Your Last-Minute Summer Road Trip Guide
A short road trip can be a great way to soak in the last weeks of an Oregon summer. Getting out on the road with no real agenda is exciting, but a road trip can really go wrong if you don’t have a plan for the basics. So today on the show, lead producer John Notarianni asks Norther Emily of Wild Solitude Guiding, a self-described Oregon road trip expert, for their best tips and route recommendations for a last-minute adventure.
Destinations mentioned in the episode:
- McKenzie Pass
- House Rock
- Lincoln City
- Shipwreck in Astoria
- Youngs River Falls
- Tunnel Beach in Oceanside
- Hug Point
- Cascade Head
- Hart’s Cove
- Crater Lake
- North Umpqua River
- Mount Scott
- Umpqua Hot Springs
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