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 Touring  the Columbia and Snake rivers of the Northwest US by boat

About the turn of this century, the tourism people discovered the advantages of river cruise ships. These are simply smaller versions of the giant ocean going cruse ship accommodating two or three hundred persons instead of two or three thousands. They are basically floating luxury hotels traveling on major rivers of world. Since many of the scenic spots are often located within  short drives or simply along the river banks, travelers get to tour major attractions by using this floating hotel during the entire trip, unpack and pack only once during the tour. This is far more convenient than travel by land and in and out of hotels every day. For older travelers, this is the only way to go. During the past fifteen years we have used such service several times and have written about it in my earlier blogs ( e.g. http://blog.sciencenet.cn/blog-1565-619454.html  or http://blog.sciencenet.cn/blog-1565-583372.html ) This  fall we decided to try anAmerican version of such tours operating on the Columbia and Snake rivers of the Northwest of the US. On September 21 we flew from Boston directly to Portland, Oregon, the start our tour. I was able to celebrate visiting the 49th state of the US since coming to America in1950 ( guess which is the 50th state I have not set foot in?). Anyway, I shall record here with text and pictures of out trip. Watch this space in a few days.   (The wi-fi on this boat is unreliable and intermittent. Thus the text and pictures won't be posted until I return home on9/30. Sorry for the delay)

This has now been done and posted at http://blog.sciencenet.cn/home.php?mod=space&uid=1565&do=blog&id=1138478 

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