If you need a break as you travel down I84, look me up in the Twin Falls, Id area! <img src="/forums/images/graemlins/cheers.gif" alt="" />

Appreciate the offer. We have rather large family by now plus decided to stay a day (ain't no cheap place to stay especially considering I needed 2 rooms and they only had premium ones available (with shower) ) <img src="/forums/images/graemlins/shiner.gif" alt="" /> at Old Faithful Inn in Yellowstone. Hopefully we will be still cruising on our way to Portland by the time we get to Twin Falls. It's about 5 hrs drive. Isn't it?

You'll be only a few miles from Jay Ayala's (near Hillsboro) place.


The offroad pass (you will need one) is usually available at stores in the Tillamook area, or even the Govt office in Tillamook. You will need a flag on the dunes and a readily available fire extinguisher to qualify (if I remember), my ORV pass just expired, they (used to) last 3 years. Check the Gov't website for the exact details. I have only met the patrols 2x, and both were on the dunes at Sand Lake which gets crowded on summer weekends.

The Tillamook area is the "Brown's Camp" I referred to.
Hands down the best ORV park I've ever played in!
Get the map, and go with a local. It's a LARGE area with criss-crossing roads and trails. A GPS can really help you to avoid getting lost.

Then just down the road is Tillamook, the town, and a few miles south of that is "Sand Lake", a very good dunes/beach playground.

You've landed in a very nice area to be looking for family-type 4x4 fun. I've been to both 3x over the years, and always enjoy going back.

Of course, get down to Florence, and the whole Oregon Dunes playgrounds will keep you distracted even more! The campgrounds in Oregon are very nice, too. Honeyman Park is convenient to the dunes...

Good move, Alex.

If that is Rainier and Mt St Helen's, I used to work a mine between the two in Centralia. I'm thrown by the perspective though; can't quite make it fit.

Great country. I've no doubts you'll love it.

Congratulations.

Any of you guys know a guy named Don Cozad? A relative of mine I bareley remeber from my childhood that moved out there in either the late 70s or early 80s. Only thing I recall about him is he had very curly hair. In that era maybe it was a perm. He was an adult so I only played with his kids. I had forgot about him till the pics of St Helens.

Im here in Vancouver I have a 95 SR and I go wheelin with my buddy who drives my old 89 V6 2 door. We go up to Larch in SW washington about 30 min from portland.


Ive always wanted to go back to Tahuya in nw washington next to hood canal, maybe we should plan a group trip in the near future....

I would certainly like to do something along those lines once we settle in.

Heres a link to the map, the 4X4 LOOP is amazing. Youtube Tahuya to get a better idea. Lots of fun muddy swampy trails.

http://www.dnr.wa.gov/Publications/tahuya_both.pdf

Man diggin through all these old posts I came upon this one and it makes me miss WA state so bad. I loved visiting Mt. Rainier and St.Helens. absolutely beautiful country and my favorite area in the US so far. Who knows...in the next year we may end up back up in that area too.

Make sure if you get a chance to check out the Manastash Ridge Trail if you are ever up for a little "Expedition" type offroading. Thats a gorgeous 2 day ride more or less.

I live in Portland. There are many places to visit in this state. You have deserts to explore, rain forests, sand, volcanic routes, really poorly paved streets, and other routes to explore. Have fun. <img src="/forums/images/graemlins/cheers.gif" alt="" />