Attractions

By Patrick Johnson

For Oregon.com

 

When going on an adventure in Oregon, it’s easy to find a trailhead or kayak rental place and explore on your own.

 

By Patrick Johnson
For Oregon.com

Standing at the sea wall at Depoe Bay is a truly unique experience.

 

During sunny days, you are right on the ocean and can see out to the horizon, catching glimpses of whales, sea lions, birds and charter and fishing boats. Stand at the edge of the sidewalk, looking out into the ocean during a stormy day, you better be prepared to get wet.

By Patrick Johnson

For Oregon.com

 

The trick to visiting the Deschutes Brewery is pacing.

 

When you walk into the main brewery, near Bend’s Old Mill District on the banks of the Deschutes River, you are greeted by a bar with all of their beers on tap, ready to be tasted.

 

By Patrick Johnson

For Oregon.com

 

You know a recipe is good, when it takes a food that you normally wouldn’t like, and makes it the best thing you have ever eaten.

 

Take for example, apple chutney. Honestly, chutney doesn’t do it for me. I would rather eat something plain than slather what I consider to be a poor-man’s relish on it.

By Patrick Johnson

For Oregon.com

 

For the past few years, sustainability and locally-grown foods have been catch phrases in the culinary world.

 

Things like 100-mile breakfasts and sustainable farming practices and even fair market restaurants and foods have been cropping up all over the country.

 

By Patrick Johnson

For Oregon.com

 

While other lighthouses on the Oregon Coast feature small museums about the history of the area, the Yaquina Head Lighthouse offers a significantly sized interpretive center and natural area which shouldn’t be missed.

 

By Patrick Johnson

For Oregon.com

 

Whether it’s Michael Jackson, or a guy with two pupils, meeting reproductions of Hollywood celebrities and freaks of nature are next door in the historic bay front of Newport.

 

By Patrick Johnson
For Oregon.com

 

Newport is blessed with not one, but two museums less than a block from each other.

 

The Oregon Coast History Center is just that, a center for learning about the history of not only the development of Newport, but Native American traditions and cultures as well.
 

 

By Patrick Johnson

For Oregon.com

 

It’s easy, driving along in your car, to completely miss the Western experience that is Pendleton.

If you don’t visit during the Pendleton Round-Up, it’s easy to visit the museums, visitor centers and businesses and totally miss the old western vibe the community offers.

 

By Patrick Johnson

For Oregon.com

 

It’s one thing to read about history in a book, or see a movie, but it’s quite another to see, feel and walk through the history of a people from their unfiltered point of view.