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Departing
June 8, 2008 11
Days
Through the
states of: California, Arizona, Nevada, Wyoming, Utah, Colorado,
Nebraska, Idaho, & South Dakota
DAY
1
- Tour
to Mesquite, Nevada
- Eureka Casino
Hotel
- Dinner
We will start our Best of the
West Adventure today, by traveling to Mesquite, Nevada at the
mouth of the beautiful Virgin River
Canyon.
DAY
2
- Breakfast
- Tour to Salt Lake City
- Salt
Lake Plaza Hotel
We will leave Nevada today, and
briefly travel through small part of Arizona, before we enter the
beautiful state Utah. The red, yellow, and orange canyons, in the
area, are both rugged and
exquisite!
DAY
3
- Breakfast, Dinner
- City
Tour of Salt Lake City
Salt Lake City is one
of the world's most unique cities. Determination and vision,
coupled with religious zeal and leadership, have built this city
in the desert. we will see Temple Square and the Mormon Temple,
Tabernacle, Brigham Young's homes, his monument and private burial
ground, beehive House, Lion house, Eagle Gate, the University of
Utah, Fort Douglas, the State capitol, and we will follow a
portion of the Old Mormon Trail with a stop at the "This is the
Place Monument."
Later, we'll tour out to the shores of the Great Salt
Lake.
DAY 4
We'll head north
today, as we pass through Logan, Utah past Bear Lake and the
southern tip of Idaho, on our jaunt to Jackson, Wyoming. Later, we
will sightsee the magnificent Grand Teton National Park, enroute
to Yellowstone, where we'll be staying for two nights. Grand Teton
is renown for its majestic mountain peaks, 8 large lakes and 12
glaciers. You'll love our hotel on the shores of Lake
Yellowstone!
DAY 5
Today will
probably be of the sightseeing highlights of your life, as we tour
one of America's most beautiful and famous national parks,
Yellowstone. Yellowstone
is our nation's oldest National Park. It’s famous for geysers,
waterfalls, wildlife, and canyons. You'll see
Old Faithful, the Mud Volcano, Paint Pots, the Grand Canyon of
Yellowstone, Mammoth Hot Springs, the Yellowstone River , Artist
Point and Fishing Bridge to name a few of the
highlights.
DAY 6
We will leave Yellowstone National Park, this
morning, and take a short drive to Cody, where we'll visit the
Buffalo Bill Historical Center. There are actually four distinct
museums here with everything from Winchester Arms, to Remington
Paintings, to Indian artifacts, to Annie Oakley and Buffalo Bill
mementoes. You'll love it!
DAY 7
We will continue
through northern Wyoming today, on our way to the Black Hills in
South Dakota. Once there, we'll visit one of America's last
rough-and-ready frontier towns, Deadwood. It acquired a world-wide
notoriety during a gold-rush to the Black Hills in the 1800's.
Gambling and gold, that's what made Deadwood come alive over
100 years ago, and it's back again. But, Deadwood is not to be
confused with Las Vegas of Atlantic City. Deadwood is the Old West
gaming. We will, also, visit Lead, home of the world famous
Homestake Gold Mine.
This evening,
we'll visit Mt. Rushmore, where Gutzon Borglum sculpted the Shrine
of Democracy, with faces of Presidents Washington, Jefferson,
Lincoln and Theodore Roosevelt embedded in
granite.
DAY 8
This morning, we
will continue on through the Black Hills into Nebraska and, then,
Wyoming. A stop will be made in Nebraska at Ft. Robinson, where
Crazy Horse was killed in 1877 and German Prisoners of War were
held during World War II. We will spend the evening in Cheyenne,
the ranching capital of the Cowboy State. You'll love
the
Capitol Building.
DAY 9
We will tour to
the "Mile High City," Denver, this morning, where we'll briefly
tour this wonderful city. Highlights will include, the State
Capitol Building, with it's dome sheathed in gold leaf, the US
Mint, the Brown Palace, of the Unmistakable Molly Brown fame,
Larimer Square, and the Mile High Stadium.
Then it's off
through the Colorado Rockies to Grand Junction. The drive through
Glenwood Canyon is simply awesome.
DAY 10
As we leave Grand Junction this morning, we'll
tour the Colorado National Monument, with its thrilling pillars
and cliffs along panoramic Rimrock Drive.
We will, then,
continue through Central and Southwest Utah to St.
George.
DAY 11
We will return
home today with many fond memories of our exciting excursion
through the states of California, Arizona, Nevada, Utah, Idaho,
Wyoming, South Dakota,
Nebraska and
Colorado!!! |
