Portland, OR (USA)

[Chris]

Oh, and Blue Star donuts, not Voodoo.

[Omega Man]

@Chris:

Oh, and Blue Star donuts, not Voodoo.

Too bad they don't have the chicken and donut anymore (last time I visited).
If you are into walking on trails, the 4T trails are quick good.

[hopsbreath]

Wesco, located 30 minutes outside Portland in Scappoose, Oregon. They make damn good boots. You could do worse things with your money; same goes for Atlas Tattoo. Just go pick something off the wall and bam, super rad souvenir! Seriously, there's a reason they're regularly voted best shop in town.

[JDelage]

Lardo is a great place for very unhealthy food. Get the fully loaded fries…

[Matt]

Surprise trip just dropped. Katie has to go to PDX for a week in October and the same week just happened to be available for me to take off so if anyone will be in Portland let me know. Other than SE what shops should I check out?

[GraemeE]

@Matt what other types of stuff are you interested in?
As far as threads ship john and grease point are always solid move on the east side

[goosehd]

Wesco, Langlitz…

[goosehd]

Mt. Hood. …this is all my bucket list kind of stuff and haven’t visited…yet

…AND the location where they filmed Goonies. Yes, I’m a nerd!!!

[GraemeE]

Not to mention @Brock @Inorganic and myself are all here

[goosehd]

@GraemeE I’m envious of all of you PNW guys. Spent a couple of weeks in and around Seattle and loved every minute of it. If all of life’s decisions were up to me, I would probably be living there…

Although the more I travel and see the world, the more areas I find that I would love to call home. You really are in a beautiful spot in the world.

[Matt]

@GraemeE @Brock @Inorganic go ahead and put a pin in the week of 10/6. If anything changes I’ll let you know.

[dwaynelum]

@Matt @Inorganic @GraemeE @Brock i’d swing up from Eugene if you guys plan an outing.

[Matt]

Once the plans become more formalized I’ll let everyone know.

[GraemeE]

@goosehd +/- an hour from the mountains or ocean - hard to beat it

[Brock]

@goosehd
Also Timberline Lodge. Where they filmed the exterior of the lodge for ‘the shining’

[Brock]

@Matt cool! Sounds fun. I’ll likely be around

[SKT]

@Matt totally envious of this trip. We have relatives in Portland and Tigard. Our visits usually revolved around pretty touristy stuff but I loved Powell’s Books, Columbia River Gorge, Hood River, Mt. Hood, Willamette Valley. Love that whole area. And damn there is good beer to be had around every corner

[Inorganic]

I should be around too. A hang sesh sounds fun!

[GraemeE]

@SKT sounds to me like you have 9 months to convince your wife you miss your relatives enough for a visit

[Matt]

You can fly Spirit. I hear they don’t even have seats anymore. You just roll around on the floor like my parents van in the 80’s.