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Travel Note
Accommodation Suggestions for Out-of-Towners
Where to stay - The venue is southwest of Portland, Oregon. If you want to be a little closer to the venue but still able to quickly pop over to PDX, we suggest staying in Newberg, Forest Grove, Hillsboro, or Beaverton, Oregon. If you'd rather be farther out of town, in Oregon's beautiful wine country, we can recommend McMenamins Hotel in McMinnville, Oregon. If you want to be closer to Mount Hood, you'll be on the East side of PDX, and travel to the venue will take longer, but the area is gorgeous, and it may well be worth it.
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Public Transit
Public transit is available in Portland, Oregon. It is called Trimet. Although you will not be able to get to the venue with Trimet, from the Portland airport you can ride the Red Line into downtown and take a MAX Light Rail or bus from there to many places in the city.
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Things To Do - In the City
Indoors - Powell's City of Books - Try a historic McMenamins location (or go all in with their Passport) - Oaks Park roller rink - Ride the Aerial Tram - See a drag show at Darcelle's Outdoors - Mt Tabor - The Japanese Gardens - The Pearl District - The Hawthorne neighborhood Food - Explore classic PDX food with a Food-cart Pod - Doughnuts at Voodoo Doughnuts (NSFW) - Elmer's diners - Burgerville (burger joint that sources all ingredients locally) - Horsebrass - McMenamin's restaurants Breweries - Descutes - Breakside - Rogue
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Things to do - out of the city
The coast (not the beach) - See Astoria, which includes The Goonies’ house - Tour the Tillamook cheese factory - Drive the scenic 101 - go to the Short Sand Beach north of Manzanita in Oswald State Park - Give Whale Watching a whirl - Get a clamming license and a clam gun! - Tour some vineyards in the Willamette Valley - Visit the Vista house at Crown Point - Prance around Liepold Farms! Wander further - Bridge of the Gods - Multnomah Falls - Hike in the area around Mt Hood to the east of Portland - Bonneville Dam (read One Flew Over the Cuckoo's Nest first) - Silver Falls
