On the Road: The Oregon Coast, California Redwoods and Crater Lake

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Overview
Highlights
- At Crater Lake, marvel at a massive volcanic caldera holding the deepest lake in the U.S., then descend into Oregon Caves National Monument.
- Race the wind over a sea of sand in a dune buggy and meet the marine life at the Oregon Coast Aquarium.
- Touch trees rooted when Caesar ruled Rome in the world’s largest remaining stand of virgin redwoods.
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Trip includes
- 9 nights of accommodations
- 5 expert-led lectures
- 10 expert-led field trips
- An experienced Group Leader
- Customary gratuities throughout the program
- The Road Scholar Travel Protection Plan, 24-hour-a-day emergency assistance coverage
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Itinerary
Meals: Dinner
Accommodation: Holiday Inn Portland Airport (I-205)
Dinner: A buffet dinner will be served in our meeting space at the hotel, followed by a chance to make new acquaintances.
Evening: Take a close look at our plans for the next 9 days. Our group leaders have a wealth of information to share.
Meals: Breakfast, Lunch and Dinner
Accommodation: Driftwood Shores
Breakfast: Enjoy a hot buffet breakfast at the hotel.
Morning: Our trek down the Oregon Coast, with it's ever-changing spectacular viewpoints, begins as we travel to Newport, stopp...
Meals: Breakfast, Lunch and Dinner
Accommodation: Gold Beach Resort
Breakfast: Breakfast at hotel
Morning: The Oregon Dunes, the largest expanse of coastal sand dunes in North America, extend 60 miles along the coast from Florence to Coos Bay. You...
Meals: Breakfast and Lunch
Accommodation: Best Western Bayshore Inn
Breakfast: Breakfast at the hotel.
Morning: Hang on for a thrilling ride up the Wild and Scenic Rogue River aboard a jet boat. See Osprey and other wildlife as your jet boat capta...
Meals: Breakfast, Lunch and Dinner
Accommodation: Best Western Bayshore Inn
Breakfast: Breakfast at the hotel
Morning: Our Redwoods expert meets us this morning and continues with us throughout the day. Travel on the world-famous scenic drive, The...
Meals: Breakfast, Lunch and Dinner
Accommodation: Oregon Caves Chateau
Breakfast: Breakfast at the hotel.
Morning: Wind north through the spectacular Redwoods, stopping at the Jedediah Smith State Park, renowned for its beauty.
Lunch: Picni...
Meals: Breakfast, Lunch and Dinner
Accommodation: Best Western Newberry Station
Breakfast: Breakfast at the Chateau to get us started.
Morning: Travel to Crater Lake via our motorcoach with lecture en route.
Lunch: Lunch at Annie Creek.
...Meals: Breakfast, Lunch and Dinner
Accommodation: Holiday Inn Portland Airport (I-205)
Breakfast: Breakfast at hotel.
Morning: Travel to Newberry National Volcanic Monument's Lava Lands Visitor Center for a walk through a lava flow with your group...
Meals: Breakfast
Breakfast: Hot breakfast at the hotel, followed by independent departures! We wish you a safe journey home and thanks for enjoying our wonderful Pacific Northwest with us! Come back for one of our many other programs!
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Accommodation
Holiday Inn Portland Airport (I-205): 2 nights, Portland
This newly renovated hotel is conveniently located near the Portland Airport and the shops of Cascade Station.
Driftwood Shores: 2 nights, Florence
The Resort is located in the heart of the Oregon coast, with spectacular ocean views from every room and 10 miles of uninterrupted beach for strolling. The ambiance is casual and relaxed, a home-away-from home.
Gold Beach Resort: 1 night, Gold Beach
The Gold Beach Resort is located in Gold Beach, Oregon where the Rogue River meets the Pacific Ocean. The resort is located within 150 yards of the beach.
Best Western Bayshore Inn: 2 nights, Eureka
The Bayshore Inn is a comfortable, modern hotel centrally-located in Eureka. The hotel features free Wi-Fi, on-site laundry, easy access to local shops and restaurants.
Oregon Caves Chateau: 1 night, Cave Junction
Oregon is privileged to be the home of three outstanding Northwest Lodges (Oregon Caves, Crater Lake and Timberline), serving guests from all around the world. Built in 1934, the Chateau at Oregon Caves National Monument is a rustic hotel in the Siskiyou Mountains adjacent to the entrance to the cave in the only active limestone formation in Oregon. The Chateau is part of a larger development that included a chalet (dormitory/gift shop/multiple use structure), several employee and rental cottages, and a visitor contact station, all under consideration for National Register status as part of a district. The buildings were all constructed between 1923 and 1941. The Chateau is without question the most outstanding of the structures. The prime significance of Oregon Caves' Chateau lies in its designer's extraordinarily creative use of the limited building site and how he allowed the site to dictate major architectural choices. Inseparable from that is the extremely high integrity of the building, the furnishings and the site. Of local significance is the importance of the development of Oregon Caves, fostered by local businessmen who formed the Oregon Caves Company- the monument's concessionaire-to stimulate the depressed economy in the area. Today's visitor to the Chateau is still enchanted by the rustic sense of place that the builder and the landscape architects created. Entering the area is very much like traveling back into the 1930s. Trout still swim in the pools. The Chateau is more weathered, but the furnishings are entirely original.
Best Western Newberry Station: 1 night, La Pine
The Newberry Station is La Pine's finest hotel, featuring modern comforts and easy access to the Newberry Volcanic Monument and the Deschutes River Valley.
24 meals: 9 Breakfasts, 7 Lunches and 8 Dinners
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