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ARIZONA "Sun Kiss'd" Featuring Historic Routes 66 & 88, Las Cruces, Tucson, Phoenix, Sedona, Grand Canyon, Oklahoma City March 7 - 20, 2010 651 – 464 – 6564
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Motor Coach Tour Your tour price includes: Deluxe motorcoach transportation 13 nights lodging including consecutive nights: 14 Meals & 9 Welcome Receptions including: Sightseeing: Entertainment: Professional tour director Professional motorcoach operator
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$2599 per
person double
occupancy $3299 single occupancy $200 deposit is due with your reservation Full payment is due by February 7, 2010 "Early Perk" rewards are available with $200 deposit made by
Don’t Miss Out On This FIRST CLASS TOUR Tour is Limited to 22 Guests
White Diamond Tours, Inc.
*Drury Inn Welcome Receptions consist of the following: Free Hot Food - Rotating menu of chicken strips, meatballs, egg rolls, hot dogs, chili. Includes baked potatoes, salad, snack, & fresh popcorn. |
DAY 1
Appropriate stops will be made as
we travel to Des Moines, Iowa for lunch at Bonanza Steak House.
Our lodging is the Drury Inn-Kansas City, MO. (WR)
DAY 2
Our route will take us through
Missouri and Oklahoma with our overnight at the Elk Inn-Elk City,
Oklahoma. Indoor minature golf, anyone? (CB)
DAY 4
Are you starting to feel
"Sun-Kiss'd"? Our route turns south to Las Cruces, New Mexico and
into Tucson, Arizona. Lodging the next two nights will be in
Tucson at the beautiful new Desert Diamond Casino Hotel. This 2
year young property offers 5 restaurants and 24 hour gaming. (CB)
DAY 5
Our step-on guide will show us
the sights of Tucson including the Sonora Desert Museum, ranked as one
of the greatest natural museums in the world. The San Xavier del
Bac Mission, the Grand "White Dove of the Desert" and Old Tucson are
also on our schedule for today. Enjoy the Giant Saguaro Cactus,
whose blossom is Arizon's state flower. Ride the foothills of the
Santa Catalina Mountains on a 45-minute narrated tram in the Sabino
Canyon. (CB)
DAY 6
Enjoy a stop at the De Grazia Art
Gallery in Tucson. Journeying northwest today our route brings us
to Phoenix, Arizona our next destination. Our first stop will be
at the Desert Botanical Gardens where we will enjoy a southwest cooking
demonstration - featuring a "fabulous food" chef, lunch, and tour.
Highlights of the Heard Museum, ten exhibit halls of Native
American art, will conclude our tours for today. Lodging for our
next three nights will be at the Drury Inn-Phoenix, Arizona. (CB,
WR)
DAY 7
Spend the day in the Superstition
Mountains, the largest of the mountain ranges surrounding Phoenix.
These volcanic peaks and ridges separated by boulder-filled
canyons, covered by saguaro and other cacti and intertwined with
springs and streamways offer a pristine delight for our adventurous
day. Follow the Old Apache Trail - Arizon's Historic Route 88 -
to Tortilla Flat for lunch. Starting out as a stage stop in 1904 it now
has a large population of 6. An included narrated cruise aboard
the Dolly Steamboat on beautiful Canyon Lake will take us in secluded
waterways to admire the lower Sonoran Desert. Dinner and
entertainment will complete the day. (CB, WR, D)
DAY 8
Today our step-on guide will show us downtown Phoenix and Old Town Scottsdale. (CB, WR)
DAY 9
Surrounded by towering red rock
formations, Sedona, Arizona is next on our agenda. Experience the
main mode of transportation during the area's bustling mining days as
we traavel on the Verde Canyon Railroad through protected wilderness
reservations and view Sinagua Indian ruins. Lodging for the next
two nights will be in Flagstaff, Arizona at the Drury Inn. (CB,
WR)
DAY 10
The Grand Canyon, 1st discovered
in 1540, will be our host today. This 10-mile wide and 277-mile
long canyons North and South rims are separated by the mighty Colorado
River. The canyon is home to 250 members of the Havasupai
Reservation, a small agricultural tribe. (CB, WR)
DAY 11
Our homeward journey brings us
back to Albuquerque, New Mexico with shopping and dinner on your own in
Old Town. Drury Inn will again host our evening stay. (CB,
WR)
DAY 12
Today we can pay our respects to
those who lost their lives in the Federal Building bombing in Oklahoma
City as we visit their memorial. Overnight is the Elk Inn-Elk
City, Oklahoma. (CB)
DAY 13
Continuing our travels through Oklahoma and Missouri, the Drury Inn-Kansas City is our host once more. (B, WR)
DAY 14
The final day of our "Sun-Kiss'd" adventure brings us back to Minnesota to enjoy our own sunny weather - starting today, the 1st day of SPRING! (CB)
White Diamond Tours, Inc.
P.O.Box 395
Forest Lake, MN 55025
651 – 464 – 6564
Email:Barbara@WhiteDiamondTours.com