Day 1

Arrival and drive to Mount Vernon.

Because the weather is great and Mt. Rainer is visible, we drive to Kelly Park to take some pictures. This makes the arrival day extremely exhausting this time.

Best Western Skagit Valley Inn, Mount Vernon, Washington **

113mi

Day 2

2015 was an extremely low snow year. For this reason, it is also already snow-free at the top of the road. The trails are also open for the most part. A rarity at the end of May.

Best Western Skagit Valley Inn, Mount Vernon, Washington **

156mi

Day 3

Beautiful drive through the mountains and a delicious coffee in Winthrop.

Inn at Moses Lake, Moses Lake, Washington ****

286mi

Day 4

The stretch between Syringa/Idaho and Lolo/Montana leads idyllically through forests and along the river. If you look at the map, the piece looks very short, BUT it is 189 km long and in between there is nothing but forest and river. Therefore: Refuel before!!!

Quality Inn & Suites Missoula/Montana **

455mi

Day 5

We were a total of 4 full and two half days in the park. I have not written down every day exactly, because we are between the sights also very much on the search for animals around.

Old Faithful Inn, Yellowstone NP, Wyoming ****

325mi

6.-9..Tag

During the days we viewed the following: Mammoth Hot Springs, Firehole Canyon Drive, Fountain Paint Pot, Firehole Lake Drive, Fairy Falls Trails, Biscuit Basin, Upper Geyser Basin, West Thumb, Mud Volcano, Sulphur Caldron, Grand Canyon - Artist Point, Brink of Upper and Lower Fall. Mostly we spent half a day sightseeing and the rest of the day looking for wildlife.

1 night Old Faithful Inn, Yellwostone NP/Wyoming**** und 3 nights Moose Creek Inn, West Yellowstone/Montana ***

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Day 10

There was also a cute little bear here. So always keep your eyes open. Of course, the view from the top of signal mountain was also great.

Miller Park Lodge Jackson/Wyoming ***

190mi

Day 11

The whole time we were looking out for moose and saw none. Today we were lucky, but not in the national park, but simply on the roadside on the way to Blackfoot.

Best Western Blackfoot Inn, Blackfoot/Idaho ***

217mi

Day 12

We didn't really find the long drive very varied today. But fortunately there was the NM for in between.

Best Western & Suites Ontario/Oregon ***

329mi

Day 13

You can skip the drive to Lookout Mtn. The rest of the program was great. Very impressive under which circumstances the early settlers moved through the lands here.

Best Western Prineville Inn, Prineville/Oregon ***

333mi

Day 14

Once around Crater Lake incl. the Pinnacles. That this is possible in June is quite unusual. Usually there would still be snow here. It is so warm that we can walk around in flip-flops.

Crater Lake Lodge, Crater Lake NP/Oregon ****

220mi

Day 15

Umpqua Lighthouse SP, Shore Acres SP, Bob Creek Tidepools, Smelt Sands SP

Comfort Inn, Newport/Oregon ***

324mi

Day 16

Drift Creek Covered Bridge and Shopping

Hilton Garden Inn Portland Airport, Portland/Oregon ****

175mi

Day 17

The Columbia River Gorge is very busy. Especially at the Multnomah Falls it is very busy. It is hard to find a parking space, long traffic jams form. But at the Timberline Lodge there is a purple sea of flowers. Spring arrives very early this year.

Hilton Garden Inn Portland Airport, Portland/Oregon ****

215mi

Day 18

Don't miss the movie at the Visitor Center. Also, take a walk along the Harry's Ridge Trail.

Paradise Lodge, Paradise/Washington ***

235mi

Day 19

The Skyline Trail is one of our top 5 USA hikes. Of course, we also had great weather and a sea of spring flowers. But also the views of the other Cascade Volcanoes and also Mt. Rainer are just gigantic.

Paradise Lodge, Paradise/Washington ***

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Day 20

Also today the weather is so good that you can see Mt. Rainer from Seattle. Lucky.

Best Western Executive Inn, Seattle/Washington ****

228mi

Day 21

Despite prior reservation and printed time, it takes over an hour to get to the top of the Space Needle. There are very many people there.

Best Western Executive Inn, Seattle/Washington ****

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Day 22

The return trip via London is again long and very exhausting. Flight connections with 5 hour layovers is just not for us.

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44mi