June 27th, 2011
we think the lines are always like this, except maybe super late? they’re open 24 hours a day..
*love* the velvet kenny…
all my dreams but one…that Voodoo Doughnut shops were everywhere..
i love doughnuts, what’s not to like?! but I rarely find ones i can eat, suffice to say…i love this place!
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Tagged: oregon, portland oregon, vegan doughnuts, vegan restaurants portland, voodoo doughnuts
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June 25th, 2011
→ hope you’re having a good weekend → we had a wild elk spotting with one little babe in the bunch ←
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Tagged: elk, elk crossing, oregon
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June 24th, 2011
When you get recommendations of must-see roads, places or things as a full or part-time RV traveler make sure you consider your source. For example..our drive/stay in Oregon. We had heard from multiple people that we must, must, absolutely must-not-miss..Hwy 101 along the coast in Oregon after our stops in Portland & Eugene. Here is where we realized our “mistake” of not taking into account who was doing the recommending. There is a huge difference between someone recommending a place they visit (a particular location) and a recommendation from a fellow RV traveler. All of the people recommending the 101 (when we later reflected) were people who went to a specific place on the 101 versus driving it without intent to stop but rather just to take in the scenery. 90% of the drive was all dense trees with zero view of anything else, no coast, no ocean, mountains, nada…until the very last few miles before entering into California. The Oregon coast is beautiful, but you need to be traveling to a specific place, spot at the beach, etc. to actually see it. So… if you’re vacationing and you drive to Coos Bay for example, you’ll be in the town and have beautiful beach and ocean views, wonderful! But… if you don’t have time scheduled to drive into this beach (or any other town/beach along this stretch of coast) you see nothing but dense forest, big difference. As full or part-time travelers there is much to see and you don’t always have time (for one reason or another) to see it all at once, you may be in an area and have only a day or two or you may only have your drive time and what you see as you pass by… hence the importance of getting a referral of what route to drive from a fellow traveler who knows that if at all possible you want the scenery out your windshield to be a good one. Food for thought.
(as noted our drive was the Southern half of the 101 in Oregon.. the Northern half could be different, we were only instructed on the stretch from Florence to California)
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Tagged: hwy 101, must see locations, oregon, oregon coastline
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These pictures give you an idea of the weather in Oregon…overcast and rainy! Everyone we talked to said we must drive hwy 101 in Oregon, we have driven much of it in California and planned to finish it by driving most of the Northern coastline but hadn’t really plotted out the OR 101, so off we went and… Oregon had the last laugh. We drove 160 miles and all we saw were trees, no ocean or coast except for the last bit of road before entering into California. (the last of the above photos) Pop over to the *eddie blog* today and read about must-see’s.
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We love food carts and this one is by far the most original we’ve seen. We were pulling out of the Garbanzo Grill when this shark-bike-food cart was rolling by, we don’t know what he serves up but big kudos for biking, I wouldn’t make it a half mile on that thing!!
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Tagged: bicycle food cart, eugene oregon, eugene oregon food cart, oregon
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June 23rd, 2011
««some snaphsots of our sunday in the city»»
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So.. we got really excited to eat the incredibly amazing sandwiches at Sweetpea and uh.. forgot to take photos to share with you…so good though!! The bread they make and serve their specialty sandwiches on is the deal, so good we got a third to-go, had to. We wish we had been there on a “chicken” and waffles day because that sounds too-good-to-be-true but we weren’t that lucky, the guy at the counter said it’s there number one dish. They serve pastries, sandwiches, brunch specials, doughnuts (another thing we unfortunately were not on the right day for) and coffee/tea/hot chocolate. A great little spot in Portland, here’s their website for more info.
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Tagged: oregon, portland vegan resaurants, sweetpea baking co, sweetpea baking portland, vegan bakery
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