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The Best of Portland | The Great Wolf Lodge...a fabulous family experience a mere 1.5 hour car ride from Portland!

Great Wolf Lodge features an eight-story, northwoods-themed resort with one of the largest indoor waterparks in America.

Great Wold Lodge's most thrilling adventure. Grab up to 3 other members of your pack willing to drop into the 6-story funnel. You'll quickly learn how this ride earned its name. Repeatedly swish and swirl 30 feet up the sides of the funnel, before making a safe splash landing.

Make a splash in your scrapbook with a family vacation conveniently located in Centralia, Washington between Seattle and Portland. And our Conference Center is also available for corporate and social functions for groups from 8 to 800.

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The Best of Portland | Feb. 20, 21 & 22 - The 32nd Annual Newport Seafood & Wine Festival

It wouldn't be winter on the coast without the Newport Seafood & Wine Festival. It's the premier seafood & wine event of the west coast and the original Northwest seafood and wine festival.

Since 1978 the Newport Seafood & Wine Festival has attracted visitors from around the world to the central Oregon coast. The 2009 festival promises to be packed with all of the fun, food and wine you've come to know and love at the Newport Seafood and Wine Festival!

Click Here for a link to Newport's Chamber of Commerce and for more information about the event.

What could be better than a green desert with upscale Tee Pees, a mud spa, an olympic-size swimming pool, a luxury hotel & casino with a myriad of gourmet dining options in the middle of nowhere? Consider "glamping" at Oregon's very own Ka-Nee-Ta!

Best Camping

Teepee camping involves a canvas cone-shaped teepee with a concrete floor, barbecue pit and picnic table. The diameter of the teepee is 21 feet. Guests must bring their own bedding, padding or cots. The maximum occupancy is 10 per teepee. There is a refundable damage deposit on all teepees. Firewood is for sale at the Village Gate for $6 a bundle. Fires are only allowed within the barbecue pit of the teepee.

Teepees are $71.76 a night (Includes tax) for up to 3 people. Additional persons are $10 per person ages 7 and above. Teepee rates include swimming passes to the Village hot springs pool and two parking permits.

Best "not to be missed experience"? Indian Fry Bread and Hens in Clay Pots.

A new word "glamping" has entered the well-heeled adventurer's lexicon. Swap your sleeping bag for a feather bed at "Tent City", found at The Resort at Paws Up in Montana's Blackfoot Valley 30 miles east of Missoula.

Best Camping

120 Miles of hiking trails, fish for trout in the Blackfoot River and then head back to camp to be met by a khaki-clad butler with a frosty ice tea.

Bonneville Hot Springs Resort & Day Spa, a fabulous 60 minute excursion from the heart of downtown Portland, Or

Best Spas

Bonneville's natural mineral hot springs located on the Lewis and Clark trail have been used for centuries by people seeking relaxation and rejuvenation of the mind and body. Guests can spend the day soaking in their own private mineral water hot tub on the balcony of their room overlooking the lush wildlife of the river canyon, rejuvenate in the 12,000 square foot European Style Day Spa, or step out to enjoy the adventurous activities of the gorge.

The Garden Conservancy Tours begin in Oregon

Best Things To Do Locally

With its mild winters and dry summers, Eugene, Ore., offers excellent gardening conditions for plants that do well with all the fall and spring rain.

In Eugene, the local Garden Conservancy Open Days tour includes rare residential plantings like an espaliered pineapple guava and a house surrounded by 40 Japanese maples and hundreds of conifers.

Open Days for Eugene’s gardeners fall on Sept. 6 and 7 this year.

Ralph Lauren's Online Magazine features one of Oregon's most talked about golf courses, Bandon Dunes

Best Online Shopping (Worldwide)

Best New Years Eve Events in and/or around Portland, Oregon!

NEW YEARS EVE ON THE SLOPES AT TIMBERLINE! December 31st Join your friends on the slopes open until 12:30a.m. to ring in the New Year.

Enjoy music in the Wy'East Daylodge and watch as fireworks light up the sky over Timberline at midnight! All Day or Evening Only lift tickets available at Mountain Services.

Ring in the New Year in style at Historic Timberline Lodge. Enjoy an elegant holiday dinner, dance the night away to big band music and ring in the New Year with a spectacular fireworks display.

To celebrate with Timberline at this popular annual tradition reserve space early by calling 503-622-0763.

New Years Eve 1st Seating: Adult - $72.00 / Child - $17.95* Reservation times from 5:45pm - 7:00pm

New Years Eve 2nd Seating: Adult - $95.00 / Child - $18.95* Reservation times from 8:15pm - 9:30pm For reservations, contact them directly at 503-622-0763.

Reservations and pre-payment are required.

MSN On America's Best Outdoor Towns Includes Hood River, Oregon!

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"The Feast of Lights" this Thanksgiving Evening at The Columbia Gorge Hotel - Portland, OR

Best Annual Events

Each year the evening following Thanksgiving, the Columbia Gorge Hotel celebrates the kick off to the Holiday Season with its annual Feast of Lights Celebration. It is a wonder for the eyes and palate with more than 500,000 white lights throughout the property and a bountiful feast prepared by Chef Patron Carl S. Rynecki.  This year the “feast” will be a five-course plated dinner with reserved seating and tiered pricing.