Vancouver, WA

[brutah]

Heading to Vancouver for a wedding in a month and looking for things to do, places to eat, beers to drink, etc

Wedding is at the Heathman Lodge which is in northern Vancouver. Additionally, I have a friend hosting a bbq the night before the wedding who also lives in northern Vancouver.

So the first question: do we stay in northern Vancouver? Downtown Vancouver? Or just do Portland?

Anything in Vancouver that shouldn’t be missed? Any good trails or parks to run?

Let me know, thanks!


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[Ørion]

Always seemed to me that Vancouver, WA essentially exists to double dip Washington's lack of income tax with tax free shopping in Portland.

That said, Dediko is a Georgian (country not state) restaurant in Vancouver that's been on my to-go list.

[mcski]

That’s def Vancs raison d’etre. My wife’s cousin moved there for it , although the town seems pretty soulless for the most part

[AK47bp]

Hard to beat Portland. Stay and eat there when not partying in Vancouver.


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[dan_pdx]

IMO, it depends how long you're going to be there. If just a couple nights, I would probably stay in Vancouver because traffic back and forth to Portland can be a bitch. Vancouver waterfront has recently been redeveloped and it's pretty nice. Check out the Vancouver waterfront trail and the waterfront Renaissance trail for running. You're only about 30 minutes from Cape Horn in the Columbia River Gorge, which is a great viewpoint and trailhead.

If you keep going east from Cape Horn to Stevenson, Walking Man is a great brewery in Stevenson.

Also, there's a Pendleton factory store in Washougal, which may or may not be interesting depending on how you feel about scratchy wool.

[dunfree]

Vancouver was always too far from the attractions of Portland because of traffic to make it an attractive place to live, no idea what it’d be as a tourist. Although eating khachapuri and getting drunk on Georgian wine sounds really good.

[evdog]

If you have time, take a drive and check out Mt St Helens