8/24/11 – 8/30/11
August 24 – Depart Nashville Airport 5:55 for Phoenix and Portland Airport
11:35pm arrive Portland
12:30am Pick up Car at Budget Rent a Car PORTLAND (PDX)
In-Terminal, Walk to car
7102 Northeast Airport Way Portland, OR 97220
No hotel / sleep in parking lot in Mt. Rainier National Park
August 25 – Thursday – Portland, OR
Sunrise 6:22 Noon 1:12 Sunset 8:03
2:30am – Leave Portland for Mt. Rainier National Park 3 ½ hour drive
10:30am – Leave Mt. Rainier National Park for Multnomah Falls 3 hour drive
2:00 – Multnomah Falls
2:45 Leave Multnomah Falls for Newport, 3 hour drive
Elective stop at Wooden Shoe Tulip Farm 33814 S. Meridian Rd. Woodburn,
5:30 arrive in Newport, Agate Beach, Yaquina Bay Lighthouse
1 ½ hour drive to Three Arch Rocks National Wildlife Refuge Arrive near Sunset
11:00pm arrive at Hotel in Portland – 6221 Northeast 82Nd Avenue, Portland, OR 97220
August 26 – Friday – Portland, OR to Seattle, WA
Sunrise 6:19 Noon 1:11 Sunset 8:02 for Seattle
Leave 5:00am for Mount St. Helens – 2 hour drive
11:00 Leave Mt. St Helens for Museum of Glass – 2 hour drive
1:20 Arrive at museum of international contemporary art and glass
2:30 Leave for Microsoft headquarters 45 minute drive
4:30 Leave for First Starbucks 20 minute drive
5:20 Leave Starbucks for Olympic Sculpture Park (walk or 4 minute drive)
7:15 Arrive at Space Needle
9:00 PM Leave Space Needle for Dr Jose Rizal Park / Amazon.com HQ Night Skyline Shots -10 min drive
10:00 Arrive at Redmond Inn – 17601 Redmond Way, Redmond, WA 98052
August 27 – Saturday – Palouse Scenic Byway to Glacier National Park – 9 hours / 619 miles
Sunrise 6:47 Noon 1:38 Sunset 8:29 for Glacier National Park area
10am – Depart from Seattle to drive the Palouse Byway (Might be brown due to harvest if so skip)
8pm – Arrive Super 8 Kalispell – 1341 1St Avenue East Kalispell, MT 59901
August 28 – Sunday – Glacier National Park to Yellowstone – 7 hour drive / 388 miles
Sunrise 6:42 Noon 1:25 Sunset 8:08 for Yellowstone Area
9am – Travel Going to the Way of the Sun Road
Noon – Leave for Yellowstone
6:30pm Arrive at Old Faithful
9pm Arrive at cabin
GPS Coordinates to Lake Yellowstone Cabin / Hotel check in:
N 44 33.005 W 110 24.084
August 29 – Monday –Yellowstone to Grand Teton- 2 hour drive / 77 miles
Sunrise 6:43 Noon 1:23 Sunset 8:04 for Grand Teton Area
7am – Leave Cabin for Yellowstone Grand Canyon
11:22 – Arrive at Mammoth Hot Springs
4pm – Leave Old Faithful for Grand Teton (Jenny Lake)
6pm Arrive at Jenny Lake
10pm: Arrive at Hotel – Super 8 Jackson Hole – 750 S Hwy 89 3 Blks S Teton Turnoff Jackson, WY 83001 US
August 30 – Tuesday – Grand Teton to Salt Lake City – 4 1/2 hour drive / 279 miles
Sunrise 6:44 Noon 1:23 Sunset 8:02 for Grand Teton Area
6:30am – Leave for Snake River overlook, miscellaneous
11am – Leave for Salt Lake City
3:30 – Arrive at Budget Car Rental to Drop of car at Salt Lake City Airport
5:00 – Plane to Denver then Nashville
11pm Arrive Home get up at 4am
Flight Information 1520 Aug 24 Depart Nashville at 05:55 PM Arrive in Phoenix at 07:35 PM 2386 Depart Phoenix at 08:40 PM Arrive in Portland at 11:35 PM
Flight Information – 3223 Aug 30 Depart Salt Lake City at 05:10 PM Arrive in Denver at 06:35 PM 1374 Depart Denver at 07:25 PM Arrive in Nashville at 11:00 PM