Places to Visit - Western States (CA, NV, OR, WA)

Places to Visit in Seattle, Tacoma, Mt. St. Helens, Mt. Rainier, Washington and The Cascades Some of the city's nicknames are Jet City (because of Boeing ), the Rainy City (try not to find out why), and the Gateway to Alaska (true now more than anytime since the Klondike Gold Rush with the annual summer Cruise Rush). Seattle is also known as the Emerald City, in no small thanks to the abundance of lush green Evergreen trees that fill the city from one end to the other. Places to Visit in Portland, Mt. Hood, the Oregon Cascades and Willamette Valley A few of the best places to visit in the Oregon Cascades and Willamette Valley region are Bend, Cascade Lakes Highway, Deschutes River, Hult Center for the Performing Arts, McKenzie Pass Lava Beds, Northern Willamette Valley Vineyards, Rock Climbing at Redmond, Sisters, Three Sisters, Washington Park and , Windsurfing on the Columbia River. Places to Visit in Oregon Coast from Astoria to Coos Bay to Gold Beach Top places to visit in the Oregon Coast are Astoria, Bandon, Cannon Beach, Coos Bay, Depoe Bay, Devils Lake, Florence, Gold Beach and Lincoln City. Places to Visit in Crater Lake, Mt. Shasta, Southern Cascades of California and Oregon Don't miss these places to visit in the Southern Cascades - Ashland, Oregon, Grants Pass, Oregon, Jacksonville, Oregon, Marble Mountain Wilderness, Mount Shasta, California, Natural Bridge, Rogue River National Forest, Oregon Shakespeare Festival, Rogue River, Shasta Dam and Power Plane and Trinity Alps. Places to Visit in Northern California Coast from Bodega Bay to Mendocino to Eureka Favorite places to visit in the Northern California Coast region are Arcata, CA, Bodega Bay, CA, Eureka, CA, Ferndale, CA, Fort Bragg, CA and Mendocino, CA. Places to Visit in San Francisco Bay Area, Carmel, Napa Valley, Central California Coast The central California coast region is home to a jagged, generally unspoiled coastline covered with beaches that are as varied as the topography and the people. In areas close to San Francisco and further south to the Monterey Peninsula and Big Sur, the beaches are rugged and rocky. Places to Visit in San Diego, Laguna Beach, Los Angeles, Malibu, Santa Barbara, Southern California Southern California is probably best known for Hollywood, which is located in the Los Angeles metropolitan area, the largest urban sprawl in the region. Other places of interest in the southern California region are Malibu, Long Beach, Santa Barbara, Orange County, the San Gabriel Mountains, and San Diego. Places to Visit in Lake Tahoe, Reno, Yosemite, Sequoia, in California's Sierra Nevada Mountains Don't miss these places to visit in the Sierra Nevada region - Amador City, California, Chico, California, Genoa, Nevada, Jackson, California, Jamestown, California, Murphys, California, Nevada City, California, Placerville, California, Sonora, California, Sutter Creek, California, and Virginia City, Nevada, Whitney Crest. Places to Visit in Palm Springs, Death Valley and the California Desert The California Desert region covers a very wide swathe of land running from the eastern edge of the Sierra Nevada mountains in the north, to the border with Mexico in the south. East-to-west, the region covers an area from the outskirts of the greater Los Angeles area until around the Nevada state line. Places to Visit in Las Vegas, Lake Mead and the Nevada desert Las Vegas is comprised of two primary venues: Downtown/ Fremont Street and the Las Vegas Strip ( Las Vegas Boulevard ). While casino gambling is the primary activity in both locations, the differences between them are clear. Downtown/Fremont Street Downtown Las Vegas is where the city's development began.