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About The print. (Oregon City, Oregon) 1977-1989 | View Entire Issue (Dec. 8, 1977)
If Hang your stocking in Hawaii By Joan Springer Of The Print IA Hawaiian vacation for the jolidays to go to the islands of Lite sandy beaches and warm blue Later away from the cold Oregon leather. Sounds heavenly, does-. Bit? My sister living in Minnesota joins the family every Christmas jorthe holidays. Oregon's weather I not the most comfortable this he of year. However, compared Io the five feet of show and 50- degree wind chill of Minnesota, this is quite pleasant. Through the years the same old trip from .the midwest to Oregon became boring. I Rather than spend another Christmas holiday with my par ents and family for the two weeks [of vacation, my sister decided to spend Christmas here, then fly to the Hawaiian Islands for New years. Thinking of the idea, a (few of the members of the fam ily, (including myself) decided a week in 90-degree heat would not he such a bad place to go. | The decision had been made. Three of the family would take [the trip. But how to go about it? Our telephone book wasn't any help, and living in the suburbs of Portland we haven't received a [Portland phone book and yellow [pages since 1975. Most of the [travel agents' numbers no longer existed and yet others had become jpeoples homes and rent-a-car places. The next thing was to look in [the entertainment section of the newspaper. There were quite a few ads for taking a trip to the [islands but mostly to Honolulu [and Waikiki which weren't the places we wanted to go. ,, But through all of the trials and i tribulations, we found the Paul- son-Wicklund Travel Company. I called the company and told them where we would like to go and if it was possible. "Well, we have nothing avail able at the moment but we'll try and find something," said one of the agents. "The best time to get reservations is in January for the holiday season." "In other words we should have started last January," I asked. "Yes," she replied, "But there may be some cancellations." How the great hopes for Haw aii were slowly diminishing, but there was a chance. The whole state of Hawaii couldn't be booked for the holi day's. Someone has to decide not to go. It seemed like there was little hope, but a little is better than none. The next day the travel agency called with a trip package, which was not where or when we wanted to go. The company said they'd keep on trying. The following day we received another call from the company with almost the right type of plan for us. For $444 we could be in Hawaii for eight days and seven nights. The first three we would spend in Waikiki and the rest of the time would be spent on the Kona Coast on the island of Hawaii and Hilo with a rent-a- car for those five days. After making all the arrange-/ ments, I decided to call the better business bureau on the travel ag ency to make sure they were' on the straight and narrow, which the company is. Every one have a nice Christ mas and New Years. I'm almost positive I will. Oregon’s resorts offer varied winter activities Ecott Starnes file Print Bhis winter, thousands of Ore- las will flock to the numerous ■ter resorts located throughout ■pn, These resorts offer a var- ■ of activities for the winter nets as well as for the more Rotary winter individual. ■th the winter weather con- loos of ice and snow, many rale will be unable to go to Bk and should consider taking wantage of some of Oregon's Wer resorts. One can get by Rifely cheap by only visiting ■ the day and, depending on the pert, reasonable accommodations P be obtained for weekenders I’d those desiring more lengthy ■cations. I For the avid snow enthusiasts ■re are several winter resorts Boated in Oregon. [Timberline Lodge on Mt. Hood 1« of the most famous winter ■TOin Oregon. It offers lodging |ife,several ski lifts and rental r equipment to all its visitors. Rog rates vary with the type ■room desired, but the rates are Rnable compared to many Rski resorts. Timberline is mainly for the Rn, but they cordially invite Community College all who would just like to rest and relax in a pleasant atmosphere to take advantage of their facilities. Another pleasant winter resort is Sunriver Lodge, located in Sun river, Ore., south of Bend. It offers golf, horseback riding, polo, tennis, swimming, an airport, and nearby mountains for skiing. Contrary to Timberline, Sun river Lodge offers lodge condomin iums and resort homes. However, the rates are comparable. In central Oregon, a year round resort—The Inn at the Seventh Mountain—offers a variety of activ ities to the vacationer. The Inn is located about seven miles west of Bend and the vaca tioner may ski the slopes of Mt. Bachelor or ice skate in the Inn's magnificent 6,000 square foot ice rink. Mainly, though, the Inn is a great place to relax and enjoy the beautiful scenery. It is situated in a natural setting of pines and shrubbery. In the winter, a blanket of snow covers the landscape, while in the summer it is bathed in sunshine. For vacationers retreating from the snow scene, numerous coastal resorts offer their rest and relax ation facilities year round. Two outstanding coastal resorts, reasonably close to each other, are the Salishan Lodge and The Inn at Otter Crest. Salishan Lodge offers 150 in dividual rooms which are dotted on a mountainside overlooking Siletz Bay. Besides offering a semi private 18-hole golf course, Sali shan sports a new year-round in door tennis facility for its guests. Guests at Salishan will also enjoy a beauty salon, art gallery, gift shop, children's playground, billiard room, nature trails, swim ming pool and one of the Pacific Coast's finest dining rooms. A luxury, resort, Salishan's lodging and dining rates reflect its atmosphere and are quite high compared to other coastal resorts. The Inn at Otter Crest offers basically the same activities as Salishan but at a somewhat more modest price. Overall, there are a variety of winter resorts for every kind of leisure enthusiast. Oregon's most popular winter resorts are access ible by car sparing the vacationer the premium expenses associated with air travel. Page 13