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Yellowstone National Park |
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June 20-30, 2010
$1,379 per person/dbl occp
Includes roundtrip transportation, luggage handling, and accommodations and admissions to listed attractions.
Day One
You will board your spacious, video equipped motorcoach with Tulsa, OK,
and the Hard Rock Casino Hotel as your final destination. You will have
a rest stop in Corsicana at the Russell Stover Factory Store where you
will find all types of candies and delicious ice cream and coffee, but save
room for some fine Italian food when you have lunch at Roma’s in Durant,
OK. You will make a rest stop in Okmulgee, OK, at the Creek Council
House Museum. This museum’s permanent collections focus on the Creek
people before and after their forced removal from tribal lands in Georgia
and Alabama. Overnight in Tulsa.
Day Two
After breakfast, you will board your coach for a short ride to Wichita, KS, where you will tour the Cowtown Museum
and experience interactive learning through living history. After lunch in Wichita, you will head to Abilene, KS, and
tour the Eisenhower Museum. Overnight in Salina, KS.
Day Three
After breakfast, you head to Mitchell, SD, home of the World’s Only Corn Palace. This outstanding structure stands as
a tribute to the agricultural heritage of South Dakota. The Corn Palace began in 1892 as “The Corn Belt Exposition,”
and early settlers displayed the fruits of their harvest on the exterior of the building to prove the fertility of South
Dakota soil. Each year new exterior murals are created. Overnight in Mitchell, SD.
Day Four
Today you head to Rapid City, SD, after breakfast at your hotel. You will stop for lunch at the famous Wall Drug in
Wall, SD. Have your cameras ready for some great photos. After lunch you will ride a short distance south of Wall
to the Badlands National Park, and then it’s on to Rapid City. Take a tour of the President’s Walk in Rapid City after
dinner. This city boasts bronze sculptures of most of the US Presidents. Overnight in Rapid City.
Day Five
After breakfast at your hotel, you will start your day with a tour of two of the six National Parks within the Black
Hills. Mt. Rushmore is the monumental granite sculptor by Gutzon Borglum that represents the first 150 years of the
history of the United States of America. It is easily recognizable by the 60 foot sculptures of George Washington,
Thomas Jefferson, Theodore Roosevelt, and Abraham Lincoln. The Crazy Horse Monument is the world’s largest
mountain sculptor carving a memorial to the spirit of legendary Lakota leader Crazy Horse and his culture. The
monument was started in 1948 by sculptor Korczak Ziolkosski and Lakota chief Henry Standing Bear. You will return
to Rapid City for dinner and overnight.
Day Six
After breakfast at your hotel, you will board your coach for a relaxing ride through Wyoming to Cody, where you
will overnight for two nights. On the way you will pass a third of the Black Hills’ National Parks – Devils Tower. You
will arrive in Cody early enough to explore the Buffalo Bill Historical Center. Dinner and overnight will be in Cody
Day Seven
Enjoy breakfast at your hotel before you begin a tour of Yellowstone National Park. Our guide for the day will join
us in Cody, and he promises some exciting views of the park and wildlife. You will have lunch at the famous Old
Faithful Inn in Yellowstone before returning to Cody for dinner and overnight.
Day Eight
Start with breakfast before departing for one more look at Yellowstone. You will explore the south loop of
Yellowstone as you make your way to The Grand Tetons and Jackson, Wyoming, on to Cheyenne,
where you will overnight tonight.
Day Nine
After breakfast at your hotel, you will continue the trip home with tonight’s
destination Cripple Creek, CO. You will have stops en route for coffee and
lunch. Dinner and overnight will be in Cripple Creek at the Double Eagle Hotel
& Casino.
Day Ten
After breakfast, you will depart for Amarillo and the Big Texan Steakhouse.
You Overnight in Amarillo.
Day Eleven
Enjoy breakfast at your hotel this morning, relax and enjoy the ride home.
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