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ROAD TRIP 2008

Sat 7/19 Leave Detroit
I 94/I80 Des Moines, IA, I 35 N to Albert Lea
Stay at Albert Lea or beyond, I 90 west

Sun 7/20 I 90 west to Rapid City or beyond
60 miles more to Spearfish, 70 more miles to Buffalo, 150 miles to Billings Mt

Mon 7/21 I 90 to I 15 N to Great Falls, Shelby, East Glacier
Rapid City to Billings 300 miles
Billings to I 15 200 miles
I 15 to Helena 62 miles
Helena to Great Falls 86 miles
Great Falls to Shelby MT 62 miles
probably stay in Shelby MT

Tues 7/22 Shelby to East Glacier Hwy 2 (not interstate) 70 miles
Glacier National Park, East Glacier (hwy 89/40) to St Mary to Babb, enter park 12 miles to Many Glacier Hotel (406-892-2525, res # 10M63, $135.00 charged 1/18, 30 day)
Hike trail heads at Many Glacier (Grinnell Glacier, Swift Current Pass/Granite Park Chalet, Ptarmigan Tunnel), stay at Many Glacier Hotel

Wed 7/23 Check out, Drive Going to Sun Hwy west. Stop at Lake Mc Donald trail head, hike Sperry Chalet, Avalanche Gorge, Trail of Cedars, Brown Mt Lookout, all day
End day at Apgar Village Inn (406 888 7800, # 10M63W $120.00 charged 1/18)

Thur 7/24 Check Out Apgar, leave Glacier National Park.
Hwy 40 to 93 to 82 to 83 Flathead Lake, south to hwy 200 to Missoula (4 hours)
I 90 at Missoula to Idaho state line 100 miles
I 90 to Spokane 90 miles Stay at Spokane, or visit historic Cheney 32 miles hwy 904

Fri 7/25 I 90 Spokane to Ellensburg 185 miles
Ellensburg hwy 97 N to Hwy 2 140 miles (not interstate)
Hwy 2 across Cascades to Snohomish, arrive late, stay Inn at Snohomish (88th street, exit 15 from hwy 2 res #9040)

Sat 7/26 AM See architecture Sohomish, Everett for Boeing plant tour
PM drive south to Snoqualamie, see Salish Lodge and Falls, (dinner?),
Drive south to Seattle, I 5 stay at Inn at Virginia Mason ($75.00, res # 23421 exit I 5 at Madison)

Sun 7/27 Tour Seattle. Underground Seattle, Space Needle, locks, other
Ferry to Vashon Island (Seattle pier 50 4th ave Alaskan Way)stay

Mon 7/28 AM Air flight tour Mt. St Helen’s and Mt. Ranier

PM ferry from to Point Defiance to Rushton ,(Tacoma) (Pearl Street to 163 to 16 to I 5) see La May auto Museum
Evening: drive to Portland (I 5 south, over bridge, first exit, stay to right, go through stop light to first stop sign, Heyden Island Dr, turn right) ( Red Lion Jentzen Beach 503 283 4466, res # 9855801) for CTCI event

Tues 7/29 Portland CTCI Colombia River Gorge activity, stay

Wed 7/30 Pacific Coast Loop tour
I 5 s to hwy 26 N to hwy 6 (21 miles) (½ hr) hwy 6 54 miles to Tillamook) (1 hr), Hwy 101 north and back 1 hour), hwy 101 south to Newport 72 miles 2 hours. (Option 30 miles further to Cape Purpetua (2 hrs round trip), Newport (hwy 20) to I 5 60 miles 2 hrs, I 5 to Portland 75 miles

Thurs 7/31 Check out Portland, Colombia River Historic hwy and Mt Hood loop, stay at Vagabon Lodge in Mt Hood (res’d 1/28) see local maps from I 84

Fri 8/1 Check out Hood River, drive east I 84 330 miles to Fruitland ID (state line) and 140 miles to Bliss. Stay in Bliss or Hwy 26/93/20 100 miles not interstate) to Craters of the Moon

Sat 8/2 AM see Craters of the Moon
Continue hwy 20/26 (64 miles) Arco to Idaho Falls I 15
Cross I 15 continue on 20/26/39 miles to Swan Valley
hwy 31 to 33/32 over Teton Pass to Teton Village 45 miles (8 hours non interstate)

Stay Teton Village (Village Center Inn, 307 733 3990 res #16744, charged 2/1$200/n)

Sun 8/3 Check out Teton Village
Explore East side Teton National Park, Teton Park Road and trailheads to Jenny Lake 25 miles hike to Hidden Falls, Ferry back to car, others)
End of Day leave Teton to Victor ID 20 miles, (Linn Canyon Ranch, Katy, 208 787 5466, Over Teton Pass, hwy 33/32) stay

Mon 8/4 Horseback trail on west side of Tetons, stay Linn Canyon Ranch

Tues 8/5 Check out Linn Canyon hwy 33 t