An Apple A Day Is Part Of Portland Hotel’s Teacher Package
The 5th Avenue Suites Hotel in Portland thinks teachers need a break. So, the hotel is offering a holiday overnight retreat for teachers, regardless of where they teach.
The Time Out For Teachers overnight package is $59 for a one-bedroom suite for two ($49 for a deluxe guest room), and includes an apple, evening wine tasting and a complementary apple dessert at the hotel’s restaurant.
The hotel is at 506 SW Washington at Fifth Avenue; call (503) 222-0001.
A room at the inn
Those with relatives or friends in the Libby (Mont.) Care Center or St. Johns Lutheran Hospital in Libby can stay free on Christmas at the Libby Super 8 Motel.
The motel is again offering its Rooms at The Inn holiday package so friends and family can be together at Christmas.
For reservations or information, call the Libby Super 8 Motel, (406) 293-2771.
Fun in the snow
There’s no lack of snow in the high country of western Montana, so the region will again host a wide variety of wintery activities.
Next weekend - Dec. 13-14 - the annual Sled Dog Race to the Lake will be run between Holland and Seeley lakes, north of Missoula.
In January there will be the TransMontana Snowmobile Ride (Jan. 18-23) and the Western Montana Wine Festival in Missoula (Jan. 31)
Other winter activities include a Winter Carnival in Whitefish, Mont., (Feb. 6-8), the U.S. Telemark Skiing National Championship at The Big Mountain (Feb. 28-March 1) and the fourth annual Montana Storytelling Round-Up (April 17-18).
For detailed information about these and other events, call for a free Glacier Country Travel Guide, (800) 338-5072. As usual, call ahead before leaving for an event as some activities are weather-dependent.
Make tracks in Silver Country
With more than a thousand miles of snowmobile trails in the area, plenty of North Idaho inns are offering package deals this winter.
The packages range from sled and bed packages to lodging paired with guided tours. For detailed information, call (208) 769-7587 or visit the Website at www.silvercountry.com.
Traveling on the less-expensive
A new hostel on the Washington coast has joined the group Hostelling International.
The Grays Harbor Hostel is actually in Elma, Wash., halfway between Olympia and Grays Harbor and is near several major bicycle routes.
The 14-bed hostel has a library, hot tub, a par-3 golf course and a self-service bicycle repair shop. Dormstyle accommodations are $9-$12, family rooms are available. For information: Grays Harbor Hostel, 6 Ginny Lane, Elma, WA 98541; (360) 482-3119.
Run with the wolves
You don’t have to be a woman to run with the wolves at the Audubon Center of the North Woods in Minnesota.
The center will have a Wolf Ecology Workshop Jan. 31-Feb. 7, which includes study of wolf behavior and an opportunity to fly with biologists over radio-collared wolves.
In addition, during the week participants will cross-country ski or snowshoe into wolf habitat to help collect track, sign and prey information. There will be opportunities to take dogsled rides and go skijoring (the well-trained dog teams pull cross-country skiers).
Lodging is at the Silver Rapids Lodge in Ely, Minn., at the gateway of the Boundary Waters Canoe Area Wilderness. Cost of the week-long workshop is $1,050, which includes lodging, some meals, the airflight over the wolf packs and transportation to and from the airport in Duluth, Minn. For information, call the Audubon Center of the North Woods, (320) 245-2648.
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