Northwestern USA

Group gathering in Seattle, walk around the city. We look: Japanese garden, Space Needle (TV tower), downtown. Overnight at the hotel.

We go to North Cascades National Park and go to the radials: Hidden Lake, Trail Of The Cedars. Overnight at the campsite.

In the morning we pass another stunning trail - Maple Pass Trail. We're going back to Seattle. If you wish, we take a look at the Boeing Corporation Aviation Museum - Boeing Future of Flight​. In the evening we take a walk around the center.

Early in the morning we go to the highest peak of the Cascade Mountains - Mount Rainier (4392 m). We look at it from different angles, make short but stunningly beautiful tracks: Sunrise Point, Paradise Trail. In the evening we make a dash towards the Columbia River Canyon - we drive through a nature reserve located between two volcanoes: Mount Adams and Mount St. Helens. We spend the night at a campsite along the way.

A very long day. We cross the Columbia River Canyon and see it from one of the short tracks: Dog Mountain Trail or Mosier Cape. We approach the Mount Hood volcano (3426 m) and look at the Tamanawas Falls. Then a big drive to the rocks of Smith Rock State Park. We walk above the river along the Canyon Trail. Late in the evening we arrive at the colorful Painted Hills. Camping.

Another long day. In the morning we finally walk through the colorful Painted Hills and drive west along the old McKenzie Highway (route 242). This mountain road (closed most of the year) goes through crazy lava fields stretching between the mountain ranges of Mount Washington Peak and Three Sisters Volcano. We make a trip to the Dee Wright Observatory and Lake Scott. Then we move to a different type of lake - Clear Lake is famous for its cold, clear water through which trees that sank hundreds (or even thousands) of years ago are picturesquely visible. In the evening we move closer to the next hit - Crater Lake.

As you may have guessed, Crater Lake is a large lake in the crater of a volcano. We drive right along the edge of the crater and see the lake from different sides. Then we move down along the unusual Rogue River. It used lava tunnels as a channel and generally meanders through the rocks very picturesquely. By evening we try to get to the Oregon Caves National Monument.

We look at the Oregon Caves and move on. We briefly find ourselves in California - we walk among the giant redwoods in Jedediah Smith Redwoods State Park. These are the same trees that are like sequoias, only even taller. After this, a new stage of the journey begins - we will devote the next few days to the Pacific coast of Oregon. We will drive along the coast along the Oregon Coast Highway and see local wonders - rocks, lighthouses, bays. Swimming here is not very convenient because of the waves, but we will figure something out. Today we are waiting for: Whaleshead Viewpoint, Indian Sands Trail, Arch Rock, Cape Sebastian Trail, Blacklock Point

We continue the ocean program. Today we will see: Bandon Face Rock, Oregon Dunes, sea lion cave, Heceta Lighthouse, Spouting Horn, Thor's Well geyser, Cape Perpetua, Newport, Yaquina Head Lighthouse. Overnight on the coast.

We finish our voyage along the Pacific beaches - we see Cascade Head, Cape Kiwanda, Cape Meares and of course the famous Cannon Beach. After that, we turn deeper into the continent and go to Portland, the largest city (but not the capital) of Oregon. We walk along the evening embankment of Waterfront Park and Esplanade Eastbank.

We walk around Portland a little and go to Olympic National Park, famous for its rain forests. A real jungle on the border with Canada! Let's start with a walk in the Quinault Rain Forest. Then we drive to the ocean at Ruby Beach. And we will end near Hoh Rainforest

In the morning we explore the wilds of the Hoh Rainforest, then move to the other side of Mount Olympus on a small track to Hurricane Hill. In the evening we go down to Port Angeles.

Sea excursions for whales and killer whales depart from Port Angeles (from $110 for 4 hours). But most likely we'll just go to Seattle and wander around the shops or "see" something. The tour of the Northwestern United States is over, you can fly home.