Quick Escapes® Pacific Northwest, 7th; Getaways from Portland, Seattle, and Vancouver, B.C.

by Marilyn McFarlane; Revised and Updated by Christine A. Cunningham

• ISBN13: 9780762736935
• ISBN10: 0762736933
• Format: Trade Paper
• Copyright: 2005-06-01
• Publisher: Globe Pequot

Summary

Sample local award-winning wines, take a ferry to the San Juan Islands for whale watching, bask in the sunshine of British Columbia''s Okanagan country, or select from twenty-nine other itineraries for two- or three-day getaways in the Pacific Northwest.

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 thirty 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
Eugene-Florence-Newport	p. 10
Mount Hood Loop	p. 20
Around Mount St. Helens	p. 28
Astoria and Long Beach Water Pleasures	p. 36
Columbia River Gorge	p. 45
John Day Fossil Beds to Shaniko	p. 53
Central Oregon	p. 62
Seattle Escapes	p. 71
San Juan and Orcas Islands	p. 72
Strait of Juan de Fuca	p. 81
Snoqualmie Falls and Fall City	p. 91
Leavenworth to Ellensburg	p. 97
North Cascades	p. 107
Mount Rainier Loop	p. 115
North Kitsap Peninsula	p. 122
Skagit County	p. 128
Vancouver Escapes	p. 135
Explore the Fraser Valley	p. 136
Mountain/Canyon Circle	p. 144
Vancouver Island: West Shore	p. 154
South Vancouver Island	p. 163
The Gulf Islands	p. 170
Langdale to Lund	p. 179
The Okanagan	p. 188
Southeast Vancouver Island	p. 198
Index	p. 209
About the Author	p. 225
About the Editor	p. 226
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