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Summer 2001, Matt & Julie's Planned Itinerary


The following are our planned "major events". Check out the calendar to see when we're planning on being there.
Overview Map

Below is the schedule that we plan to follow during the trip. We probably aren't going to follow it exactly, but it is a start. We plan to diverge from it only for good reason (ie hearing from the locals of something better to do). The goal is to attack every day and let no day go to waste, as you'll see below. Several things will be "set in stone" so to speak because we need to make reservations for them.Calendar "Color Key"

Anything with a color such as or are generally days which we will be away from civilization, hiking, kayaking, etc.

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Last Day of Work for Julie and Matt
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Final Preparations. Drive to Cedar Rapids, IA
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Drive to Julesburg, CO 
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Drive to (and hangout in) Boulder, CO
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Drive to Breckinridge, CO
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Hang out in Summit County
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Head for Oregon
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Head for Oregon
Maybe stop at Crater Lake
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Arrive Astoria, Oregon
We'll be staying with and hanging out with family in Astoria
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Astoria - Sturgeon Fishing!
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Astoria (cont) - not leaving until Matt catches a Columbia River Sturgeon
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Leave for B.C. no later than today!
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Arrive at trailhead and register @ 3:30PM
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West Coast Trail, Vancouver Island, B.C., Canada


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 Take bus/boat back to start
West Coast Trail, Vancouver Island, B.C., Canada
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Start heading back to Oly Nat'l Park, WA
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Olympic National Park Beach Hike, WA This hike may get skipped. After 8 days on the West Coast Trail, we may not want to see another coastal trail for sometimereservation needed for bus back to start
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Hoh-Glacier Meadows via Hoh River Trail, Olympic National Park, WA
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Hike to Enchantment Lakes (Snow Creek Route) - Wenatchee National Forest, WA
2 days to the lakes, 1 day to relax, 2 days to return.
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Hike Loowit Trail, Mt. St. Helens, WA
3-4 day hike depending on how tired we are
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Lake Chelan
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Lake Chelan Continued
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Campbell River Snorkeling
[MAP]
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Arrive Port Hardy
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Leave For Alaska.
Travel Port Hardy to Prince Rupert
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Take 10AM Ferry (M/V Taku) to Ketchikan (Arrive at 5PM)
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Hang out in Ketchikan
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Take 4AM Ferry (M/V Kennicott) to Skagway
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Arrive Skagway 11:45PM
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Sleep In!
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Gear up for Chilkoot Hike
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Chilkoot Trail Hike
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 Ride train back to Skagway
Chilkoot Trail Hike
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Skagway (relax)
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Skagway (relax)
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Skagway (relax)
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Kayaking in Glacier Bay
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Kayaking in Glacier Bay (Cont.)
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Travel to Prudhoe
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Travel to Prudhoe 
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Travel to Prudhoe 
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Travel to Prudhoe 
 


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Prudhoe Bay
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The next few weeks will be spent living by the moment in Alaska... no planned activities
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We'll probably start thinking about heading home sometime over the next week.
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Arrive at home sometime in the next week.
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