Portland Visitor

We are flying into Portland on next wed nov 15th and planned on taking a drive out the scenic highway to Multnomah Falls for lunch but wonder how the road is doing with all the weather we are hearing about. We also planned on taking the light rail from the airport area the next day to the Amtrak Station but have to transfer to a bus at Rose Garden(?) when walk a few blocks at 6:30 am to the station. From there we are going to Tacoma on the Cascades and return late afternoon and were goig to reverse the trip back to the airport area.We begin to wonder if that is advisable with this weather.Keep in mind we are from AZ where the word rain is seldom heard. Any good advise from the locals?

Portland Visitor

You should be fine:) Yes, it is raining...but right now there are no problems with the drive along the scenic highway. Just don%26#39;t try to do a loop past there over to Mt. Hood as HWY 35 is washed out. Also, in WA, I don%26#39;t know if Mt. Rainier is on your itinerary, but it is closed due to flooding.

Portland Visitor

The Rose Garden is the arena where the Trail Blazers play. I don%26#39;t know where the bus drops you, but you may not feel comfortable walking the few blocks to the Amtrak Station. There are usually a number of homeless and vagrants in that area, though I doubt any would bother you.

What%26#39;s your reason for staying near the airport? I think you%26#39;d prefer a downtown location. And I assume you have a good reason to go to Tacoma. ;-)

Good catches, mistletoe.

Sorry I did%26#39;nt make things very clear on the light rail transfer. We have to get off the light rail at Rose Quarters tc max station and transfer to a bus which drops us at NW Hoyt and Broadway then we have to walk to the station. We are going to Tacoma mainly for the train ride but we have about 4 hours to look around before the return. We are staing near the Airport just to be different, we normaly stay at the Red Lion at Janzen beach. Thanks again for the advise