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• Itinerary: Columbia and Snake Rivers cruises are offered in the fall, cruising 1,000 miles of riverway in the wake of Lewis and Clark. In the spring the ship operates in Alaska first from Seattle and Juneau, then primarily on 8-night cruises roundtrip from Juneau in the Wilderness Inside Passage.
• Cabins: 39. All cabins are outside and have air conditioning and a private bath with shower. Some cabins have a pullman berth. There are three suites.
• Dining: There is open-seating, with meals at specific times. Pacific Northwest and Alaskan seafood specialties are frequently served. Fresh fruit throughout the day is in the lounge. Vegetarian diets can be accommodated if requested at time of booking. Some buffet lunches are held on deck.
• Dress: Casual or resort wear in the evenings. No formal nights.
• Facilities and Activities: The vessel has bow stairs for direct offloading of passengers to shore. The center of activity is the observation lounge, where lectures on culture and natural history and videos are given. There is a small library. You can visit the bridge at any time. Activities include whale watching, watching icebergs calve from glaciers. Passengers explore ports, and ride in a high-speed jet boat for many miles through the rapids of the Snake River in the deep gorge of Hell's Canyon. Smoking is allowed outside only.
• Recent Fares Reported to Us:  7-night Columbia & Snake Rivers cruise from $1,549 per person; 8-night Alaskan Inside Passage cruise from $2,999 per person; 10-night Gold Rush cruise from $3,099 per person. Discount for early booking.

SPIRIT OF COLUMBIA
Passenger Capacity: 78
Built: 1979; refurbished 1995
Former Name: New Shoreham II
Length: 143 ft.
Beam: 28 ft.
Draft: 6.5 ft.
Officers and Crew: 21, American

• Itinerary: Cruises in Alaska include a 10-night voyage between Seattle and Juneau, an 8-night cruise roundtrip from Juneau., and a 3 or 4-night cruise in Prince William Sound. In the spring and fall, the ship explores British Columbia on a 7-night itinerary roundtrip from Seattle.
• Cabins: There are inside and outside cabins, most with twin beds that can be converted to queen, and have a bath with shower. Cabins on the bridge and upper decks open directly onto port or starboard promenades. Lower-deck cabins have portlights high on the bulkhead, not for viewing. Baths in these cabins have hand-held showers. They are over the engine room and some report that they can be noisy when the ship is underway.
• Dining: There is an open-seating dining room with one seating. Vegetarian diets can be accommodated if requested at time of booking.
• Dress: Casual or resort wear at night.
• Facilities and Activities: The vessel has a bow ramp for easy access to the shore for passengers to disembark.  Smoking is only permitted outside on deck.
• Recent Fares Reported to Us: British Columbia from $1,449 per person.  Other voyages from $1,149 per person for a 3-night cruise and from $3,099 for the 10-night cruise. Early booking savings. 

SPIRIT OF DISCOVERY Travel Report
Passenger Capacity: 84
Built: Built 1976; refurbished 1992
Former Name: Independence; Columbia
Length: 166 ft.
Beam: 37 ft.
Draft: 7.5 ft. 
Officers and Crew: 21, American

•  Itinerary: Columbia and Snake Rivers cruises are in spring and fall, cruising 1,000 miles of riverway in the wake of Lewis and Clark. In the summer the ship operates in Alaska: a 10-night voyage between Seattle and Juneau, and an  8-night Alaska Inside Passage itinerary one way between Ketchikan and Juneau.
• Cabins: 43. All cabins are outside and have a private bath. Some cabins are singles. Cabins have double or queen bed, two twins, or an upper and lower berth. Some have TV/VCR and minibar. Some cabins on the Bridge Deck and Lounge Deck are entered from the outside. Two lowest priced cabins are on the lower main deck forward, with walls that conform to the curve of the hull.
• Dining: There is an open-seating dining room with one seating.  Local food is served. Vegetarian diets can be accommodated if requested at time of booking.
• Dress: Casual during the day and at night.
• Facilities and Activities: There are three exercise machines. Main activity is viewing the scenery. Passengers have free access to the bridge at all times. Smoking is only permitted outside. There are occasional lectures and crew entertainment. The ship stops at small ports and will vary its schedule for events such as whale-watching or wildlife sightings. On the Columbia and Snake River cruise, guests visit the Maryhill Museum with a large collection of Rodin sculpture and the Fort Clatsop National Memorial Park at the site of the 1805 winter encampment of Lewis and Clark.
• Recent Fares Reported to Us: Seven-night Columbia & Snake Rivers cruises from $2,049 per person. Alaska voyages from $3,649. Packages are available for stays before or after the cruise. Early booking and early final payment savings.

SPIRIT OF ENDEAVOUR    Travel Report
Passenger Capacity: 102
Built: 1983; refurbished 1996
Former Names: Newport Clipper, Sea Spirit
Length: 217 ft.
Beam: 37 ft.
Draft: 8.5 ft.
Officers and Crew: 28; American

• Itinerary: January to March the ship cruises Baja Mexico's Sea of Cortes, seven nights roundtrip from Cabo San Lucas, visiting wilderness islands and the port of Loreto. Cruise guests visit the gray whales at Bahia Magdalena when the whales are present mid-January to mid-March. In late spring and late summer there is a 10-night voyage between Seattle and Juneau and an 8-night Alaska's Inside Passage itinerary one way between Ketchikan and Juneau all summer. In the fall, three and four-night California Wine Country cruises are offered round trip from San Francisco.
• Cabins: 51. All cabins are outside and have TV/VCR, individually controlled air-conditioning, and private bath with shower.
• Dining: There is an open-seating dining room with one seating. Vegetarian diets can be accommodated if requested at time of booking.
• Dress: Casual during the day and at night.
• Facilities and Activities: The library has books about the regions visited and videos. You can visit the bridge at any time. There is no smoking in the dining room or anywhere inside the vessel. There are occasional lectures.
• Recent Fares Reported to Us: Sea of Cortes cruise from $2,249 per person.  Alaska voyages from $3,799 per person.  3-night California Wine Country cruise from $949 per person. For most cruises there is a discount for early booking.

SPIRIT OF '98
Passenger Capacity: 96
Built: 1984; refurbished 1995
Former Names: Colonial Explorer; Victorian Empress, Pilgrim Belle
Length: 192 ft.
Beam: 40 ft.
Draft: 9 ft.
Elevator: 1
Officers and Crew: 26, American

•  Itinerary: Columbia and Snake Rivers cruises are offered spring and fall, cruising 1,000 miles of riverway in the wake of Lewis and Clark. In the summer there are two itineraries in Alaska: a 10-night voyage between Seattle and Juneau, and an 8-night Alaska Inside Passage itinerary one way between Ketchikan and Juneau.
• Cabins: 49. All cabins are air-conditioned, have a private bathroom with shower and have windows that open. Cabins on lounge and upper decks open onto promenades. Six cabins have queen beds, two have upper/lower bunks, others have twins. There is a large two-room owner's suite on the top bridge deck with picture windows on both sides. It is the only cabin on the deck and has a sitting area, a complimentary bar, TV/VCR, king-size bed, and full-size tub.
• Dining: There is an open-seating dining room with one seating. Pacific Northwest and Alaskan cuisine highlights fresh seafood and local produce and local wines and beers. There are meat and seafood choices at all dinners. Specialties include fresh halibut, Oregon razor clams, Dungeness crab, and salmon. There is no smoking in the dining room or elsewhere inside the vessel. There is room service in the owner's suite. Vegetarian diets can be accommodated. There is a barbecue lunch on deck.
• Dress: Casual during the day, casual or resort wear at night.
• Facilities and Activities: There is a main lounge and a second lounge with wraparound windows in the stern. The interior looks turn-of -the-century Victorian and was used in a scene in Kevin Costner's movie Wyatt Earp. There are two exercise machines, a player piano in the main lounge. Passengers spend most time on deck or inside viewing glaciers and wildlife. There is one night of crew entertainment and occasional lectures.
• Recent Fares Reported to Us: 8-night Alaska cruises from $3,799 per person, including a shore activity in every port. Columbia & Snake Rivers cruises from $2,299 per person. Discount for early booking.

• Itinerary: The Caribbean, including the Orinoco River in Venezuela, from December through March; Central America and the Panama Canal in March and April, November and December; the Sea of Cortez in April and November; British Columbia and Alaska in the summer; the Pacific Northwest in September; and 4-day wine cruises of California in September and October.
• Cabins: 69. Cabins are simple, but efficient. All cabins are outside, have individually controlled air-conditioning and heating, two lower beds, and a private bath with shower. Some cabins open onto the promenade rather than to a corridor. Some have pullmans and can accommodate a third person. Many have a picture window. Cabins have a radio for announcements and music, but no TV or phone.
• Dining: There is an open-seating dining room with one seating. There is American cuisine with regional specialties. Special diets can be accommodated with advance notice. Entree choices always include a vegetarian selection.
• Dress: Casual during the day. Resort wear or jackets for men at night. Somewhat dressy (sport coat will do) at the Welcome Aboard and Farewell parties.
• Facilities and Activities: The vessel is designed for cruising in coastal waters, bringing passengers in close to out-of-the-way places. The observation lounge is surrounded by windows forward and on both sides for sheltered viewing although most people like to be out on the forward or top decks. On promenade deck, 14 laps equal a mile. Naturalists and historians accompany the cruises. A typical evening features a recap of who has seen what, a talk or slide show on the next day’s activities. There may be wine-tasting when exploring the coast of California, in Alaska a native artist demonstrates wood-carving and drum-making, or local musicians may come aboard to play music of the region. Motorized landing craft are used for landing on small islands and beaches. A shore day might include swimming, snorkeling, a hike in a nature preserve, making rubbings of petroglyphs or watching native folk dances. A favorite excursion -- going by dugout canoe up the Sambu River and visiting the Choco Indians at their village in the Darien Jungle and being entertained with dancing to flute and drum music and seeing fine carvings and basketry. (Shirley has a frog carved from a rare jungle wood worthy of being in the Museum of Modern Art.) An optional flightseeing excursion goes through Devil’s Canyon to Angel Falls, the world’s highest waterfall.
• Recent Fares Reported to Us: Three-night cruise of California wine country  starting at $1,299; four nights at $1,949.