I would drive 500 miles
The rules:
1. Pack the car with snacks, bottled water, and tunes
2. Turn off the phones
3. Roll the dice to determine which direction to go
4. Get in the car and drive
5. Take whichever road or stop at whatever roadside attraction strikes our fancy
The dice said south, so Aaron and I headed out…
Portland >> Oregon City >> Wilsonville >> Woodburn >> Mt. Angel >> Silverton >> Silver Falls State Park >> Sublimity >> Stayton >> Scio >> Jefferson >> Albany >> Corvallis >> Philomath >> Waldport >> Newport >> Depoe Bay >> Lincoln City >> Tillamook >> Seaside >> Astoria >> Clatskanie >> Vernonia >> Scappoose >> Sauvie Island >> Portland
When we got home the odometer registered almost exactly 500 miles, and we had driven through nine different Oregon counties: Multnomah, Clackamas, Marion, Linn, Benton, Lincoln, Tillamook, Clatsop, and Columbia.
Attempted the covered bridge tour in the “Covered Bridge Capital of the West,” although we were only able to get to two out of the five. I took a wrong turn that landed us on a dirt road with a lot of No Trespassing signs that looked suspiciously like a scene from Wrong Turn. At this point Aaron mentions that a lot of horror stories he’s written start out like that, which freaks me out even more so we hightail it back towards civilization.
Took a nap on the grass in an Albany park. Got some great pictures of a pioneer cemetery with the film camera.
Stayed in an old-school touristy beach motel in Waldport. Sipped mariner cocktails and ate seafood at the Galley Ho! restaurant. This was definitely a weekend for double entendres and bad jokes… ate out at the Galley Ho and saw signs for free cats, chicks for sale (Why buy the chick when you can get the pussy for free?), a wood sale, Bob’s Small Engine Shop, and a few more that slip my mind. You could say it put a naughty spin on the usual road trip games, but they were the ones posting all the suggestive signs. 
Drank coffee at the Devil’s Punchbowl…
A lot of this trip really made me wish I had my own little place on the coast.
We stopped in Seaside to play a few rounds of Fascination, and we won three times between the two of us! Part of my quest was to find a walk-up stand for whole crab like I’ve seen on the bayfront in Newport, but there were none to be found! The closest was a sit-down restaurant that served crab legs, but it was Alaskan Crab, so we moved on.
We spent some time wandering one of my favorite out of the way spots. Very awesome place to explore.
Drove through Sauvie Island on the way home hoping to find an open fruit and vegetable stand, but no luck. The warm weather left us with a craving for BBQ, so we finished off the weekend with a hearty rib dinner at Clay’s Smokehouse and Grill. Dinner was amazing, but they ran out of key lime pie a half hour before we arrived. *sniff*
I really hope we’re able to keep up this tradition of disappearing for one weekend a month. We’ve got lots of places on our list — the challenge is finding the time!
He,he,he… We RULED at Fascination! Can’t wait for round two…Or, would it be round three now?
Round three. Where should the next trip be? I’m still holding out for Europe, but that is a bit difficult to do over a weekend.
Disneyland?