I spent the last week touring around Oregon. I love the little town of Silverton, and have an eye on it for my next move. It is a sweet little town with a historic core, very arty, and all the modern businesses you need just outside the main downtown. Portland and Salem are a skip up the road, and the big blue ocean is only a couple of hours away. We stayed at the Oregon Gardens Resort, which is practically brand new. This made it extra nice in the rooms. The gardens are great to walk in the morning and evening, entrance comes with the room. We hiked up at the Sliverton Falls. The temperature was pretty hot, so after a couple of days we headed to the coast for a little breeze. The Oregon coast is so accessible with so many public beaches, and state parks. We traveled up the coast to Astoria, which it turns out has a pretty neat downtown. There is great architecture though out the town, some great bakeries, small unique restaurants and some fun and funky galleries and shops. Who knew? We continued north and checked out Long Beach for some nice dog friendly places to stay on a future trip. We found the area to be much improved since our last visit. The boardwalk above the beach, and paved trails through the dune grass is wonderful. We had a great time, but it is always nice to get home. www.JanetWoldArt.com
