The 101 Pacific Coast Highway is one of my favorite places to travel and it’s right in my “backyard” so to speak. I finally got a chance to travel the North West corner of Washington, and all the way down the 101 to Oregon. Here are a few highlights:
First stop was the ferry landing at Port Townsend. A wicked little arts town, and I got a chance to skate my first Dreamland Park: they build it smooth and steep, check out the sweet lines:
La Push, WA – my friends Jon and Kenta turned me onto this spot, a remote First Nations fishing community with some steep waves for the surfers.
Short Sands in Oswald National Park, Oregon, is the spot to check out if you surf. We wanted to camp there but the Rangers had just shut down the campground due to falling trees, a real bummer!
Lincoln City boasts another Dreamland creation, it was really hard to photograph. There were 3 distinct sections, I only skated the Capsule bowl, it was tight and scary, enough said!
We finally ended up in Portland. One of our favorite American cities, highlights included our hotel (The Modera), best dinner in years (Navarre), and an amazing independent wineshop, called Blackbird, and of course, Stumptown coffee.
We stopped in Seattle for some dinner and had a few minutes to check out Stephen Holl’s Chapel of St. Ignatius, an amazing piece of architecture, the details are amazing. A must see for all visitors to Seattle.
I can’t wait for next year’s roadtrip…
