Fall road trip in the Pacific Northwest

[Larsen]

My husband & I are planning a 3 week trip in the Fall from So. Oregon up thru Washington and into Canada. We will be traveling in a small camper. We like to fish, enjoy nature. Any ideas of "must see" places?

[PNW Judy]

Are you traveling the coast highway, or on I-5, or are you concentrating on the east side of the mountains? Obviously, my suggestions would be different for each of those routes. If you have an idea of your route, let us know so we can give more specific suggestions.

Some general ideas off I-5 (south to north):
Crater Lake
Oregon Vortex
Oregon Gardens with Frank Lloyd Wright home
Mt. Hood
Columbia River Gorge (check out Vista Point!)
Beacon Rock
Maryhill & Stonehenge
Mt. St. Helens - a must see!
Mt. Rainier
Seattle: Hiram Chittenden Locks, Fremont, Pike Place Market (watch out for flying fish!), Pioneer Square, the waterfront, Seattle Center (ride the monorail), Boeing tour, catch a Mariner game (beautiful stadium), take a boat tour of Puget Sound, paddle on Lake Union and check out the houseboats (look for the Sleepless in Seattle houseboat)
San Juan Islands
Coupeville
Deception Pass
North Cascades Highway to Winthrop
Chuckanut Drive
In Canada: Stanley Park, Capilano Suspension Bridge, Gastown, Harrison Hot Springs, Whistler, White Rock

Ideas on the coast:
Brookings (just a cool town)
Gold Beach & Rogue River (great river rafting)
Bandon (another cool town)
Oregon Dunes National Rec Area (get a fun dune-buggy ride on these huge dunes!)
Sea Lion Caves
Newport (great aquarium where Keiko used to live and other toursty but fun attractions like a Ripley's Museum, etc.)
all the various lighthouses along the way
Tillamook Cheese Factory
Seaside
Fort Stevens State Park
Fort Clatsop (recreation of Lewis & Clark fort)
Astoria (yet another cool town)
Long Beach Peninsula area in Washington
Westport
Ocean Shores and the other smaller beach towns north of there
Lake Quinault (beautiful and lots of great short hikes into the Olympia National Forest & Olympic National Park)
Kalaloch Beach
Hall of Mosses near Forks
Lake Ozette
Makah Indian National Museum (very cool artifacts found at Lake Ozette)
Lake Crescent
Hurricane Ridge
Dungeness Wildlife Refuge
Port Townsend
Poulsbo
Vancouver Island (Victoria, Burtchart Gardens and more)

Whew...if you're going up the east side of the mountains, let me know and I'll write some suggestions for that area.

There's much to see up this way. Enjoy your trip!