The Wonder of Fort Gibraltar Multigenerational

August 11 - 15, 2015

HIGHLIGHTS Excellent Hutterite Colony Tour & Home-Cooked Lunch 1 Super Gourmet Pavilion including 1 Cultural Dinner Sister Act at the outdoor Rainbow Stage

Winnipeg City Tour with local expert guide Including: English Gardens The Forks at Leisure The Royal Canadian Mint Polar Bear Exhibit & Assiniboine Park

Fargo-Moorhead Red Hawks vs Winnipeg Goldeyes Baseball Game Fort Gibraltar 4 Nights at Humphry Inn & Suites, downtown Winnipeg MAP AT A GLANCE Winnipeg

Photo by Linda McFadyen

Minnesota

“Hudson” the Polar Bear Photo by Assiniboine Park Conservatory at the Assiniboine Park Zoo

Folklorama Exchange District

Bursting with a wide range of exciting

adventures: exploring, learning & having fun! Photo by Vice Pahkala Photo by Exchange District BIZ 26 Winnipeg Skyline

Day 1 - Home to Winnipeg Day 4 – Winnipeg Photo by Dan Harper With excitement, we’ll be on the way to Winnipeg and check into Breakfast is served before we’re special guests at a Hutterite Colony our hotel and freshen up before an included welcome dinner at for a home-cooked lunch and tour. This will be a memory you will the Old Spaghetti Factory. For the next four nights we are guests long remember as this personal visit reflects their ways, beliefs, and at the Humphry Inn & Suites, conveniently located in the heart of progressive farming. We’ll return to the hotel and freshen up before Downtown Winnipeg. we’re off to Shaw Park, a state-of-the-art ballpark located along the Included Meals: Dinner Red River. There will be time to enjoy something to eat from the Hotel: Humphry Inn & Suites (4 Nights) variety of concession stands. Tonight we will watch the Fargo-

Day 2 - Winnipeg Moorhead Red Hawks take on the Winnipeg Goldeyes! Included Meals: Breakfast, Lunch This morning enjoy an included breakfast at the hotel before a local guide joins us as we explore this beautiful city with its Day 5 – Winnipeg to Home cosmopolitan and unique sights. We’ll visit beautiful Assiniboine Enjoy our last meal together before our journey home begins. We’ll Park, boasting 376 acres of lawns, trees, and a beautiful English stop at the border for some duty-free shopping. Reminisce together Garden. Sights include the Historic Exchange District, the “French about our exciting experiences as “World Travelers.” Quarter” with the St. Boniface Cathedral, and we’ll have some Included Meals: Breakfast free time at the Forks, Winnipeg’s number one tourist destination, Assiniboine Park Pavillion located at the junction of the Assiniboine & mighty Red Rivers. A St. Boniface meeting place for over 6,000 years for early Aboriginal trading, fur Cathedral trading, Scottish settlers, and tens of thousands of immigrants. Rich in history and natural beauty, it now has an array of dining and shopping experiences. Ever wanted to visit Churchill and see the polar bears? We will have an opportunity to visit the new exhibit “Journey to Churchill” at the Assiniboine Park Zoo, a unique and inviting destination where warm spaces welcome you as you come face to face with polar bears. Inside the Sea Ice Passage, you will be thrilled by polar bears and ringed seals swimming overhead and darting amongst the ice. Return to the hotel and enjoy some free time before attending Folklorama and experience delicious food, song, and dance at three Super Gourmet Pavilions. Included Meals: Breakfast, Dinner

Day 3 - Winnipeg Photo by Mathews Dolores Photo by Ginette Manaigre After breakfast we visit Fort Gibraltar on the banks of the Red River, where colorful characters living to the “beat” of 1815 greet us & 2015 Dates & Prices: take us to a world away. Once a fur trade Dates: August 11 - 15, 2015 (5 Days) post, Fort Gibraltar reflects the lifestyle of the settlement and the $1,149 Double $1,449 Single roles played by the Metis, settlers, explorers, aboriginal people and Price Per Person: the adventuresome . Visit the Trading Post, Workshop, $1,099 Triple $1,049 Quad Blacksmith’s Shop, and more before enjoying a traditional French Price Includes: 8 Meals, Lodging & Activities as stated in lunch at the Fort. Next we tour the Winnipeg Royal Canadian Mint, brochure, Luxury Motorcoach a state-of-the-art manufacturing facility established in 1976. They Deposit Due $100 pp deposit at time of reservation, say that money makes the world go ‘round’ and here’s our chance Per Person: Full payment due 30 days prior to to see first-hand where it all begins. Tonight we attend Sister Act, departure. a live musical entertainment at Rainbow Stage, Canada’s longest- Optional Travel $93 Double (per person) / $93 Single running outdoor theatre! Sister Act tells the story of Deloris Van Protection p/p: Cartier, a wannabe diva whose life takes a surprising turn when R&J Travel Bucks $25 Travel Bucks Earned with this Tour she witnesses a crime and is hidden by the cops in the last place Tour Pace: Light to Moderate Walking anyone would think to look—a convent! PASSPORT: A Valid PASSORT is Needed! Included Meals: Breakfast, Lunch required 1-800-758-6877 or www.rjtoursonline.com 27