Category Archives: Previous Destinations

Alaska and the Yukon ahead!

Our adventure in Alaska and the Yukon is going to be the highlight of the summer, with departure on July 24th, 2010.  I’m so pleased to be doing this Holland America cruise/tour because it will be so unique–getting to see Glacier Bay and the calving glaciers, Denali, and Fairbanks, but also the wilderness in the Yukon.  I just learned that the Yukon river was the last major river on the continent to be explored–in the 1800s.  And how cool to be traveling on the McKinley Explorer Rail, the Yukon Queen River cruise, the White Pass Railroad  AND Holland America’s ms Zuiderdam!

This trip is sponsored by First Church Travelers of Portland First United Methodist Church, and has some space still available until early March.

Just announced: Trains and Canyons of the Southwest

I am considering offering a Collette Vacations tour, Trains and Canyons of the Southwest. 9 days, featuring Scottsdale, Jerome, the Grand Canyon South Rim, Santa Fe, and Albuquerque, with 2 trains and the Sandia Peak Tramway.  There are 8 nights, 2 2-night stays and 1 3-night stay.  I have included the itinerary below, and more information would be available on the www.collettevacations.com website, under the tour name.

Departure would be November 5, 2010, with a cost of $2549 that includes air and transfers from Portland.  A pre- or post-day can be added easily.  I will escort the group if numbers make it possible, but the tour is available, nevertheless.  It sound like great fun!  Let me know if you are interested!

Official trip itinerary