Five weeks in the Northwest
Where one stays each of the 37 nights:
1 Seattle
2 Seattle
3 Seattle
4 Port Townsend
5 Lake Crescent Lodge, Olympic National Park
6 Lake Quinault Lodge, Olympic National Park
7 Mount Rainier National Park
8 Mount Rainier National Park
9 Portland
10 Portland
11 Portland
12 Crater Lake National Park
13 Crater Lake National Park
14 Redwoods National Park
15 Shasta Lake
16 Lassen Volcanic National Park
17 Boise, Idaho
18 Grand Teton National Park
19 Grand Teton National Park
20 Yellowstone, Old Faithful Inn
21 Yellowstone, Mammoth Hot Springs
22 Kalispell, Montana
23 Glacier National Park
24 Medicine Hat, Alberta
25 Prince Albert, Saskatchewan
26 Edmonton, Alberta
27 Jasper, Jasper National Park
28 Jasper, Jasper National Park
29 Banff, Banff National Park
30 Banff, Banff National Park
31 Kamloops, British Columbia
32 Vancouver, BC
33 Vancouver, BC
34 Victoria, BC
35 Victoria, BC
36 Victoria, BC
37 Seattle
Arrive in Seattle or travel on the way to Seattle.
Free day to rest in Seattle
Sightseeing in the city of Seattle
Morning in Seattle. Mid-day Ferry to Port Townsend. Night in Port Townsend.
Up into mountains of Olympic National Park. Night camping there.
Down to ocean and rainforest. Spend another night near or in Olympic National Park
Drive to Mount Rainier National Park. Afternoon hike there.
Day in Mount Rainier National Park.
Morning drive down through the Cascades. Afternoon arrival in Portland. Night there.
Sightseeing day in the city of Portland.
Day tour of Columbia Gorge, waterfalls, and Mount Hood. Third night in Portland.
Drive to southern Oregon to stay at Crater Lake National Park.
Day to hike around Crater Lake National Park. Second night there.
Day to drive to Crescent City and see attractions there. Night near Redwoods National Park
Morning to enjoy Redwoods, after lunch drive along Trinity River, stopping in Weaverville to see Joss House. Night in Shasta Lake area with a view of Mount Shasta.
Day to hike and explore Lassen Volcanic National Park. Camp there for the night.
Long day’s drive through Northeast California and Southeast Oregon to Boise, Idaho.
Day in Boise visiting with Jalali family. Second night with them.
Day to cross southern Idaho, stopping for several hours at Craters of the Moon National Monument. Arrive in Jackson, Wyoming for the night.
First day in Grand Teton National Park. Camp there
Second day in Grand Teton National Park. Second night camping there.
Drive up to Yellowstone and spend the evening at Old Faithful.
Day in Yellowstone, stopping at Grand Canyon of the Yellowstone, night at Mammoth Hot Springs.
Morning at Mammoth Hot Springs, rest of day driving through western Montana to the Kalispell area.
Day in Glacier National Park.
Day to go over the "Going to the Sun Highway" and spend the night in Medicine Hat.
Day to visit Saskatoon and Prince Albert. Night in Prince Albert.
Drive to Edmonton, stopping in Shellbrook in the morning near Prince Albert.
Day to see Edmonton. Second night in Edmonton.
Drive to Jasper in Jasper National Park. Spend the night there.
Day around Jasper. Spend second night there.
Early morning drive down the Icefield Parkway to Banff. Night in Banff.
Day in Banff National Park. Second night in Banff.
Drive to Kamloops. Spend night in Kamloops.
Drive to Vancouver. Spend night in Vancouver.
Day to see Vancouver. Spend second night there.
Ferry to Victoria. Spend night there.
Day to tour Vancouver Island. Second night in Victoria.
Day to see Victoria. Third night in Victoria.
Ferry to Seattle. Night in Seattle.
Return home.