McMinnville

Pioneer Hall on the Linfield College (image from Oregon State Archives)

We spent part of the last weekend of 2006 in McMinnville, in the heart of the Willamette Valley wine country. It had been a while since I last visited the town (30,000 people) and it appears that wine money has been good to McMinnville (at least in the thriving main street downtown). We also took in the Evergreen Aviation Museum - an eclectic mix of aircraft on display including the Spruce Goose (ironically it is the fact that nearly everything in the museum is in flight-ready state - except the Goose - that makes this museum interesting.) The countryside between Corvallis and McMinnville along Hwy 99W is wonderful. North the east of town, Portland metro area sprawl takes over. Nice town though.