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Hang your stocking in Hawaii
By Joan Springer
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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
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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
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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.
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