The weather gods gave us a beautiful blue sky day! I was picked up at the hotel on time and we had a nice group of folks. John our guide was excellent- friendly, knowledgeable, and offered to take pics for us so we didn't risk losing a phone. We had several stops, including waterfalls, a nice 1 hour lunch in Hood River, Columbia River Gorge and Scenic Highway, Rowena Crest, great views of Mt. Hood, and past by alpaca farms and lots of orchards/wineries. We had a little time to walk around Timberline Lodge and John gave us the short history lesson on it. I grabbed a hot chocolate from there to go. On the way back to Portland John stopped us at the town of Sandy for another scenic view of Mt. Hood and to stretch the legs. It was a full day and worth the money.