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There are places in Oregon where you expect to feel transported somewhere else. Deep in the Wallowas, sure. Along a foggy stretch of the coast, absolutely. Lost in the Owyhee Canyonlands, 1000%. But then there’s Mount…
Bell Buoy of Seaside has served Oregon Coast seafood since 1946. Here is what to know about its razor clam chowder, market, menu, hours, and more.
There are plenty of ways to spend a day in Oregon. You can hike to a waterfall. Wander through wine country. Hunt for agates on the coast. Spend an afternoon poking around one of those wonderfully…
Stay on a 9,000-acre Oregon cattle ranch near Fossil, where horseback rides, a country breakfast, and wide-open high desert country shape the getaway.
I visited Kelly’s Brighton Marina last year and discovered one of the North Coast’s best hands-on getaways: camp beside Nehalem Bay, rent the crabbing gear, and have your legal Dungeness catch cooked at the marina.
There are certain things you should probably know before venturing too far into rural Oregon. Keep your gas tank reasonably full. Don't blindly trust Google Maps when it tells you that the mysterious Forest Service road…
There are two kinds of pizza eaters in this world. The first happily eats every last bite, crust included. The second works their way around the pie and leaves behind a sad little ring of abandoned…
There are sandwiches you eat because you’re hungry. And then there are sandwiches that somehow become part of the road trip. Kauffman’s Market, along Highway 82, falls very firmly into that second category. Calling it just…
By late September, Oregon starts doing half the work for a Twilight road trip. Evergreen hills turn nearly black beneath low clouds. The Columbia goes pewter. The Coast trades its summer brightness for salt spray, wind,…
There are Oregon Coast camping trips where you pull into your site, unfold a couple of chairs and spend the evening staring at the ocean. And then there are camping trips where you climb into a…
Hug Point is open again. That sentence alone would have been enough for a lot of us after a closed spring break and a summer spent driving past barricades on Highway 101. Oregon Parks and Recreation…
There are normal fall festivals. You know the type. Apple cider. Corn mazes. Hayrides. Maybe somebody puts on a flannel shirt and spends twenty minutes choosing a pumpkin that somehow costs more than lunch. And then…
