That mean's driving I-5 Friday night after the game to get to your Salem hotel. Word of caution, lots of people will be on I-5 headed north after the game, it will be dark and some may have consumed beverages during the game. Just be safe and expect the Oregon State Police to be out there.
Check out the U of O athletic facilities, especially Hayward Field. Also, not sure it's you're thing, given the emphasis on sports, but Powells Books in PDX is probably the largest bookstore in the US west of NYC.
Powell’s is also a two block walk to Deschutes Brewery that has maybe the best wings I’ve ever had…full wings, all of them are smoked and I had the buffalo wings, and it is kid friendly, if needed.
I can't make the trip but Deschutes would be fun to visit.
Eugene Country Club is a very nice course, stay in the fairways and you'll be ok. When my father-in-law (Yale Golf Team Captain) played ECC he just said "Too many damn trees" LOL
Yale's golf team captain seems a little young to be your father in law, how in the world does he have a daughter young enough for you to be married to?!?
I'm an old guy.... 78 same age as my wife. He was at Yale before WWII
I have a friend who searches out "old growth" forests, we were comparing hiking trails one day and I have a couple pics I'll try and find. One with my wife standing next to a log that's about 5 feet in diameter. I showed my friend a pic I took of my wife next to a tree that had been torn apart by a bear. He said "I know that tree and people aren't suppose to be in there" I smiled and said nothing. He was right, it was and is still a restricted access area.
My father never talked about it, first time I knew was at his funeral.
I only heard one story from my father about clearing out a city near the end of the war, where they were rolling into towns with tanks and just blowing up buildings so nazis could not occupy or hide in them. He and a few others were instructed to enter the buildings to confirm that they were empty. My father entered a building with a basement, no gun drawn and encountered about 20 nazis hiding in the basement, and they all immediately surrendered to him. He spoke German and told them to hold still, ran out to stop anyone from firing on the building, went back down and escorted the prisoners out.
That is breathtaking. That looks like a place we would go camping. We live in South Carolina and there's A LOT of huge trees, including the Angel Oak, which is over 400 years old and its not letting me attach a picture. (Yes I realize its gotten a tad off topic)
I posted a pdf earlier that is a pic of my wife and friends on a day hike. The trees in the pic are pretty good sized old growth. See attached pdf.
The Cooler should be a good choice, it's probably the closest bar to Autzen. Haven't been in there in a couple decades, it's always had a reputation of being an average Duck sports bar with electronic gaming etc. Doubt you'll "take over" the Cooler.
That is really big. Oregon has Douglas firs, South Carolina has really old oak trees that spread out.
That's a big tree, beautiful. We also have some Redwoods in Oregon if you know were to go. There's a Doug Fir over in the Southwest Oregon area that's been measured at 327 feet.
Understand The Cooler has an iocaine martini that is to die for...
