Outdoor

Hello! I’m in Oregon (downtown Portland) and have two days to drive before I head to a wedding in Corvallis. Planned to do Mt Hood etc etc but now fires raging (8/23/18). We are changing plans to drive down the coast on 101 Astoria to Newport. Does anybody have any recommendations of where to go or scenic routes? And should I take 26 from Portland straight west to the beach and 101 north to Astoria? And then back down? Or drive the Columbia river gorge on 30?