Originally Posted by
Tanya934
The reason we're taking the train to Portland is because we want to explore the Columbia River Gorge area. We're booked in at the BW in Troutdale for a few nights. We're then driving up to the Olympic Penninsula for 3 nights before spending a night in Seattle & taking the train back to Chicago.
We've been to Seattle on the train before & fancied trying it another way.
We managed to drive up to Johnson Ridge on our last trip in excellent weather so are not fussed about doing Mount St. Helens this time.
Is there a site where I can compare rental prices in the Portland area?
Troutdale may be most famous in our world as the place that a big jet landed by mistake, thinking it was PDX. I think this was in the 70's and maybe UA. It might be a good central location for trips to Timberline and Multnomah Falls etc. but I'm not sure that there is anything in Troutdale itself that is of interest. Olympic peninsula is a good call as would be Mt. Rainier. The weather at this point could be problematic though.