Aug. 2-17, 2013
Re-live what Thomas Jefferson called the greatest adventure in American history with award-winning historian, Shebby Lee.
Included in fees: 15 nights’ lodging, 14 breakfasts (deluxe continental), 4 lunches, 7 evening meals, deluxe motorcoach, professional tour director/historian, admission fees as noted, park entrance fees, group photo, baggage handling (1 lg. bag/pax), airport transfers.
Arrivals: St. Louis, MO
Departures: Portland, OR
Price Per Person: $2,993 double occupancy | $3,836 single occupancy
Airfare not included.
Tour Highlights:
- Museum of Westward Expansion
- Historic St. Charles
- Arrow Rock State park
- Arabia Steamboat Museum
- Fort Atkinson
- Ponca State park
- Spirit Mound
- Akta Lakota Museum
- On-A-Slant Indian Village
- Dinner Cruise on Missouri River
- Fort Mandan
- Knife River Indian Villages
- Fort Union
- Pompeys Pillar
- Missouri Headwaters State Park
- Gates of the Mountains boat tour
- Fort Benton
- C.M. Russell Museum
- Lolo Trail
- Nez Perce National Historic Park
- Sacajawea State Park
- Columbia Gorge National Scenic Area
- Multnomah Falls
- Fort Clatsop
- Salt Works
- Willamette Valley
- Lewis & Clark Interpretive Centers
Tour Itinerary:
Day # 1 – ARRIVALS. St. Louis, airport transfers. Museum of Westward Expansion. Welcome Dinner. Overnight: St. Louis. (D)
Day # 2 – Camp DuBois at Wood River, Confluence of the Rivers, Historic St. Charles. Overnight: Columbia, MO. (B)
Day # 3 – Arrow Rock State Park, Arabia Steamboat Museum, Fort Osage living history. Overnight: Kansas City, MO. (CB, L)
Day # 4 - Historic tour of St. Joseph. Missouri River Interpretive Center. Overnight: Council Bluffs, IA (B, D)
Day # 5 – Fort Atkinson, Lewis & Clark State Park, Lewis & Clark Interpretive Center. Overnight: South Sioux City, NE. (B)
Day # 6 – Ponca State Park, Spirit Mound, travel. Overnight: Chamberlain, SD (B, D)
Day # 7 – Akta Lakota Museum, riverside picnic on the Bad River. Travel. Overnight: Bismarck, ND (L)
Day # 8 – On-A-Slant Village, ND Heritage Center, Missouri RiverDinner Cruise. Overnight: Bismarck, ND. (B, D)
Day # 9 – Fort Mandan, Lewis & Clark Interpretive Center, Knife River Indian Villages. Overnight: Williston, ND. (B)
Day # 10 – Fort Union, travel, Pompeys Pillar. Overnight: Billings, MT. (CB, D)
Day # 11 – Missouri Headwaters State Park, Gates of the Mountains boat tour. Overnight: Great Falls, MT. (CB, L)
Day # 12 – Fort Benton, C. M. Russell Museum, Lewis & Clark Interpretive Center, living history. Overnight: Great Falls, MT. (B,D)
Day # 13 – Travel, Lolo Trail, Nez Perce National Historic Park, Canoe Camp. Overnight: Clarkston, WA. (B,L)
Day # 14 – Sacajawea State Park, Columbia Gorge Discovery Center. Overnight: Hood River, OR. (B)
Day # 15 – Columbia River Gorge, Multnomah Falls, Fort Clatsop, Farewell Dinner. Overnight: Astoria, OR. (B, D)
Day # 16 – Salt Works, Willamette Valley, airport transfers. DEPARTURES after 1:00 pm. (CB)
