September 29 - Transfer to Ship & Sailing
Today was our final day in Spokane and the day we were to head out from the hotel to our ship, the Queen of the West. Breakfast was provided by American Cruise Lines and our welcome packets had told us to meet in the lobby at 9:45 am with our luggage and boarding passes. There were nearly 70 guests who were staying at the Hilton Garden Inn - Spokane Airport who were to board the provided charter busses and we were all eagerly awaiting the arrival of our cruise line director. He appeared around 8:30 to answer questions and checked us in as we left the lobby to board one of two busses. We drove south through the Palouse area of Washington and this brought back a lot of memories to Kim and I as we'd driven this route many times to visit our oldest son Jeff when he first began his college football career at Washington State University.....a throw-back photo of me on the sidelines in the late November "game of the year," the Apple Cup vs. arch rival Washington.
The trip took about 1 hour and 45 minutes before we arrived in Clarkson where we soon boarded the Queen of the West to begin our cruising adventure!
On the bus - headed for Clarkson & the Queen of the West
One happy girl to be back on board a river cruise ship
And we're off!
The ONLY way to cruise the Pacific Northwest
Sailing around the bend in the Snake River
The first lock experience of the adventure
Views Along The Snake River
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