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1.5 Star - 25 Opinions
415 SW Montgomery Street, Portland, Oregon, 97201, United States
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Friendly and helpful desk staff, great location. The rooms were clean, it came with TV, 2-double beds, a good shower, and quiet. The staff put a fridge in our room for no extra charge. All this plus it was a bargain, cheaper and heaps better than the hostels!! (I'll track down the US/Can. rate)
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We will be in the portland area for about 4 days, we want to visit multonomah falls, boneville dam, and drive the columbia river gorge. hubby would also like to visit mount st helens, is this all do able in 4 days. Thanks.
Hi,
Yes, I should think 4 days will be time enough, but it will depend on how many times you stop en route! If you only do one thing, go to Mount St Helens. It's unforgettable, and will take you most of a day, even if you don't do any walking. When you drive the Columbia Rive gorge, you'll find several Falls, including Latourell and Horsetail, besides Multonomah. They are all beautiful (depending on rainfall). and, of course, there's Mount Hood itself. Get a map and do some plotting on distances, etc.
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You would really be pushing it to do all that in 4 days. We went to Mount Saint Helens last year and we spent all day there. There is a lot to see and a lot of area to cover. This year we are heading down to the Columbia Gorge and plan on spending 4 days just in that area.
I hope you have a great trip and if you have any questions, please let me know.
Mythi
If you really have four full days (ie, not arriving at PDX at 10am and taking off at 3pm or something), I think you're OK.
Mount St. Helens is definitely a full day (there is a long windy drive), but you could conceivably hit Multnomah falls, the dam and the drive up the river in one (big) day. I'd recommend taking a hike near one of the smaller falls for the slightly more "authentic" experience if you can afford it time-wise. Many of these hikes are little more than an hour long. You will probably appreciate the bathrooms at Multnomah, though, after prolonged waterfall viewing!
Don't miss Herman the sturgeon at the dam. I think he's the largest sturgeon in captivity (or something like that!). The geology of that area is fascinating. The town of Cascade Locks, just a little further upstream of the dam, has a public park on the water with some really good explanations about how the Columbia was formed. If you're interested in engineering wonders (like the dam) you will also appreciate the ginormous "Bridge of the Gods", which goes across the Columbia in Cascade Locks.
This page would not have been possible without the friendship and generosity of Denise and Phil, two of my longest 'serving' VT friends! I really can't thank them enough for their hospitality, and that's why I'm openly thanking them in public. And, don't you all think this is the best part of VT? Meeting your great friends? I do!!
For the benefit of my great VT friend, Phildeni, I had to say a little about my own Local Custom. Most places that I visit, like many other travellers, I usually pick up a small pebble or stone from the place I am visiting, to bring home with me. In my garden here in Cornwall, England, I have hundreds of naturally wild-growing ferns. Phil has some Oregon Ferns at his home, and before I left, he and Denise gave me a tiny fern, which we wrapped in some damp moss, and placed into a plastic bag. That fern then travelled with me for a further week, and I unwrapped it most days, to allow it to breathe, etc. Well, almost a year on, and 'Phil the Fern', as I affectionally call 'it', has grown well. In the photo you can see Phil alongside a 'Fiddle Fern' which I brought home from our trip to New Hampshire last Fall.
I was at Portland's own 'Zine Symposium (Independant literature conference) and came across THE greatest tour booklet about Portland in existance. Created by Alex Wrekk and Shawn Granton, the Zinester's guide was made for people visiting the symposium, but I think anyone looking for great dive bars, cheap places to stay, best small places to eat, etc. would find this essential. It has a Park guide and a neighborhood guide. Where to go for punk rock bowling nights. There's a great illustrated guide to PDX's coolest bridges, directions to the "Pirate Ship" where there are occasionaly beach parties, and detailed explenations on how to get around town. (ie what the quadrants mean, bus lines, how to use the max, etc) There's even a detailed streep map that was hand drawn. Its about thirty pages long and fits in your back pocket. They only cost a dollar and a SASE. Send one with a request to the address below. Extremely cool.
East of Portland off of I-84 you'll find a string of waterfalls along the Historic Columbia River Highway. The highest and most accessible of these is Multnomah Falls, although we passed at least two other falls which you could see just driving by from the road.
You can hike a very easy path up to the bridge (we did) or keep going to the top (we didn't). It's very developed - there is a restaurant, gift shop, exhibits, etc. along the road.
Another one just east of Multnomah was Horsetail Falls. You can swim and wade in the pool underneath the small waterfall here.
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