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SUMMARY:Tunica\, Baton Rouge & New Orleans
DESCRIPTION:We inaugurated this tour in 2018 and it was such a success we have been asked by many to feature it once again.  We have done just that with this itinerary. We have also added additional attractions and extended our time in New Orleans.Itinerary:\nDAY 1: SUNDAY\, SEPTEMBER 13\n8:00 AM – Depart Cedar Rapids Sam’s Club on Blairs Ferry Rd behind Burger King\n– Additional pickup locations\, Super Target on Edgewood Rd. and Walmart in Coralville\n10:45 AM – Arrive at Fiddlestiks Restaurant in Hannibal\, MO. Brunch on your own.\n12:00 PM – Depart Hannibal\, MO\n2:00 PM – Rest Stop in Lake of the the Ozarks\, MO\n2:30 PM – Depart Lake of the Ozarks\, MO\n5:00 PM – TBD Rest Stop and Dinner\n6:00 PM – Depart Rest Stop\n8:30 PM – Arrive at The Gold Strike Resort and Casino in Tunica\, MS\nToday is a travel day and some modification to our schedule may be made to facilitate everyone’s comfort. \nDAY 2: MONDAY\, SEPTEMBER 14\n8:00 AM – Depart Tunica.\n11:00 AM – TBD Rest Stop\n1:00 PM – 2nd TBD REST STOP AND LUNCH\nApprox. 2:30 PM – North of Baton Rouge you will pick up a guide. The guide will give a background history on Louisiana\, including the differences between its Creole and Cajun heritage and the stories of Huey Long. Arriving in Baton Rouge the guide will continue the tour including a stop at the capitol building with its panoramic view of the city. \n5:00 PM – Depart for the Inn at Houmas House and Gardens\nLocated between Baton Rouge and New Orleans\, Louisiana\, this circa-1840 Greek revival mansion & plantation includes gardens\, lodging & elegant restaurants. The Houmas House Estate allows visitors to experience the life of wealthy plantation owners in the 1800’s. The mansion has been restored to the antebellum era\, reflecting the opulence and wealth this sugarcane farm boasted in the 1880’s.\nThe guided mansion tour walks through the 250-year history\, showing the architectural evolution of this manor house and how it became a grand estate. Rare and period artwork and artifacts are displayed and used to explain plantation life. The gardens are expansive and the most exquisite in Plantation Country. They are a lush 38-acre panorama of indigenous Louisiana plant life and stunning exotics. Many sitting areas have been provided around the property to invite guests to sit and experience the year-round grandeur of the ancient oak alley\, the fragrance of spring and summer blooms and the sights and sounds of bird life\, wildlife and plantation life of long ago. Each courtyard displays a dramatic water feature where exotic Lotus and Lily pads thrive. Large and colorful Koi friskily circle the ponds providing vibrant colors and a peaceful feeling.\nThe Inn at Houmas House is a collection of quaint cottages nestled along an alley of ancient oak trees and surrounded by lush gardens\, allowing guests to get lost in the tranquility of the South. You will be staying in one of the 21 luxurious cottages. The Mighty Mississippi River is just steps away and a peaceful setting to watch the sun rise or set. The cottages depict historic structures that once graced Uncle Sam Plantation\, which was located downriver from Houmas House.  Comfortable and romantic\, each room is decorated with old world furnishings\, unique artwork and comfortable seating nooks.\nDinner is included at your leisure in The Carriage House. This restaurant redefines the luxury dining experience\, combining intimacy and comfort in a breathtaking atmosphere. The cuisine in this restaurant takes a contemporary progressive approach to Louisiana cuisine\, offering traditional Louisiana dishes with a twist. It has captured attention of food critics nationwide and been voted one of the top places to dine in the country. Golf cart transportation is available throughout your stay to take you to the various venues. \nDAY 3: TUESDAY\, SEPTEMBER 15\nBreakfast is included in the Carriage house.\nMorning is free to tour the Plantation House and visit the gardens\n11:00 AM – A buffet lunch is included at Café Burnside.\nSurrounded by lush gardens and overlooking a courtyard\, you are able to enjoy the New Orleans style architecture while admiring the landscape.\nNoon – Depart for Laura Plantation \nLaura Plantation: Louisiana’s Creole Heritage Site Tour Laura Plantation\, a Creole plantation built in 1804. Step into the lost world of Laura Locoul Gore and her Créole family. Take a journey beyond the myths of the American South and discover the compelling stories of 4 generations of Créole women\, both free and enslaved. Learn about the unique characteristics of the Creole Culture. Explore the museum. Tour the Big House. Walk the grounds. Stand in an authentic 1840s slave cabin. Explore the compelling history of The Duparc Sugar Plantation.\n2:30 PM – Depart for New Orleans.\n3:30 PM – Arrive Hotel St. Marie\n5:00 PM – Depart on a walking tour of the French Quarter.\nThe French Quarter is the city’s historic heart\, famous for its vibrant nightlife and colorful buildings with cast-iron balconies. Crowd-pleasing Bourbon Street features jazz clubs\, Cajun eateries and raucous bars serving potent cocktails. Quieter streets lead to the French Market\, with gourmet food and local crafts\, and to Jackson Square where street performers entertain in front of soaring St. Louis Cathedral.\nEvening free for dinner (on own) and to sample variety of activities and eateries available in the French Quarter. \nDAY 4: WEDNESDAY\, SEPTEMBER 16\nBreakfast is included at the hotel\n9:00 AM – Depart for a tour of New Orleans including a mid-morning snack of beignets at the Café du Monde and a tour of the Cemeteries. Either the Lafayette or the St. Louis Cemetery. Both are filled with the remains of notable characters of the old New Orleans era.\nNew Orleans is like a good memory that rests easy on your mind – the music is sweet\, the food divine\, that atmosphere captivating and the pace is definitely more leisurely.  Join us as we explore all that makes New Orleans America’s most European city.\nAs you ride past beautiful Jackson Square\, your tour guide will reconstruct the first days of the old French City.  The sights and sounds of the mighty Mississippi River\, St. Louis Cathedral\, Cabildo and Pontalba buildings are just some of the highlights of this area.  You will continue past the French Market and the U.S. Mint.\nNext we will arrive on Esplanade Ave\, the outermost boundary of the French Quarter\, you will see a stunning display of the many fine Creole homes with delicate wrought iron fences and balconies.  You’ll visit St. Louis III Cemetery \, often called “the city of the dead” because of its above ground tombs. Across from Bayou St. John\, you will see beautiful City Park with its lush greenery and scenic lagoons.  Located on the park’s grounds is the New Orleans Museum of Art set among the overhanging Live Oak trees and Spanish Moss.\nYour tour guide will give a “local’s” chronology of events leading up to Hurricane Katrina and the days immediately following.  You will travel through Lakeview\, one of the hardest hit areas of New Orleans. You will witness the revival of our beautiful city by citizens who refused to give in.  You will see Lake Pontchartrain and view the massive pumping station in the 17th Street Canal.\nThe next part of the journey will take us to the old town of Carrollton and the route of the St. Charles streetcar.  You will pass Tulane and Loyola Universities as the ancient oaks of Audubon Park come into view. The heart of Uptown showcases some of the city’s lovliest neighborhoods\, while the Garden District is distinguished by its Greek Revival architecture and splendid gardens.\nLunch on own and the afternoon is free to explore the shops of the French Quarter and/or New Orleans\n6:00 PM – Depart for the New Orleans School of Cooking.\n6:45 PM – Dinner and Demonstration at New Orleans School of Cooking\nMenu Includes: Soup: Corn and Crab Bisque\, Entree: Chicken Etouffee\, Dessert: Bread Pudding\, Lagniappe: Original Pralines \nDAY 5: THURSDAY\, SEPTEMBER 17\nBreakfast is included at the hotel.\n9:00 AM – Depart for Jean Lafitte Swamp Tour.\nAn unforgettable swampland journey! Located in the Jean Lafitte National Historical Park and Preserve\, Jean Lafitte Swamp and Airboat Tours explore Louisiana’s back country along its meandering bayous abundant with wildlife and exotic plant life. Trained navigators escort you into the murky waters of Louisiana swamps where you will come face to face with the beauty and beasts of nature. Experience a real-life Cajun encounter on comfortable and spacious swamp boats as you meander deep into Louisiana’s mysterious and picturesque bayous. Explore moss draped cypress trees teeming with wildlife while the native captain and tour guide tells of the daring exploits of pirates and Native Americans\, made famous through song and story. Learn about intriguing legends and lore of the state’s still untamed wetland wilderness during this adventure and discover the different species of plants and animals native to the swamp.\n12:30 PM – Depart for the World War II Museum\nDesignated by Congress as the official WWII museum of the United States\, The National WWII Museum is in downtown New Orleans on a six-acre campus\, where five soaring pavilions house historical exhibits\, on-site restoration work\, and restaurants. Offering a compelling blend of sweeping narrative and poignant personal detail\, The National WWII Museum features immersive exhibits\, multimedia experiences\, and an expansive collection of artifacts and first-person oral histories\, taking visitors inside the story of the war that changed the world.\nRanked the #1 attraction in New Orleans on Trip Advisor and recipient three years in a row of the Travelers’ Choice Award\, the Museum brings history to life with moving personal stories and powerful interactive displays. Exhibits not only highlight the role of world leaders\, but also the everyday men and women who found the strength and courage to accomplish the extraordinary.\n4:00 PM – Your visit concludes with the film “Beyond all Boundaries.”\nShown exclusively in The National WWII Museum’s Solomon Victory Theater\, it is a 4D journey through the war that changed the world. This Museum-produced experience is narrated by executive producer Tom Hanks\, with Phil Hettema serving as show producer and creative director. Beyond All Boundaries features dazzling effects\, CGI animation\, multilayered environments\, and first-person accounts from the trenches to the Home Front read by Brad Pitt\, Tobey Maguire\, Gary Sinise\, Patricia Clarkson\, Wendell Pierce\, and more.\n5:00 PM – Depart for your hotel.  We may depart directly from the World Warll Museum to the cruise area where there is all types of shopping.\n6:15 PM – Depart for a Jazz Cruise on the Mississippi River\n7:00 PM – Savor the beauty and romance of New Orleans skyline aboard the Paddle wheeler Creole Queen.\nAppreciate the breathtaking views of the city as you enjoy a casual buffet. Step back into the glamour and romance of the riverboat and experience the lively sounds of the amazing Sullivan Dabney\, Jr. and the Muzik Jazz Band. After dinner enjoy the sweet Mississippi River breezes on the promenade deck as the city skyline slips by under a canopy of stars. This nighttime cruise is pure New Orleans. \nDAY 6: FRIDAY\, SEPTEMBER 18\nBreakfast is included at the hotel.\n8:00 AM – Depart for the Rural Life Museum\n9:45 AM – Arrive at the Rural Life Museum.\nThe LSU Rural Life Museum is dedicated to the preservation and exhibition of materials from the cultures of 18th and 19th century rural Louisianans. Travel back in time and experience the lifestyles and life-ways of these remarkable people with the largest collection of artifacts and architecture from the period\, all in a safe\, outdoor rural landscape.\n11:00 AM – Lunch and entertainment is included at the Rural Life Museum.\n12:30 PM – Depart for the La Quinta Inn and Suites. West Memphis\n3:30 PM – TBD  Rest Stop\n6:30 PM – Arrive at La Quinta Inn and Suites. West Memphis.\nEVENING ON OWN. Walking distance to Cracker Barrel restaurant. \nDay 7: SATURDAY\, SEPTEMBER 19\n8:00 AM – Depart West Memphis for Cedar Rapids\, IA\n10:30 AM – TBD Rest Stop\n11:00 AM – Depart Rest Stop\n2:00 PM – Lunch at Fiddlestiks – Hannibal\, MO\n3:00 PM – Depart Hannibal\, MO\n6:00 PM – Arrive in Cedar Rapids\, IA \nTour Includes: \n6 Nights Lodging \n2 Nights at the Gold Strike Casino and Resort\, Tunica Ms.\n1 night at the Inn at Houmas House\, an historic Plantation & Gardens\n3 nights at the Hotel St. Marie in the New Orleans French Quarter \n9 Meals \n4 Breakfasts\nLunch and entertainment at the LSU Rural Life Museum\nLunch at Burnside Café at Houmas Plantation\nGourmet dinner in the Carriage House at Houmas Plantation\nCooking demonstration and dinner at the New Orleans School of Cooking\nDinner Jazz cruise aboard the Creole Queen \nTour of Baton Rouge including the State Capitol\nAdmission to and tour of Houmas House\, a circa 1850 Plantation\nVisit to the 38 acres of formal gardens at Houmas House\nAdmission and tour of Laura Plantation\nWalking tour of the New Orleans French Quarter\nTour of New Orleans including: \nStop at the Café du Monde for coffee and beignets.\nWalking tour through the St. Louis Cemetery \nBoat tour of Jean Lafitte Swamp\nPedi-Bike taxi from the hotel to the New Orleans School of Cooking\nAdmission to the National WWII Museum including: \nTicket to “Beyond all Boundaries” \nLuggage handling at included hotels. \nCost:\n$1835 pp.dbl.oc.\n$1698 pp. Tri.oc.\n$2275 Sig. Oc. \nContact us to reserve your seat(s) \n
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SUMMARY:Guys and Dolls
DESCRIPTION:Based on the award-winning film starring Frank Sinatra and Marlon Brando\, this musical romantic comedy involves the unlikeliest of Manhattan pairings. From the bustle of Times Square to the dance clubs of Havana\, Guys and Dolls demonstrates the great lengths to which a guy will go when he truly falls in love with a “doll.”\nItinerary\n9:00 AM – Motor coach will be on site for loading at Cedar Rapids Sam’s Club behind Burger King on Blairsferry Rd\n9:30 AM – Depart from Cedar Rapids Sam’s Club\nAdditional pick up locations in route – Super Target on Edgewood Rd & Walmart in Coralville\n11:45 AM –  Arrive Circa ’21 Dinner Playhouse\n12:00 – 1:00 PM – Wonderful meal with multiple selections\n1:00 PM – Showtime\nApprox. 3:30 PM – Depart Circa ’21 for Cedar Rapids\n5:00 PM – Arrive at Cedar Rapids Sam’s Club \nPrice\n$105.00 \n\n					THIS EVENT HAS BEEN CANCELLED\n
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LOCATION:Circa ’21 Dinner Playhouse\, 1828 3rd Avenue\, Rock Island\, Illinois\, 61201\, United States
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SUMMARY:Cranberry Festival 2020
DESCRIPTION:When we think about cranberries we think about Thanksgiving\, which happens to be just around the corner. Nothing goes better with Turkey and apple pie than Cranberries. So why not celebrate the Cranberry with a festival and that’s exactly what the folks in Warrens Wisconsin did many years ago. And guess what\, The Warrens Cranberry Festival has turned out to be a bigger than life event for the folks in the heart of cranberry country. This is an absolutely must do early fall day trip. Discover the color of fall at the 48th Warrens Cranberry Festival. \nLocated one hour southeast of Eau Claire and two hours northwest of Madison. The small village of 350 swells to over 100\,000 shoppers searching for that unique fine among the 1300 art and craft booths from twenty-six states! This fest is a great way to accomplish all your seasonal decorating ideas or holiday gifts. The flea/antique market area is a stop for the men to pick up new fishing lures\, hunting knives and scopes for the fall hunting season. \nThe Farm Market has a huge selection of all the fall produce apples\, gourds\, pumpkins\, popcorn\, Indian corn\, with fresh cranberries\, juices\, salsas\, jams/jellies and all the traditional fall veggies. There is even a largest vegetable contest as well as a scarecrow contest along with the\nbiggest cranberry and pumpkin. Check out the photography\, quilts\, flowers\, food demos. \nShoppers state if you cannot find it in Warrens-it’s not available! This festival was credited by USA TODAY as “TOP 10 BEST FALL FESTIVALS”. FORBES.COM covers this festival as being one of “9 U.S FALL FESTIVALS WORTH TRAVELING TO”. \nA must do favorite is the Cranberry Bog Tours on Friday and Saturday starting at 8 a.m. follow up with a visit to the Wisconsin Cranberry Discovery Center on Main Street. You may eat your way through the many ethnic food vendors starting out with pancakes and\ncranberry syrup but don’t forget to leave room for Marshfield’s Sweet Adeline’s Cranberry Cream Puffs! \nFor more detailed information on this exceptional event please check www.cranfest.com This is a trip you won’t want to miss. Although transportation cost is a bit more expensive on the weekends we have scheduled this tour on a Saturday for those that work during the week and for those who would like to make this tour a real family affair without taking a day off from work or school. \n  \nItinerary:\n6:00 AM – DEPART SAMS CLUB BEHIND BURGER KING ON BLAIRSFERRY RD.\n8:15 AM – ARRIVE FENNIMORE WI. FOR A SHORT BREAK AND A LITTLE CHEESE BUYING AS THIS IS THE CHEESE CAPITAL OF WISCONSIN.\n8:45 AM – DEPART FENNIMORE WI. FOR WARRENS WI. TRAVELING ALONG THE PICTURESQUE HIGHWAYS OF SOUTHWESTERN WISCONSIN\n11:00 AM – ARRIVE CRANBERRY FESTIVAL WARRENS WISCONSIN. LET THE FUN BEGIN\n5:00 PM – DEPART THE CRANBERRY FESTIVAL WITH ALL YOUR TREASURES. WE WILL MAKE A SHORT NON SCHEDULED BREAK ABOUT HALF WAY HOME \n10:00 PM – ARRIVE SAMS CLUB CEDAR RAPIDS\n10:30 PM – CALL ALL OF YOUR FRIENDS WHO UNFORTUNATELY MISSED THE TRIP AND TELL THEM WHAT A GREAT TIME YOU HAD. \n  \nPrice:\n$ 99.75 PP Includes Transportation\, and event parking fees via. Luxury Motor Coach\, \nTHIS TOUR SELLS OUT VERY EARLY EVERY YEAR. PLEASE BOOK YOUR RESERVATION EARLY TO AVOID DISAPPOINTMENT \n\n					THIS EVENT HAS BEEN CANCELLED\n
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LOCATION:Warrens\, WI
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SUMMARY:7-Day South Dakota Extravaganza & More
DESCRIPTION:DAY 1\, SUNDAY SEPT. 27 \n7:00 AM – Depart Cedar Rapids Sam’s Club on Blairs Ferry Rd.\nAdditional pickup locations: Super Target on Edgewood Rd. & Walmart in Coralville\n9:00 AM – Rest Stop at Jordan Creek Mall\, West Des Moines\, IA\n9:30 AM – Depart West Des Moines area\n12:30 PM – Rest Stop TBD\n1:00 PM – Depart Rest Area\n3:45 PM – Arrive at Mitchell\, SD “Corn Palace”\nTour the World’s Only Corn Palace. Eight years before the turn of the 20th century\, in 1892 (when Mitchell\, South Dakota was a small\, 12-year old city of 3\,000 inhabitants) the World’s Only Corn Palace was established on the city’s Main Street. It was built to prove to the world that South Dakota had a healthy agricultural climate. During it’s over 100 years of existence\, it has become known worldwide. Some 500\,000 tourists come from around the nation each year to see the uniquely designed corn murals.\n4:45 PM – Depart Mitchell\, SD\n7:00 PM – Arrive in Murdo\, SD\nDinner is included at the Covered Wagon Café.  Choice upon arrival of Dinner Entree: \n\nPot Roast Dinner\nChicken Dinner\n1/2 rack of pork ribs\n\nIncludes drink\, slice of pie\, mashed potatoes\, vegetable and choice of soup or salad.\n8:30 PM – Accommodations are at Range Country Lodging. \n  \nDAY 2\, MONDAY SEPT. 28 \n7:00 AM – A Chuck Break Breakfast is included at the hotel.\n8:45 AM – Depart hotel. Pick up snack lunches at the Covered Wagon Café. (SET WATCHES TO MOUNTAIN TIME)\n9:00 AM – Minuteman Visitor Center. Minuteman Missile National Historic Site.  Due to the time change we will depart the hotel and arrive at the Missile Historic Site at about the same time. Even though it’s an hour down the road.\n10:00 AM – Depart for “The Badlands”\n10:15 AM –  Arrive at Ben Reifel Visitor Center\, Orientation to the Badlands.\n11:00 AM –  Depart the Visitor Center. We will drive through the Badlands and make a stop at one of the overlooks for photos and eat the box lunch.\n1:00 PM – Arrive at the Delta 9 Missile site. We will attempt to have an informant talk to us about the site. It will depend on their scheduling.  For people with cell phones there is a cell phone tour.\n2:00 PM – Depart for Wall Drug Store.\n4:00 PM – Depart for Deadwood\, SD\n5:30 PM – Arrive in Deadwood\, SD – Iron Horse Inn and Hickok’s Hotel and Gaming (Casino)\nHickok’s will host a Welcome Reception with free pizza\, coffee\, and soda. A cash bar will be available.\nEach guest will receive 3 coupons for a breakfast at the Lee Street Station restaurant\, located within the Iron Horse Inn. Three breakfast choices will be available for the group. \n  \n10:00 AM DEPART FOR “THE BADLANDS” \n10:15 AM Arrive Ben Reifel Visitor Center\, Orientation to the Badlands. \n11:00 AM depart the visitor Center. We will drive through the Badlands and make a stop at one of the overlooks for photos and eat the box lunch.  \n1:00 PM Arrive the Delta 9 Missile site. We will attempt to have an informant talk to us about the site. It will depend on their scheduling.  For people with cell phones there is a cell phone tour. \n2:00 PM Depart for Wall Drug Store. \n4:00 PM Depart for Deadwood\, SD.  \n5:30 PM Arrive Deadwood\, SD.       Iron Horse Inn and Hickok’s Hotel and Gaming (Casino) \nEach guest will receive 3 coupons for a breakfast at the Lee Street Station restaurant\, located within the Iron Horse Inn. Three breakfast choices will be available for the group. \nDAY 3:  TUESDAY\, SEPT. 29\nBreakfast is included at the Lee Street Station restaurant\, located within the Iron Horse Inn.\n9:00 AM – Depart for a morning tour of Deadwood. Lunch on own and afternoon free.\n4:30 PM – Depart for Keystone\, SD. Dinner included. Location to be determined.\n7:30 PM – Arrive for the lighting ceremony at Mt. Rushmore. See the illuminated faces\, listen to a speech presentation by a park ranger and watch a video all about Mount Rushmore! At this internationally recognized “Shrine of Democracy.”  . BE SURE TO BRING JACKETS. EVEN IF HOT DURING THE DAY\, IT GETS CHILLY AT NIGHT BECAUSE OF THE ELEVATION.\nTBD – Depart for Deadwood SD\, Hotels for the evening \nDAY 4: WEDNESDAY\, SEPT. 30\nBreakfast is included at the Lee Street Station restaurant\, located within the Iron Horse Inn.\n9:00 AM – Depart Deadwood\, SD.\n11:00 AM – Arrive at Devil’s Tower National Monument.\nDevils Tower rises above the surrounding grassland and Ponderosa pine forests like a rocky sentinel. Northern Plains Tribes have lived and held ceremonies near this remarkable geologic formation for thousands of years. Fur trappers\, explorers\, and settlers alike were awed by the tower’s majesty. In 1906\, President Theodore Roosevelt established Devils Tower as our nation’s first national monument.\nTBA – On Wednesday\, September 30th Iron Horse will host a Farewell Reception with free snacks\, coffee\, and soda. A cash bar will be available. Dinner on own this evening. \nDAY 5: THURSDAY\, OCT. 1\nBreakfast is included at the Lee Street Station restaurant\, located within the Iron Horse Inn.\n8:00 AM – Depart the hotel on an all-day tour on vans.\n9:00 AM –  Meet the vans in Rapid City and drive to Iron Mt. Road with tunnels that frame Mt Rushmore and Pigtail bridges and continue to Mt. Rushmore. Visit Mt. Rushmore Memorial. Lunch is on your own – (soups\, sandwich\, salad\, ice cream or full entrees available). Visit Crazy Horse Memorial. Drive to Sylvan Lake and Needles Highway with stops at the Cathedral Spires overlook and Needles Eye pull off.\nComfort stop at Game Lodge Area. Drive Wildlife Loop in Custer State Park – hope to see buffalo\, deer\, antelope\, begging burros\, prairie dogs\n4:00 -4:30 PM –  you will be dropped off at Bluebell Lodge for the Chuck wagon dinner and wagon ride.\nChoice of 8 oz. sirloin\, burger or black bean veggie burger. Be part of a Blue Bell tradition. This old-fashioned hayride takes you on a 45-minute scenic drive on the park’s beautiful backroad to a mountain meadow canyon for a chuck wagon feast. On the way\, you can sing along to classic country and folk music—and maybe catch a sighting of the wildlife! Each guest gets a souvenir cowboy hat and bandanna to help you play the part.\nDepart for Mammoth Hot Springs. (Hotel to be determined) \nDAY 6: FRIDAY\, OCT. 2\nBreakfast is included at the hotel.\nDepart for the Mammoth Site.\n9:00 AM – Arrive at The Mammoth Site in Hot Springs\, South Dakota.\nThe Mammoth Site boasts the largest concentration of Columbian mammoths in the world. Tour this indoor active dig site and view Ice Age fossils. Travel back in time to the late Ice Age with an indoor guided tour. Walk the edges of a sinkhole where Columbian and wooly mammoths\, camels\, wolves and giant short-faced bear became trapped leaving an ancient treasure trove of fossil remains. This actively working excavation site features the fossils of over 60 mammoths. 10:00 AM Depart for Scottsbluff National Monument.\n10:00 AM – Depart for Scotts Bluff National Monument.\nLunch included enroute. Location to be advised.\n1:30 PM – Visit Scotts Bluff National Monument.\nTowering 800 feet above the North Platte River\, Scotts Bluff has served as a landmark for peoples from Native Americans to emigrants on the Oregon\, California and Mormon Trails to modern travelers. The road to the summit provides some spectacular views.\n3:00 PM – Depart Scottsbluff for Bayard\, Nebraska.\n3:30 PM – Stop at Chimney Rock National Historic Site.\nFeel the awe and curiosity the pioneers experienced when they saw the most famous landmark on the Oregon\, California\, and Mormon Trails. See museum exhibits\, and learn more about the great migration at the Ethel and Christopher J. Abbott Visitor Center\n4:00 PM – Depart for North Platte\, Nebraska. NOTE: There is a time change between Chimney Rock and North Platte\, NE\n7:30 PM – Arrive North Platte\, Nebraska.\nDinner is included. Location to be advised Lodging: To be advised. \nDAY 7: SATURDAY\, OCT. 3\nBreakfast is included at the hotel.\n8:00 AM – Depart for Omaha NE.\n10:00 AM – TBD Rest stop\n12:30 PM – Arrive Omaha area.  Lunch TBD\n1:30 PM – Depart for Cedar Rapids\n4:00 PM – TBD Rest Area\n7:00 PM – Arrive Cedar Rapids. \nPRICING AVAILABLE SHORTLY:\nNote: This is a New and Complex tour and may be subject to some minimal unforeseen adjustments. Please check back for updates. Or\, email\, call for a hard copy. \n
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