Here's our driving trip from Reno to Portland with plus trips from Portland.
Flew into Reno & stayed 2 nights.
Full day at Lake Tahoe – drove around the lake – hikes: East
Shore Trail, Eagle Rock Trail, Emerald Bay Hike, Cascade Falls, Eagle Falls
& Lower Eagle Falls (across the road), Inspiration Point, Sand Harbor
Lassen Volcanic National Park (pleasantly surprised) – Bumpass Hell Hike
(favorite), King’s Creek Falls, Devasted Area, Lassen Peak & Reflection
Lake
Redding (stayed one night after Lassen) – Whiskeytown Lake –
Boulder Creek Falls – needed 4x4, Crystal Creek Falls
Redwoods – we stayed 2 nights in Arcata
Rockefeller Forest, Avenue of the Giants – Drury-Chaney
Trail, Trinidad State Beach Sunset, Tidepooling at Luffenholtz Beach (favorite –
we went twice), Fern Canyon -requires reservation, Trillum Falls – do the loop
counter clockwise, Lady Bird Johnson Trail.
Beautiful drive to Grant’s Pass. We stayed in a Yurt with a hot tub
Crater Lake – Vidae Falls, Phantom Ship viewpoint Sun Notch
Trail, any viewpoint, drive around the lake, We were considering Watchman Peak
but it was raining & lightning
Bend Oregon – stayed 1 night. Hikes – 3 in 1 Tumalo Falls, Double
Falls, & Upper Double Falls, Paulina Falls, Obsidian Flow Trail
Smith Rock State Park – on the drive to Portland.
Portland Area – Silver Falls State park -10 waterfalls, Columbia
River Gorge Falls, Fort Vancouver, Fruit Loop Tour if berry season, Lucia
Falls, Moulton Falls
Oregon Coast – Haystack Rock, Bandon and Brookings.
Mt St Helens, Ape Caves at Mt St Helens
Other ideas - Circle of Discovery - Redwood National and State Parks (U.S. National Park Service)
Site of Boston Massacre
Old State House
