DAY 1   

• Fly to Portland
• City Tour
• Holiday Inn-Express
• Dinner

Today we'll jet to Portland, Oregon, the City of Roses.  Upon arrival, we will tour this fantastic city, viewing the Hoyt Park Arboretum, the Portland Heights residential area, the International Rose Test Gardens, the Japanese Garden and the Pitlock Mansion nestled in the West Hills area of the City.

DAY 2

• Continental Breakfast, Dinner
• Tour to the Oregon Coast
• Sightsee Tillamook & Astoria
• Visit Ft. Clatsop National Park

We will follow the Columbus River, this morning, to Astoria - named after John Jacob Astor, and home to Ft. Clatsop, which we will visit.  Next, it's on to Tillamook and the beautiful Oregon Coast.

DAY 3

• Continental Breakfast, Dinner
• Tour to Mt. St. Helens
• Sightsee along the Columbia River Valley

This morning, we are off  to the the state of Washington, where we will make a stop at the Mt. St. Helens Volcano Center for a viewing of the presentation about the dramatic eruption of 1980.  Then we will view Mt. St. Helens itself.  You have got to see it to believe it.

Later, we will tour along the Columbia River to Hood River.  Look for colorful sails of the wind surfers, as this is the wind-surfing capital of the world.  Finally, we will follow the inspiring Columbia River back to Portland.

Today will be a day of roses, glaciers, alpine meadows, great rivers, waterfalls, hot springs, and numerous lakes and streams - truly a scenic extravaganza!

DAY 4

• Continental Breakfast, Dinner
• Tour to Seattle
• Courtyard by Marriott

We will travel north through the state of Washington, today, as we head to the Emerald City - Seattle.  One of our stops will be at the State Capitol in Olympia.  Majestic Mt. Rainer will dominate our views to the east.

In Seattle, we will see the 605 foot Space Needle, Chinatown, the University of Washington, Queen Anne Hill, the salmon ladders at the Chittenden Locks, Seattle Center, the Boeing Airplane Plant, Puget Sound, Fisherman's Wharf, and much, much more!

DAY 5

• Breakfast, Dinner
• Cruise to Olympic Peninsula
• Huricane Ridge
• Quality Inn

We will take a short, but scenic, ferry cruise this morning to the Olympic Peninsula.  Next, we will explore Olympic National Park as we sightsee Hurricane Ridge.  You will see waterfalls, forests, glaciers and vista beyond compare.

DAY 6

• Continental Breakfast, Dinner
• Tour of Olympic National Park & Washington Coastline
• Holiday Inn-Express

We will follow scenic Route 101 as we sightsee the spectacular Olympic Peninsula today.  Dotted with Indian Reservations, toering Sitka Spruce and Douglas Firs (some as high as a 25 story building), lush carpets of fren and forest flowers, pristine lakes and rivers, and a rain forest.  The Olympic National Park is truly one of America's treasures.  Later, we will follow the Washington Coastline to Ocean Shores.

DAY 7

• Continental Breakfast
• Fy Home

We will return to Portland today for out flight home, with many fond memories of our Pacific Northwest Adventure!