Itinerary - Oregon Trip 2006

 

Day

Date

Please note: activities are subject to change based on weather and opportunities that may present themselves!

          Activities    

Wednesday

March 15

  • Meet at the Southwest Airlines airport terminal 6PM
  • Fly from K.C. to Portland nonstop, leaving at 8:10PM and arriving at 9:55PM via Southwest Airlines
  • Settle in and sleep at Lynn & Wendell’s

Thursday March 16

 

  • Breakfast at Lynn & Wendell’s
  • Visit Tillamook Cheese factory
  • Drive up the coast to Cannon Beach and see the site of the whale beaching mentioned in the Lewis and Clark Journals. 
  • Continue northward to Seaside
  • Late lunch at Barb & Roger’s
  • Visit the Salt Cairns and get a little beach time at Seaside
  • Maybe a short trip up the Tillamook Head trail.  It is the one climbed by Lewis and Clark and Sacagawea who was expecting and carrying one son
  • Evening meal in Seaside and stroll the Promenade.
  • Sleep at Barb & Roger’s

Friday March 17

 

  • Go to Astoria and visit the Astoria Column
  • Visit Fort Clatsop and hike the 2 miles from 101 highway to the beach along the new Lewis and Clark Trail to Sunset Beach.
  • Tentative picnic lunch at Fort Clatsop.
  • Go to Gearhart Beach to collect sand dollars.
  • Back to Seaside for dinner
  • Sleep at Barb & Roger’s

Saturday March 18

 

  • Pack up and depart Seaside
  • Travel over the Coastal Range of Mountains to the Willamette Valley and Oregon City
  • Tentative visit to the End of the Oregon Trail Interpretive Center in Oregon City
  • Dinner and sleep at Lynn & Wendell’s

Sunday March 19

 

  • Breakfast in Oregon City
  • Visit Fort Vancouver, The Columbia River Gorge, Bonneville Dam and Fishways
  • Picnic lunch on the journey
  • Dinner in Oregon City
  • Sleep at Lynn & Wendell’s

Monday March 20

 

  • Breakfast in Oregon City
  • Visit Mount Hood and the Barlow Road
  • Picnic lunch on the journey
  • Celebrate Caleb’s birthday
  • Dinner in Oregon City 

Tuesday March 21

 

  • Wake up early
  • Quick breakfast at Lynn & Wendell’s
  • Depart for airport
  • Depart PORTLAND at 6:55AM
  • Arrive in KANSAS CITY at 12:15PM