| |
Majestic Northwest Rivers Cruise
Fifty years after the Lewis & Clark paddled hand-hewn canoes down the Snake and Columbia rivers, the first steam-powered sternwheeler arrived; miners, homesteaders, ranchers came looking for new land and new lives. What is it about the wide-open West? The scale of its mountains, the strength of its rivers, that blue expanse of sky has always tempted men and women to dream.
Itinerary
PORTLAND | Oregon
Portland, Oregon, makes a strong argument that, indeed, location is everything. Perched at the confluence of the Willamette and Columbia rivers, about 100 miles from the Pacific Ocean, the "City of Roses" is a commerical and cultural hub. In the golden age of riverboats, its waterfront was thick with sternwheeler traffic and the sounds of steam whistles and calliopes floated across the water. Today, you'll see barges, frieghters, tugs and a gleaming cityscape.
KLICKITAT DOCK | Oregon
PENDLETON | Oregon
Discover Pendleton's Wild West past in its underground tunnels, dug by the Chinese between 1870 and 1930. The tunnels connected businesses from Chinese laundries to illegal saloons, bordellos and opium dens. The Pendleton Woolen Mills opened in 1909 to weave blankets for the Indians and still produces them today, along with other items. Learn about the history of the Umatilla, Cayuse and Walla Walla Indians through impressive exhibits and dioramas as well as a festive native dance program at the Tamastslikt Cultural Center.
CLARKSTON | Washington
In Clarkston, the Hells Canyon jet boat ride offers covered, all-inside seating for a safe, comfortable and thoroughly exhilarating journey through North America's deepest canyon. Keep your eyes peeled for elk, bighorn sheep and 7,000-year-old Indian petroglyphs.
PORT OF RAINIER | Washington
ASTORIA | Oregon
In 1811, five years after the departure of Lewis & Clark, financier John Jacob Astor sent delegates of his Pacific Fur Company to the area to establish a trading post. They built Fort Astoria (the site of which is marked by a monument in town today) and a town grew up in the shadow--the first permanent U.S. settlement on the Pacific Coast.
PORTLAND | Oregon
Portland, Oregon, makes a strong argument that, indeed, location is everything. Perched at the confluence of the Willamette and Columbia rivers, about 100 miles from the Pacific Ocean, the "City of Roses" is a commerical and cultural hub. In the golden age of riverboats, its waterfront was thick with sternwheeler traffic and the sounds of steam whistles and calliopes floated across the water. Today, you'll see barges, frieghters, tugs and a gleaming cityscape.
Cost of This Trip
7 Night trip
The least expensive cabin costs:
$94 per person per night in low season and
$351 pp pn in high season
The most expensive stateroom costs:
$371 pp pn in low season and
$728 pp pn in high season
|
