive about 50 miles off the interstate to get to this volcano, but it's a beautiful drive and it is an active volcano you can see in person! |
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Great little city with lots to do. There is a really nice Japanese Garden, the International Rose Test Garden, and if you're into books, Powell's Bookstore. Awesome! Good restaurants and easy bus system to get around. |
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Ave price:
$139
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Very cool boutique hotel in Portland |
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We drove from Portland to Newport, which is on the ocean. Newport is a sleepy little fishing town, but the views are beautiful of the ocean. |
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| Best restaurant near Newport. Great ocean views and whale watching during dinner. And the food was excellent! |
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| Nice ski town with good restaurants and shopping. There are some nice scenic routes around this area with views of the mountains and some pretty lakes. |
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| One of the best meals we had the entire trip was at this place. The food was excellent and the owner was so nice. Highly recommend! |
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| An amazing National Park. The most blue water I've ever seen. Nice place to hike. There's a loop to drive that goes around the lake. |
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12. Redwood National Park
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| If you've never seen a redwood tree in person, you have to see one....they are amazingly huge and beautiful. We took a hike on the Damnation Creek Trail, a 2.1 mile trail to the ocean with a 1000 ft elevation drop. Strenuous hike, but worth it! |
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| Kind of a halfway point between oregon and wine country where we were going next. Not much to see, but too much to drive in one day. |
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If you love wine, relaxing, and good food, Sonoma is the place to go! |
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Ave price:
$203
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Wonderful place to stay in Sonoma. Good breakfast and easy walk to the main square in downtown Sonoma. |
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More of the same, wine and good food! |
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Only had a little time to spend in San Fran, but went on a bus tour of the city, got to see all the sights. The Golden Gate Bridge is awesome and just walking up and down the streets of SF is amazing to see so many people packed in one place! |
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| Great attraction in SF. Good audio tour of the prison. Good history and creepy fun place to go! |
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Ave price:
$265
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Stayed here for 2 nights. Located in Pacific Heights. Nice location and quiet. Rooms are small, but everyone in the hotel is so nice and accomodating! Good breakfast too. |
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