Spa vacations are for travelers who love to be pampered, fed nutritiously and maybe even lose some weight on vacation. Most high-end hotels have spa vacation packages that include the room, choices of spa treatments and dining at spa bistro type restaurants. The choices of spa treatments can vary from Ayurvedic massage by two masseuses at a time, facials using the latest wrinkle reducers, hot stone massage therapy and many others. Some spas offer a medical component with the vacation package. At the beginning of the vacation a person′s health is assessed, and dietary, lifestyle and spa treatment recommendations are...

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Just imagine 15 million Pacific salmon, give or take a few million, swimming up river year after year to reach their spawning grounds. This would be undoubtedly one of the largest fish runs in North America. Imagine the golden skies at dusk and the tree covered space that is before you. This is the way the Columbia Gorge which is part of the Columbia was 200 years ago when Lewis and Clark gazed at this awestruck sight. Fast forward to today and the Columbia River is not the same. 14 dams are on the main stream and on the tributaries...

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