Caren's Charters

APR 6-16

Natchez

Imagine warm weather, brilliant flowers blooming and antebellum mansions opening for your visit. We’ll be in Natchez for their pilgrimage, a time when fine old mansions open to the public, as well as special pageants and shows. Lavish, memorable dinners in these homes are being arranged for you. Then, “let the good times roll” with Cajun and Creole delights when we visit Lafayette, Avery Island and the sugar country in Louisiana.

We’ll stay in a charming antebellum hotel tucked away in the midst of French Quarter, the perfect location for seeing and enjoying New Orleans. Guided city tour, Mardi Gras World, dinner and jazz, Court of the Two Sisters, breakfast at world-renowned Brennans!

Stop at Nottaway, the finest plantation of them all, on River Rd, see the Natchez Trace, return through Charleston, MO for the start of the Azalea-Dogwood Festival.

Includes:

• coach and driver
• informative guide
• city tours
• refreshments
• 10 breakfasts
• 2 lunches
• 7 dinners
• admissions
• special events and surprises!

Cost:

$1,790 $2,197

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Vermont

Glistening lakes, sparkling trails through the wine country of New York State, plus the fall color of Vermont ...details to come!

Cost:

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Share the discoveries of a tour – tell a friend! JULY 7 - 17

Parks of the Southwest

Day 1, Wed July 7 — Department on our deluxe coach, with refreshments and fun, for the fabulous vista and views of four of our National Parks! Bring your camera! Highlights include Bryce, Zion and the Grand Canyon! Tonight we’ll overnight Limon, CO.

Day 2, Thu July 8 — Travel through Rock Mountains. Today we’ll traverse the Colorado Rockies, and get our first look at the Colorado River. We’ll be staying at Red Cliffs Lodge & Resort, Moab, UT. This magnificent resort is located in the canyon lands on the Colorado River surrounded by a red rock panorama. Enjoy a cowboy cookout dinner tonight.

Day 3, Fri July 9 — Scenic tour through Arches National Park. The natural rock arches and formations have been carved by nature’s forces over thousands of years. Get a glimpse of the Delicate Arch, the icon on the Utah license plate as we visit the Arches National Park. We’ll also visit Deadhorse Point State Park, featuring one of the most spectacular overlooks of the Colorado River. Enjoy some free time in Moab which is a delightful town located in the heart of red rock country. Canyon Lands by Night mdash; Dinner and River Cruise. After our delicious Dutch Oven Dinner, enjoy a leisurely cruise on the Colorado River highlighted by narration, music and lights on the canyon walls. Overnight at Re Cliffs Lodge.

Day 4, Sat July 10 — Travel to Capitol Reed National Park, Native Americans called this the land of sleeping rainbows because of the variety of colors in the rocks. You’ll see petroglyphs left by early Native Americans, and a school house and orchard that are the remains of an early Mormon settlement. You might even get to pick fruit in the orchard. Picnic lunch in the Park. Travel Highway 12, a designated Utah scenic byway through Escalante–Grand Staircase National Monument. Utah Highway 12 is regularly voted “One of the Most Scenic Highways in the United States” by various magazines and travel writers. It winds through dense pine forests and incredible slick rock country. Tour Bryce Canyon National Park. Orange Creamsicle Spires and Voodoos create a landscape that defies description. Overnight at historic Ruby’s Inn at Bryce Canyon.

Day 5, Sun July 11 — Optional Sunrise Visit to viewpoint in Bryce Canyon NP. Travel to Zion National Park carved by the Virgin River, multi-colored canyon walls tower above you. Tour Zion National Park via National Park Service Shuttles with driver providing narration along the many stops. Overnight in Springfield, UT.

Day 6, Mon July 12 — (breakfast Buffet included). We’ll stop at Cameron Trading Post on the Little Colorado River before we tour the South Rim Grand Canyon National Park. The Canyon is over a mile deep and several miles across. Every view is breathtaking and changes minute by minute as the sunlight plays among the colorful geologic wonders. We’ll overnight near South Entrance of Grand Canyon.

Day 7, Tue July 13 — (Breakfast Buffet and Lunch included). Travel to Monument Valley, the epitome of the West! Magnificent rock formations have been the back-drop of movies and commercials for decades. We’ll lunch at historic Gouldings Trading Post before touring the Navajo Tribal Park at Monument Valley with our Navajo guide. Overnight at Goulding’s Lodge in Monument Valley.

Day 8, Wed July 14 — (Breakfast included). Travel to Mesa Verde National Park, a World Heritage Site, for our guided tour. From the time of Christ to 1300 A.D., the Ancient Ones occupied this mesa. Living first in pit houses on the mesa top, they then built sophisticated pueblo dwellings in the cliffs. Overnight Durango, CO. Durango is the second largest town on Colorado’s Western Slope. Our hotel is near the Main Street with restaurants, shopping and the Durango Silverton Narrow Gauge Railroad yard nearby.

Day 9, Thu July 15 — (Breakfast and Lunch included). All aboard to ride the Durango Silverton Narrow Gauge Railroad. Authentic, coal powered, steam driven narrow gauge train carried valuable gold and silver ore out of the San Juan Mountain mining districts over a century ago. Experience all the excitement and beauty of this historic and most well known railroad as we travel from Durango to Silverton! Time for shopping and lunch in the historic mining town of Silverton. Travel Million Dollar High-way. Originally built as a toll road in the 1880’s, this engineering feat cost over $10,000 a mile to build. The canyon walls tower above you and below you as you enjoy a breathtaking ride through some of Colorado’s overnight Montrose, CO.

Day 10, Fri July 16 — (Continental Breakfast and Lunch included). Travel through Colorado’s mountains and across Monarch Pass to Canon City. Enjoy lunch and an unforgettable ride on the Royal Gorge Scenic Railway! We’ll hop aboard the 1950’s vintage cars for a fabulous lunch and a ride along the Ar-kansas River through the Royal Gorge. Canyon walls tower over a thousand feet above the track. Overnight Limon, CO.

Day 11, Sat July 17 — (Breakfast and Lunch included). We’ll travel back to Kansas City today with lunch en route.

Cost:

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