Discover a landscape and waterway reaching from the Canadian Rocky Mountain icefields through rich forests and empty deserts, past 20th century science and engineering triumphs and ending at the Graveyard of the Pacific.
Our journey will include stories of indigenous peoples, trailblazers, volcanoes, epic floods, and atomic power. Bob’s lecture also highlights unique landscapes, plants and animals that make the Columbia River valley a unique Pacific wonderland.
Registration ends November 11, 2021
Instructor: Bob Vinatieri
Bob Vinatieri has been to over 60 countries on six continents on a wide variety of planes, boats, and trains. He has lectured at Chicago’s City Wide College on both travel and geography. For the last few years, he has been a Roads Scholar host and lecturer on several of the Columbia/Snake river boats and online.
