August 5-20, 2011

Re-trace 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   driver, 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)