Quick Escapes® Pacific Northwest, 6th; 32 Weekend Trips from Portland, Seattle, and Vancouver, B.C.

by Marilyn McFarlane; edited by Christine Cunningham

• ISBN13: 9780762726714
• ISBN10: 0762726717
• Format: Trade Paper
• Copyright: 2003-06-01
• Publisher: Globe Pequot

Summary

This fully revised and updated edition puts all the information travelers need at their fingertips, including travel directions, destination highlights, activities for morning and afternoon, choice restaurants and lodgings, special events and festivals, shopping, local sources of information, plus 33 detailed, helpful maps.

Author Biography

Marilyn McFarlane is the author of Best Places to Stay in the Pacific Northwest and Best Places to Stay in California. She has lived on the West Coast all her life and now resides in Portland, Oregon. Christine Cunningham is a freelance writer who has lived in Eugene, Oregon for 30 years and has explored all corners of the Pacific Northwest by car and on foot.

Table of Contents

Introduction	p. xi
Portland Escapes	p. 1
Hell's Canyon	p. 2
Seaside to Lincoln City	p. 11
Eugene-Florence-Newport	p. 24
Mount Hood Loop	p. 35
Around Mount St. Helens	p. 44
Astoria and Long Beach Water Pleasures	p. 53
Columbia River Gorge: Oregon	p. 63
Oregon Wine Country	p. 72
John Day Fossil Beds to Shaniko	p. 82
McKenzie River Highway	p. 92
Central Oregon	p. 101
Seattle Escapes	p. 111
By Train to Vancouver, Canada	p. 112
San Juan and Orcas Islands	p. 122
Strait of Juan de Fuca	p. 133
The Hoh River Valley, Olympic Peninsula	p. 144
Snoqualmie Falls and Fall City	p. 150
Leavenworth to Ellensburg	p. 157
North Cascades	p. 169
Mount Rainier Loop	p. 178
North Kitsap Peninsula	p. 187
Skagit County	p. 194
Gig Harbor	p. 201
Vancouver Escapes	p. 207
Explore the Fraser Valley	p. 208
Mountain/Canyon Circle	p. 218
Vancouver Island: West Shore	p. 229
South Vancouver Island	p. 239
The Gulf Islands	p. 247
Langdale to Lund	p. 258
Salt Spring Island	p. 269
The Okanagan	p. 277
Southeast Vancouver Island	p. 289
Vancouver Island: Northeast Coast	p. 301
Index	p. 313
About the Author and the Editor	p. 335
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