| This tour includes:
Blackhawk Express luxury coach and experienced driver • experienced tour manager • 13 nights lodging (Clarion • Courtyard by Marriott • Capt. Thomson’s • Golden Arrow • Commodores Inn • Wyndham • Sheraton • Doubletree by Hilton • Holiday Inn • Doubletree by Hilton) • 22 meals
NIAGARA FALLS • Table Rock Visitor Center • Maid of the Mist cruise to the base of the falls (why worry, they’ve been doing this since before the Civil War) • free evening for shops and dining on your own (Oh, a short walk to the casino). Narrated cruise through the Thousand Islands region of the St. Lawrence Seaway • Lake Placid with visits to the Gold Medal rink (remember beating those Russians in hockey? U.S.A. U.S.A. U.S.A.) and the speed skating rink where Eric Heiden (Madison) won 5 gold medals • the Olympic ski jumps with a chairlift ride (ski’s optional) and elevator to the top of the jump (what a view of the Adirondacks) Olympic torch and more • ferry across Lake Champlain to Vermont • Rock of Ages granite quarry (the quarry and the manufacturing plant (no salesman will call) • The Vermont State House in Montpelier • dinner at the Trapp Family Lodge (from the menu) • shopping in Stowe • St. Johnsbury’s Maple Grove Farm (they make the candy) • Franconia Notch and the enclosed gondola ride to the top of Cannon Mountain • scenic drive along the Kancamagus Highway • Portland Headlight--the lighthouse commissioned by President Washington • WHOLE MAINE LOBSTER DINNER • drive through Kennebunkport and past President Bush’s summer home • U.S.S. Constitution (Old Ironsides)--above decks/below decks and museum • President Kennedy’s Library • narrated cruise past the Kennedy Compound at Hyannisport (with shopping and lunch on your own), visit to Plymouth and of course, “the rock” • on board tour of May Flower II (the replica) • Monument to our Forefathers • tour of Plimouth Plantation (a recreation of the first village built by the Pilgrims) followed by the traditional, “First Thanksgiving” dinner • Sunday morning communion service at Old North Church (the one with the lanterns) • narrated tour of Boston’s historic sites including the Paul Revere house (exterior) • Granary Burying Ground (final resting site for Paul Revere, John Hancock, Sam Adams, Boston Massacre victims and others) • TV’s “Cheers” bar • walking tour of Beacon Hill • Quincy Market lunch • the Green at Lexington and the bridge at Concord • drive by several author homes including the home of Louisa May Alcott, author of "Little Women" and Waldon Pond • Mystic Seaport--America’s finest collection of tall ships (with lunch included-it’s their chow’da (chowder) festival • narrated tour of West Point Military Academy with visit to the Cadet Chapel and parade grounds • included lunch at historic Thayer Hotel on the Academy and overlooking the Hudson River • narrated tour of FDR’s home and museum at Hyde Park (gravesites [including Fala’s] stables, and FDR’s Ford Phantom are must stops) • drive through Rip Van Winkle’s Catskill Mountains • Museum of Glass at Corning, New York (lunch on your own, museum and shopping) • Campus of Notre Dame University (and their gift shop)
Baggage handling for one suitcase (per person) at all lodging. Note: Taxes are included on all included features. |
