Montana or Oregon?

[Drewan]

Originally Posted by zongtseng

The way my itinerary is looking now, I would be into Yachats either the night of Friday August 13th or the morning of Saturday August 14th. The rest would depend on how far Autumn wants to go, I guess

My ideal idea would be to drive to your area Saturday morning, be there by noon or a little after, hang out some, and go see Avatar for an evening show, assuming it's been released by then. Failing that, watch it at your place maybe. Stay at your place if possible, or somewhere cheap, then go to Crater Lake Sunday morning. Spend the day there, you could head back home and Autumn/I can stay somewhere north of the park. Make the drive back to Yachats Monday, seeing waterfalls/forest along the way. Be back in Yachats Monday evening, so only one missed day of volunteer work.

That's just a first idea. I suppose the Redwoods could also be done in a similar way, though it would be farther away from your place. I'm already going to be paying for lodging all of these nights regardless, but nothing is prepaid, so I can cover whatever, wherever people end up staying. In the scheme of my massive road trip a little extra spending isn't going to matter much.

Sounds like a good working draft...The wife is cool with overnight--we're out just far enough that the nights are quiet & nice--no real light pollution even though it's not far to population--The Real 3D theatre is 15 miles away with "city" food very near by (fingers crossed for the right time frame)--the TV/computer bit at home is not optimal, so I hope for option #1...

Crater Lake's rim drive "should" be easy by then & a trip on the lake also would be a very good idea (need to get there early & walk around Wizard Island a bit)--I try to stay away from the tourist spot but Autumn might want some park stuff (?)--couple of nice places around the rim drive for a quiet lunch---

I'll think about other interesting spots that could be fun---Tablerock is a easy climb & has a great view of the valley--pity that it's nicer right about now with the wild flowers in bloom--

Another thought would be Oregon Caves--on the Redwood Hwy, Cave Junction. Very cool place with quite a bit of history...