Neil & Adrienne - USA Northwest 2015

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Date
Activity
Stay
Tuesday
25/8/15 		Check In to Sydney Airport Hotel Sydney Airport
Rydges Sydney Airport
Wednesday
26/8/15

Depart:      Sydney        QF11                      9.50am     Arrive: Los Angeles      6.30am
Depart:      Los Angeles  Alaska Airlines 443     9.00am     Arrive: Seattle           11:40am              

Visit Pike Place Market,
Waterfront Park,

Lunch: "Pike Place Chowder"

Dinner: "Andaluca"

Seattle, Washington
Mayflower Park Hotel
2 nights
Thursday
27/8/15

Morning Tour ( 1/2 day)
Snoqualmie Falls and City Photography Tour
Fremont Troll, Ballard Locks , Kerry Park for Seattle Skyline view

Ride Monorail to Space Needle & Experience Music Project

Dinner: "Ivar's Acres of Clams"

Friday
28/8/15
Collect Midsize SUV(Alamo)
Drive to Mt Rainier National Park,
via:- Sunrise & Paradise Visitor Centres.

Hike Paradise Trails
Dinner: "Alexanders"
Ashford,Washington
 Nisqually Lodge
Saturday
29/8/15
Drive to Mt St Helens National Volcanic Monument

View Volcanic eruption sites

Shopping at Columbia Outlets ( no sales tax in Oregon!!!)
Troutdale,Oregon
Holiday Inn Express Portland East/Troutdale
Sunday
30/8/15
Drive the Columbia River Gorge Scenic Byway
via: Vista House,
Mt Hood Winery ( lunch & great views of Mt Hood) ,
Maryhill Stonehenge,
Bonneville Dam Salmon Ladder
Whitman Mission Oregon Trail Historic Site
Walla Walla, Washington
Best Western Plus Walla Walla
Monday
31/8/15
Drive the Palouse Scenic Byway
via:- Palouse Falls State Park,
Steptoe Butte, Spiral Highway drive
Spokane,Washington
Oxford Suites Spokane Valley
Tuesday
1/9/15
Drive the Pend Orielle Scenic Byway and Lake Koocanusa Scenic Byway to Glacier National Park ( West) via...

Statue of Liberty Replica - Sandpoint Lake, Kootenai Swinging Bridge & Rapids, Libby Dam
Glacier National Park,Montana
Village Inn at Apgar
Wednesday
2/9/15


Drive the "Going to the Sun Road" to Many Glacier Hotel via
Logan Pass ( hike to Hidden Lake) ,
St Mary Lake

Dinner : Ptarmigan Dining Room

 

 Glacier National Park,Montana
Many Glacier Hotel
2 nights



Thursday
3/9/15


8.30 am Boat Cruise Swiftcurrent Lake with hike to Grinnell Glacier Lake

Dinner : Ptarmigan Dining Room
Friday
4/9/15

Drive the Rocky Mountain Front to Bozeman, MT
via Great Falls and
Tower Rock State Park
Bozeman,Montana
Homewood Suites Bozeman
Saturday
5/9/15
Drive the Beartooth Scenic Byway via:-
Mammoth Hot Springs &
Lamarr Valley (wildlife viewing) in Yellowstone National Park, and
"Top of the World" Beartooth
Red Lodge, Montana
Comfort Inn Red Lodge
Sunday
6/9/15
Drive the Buffalo Bill Cody Scenic Byway to Old Faithful, Yellowstone National Park

Hike Upper Geyser basin

Yellowstone National Park, Wyoming
Old Faithful Inn
2 nights
Monday
7/9/15
Tour Yellowstone National Park sites
Hike to Old Faithful overlook and Grand Prismatic Spring overlook.
Avoid being eaten by Grizzlies...

Dinner : Historic Old Faithful Inn Dining Room
Tuesday
8/9/15

Drive the John D. Rockefeller Jr. Memorial Parkway to Grand Tetons National Park ,
View Grand Teton's highlights:

"Mormon Row" barns, Snake River Overlook, Jenny Lake, Oxbow Bend, Schwabacher's Landing


Grand Tetons National Park
Jackson Lake Lodge

Wednesday
9/9/15
Drive the Teton Scenic Byway to Idaho Falls, ID via Mesa Falls
Idaho Falls, Idaho
Best Western Plus Driftwood Inn
Thursday
10/9/15
Drive the Sawtooth Scenic Byway to Ketchum, ID via:- Craters of the Moon National Monument
Ketchum, Idaho
Best Western Plus Tyrolean Lodge
Friday
11/9/15
Drive the
Ponderosa Pine Scenic Byway and
Wildlife Canyon Scenic Byway and
Payette River Scenic Byway to Boise, ID
Boise, Idaho area
Not pre-booked
Saturday
12/9/15
Drive the Journey Through Time Scenic Byway
via the Painted Hills at John Day Fossil Beds National Monument
and Smith Rock State Park
Bend, Oregon
Hampton Inn and Suites
Sunday
13/9/15

Drive the Cascade Lakes Scenic Byway to
Crater Lake National Park

Guided Sunset Hike to Watchman Peak (6.15pm)

Crater Lake National Park,Oregon
Crater Lake Lodge
2 nights
Monday
14/9/15

Sunrise Hike to Discovery Point

Tour Crater Lake National Park sites
via Crater Rim Drive:-
The Phantom Ship, The Pinnacles, Sinnott Overlook, Plaikni Falls
Tuesday
15/9/15
Drive the Volcanic Legacy Scenic Byway and the Mount Shasta Cascade Loop
via Lassen Volcanic National Park

Hike to "Bumpass Hell" ( if time)
Red Bluff, California area
Not pre-booked
Wednesday
16/9/15

Drive the Redwood Highway and the Avenue of the Giants
via Redwood National Park ,
Humboldt Redwoods State Park and
Old Town Eureka.

Drive through the "Chandelier Tree"

Fort Bragg, California
North Cliff Hotel
Thursday
17/9/15
Drive the North Pacific Coast Highway
via Point Reyes National Seashore
Glass Beach
Point Arena Lighthouse

Dinner at "The Spinnaker"


Sausalito, California (San Francisco Bay)
Hotel Sausalito
Friday
18/9/15
Visit San Francisco sites -
Sausalito, Golden Gate National Recreaion Area, The Presidio, Fisherman's Wharf
San Francisco, California
Courtyard Fisherman's Wharf
Saturday
19/9/15

Drive the Big Sur Scenic Byway
Julia Pfieffer Burns State Park,
Bixby Bridge
Monterey Waterfront
Morro Rock
Morro Bay, California
Estero Inn
Sunday
20/9/15

Drive to Disneyland, Anaheim, CA via Solvang.

Relax at resort pool,

Dinner at "Ralph Brennans Jazz Kitchen".

Disneyland, California
Disney's Grand Californian Hotel
2 nights ( booked for extra late checkout)
Monday
21/9/15
Tour Disneys California Adventure Park
Use Disney Resort Guest Early Entry Privilege for park entry 1 hour before normal opening.

Dinner at "Wine Country Trattoria"
Tuesday
22/9/15

Tour Disneyland Park, use resort guest Early Entry privilege.

Lunch at "Café Orleans"

Late Checkout approx 6pm

Depart:      Los Angeles       QF12      10.05pm    
Wednesday
23/9/15 		In transit (dateline)  
Thursday
24/9/15 		Arrive:      Sydney        6.10am Home!