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Things to see and do in Portland.
I started out looking for a nice venue to have the Sponsors
Dinner and discovered the EvergreenAviationMuseum,
which has the Spruce Goose. The other
places were mostly linked from that website.
Evergreen
Aviation
Museum
. http://www.sprucegoose.org/. Imax theater, wine tasting, collection of
aircraft including Spruce Goose, Titan II missile, museum, artifacts,
spacecraft, bombers, more. 500 NE Captain Michael King Smith Way,
McMinnville, Oregon97128. 9 am to 5 pm, 2 museums + IMAX $30. 503-434-4180.
Visitor’s website (non-government site). http://www.travelportland.com/.
Email monthly guide: http://www.travelportland.com/visitors/email_newsletter.html.
Flying Heritage Collection of vintage WW II airplanes owned
by Paul Allen (Microsoft), first access was June 6, 2008. Open 10-5, $12. 2.4 hours each way, 200 miles to Everett, WA. See http://www.flyingheritage.com/TemplateHomeNoFlash.aspx?planeId=0. Paine Field, 3407 109th Street SW, Everett,
WA98204,
(877) FHC-3404.
Portland
Art Museum http://www.pam.org/. 10 am to 5 pm, $10. about 10 blocks from University Place. 1219
SW Park Avenue, Portland, OR97205,
503·226·2811
Oregon
Museum
of Science and
Industry. http://www.omsi.edu/. 9:30 am to 5:30 am. $11. 1945 SE Water AvenuePortland, OR97214-3354.
Oregon
Zoo. http://www.oregonzoo.org/. 8 am to 6 pm, $11.75. The Oregon Zoo is only five minutes from
downtown Portland
on Highway 26 West—also called Sunset Highway.
MAX Light Rail MAX (Metropolitan Area Express)
runs through downtown from the suburbs to the west and east, from the airport,
and from the ExpoCenter. Washington Park
has its own MAX stop, which lets you off right at the zoo entrance. Allow some
time to explore the station. It's an attraction in itself.
The PortlandJapaneseGarden. http://www.japanesegarden.com/. (503) 223-1321, 611 SW Kingston Avenue, Portland,
Oregon97205. 10 am to 7 pm, (3 guided tours daily). $8.
The Garden is served hourly by TriMet bus #63
which stops in downtown Portland
and at the Zoo/Washington Park MAX Light Rail station. From May through
September, a TriMet
shuttle service connects the Garden and the Zoo/Washington
Park MAX station.
The Portland Classical Chinese Garden. http://www.portlandchinesegarden.org/. The Garden is located between NW 2nd and 3rd
and NW Everett and Flanders in Old Town/Chinatown. The Garden can be reached
from I-405 by taking the Everett Street Exit and turning East. The garden is
also available by MAX, which is Portland’s light rail system, or by buses 1, 4,
5, 8, 10, 16, 33, 40, and 77: 9:00 am -
6:00 pm, $8.50 Daily tours at noon and 1
pm.
Chinook Winds Casino.
http://www.chinookwindscasino.com/. 86 miles, 2 hours 10 minutes; each way.
Spirit mountain Casino.
27100 S.W. Salmon River Highway, Grand Ronde, Oregon 97347. http://www.spirit-mountain.com/SMChome.aspx. 61 miles, 1 hour 35 minutes each way.
Tillamook Air Museum.
http://www.tillamookair.com/. 11 am to 5 pm. $11.50.
Building is 1942 wooden hanger constructed to house Navy blimps for
coast guard service. 503.842.1130. 6030 Hangar Road, Tillamook, Oregon
97141. 75 miles, 1 hour 48 minutes; each
way.
Pearson
Air
Museum
. http://www.pearsonairmuseum.org/. 10 am to 5 pm, $8, (closed July 5). 1115 E 5th, Vancouver, WA98661.
12 miles, 20 minutes each way.
(360) 694-7026. At PearsonAirMuseum
you'll experience the "Golden Age of Aviation," when flying was new
to the world and those who flew in open cockpit aircraft, with the wind in
their faces, were the ultimate daredevils! Enter the museum and you enter a
world of wild barnstormers, experimental aircraft, and aces of World War I and
II. Check out the
world’s first bomber! Visit the flight
simulator room and experience flying without ever leaving the ground! Enjoy America’s second oldest wooden
hangar built in 1918! View priceless
Russian Transpolar Flight memorabilia!
Watch an aviation movie of your choice in our theatre! Shop the PearsonAirMuseum gift shop for one
of a kind souvenirs and mementoes of your visit to this historic field!
Vista Balloon
Adventures. http://www.vistaballoon.com/. Monday through Friday, 8am to 5pm PST (800)
622-2309 (503) 625-7385, 23324 SW
Sherk Place, Sherwood, Oregon97140.
Oregon
Gardens
. http://www.oregongarden.org/index.html
. 43 miles, 60 minutes each way. (503) 874-6005. 7 am to 6 pm (Wed and Sat). $10.
Oregon
Wineries. http://www.oregonwine.org/Home/.
Waterfront Blues Fest.
http://www.waterfrontbluesfest.com/
Join blues fans from throughout the world at the 2008 Safeway Waterfront Blues
Festival, presented by First Tech Credit Union, July 3 to 6, 2008, on the banks
of the WillametteRiver at TomMcCallWaterfrontPark. The 2008 festival
will feature more than 120 performances on five stages. Featuring: Isaac Hayes,
Charlie Musselwhite, Phoebe Snow, Canned Heat, The Mannish Boys, Joe Bonamassa,
James Hunter, Elvin Bishop ... and more.
Please add your discoveries. Mat Thexton
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