After breakfast at the hotel, the group will head a short distance to the Umatilla Reservation to visit the Tamastslikt Cultural Institute to see the story of western expansionism along the Oregon Trail from the tribal perspective. Exhibits will cover the history of the peoples that have lived in the Pendleton region for over 16,000 years. After a wonderful visit, the group will head back to Pendleton for lunch in downtown and then a tour of the Umatilla County Historical Society Museum, which has exhibits of a homestead, schoolhouse, caboose, and more. Next, guests will experience the once a year event at the Pendleton Underground where they will be greeted by card players, dancers, and merchants from the past. In the evening, guests can reflect on their day over dinner before returning to the hotel for another great rest. (B, L, D) 

After breakfast, guests will travel west and cross over into Washington to visit the Maryhill Art Museum which was dedicated 99 years ago and contains more than 80 works by the father of modern sculpture, Auguste Rodin. After ample time to take in the views and beauty of Maryhill, guests will cross back into Oregon and on to the official interpretive center and history museum of the gorge, the Columbia Gorge Discovery Center. Here guests will find exhibits ranging from the Ice Age to Lewis & Clark and onto the future of Wasco County. A short distance down the road is Hood River and guests will check in and freshen up before going out to dinner as a group. Another amazing day. (B, L, D)

This is the last day of our wonderful dive into our region's rich history. Guests will have time for breakfast and then a late-morning departure from Hood River; hopefully the pre-Memorial Day weather in the gorge will give guests a nice morning to walk a bit around downtown Hood River. On the drive back, a small detour will be taken for an end-of-trip treat at the Sugarpine Drive-In, a destination in its own right! Drop offs will occur early afternoon in Tualatin, Woodburn, and Salem. (B)