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1 Dear Friends, Time has gone by so quickly that we find it hard to believe we are already publishing our new 2015 Travel Treasures Catalog. We are delighted to present to you this great assortment of beautiful and exciting tours. We know there are many destinations and wonderful places that will bid you to come for a visit as you read the tour descriptions here in this book, or by visiting our web site at www. shockeytours.com. Travel is easy, exciting and relaxing with Shockey Tours. As the price of gasoline continues to rise, travel by motor coach will permit you the most economical way to travel. We can provide you with a worry-free vacation, one that offers you the comfort of having a trained professional guide to care for you within the security of a group, and our professional drivers and comfortable coaches will insure you the most pleasant trip possible. So why not pack your bags and head out on one of our unforgettable tours to your favorite part of our beautiful country or ? John and I often take some time off during the slower months of winter to enjoy the warmer climate of Florida. Why don’t you join us this coming winter for a visit to Florida? Thank you for your travel business and the opportunity to serve you. We look forward to welcoming you aboard in 2015, and providing you will the touring experiences you have come to enjoy and expect from Shockey Tours. Your friends,

John and Faye

John and Faye Shockey Kay Richmond Denny Bridges Owners Treasurer Accounting Office: 502-267-4007 • www.shockeytours.com • Fax: 502-267-7009 BOOK Gift EARLY Certificates & WIN! Give The Gift of Travel Make your reservation for any 2015 tour in this Perfect for any Occasion! Graduation Wedding catalog, pay your deposit by January 23, 2015 Birthday Wedding Anniversary Employee Incentives and you will be entered into a drawing for a Mothers Day Silent Auctions/ Fathers Day Fundraisers $500 Shockey Tours Gift Certificate Grandparents Day Call Us Today To to be used toward any 2015 future tour. Order The Perfect Gift Winner Announced on January 30, 2015 in any Denomination! 2 TABLE OF CONTENTS

Pick Up Locations...... Back Page JUNE SEPTEMBER Motorcoach Tours...... 7 June 2 Niagara Falls U.S. and Canada....12 Sept. 8 Kick off Fall Canadian Style...... 29 One-Day Tours...... 4 June 5 Canyonlands...... 12 Sept. 12 Renfro Valley...... 5 General Info & Tour Conditions...... 38 June 6 IKEA and Jungle Jim’s...... 5 Sept. 14 Branson Showtime...... 31 Travel Insurance...... 39 June 8 Presidential Mansions...... 13 Sept. 14 New York Atlantic City...... 28 June 9 Southern Family Fun...... 14 Sept. 15 Joseph and the 2015 CHRONOLOGICAL June 10 Ohio Amish Sampler...... 14 Pennsylvania Amish...... 30 TOUR SCHEDULE June 13 Renfro Valley...... 5 Sept. 17 A Really Big Mystery...... 6 June 15 New Orleans, Louisiana...... 16 Sept. 18 Tunica, Mississippi...... 30 DATE TOUR PAGE June 15 Chattanooga Family Tour...... 15 Sept. 19 Savannah & Charleston...... 29 FEBRUARY June 15 Lilac Festival Mackinac Island.....15 Sept. 21 Mansions of the Brandywine..... 31 Feb. 9 St Pete Leisure Tour...... 7 June 20 Lanier Mansion & Clifty Falls.....5 Sept. 23 Staud Mystery Tour...... 30 Feb. 14 Festival...... 7 June 20 Myrtle Beach, South Carolina.....16 OCTOBER June 22 Branson Showtime...... 18 MARCH June 22 Outer Banks of Oct. 1 National Quartet Convention.....34 Mar. 23 Washington Cherry Blossom...... 8 North Carolina...... 17 Oct. 2 A Different View of Mar. 24 Gulf Coast Fun in the Sun...... 8 June 23 Joseph and the New England...... 32 APRIL Pennsylvania Amish...... 19 Oct. 3 New England Fall Foliage...... 33 Oct. 7 New England Fall Foliage...... 33 Apr. 15 Let’s Do Lunch Mystery...... 4 June 27 Mid-Atlantic Coast Adventure....18 Oct. 17 Red River Gorge...... 6 Apr. 18 Pikeville Hillbilly Days...... 4 JULY Oct. 19 Duck Commander Apr. 21 San Antonio Fiesta Days...... 9 July 6 New York Spectacular...... 20 & Louisiana Highlights...... 35 Apr. 25 Tunica, Mississippi...... 9 July 6 Pacific Northwest Oct. 21 La Comedia Dinner Theater...... 5 Apr. 25 Rollin’ on the River...... 4 & Canadian Rockies...... 20 Oct. 23 Fall in the Smokies...... 34 MAY July 11 West Baden & French Lick...... 5 Oct. 24 Brown County, May 8 Simpsonville Outlets July 15 La Comedia Dinner Theater...... 5 Nashville, Indiana...... 6 (Lexington)...... 4 July 15 Mississippi River Cruise...... 21 NOVEMBER May 9 Simpsonville Outlets July 18 Bardstown Highlights...... 5 Nov. 7 Indiana Amish (Louisville)...... 4 July 20 Shipshewana & Nappanee...... 22 Candy Making Time...... 4 May 13 California Here We Come...... 10 July 22 Boggstown Cabaret...... 5 Nov. 14 Ferdinand Christkindlmarket...... 6 May 16 Indiana Amish...... 4 July 22 The Beauty of .... 23 Nov. 24 New York May 22 Grand Ole Opry...... 10 July 25 Schnitzel Marvel...... 5 Thanksgiving Parade...... 35 May 23 Creation Museum...... 4 AUGUST May 23 Monks of St. Meinrad...... 4 DECEMBER Aug. 3 Ballou Mystery Tour...... 22 May 25 Spring in New York...... 11 Aug. 4 West Virginia Music, Mountains Dec. 1 Old Salem Christmas...... 36 May 27 Boggstown Cabaret...... 5 Dec. 4 Biltmore & and Railroads...... 22 Gatlinburg Christmas...... 36 Aug. 10 Black Hills & Grand Tetons...... 24 Dec. 7 Branson Christmas Special...... 37 Office: 502-267-4007 Aug. 10 Grand Hotel Deluxe Tour...... 25 Dec. 7 New York Christmas...... 37 Aug. 17 Long Island www.shockeytours.com Dec. 9 La Comedia Dinner Theater...... 5 and the Hamptons...... 25 Dec. 12 Santa Claus Christmas...... 6 Fax: 502-267-7009 Aug. 17 Philadelphia, Gettsysburg Dec. 11 Opryland Country Christmas... 37 and the Poconos...... 26 Dec. 13 Shockey Christmas Luncheon...... 6 For Charter Information Aug. 25 State Fair...... 5 Aug. 25 Las Vegas Grand Canyon...... 27 Please Visit Our Website Aug. 29 Fontanel Mansion...... 5 HOW TO MAKE A RESERVATION:

1 Select the Shockey Tour of your choice and the date that is most convenient for you.

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4 You will receive your itinerary and final balance statement approximately 30 days prior to departure. Your final payment is due within five days of receipt of the balance statement. 3 GET AWAY FOR ONE DAY THE SHOCKEY WAY! 1 ONE DAY TOURS Important Information For Day Trips: Simpsonville Outlet 1) Full payment is due within 10 days of making your reservation. Shopping May 8 Tour #2015529 (Lexington) Cost: $56 2) Two weeks prior to tour departure, you will May 9 Tour #2015530 (Louisville) receive an itinerary reconfirming your departure Bring your credit cards and walking shoes on this new shopping extravaganza! and return times. We board our deluxe motorcoach and drive to the Outlet Shoppes of the 3) Gratuities to the tour director and driver are not Bluegrass in Simpsonville, Kentucky. You will have time to grab a bite to eat and shop at over 80 factory outlets that sell clothing, accessories, perfume, included in the cost of the tour and should be toys, family apparel, home furnishings, jewelry, books and much more. This extended on an individual basis. fun-filled tour is a shopper’s dream, so come along and join in on the fun! Let’s Do Lunch Indiana Amish May 16 Tour #2015504 Cost: $78 Mystery Day Trip November 7 Tour #20151105 April 15 Tour #2015408 Cost: $78 Today we visit the Amish County of Central Indiana. Our local guide takes This way or that way? We are not going to tell! To find out, you will have to us on a tour of the countryside, with stops at an Amish home for a delicious join us on Shockey Tours’ all new mystery day trip. Excitement abounds as lunch, an Amish bakery and quilt shop and then shopping in an authentic we take off on this day of mystery in our lovely Bluegrass State. All you need Amish Village. There will be plenty of time to browse through the shops, to know is that it will be fun! Meal: Lunch looking for that perfect homemade quilt or craft. Meal: Lunch Pikeville Hillbilly Creation Museum May 23 Tour #2015508 Cost: $78 Days Festival The Creation Museum in Petersburg, Kentucky is where the pages of the April 18 Tour #2015410 Cost: $59 Bible are brought to life with the latest state of the art technology. While Today we will be heading to Eastern Kentucky’s Appalachian Mountains for we are here, we will enjoy a tour of the museum and the planetarium show. the hilarious Pikeville Hillbilly Days Festival. Mountaineers from different The impressive exhibits include murals and realistic scenery, human and states come to participate in this event. Coonskin caps, tin cans, moonshine dinosaur animatronics and special effects theater with misty breezes jugs, toilet seats and just about anything you can think of will be hanging and rumbling seats. from the mountaineer “wagons” that parade though town. There will be arts and crafts, great bluegrass music and dancing in the streets. We will spend Monks of St. Meinrad most of the day watching the “hillbillies,” viewing the parade, sampling the food and having a great time. May 23 Tour #2015516 Cost: $65 Today, we enjoy scenic views as we head to the St. Meinrad Archabbey in St. Meinrad, Indiana. First, we will visit the wonderful Abbey Press Gift Shop Rollin’ On The River to shop for that perfect inspirational gift. The Abbey Press Company is owned and operated by the St. Meinrad Archabbey and they produce and B&B Riverboats market a wide range of religious and spiritual books, cards and gifts. After an included lunch, we will take a guided tour of St. Meinrad Archabbey. It was Newport Aquarium founded in 1854 and is home to 135 Benedictine Monks, who have dedicated their lives to prayer and work. Renowned for its warm hospitality, April 25 Tour #2015409 Cost: $109 St. Meinrad Archabbey offers a quiet and peaceful spiritual retreat with Our destination for today is Covington, Kentucky, where we will enjoy an beautiful grounds and architecture. Meal: Lunch included leisurely luncheon cruise aboard B&B Riverboats. We’ll cruise the Ohio River, enjoy a delicious lunch and learn a little history. Next, we make our way to the Newport Aquarium. Here, a one-way path past numerous We Make Travel So exhibits of ocean fauna will introduce you to some of the most wondrous animals in the underwater world, including killer piranhas, graceful jellyfish, EASY! FUN! AFFORDABLE! colorful clownfish, tropical sharks and Antarctic penguins. Meal: Lunch 502-267-4007 or 800-633-4147 4 ONE DAY TOURS Boggstown Cabaret La Comedia May 27 Tour #2015531 Cost: $96 July 22 Tour #2015731 Dinner Theater LIVE MUSIC! COMEDY! GREAT FOOD! This is one of our most July 15 Tour #2015727 (The Little Mermaid) requested tours! Join us as we travel to the world-famous Boggstown Cabaret October 21 Tour #20151018 (Pot Luck Supper) for an unforgettable experience in musical and comedy entertainment in a December 9 Tour #20151212 (A Christmas Story) setting reminiscent of the famed “supper clubs” of the 1920’s. We have Cost: $96 included a delicious lunch at the cabaret that is sure to make your taste buds sing. When the curtain goes up, these talented performers will entertain us Join us for a fun-filled afternoon as we visit La Comedia Dinner Theater, one with music from the early 20th century through the present day as well as jokes, of the most acclaimed theaters in the state of Ohio. We have included a stories, “parodies” of familiar songs and audience participation tunes. This is delicious hot lunch and then the curtain goes up as we enjoy a fabulous Meal: Lunch matinee show. You will think you’re on Broadway when you see these sure to be a tour to remember, so don’t forget to sign up early! talented performers! Meal: Lunch, Show: 1 Ikea & Jungle Jim’s Bardstown Highlights International Market “The Stephen Foster Story” Matinee June 6 Tour #2015629 Cost: $56 July 18 Tour #2015730 Cost: $90 This morning, we stop for shopping at the IKEA Store in West Chester, This morning, we travel to historic Bardstown, Kentucky and the lively Ohio. This store has a wide variety of home furnishings, Scandinavian style production of “Stephen Foster”. First, we visit the world-famous “My Old furniture and accessories, lighting, kitchen appliances, décor, pet care and Kentucky Home”. A guide in antebellum costume will lead us through the much more. We will have lunch (on our own) while at IKEA. Next, we home, extending gracious hospitality reminiscent of the leisurely South. visit Jungle Jim’s International Market, often called the “Disney World of The home’s décor, including rare and beautiful furnishing, is much as it Food.” This food lover’s paradise has four acres of food all under one roof was when Stephen Foster was a guest here. We have included a delicious with thousands of gourmet and imported items from around the world. It’s lunch before experiencing the splendor and colors of “The Stephen Foster not every market that has animated animals and a singing Elvis, but this Story” in an air-conditioned theater. This professional production creates one does! an unforgettable atmosphere as it sends you back in time to hear his immortal favorites like “Camptown Races,” “Oh Susanna,” “Jeanie With the Light Brown Hair,” “Old Folks at Home” and “My Old Kentucky Renfro Valley Home”. Meal: Lunch, Show: 1 June 13 Tour #2015631 Cost: $120 September 12 Tour #2015906 Schnitzel Marvel Our route today takes us to the “Country Music Capital of Kentucky” – Renfro Valley. We arrive in the afternoon, where we will be inspired by the July 25 Tour #2015729 Cost: $84 Mountain Gospel Jubilee Show. Next, we enjoy an included dinner before This little day excursion is packed full of activities and good food! First, we kicking up our heels at the Renfro Valley Barn Dance. Meal: Dinner enjoy a guided tour at Dr. Ted’s Musical Marvels. This is a magnificent collection of restored mechanical musical instruments, including early music boxes, nickelodeons, player pianos, carousel organs, street organs and band Clifty Falls State Park ensembles along with early 20th century memorabilia. Take a trip back in time as you listed to the magical music produced by these amazing instruments. Lanier Mansion Next, we enjoy German food at its finest with an included group lunch at the June 20 Tour #2015630 Cost: $79 Schnitzelbank Restaurant in Jasper, Indiana. Meal: Lunch Our destination for today is Madison, Indiana, a wonderfully preserved 19th century town along the Ohio River. Upon arrival, we take a City Tour Kentucky State Fair of Madison with a local guide. Next, we have included lunch at Clifty Falls State Park, one of the most beautiful parks in the state of Indiana, with its August 25 Tour #2015809 Cost: $59 scenic vistas and waterfalls. Next, we tour the Greek Revival Lanier Mansion, Remember the fun you had at the state fair? Why not relive those pleasant the beautiful 1844 home of banker and railroad developer James F.D. Lanier. times with a visit to the Kentucky State Fair in Louisville? In addition to all We have time for shopping and browsing in the antique stores and specialty the exhibits and displays, you will be able to enjoy Senior Day activities in shops of Madison before returning home. Meal: Lunch the Heritage Hall. Here, you can enjoy more fun than you can imagine. There will be musical entertainment, bingo games and prizes, unique contests, free coffee, dancing, singing and playing games. Our coach will West Baden Springs drop you off and you can spend all day enjoying all the thrilling activities that & French Lick make up the Kentucky State Fair. July 11 Tour #2015728 Cost: $71 Fontanel Mansion The West Baden Springs Hotel, rightfully known as the Eighth Wonder of August 29 Tour #2015812 Cost: $99 the World, attracted wealthy health seekers and well-heeled high rollers Fontanel Mansion, the former home of Barbara Mandrell and her husband from throughout the nation, drawn by the area’s mineral springs. First built Ken Dudney, is one of the most beautiful homes in the world, and you are in 1902, its elegant atrium - 600 feet in circumference and 100 feet tall - was invited to step inside on this little day outing! We will enjoy a delicious home the largest freespan dome in the world until the 1960’s. Next, we make our cooked lunch before our guided tour of this magnificent mansion. Our way to the French Lick Springs Resort for lunch (on our own) and a tour. guide will share with us the personal stories of the Mandrell family and the This resort has been in continuous operation since 1834. It boasts an other famous celebrities who have passed through this beautiful home. Bob elegant verandah porch with graceful fluted pillars, lined with dozens of Hope, Minnie Pearl, Dick Clark, Eunice Shriver and Oprah Winfrey are just rocking chairs, inviting you to leave your busy world behind. After our a few of the people who have been guests here. We will be able to see and tour, we will have some free time for shopping and strolling the grounds touch memorabilia from such artists as Buck Owens, Kenny Chesney, before returning home. Alabama, Gretchen Wilson, The Eagles and others. This trip is sure to be a memory-maker and you will not want to miss it! Meal: Lunch 5 ONE DAY TOURS A Really Big Ferdinand Mystery Day Trip Christkindlmarket September 17 Tour #2015930 Cost: $89 November 14 Tour #20151110 Cost: $59 Our destination for today will be a mystery until we arrive! To find out, you Join us for a fun-filled Christmas celebration. Our first stop will be at the will have to join us on this new Shockey mystery day trip. So, come on, take Monastery of the for a guided tour of this a chance and invite others to come along with you! We promise you an magnificent domed church. Next, we travel to the Ferdinand interesting and enjoyable day excursion with a few surprises along the way Christkindlmarket, where we will enjoy lunch (on our own) and shopping too! Meal: Lunch while we are here. Visitors can enjoy all of the trimmings of a traditional German Christmas - live Glockenspiel, Christmas caroling, samples of delectable foods, plus lots of booths with arts, crafts and unique gifts Red River Gorge displayed in a European marketplace atmosphere. October 17 Tour #20151017 Cost: $79 This colorful fall foliage excursion to the Red River Gorge in Daniel Boone Christmas In National Forest includes a delicious lunch at the Natural Bridge State Resort Park Lodge. After lunch, we drive into the gorge area to see the reds and Santa Claus, Indiana golds of autumn. Our coach will pass through the Nada Tunnel, cut by hand in 1877 and stop at the spectacular Sky Bridge Arch. Meal: Lunch December 12 Tour #20151205 Cost: $75 This traditional Christmas celebration in Santa Claus, Indiana includes holiday festivities at Santa’s Lodge, a parade with bands and floats and booths A Day In Brown County with arts, crafts and holiday gifts. We have included a delicious dinner at St. Nick Restaurant before driving through “Christmas Lake Village” to see Nashville, Indiana the huge light displays and animated scenes. Meal: Dinner October 24 Tour #20151015 Cost: $74 A natural beauty surrounds Brown County State Park and the country village of Nashville, Indiana. The rolling hills not only bring many artists to the area Shockey Christmas but also entice us for this fall experience. Crackling leaves and apple cider, candle wax and stained glass, charming country crafts and hearty home Luncheon cooking - all are part of the kaleidoscope of treasures found in this tiny community. Even though the quaint town of Nashville offers more than 300 places to browse, it can easily be covered on foot. So take advantage of this artistic community filled with specialty shops, antique stores, museums and galleries. We have included a lunch in one of Nashville’s famous restaurants. Meal: Lunch December 13 Tour #20151211 Cost: $45 Come to this special year end celebration and kick off for the next travel year, where we will enjoy great food, fun and entertainment. There will be special discounts, giveaways, door prizes and free tours given on this one day only. BOOK EARLY Special discounts will be given for tour reservations made at the luncheon. Please assist us in preventing cancellations. Many Entertainment will be provided by a guest entertainer. Free Transportation provided from the Louisville, Clarksville and Frankfort areas. Please make hotels require payment 60 days prior to tour departure. your reservations for the luncheon at least 45 days in advance. Come and If you book early, we are more likely to have sufficient bring a friend with you - you may win the trip of your dreams. Meal: Lunch numbers to run the tour. THANK YOU! Share The Love of Travel Need an extra catalog for a friend or family member? Call or email today and we’ll send one right out. 502-267-4007 • 800-633-4147 • [email protected] 6 St Pete Beach, Florida – Luxury Leisure Tour

Fun & Relaxation! 20 Day Trip!

February 9-28 Tour #2015202 20 Days Day 2 - ST. PETE BEACH - Today, we continue southward into the Double: $2639 Triple: $2239 Single: $4219 Deposit: $400 Sunshine State. We arrive in St. Pete Beach, Florida and check into the Sirata Beach Resort for the next 17 nights. Tonight, our coach will take you grocery EARLY BOOKING REMINDER: This tour requires a very early reservation shopping to stock your kitchen. due to the strict demands of the hotels and resorts. Join us for a 17-night stay Days 3-18 - LEISURE DAYS - These days will be relaxing, leisure times. at the beautiful Sirata Beach Resort in St. Pete Beach, Florida, where Our motorcoach will transport us to church on Sundays and we have sun-filled days, miles of white sandy beaches and warm aquamarine waters included a day of Flea Market shopping. One day, we will enjoy an included will make this winter a pleasure, instead of dreading the cold, gray days of a Starlite Luncheon Cruise, with great dining, live entertainment and dancing. Kentucky winter. The white sugary sand of this beautiful beach is located just A list of planned daily activities will be passed out by the Tour Director. outside your hotel door. Our hotel is located on a bus line and there is a shopping center within walking distance. There are many restaurants located Days 19-20 - FORSYTH, GEORGIA & HOME - Today, we pack our in and around the Sirata Beach Resort. Our rooms are all efficiency suites. suitcases and head back toward Kentucky. We overnight in Forsyth, Georgia, then arrive back home after a wonderful, relaxing time in Florida. Day 1 - FORSYTH, GEORGIA - Our first day’s journey begins as we head Meals: 2B, 1L south to Forsyth, Georgia to overnight. Mardi Gras Festival – New Orleans, Louisiana February 14-19 Tour #2015203 6 Days Double: $979 Triple: $879 Single: $1399 Deposit: $200 EARLY BOOKING REMINDER: The Mardi Gras Festival has a limited departure and requires a very early reservation due to the strict demands of the hotels. Imagine It! The most exciting parade in our nation. The most incredible floats, food, fun and fantasy. The most amazing collection of beads, coins, cups and trinkets thrown from the floats. The most distinctive flavor of New Orleans food with its Cajun and Creole influence. Come discover Mardi Gras Festival in Louisiana! Day 1 - MERIDIAN, MISSISSIPPI - Our adventure begins as we head south through Tennessee and Alabama to our overnight accommodations in Meridian, Mississippi. Day 2 - FRENCH - BACCHUS PARADE - Today we continue south to the “Crescent City”, New Orleans for the next three nights. This beautiful river town is home to one of the nation’s longest and French Quarter largest parties, the Mardi Gras Festival, and we will join in all the fun and excitement during our stay. We arrive in the French Quarter around noon and have time for lunch (on own) and shopping in the charming Old French and Rex, The King of Parade. “Laissez les bons temps rouler!” or, Market. Here you can stroll through aisles of vendors displaying an “Let the good times roll!” This morning, we board our motorcoach and head assortment of wares from Mardi Gras masks to Cajun spices, to jewelry and to the parade route, where fanciful floats, fantastic costumes and brightly clothing. Tonight, we enjoy the first of our parades here at Mardi Gras as we colored beads are just a part of this great celebration. Prepare for an exciting thrill to the beautiful nighttime Bacchus Parade. day as you join the others yelling, “Throw me something, mister!” and get Day 3 - NEW ORLEANS CITY TOUR - THE NATCHEZ RIVERBOAT your bushels of beads to bring home. Our coach will be parked near the CRUISE - We start our day with a city tour that will feature modern parade route and we will provide a boxed lunch. We have reserved seating for New Orleans and old sights around the French Quarter. Our city tour will the parades on Mardi Gras Day, Fat Tuesday. Overnight same hotel. take us by lovely antebellum homes and along St. Charles Avenue past parks, Day 5 - TUNICA, MISSISSIPPI - Today, we depart New Orleans and universities, and other famous areas in this beautiful city. Next, we have travel to Tunica, Mississippi and check into the Gold Strike Casino Hotel, included a delightful luncheon cruise aboard New Orleans’ only where we overnight. This evening will be at your leisure to relax at the sternwheeler steamboat, “The Natchez,” and see one of the busiest ports in hotel, go shopping or just play the slots. the world. The remainder of the day is at your leisure. Overnight same hotel. Day 6 - HOME - Today, we make our way home remembering what fun Day 4 - MARDI GRAS - As Fat Tuesday dawns, get ready for Mardi Gras and excitement we have had on our “Mardi Gras Getaway.” Meals: 5B, 2L 7 Washington, D.C. – Cherry Blossom Time March 23-27 Tour #2015302 5 Days Day 3 - WASHINGTON, D.C. SIGHTSEEING - Today we will make Double: $609 Triple: $579 Single: $859 Deposit: $150 every effort to get tickets for the White House and Capitol (if open and available). In the meantime, The beauty and majesty of our we’ll visit the Lincoln, Roosevelt, nation’s capital city is apparent Vietnam War and Korean War anytime of the year, but it is Memorials. As we drive through especially enchanting during the city, we pass by the Tidal Cherry Blossom time. Let this Basin, lined with the famous be the year for you to enjoy this Yoshino Cherry Trees. Overnight magnificent city. same hotel. Day 1 - HAGERSTOWN, Day 4 - ARLINGTON MARYLAND - We travel today NATIONAL CEMETERY - through West Virginia into the We begin our day with a visit to “Old Line State” of Maryland, Arlington National Cemetery to where we overnight in see the Kennedy Gravesites and Hagerstown, Maryland. the Changing of the Guard Day 2 - WWII MEMORIAL - Ceremonies at the Tomb of the SMITHSONIAN Unknown Soldier. As we depart INSTITUTE - This morning, we drive into Washington, D.C. to take in all the cemetery, we stop at the Marine Corps War Memorial, which portrays the city has to offer. We begin by stopping at the WWII Memorial honoring the raising of the flag on Iwo Jima. Back across the Potomac, we have a the 16 million who served in the armed forces of the U.S., the more than guided tour of the Kennedy Center for the Performing Arts. Overnight in 400,000 who died, and all who supported the war effort from home. Next Hagerstown, Maryland we visit the Smithsonian Institution, affectionately called “America’s attic,” Day 5 - HOME - After an included breakfast, we leave Maryland this for a look at the history of this nation. We will visit the Museum of Natural morning and make our way home, remembering the things we have seen on History, the National Museum of American History and the National Air our trip that truly make our country great. Meals: 4B and Space Museum. After exploring these exhibits we will visit the Thomas Jefferson Memorial before stopping for dinner on our own. Our hotel accommodations for the next two nights will be in the D.C. area. Gulf Coast Fun In The Sun March 24-29 Tour #2015303 6 Days Day 4 - WEST FLORIDA RAILROAD MUSEUM - NATIONAL Double: $789 Triple: $709 Single: $1149 Deposit: $150 NAVAL AVIATION MUSEUM - This morning’s visit to the West Florida Railroad Museum should be interesting. It March is a good time to put winter behind us, occupies L&N Milton combination freight and head for someplace warm and sunny and get in passenger depot that was built in 1907-09 on the the mood for spring. The Gulf Coast of site of the original 1882 depot and houses a wide Mississippi, Alabama and Northwest Florida is variety of memorabilia from the L&N, Frisco just the ticket. This new Shockey “getaway” and other railroads, several examples of rolling will take us to what Good Morning America stock and out buildings and a model railroad gift has called one of the “10 Most Beautiful Places shop. Our next stop is a one of a kind place, the in America.” We will spend several days National Naval Aviation Museum. The world’s exploring, shopping and just relaxing along largest naval aviation museum, it is home to 300 miles of pristine beaches, historic places and more than 150 aircraft representing Navy, Marine exciting cities. Corps and Coast Guard aviation, and also offers Day1 - MERIDIAN, MISSISSIPPI - Today we a number of other attractions sure to captivate begin our trip to the Gulf Coast by traveling one and all. We have included an IMAX movie through Tennessee and Alabama to our first stay in our visit. We will stay for lunch (on own) at in Meridian, Mississippi. the authentic Cubi Bar Café, decorated with Day 2 - BILOXI, MISSISSIPPI - TOUR more than 1,000 squadron and unit plaques TRAIN - Continuing south today will bring us reassembled from the historic Officers’ Club to Biloxi, Mississippi on the Gulf Coast. This at Cubi Point in the Phillippines. Then it’s back morning, we will have a historical journey to our hotel and the beach. Dig your toes in the through one of the oldest settlements in America, sand. Swim in the Gulf of Mexico or in the pool. aboard the Biloxi Shrimp Tour Train; as we enjoy Enjoy the view from a lounger on the beachfront a 90 minute narrated tour of Biloxi’s historic pool deck. Or look for other diversions. district, and beautiful live oak trees. Decisions, decisions! Then our early arrival at Beau Rivage Resort and Bellingrath Gardens Day 5 - GULF SHORES NATIONAL Casino in Biloxi will allow us time to enjoy the SEASHORE - TALLAHASSEE MUSEUM - beach on the gulf, as well as the resort’s amenities. We depart Pensacola this morning, meandering Day 3 - BELLINGRATH GARDENS - PENSACOLA BEACH, along the Gulf Shores National Seashore, before making our way to the FLORIDA - This morning, we travel east into Alabama to the world famous Tallahassee Museum where North Florida’s history, nature and wildlife inter- Bellingrath Home and Gardens. This is a 65 acre estate of year-round sect. From amazing native animals and rare historic buildings to beautiful beauty that offers, in season the Bayou Boardwalk, Mirror Lake, the Great natural scenery, this mostly outdoor museum showcases the “old Florida” Lawn, Asian-American Garden, Butterfly Garden, Formal Garden Terraces that existed before the tourists arrived. We overnight in Forsyth, Georgia. and one of the highest rated rose gardens in the United States. Following Day 6 - HOME - Wasn’t the Gulf Coast a great break from winter? As we some sightseeing in historic neighborhoods of Mobile, we plan to arrive early leave the sun, surf and seafood today and head for home, our getaway has for a two-night stay on the sugary white sands of the Gulf Coast, at our hotel left us warmed, refreshed and renewed. Meals: 3B on Pensacola Beach, which is located near casual and fine dining, nightlife, shopping and the boardwalk. 8 San Antonio Fiesta Days April 21-28 Tour #2015402 8 Days San Antonio unfold during our visit to Mission San Jose, one of the many Double: $1129 Triple: $1049 Single: $1629 Deposit: $250 missions that have been preserved throughout the city. We also visit The excitement of this celebration mounts as you anticipate the Hemisfair Plaza, the site of San Antonio’s World Fair in 1968, and songs, music, dances, and parades of Fiesta time! You will the Institute Of Texas Culture, which emphasizes the love our deluxe accommodations in the heart of the contributions of the 26 ethnic groups that helped settle festivities in the downtown area! We have reserved Texas. Tonight, we see one of the most beautiful and seating for BOTH fabulous parades. dazzling parades of all, “Fiesta Flambeau Parade.” Everything and everyone has lights on them for Day 1 - MERIDIAN, MISSISSIPPI - Our this great parade! first day’s journey takes us south through Tennessee, Alabama and into Mississippi, Day 6 - STOCKYARDS STATION - where we overnight in Meridian. DALLAS - SIXTH FLOOR MUSEUM Today, we will do some additional Day 2 - FRENCH QUARTER - sightseeing in the “Lone Star State” as we LAFAYETTE, LA - Today, we make our make our way across Texas. First, we visit way to New Orleans, Louisiana for lunch Ft. Worth’s historic Stockyards District for and shopping in the French Quarter. some souvenir shopping. This 125-acre Afterwards, we drive to Lafayette, Louisiana complex was once the largest livestock where we overnight. marketing center in the Southwest and now Day 3 - SAN ANTONIO, TEXAS - This includes galleries, restaurants and shops in morning, we depart Lafayette, continuing many of the original structures. We continue our journey to San Antonio. Our deluxe on to Dallas, where we see the Sixth Floor accommodations for the next three nights will Museum (located in the Book Depository from be in downtown San Antonio, in the heart of all which Oswald shot Kennedy). This permanent the festivities. historical exhibition deals with the life, times, death Day 4 - BATTLE OF FLOWERS PARADE - and legacy of John F. Kennedy. There is a special focus Today, we explore this stately old city of San Antonio. on the impact of his death on the nation and the world. First, we visit the Alamo, We overnight in Greenville, Texas. the “cradle of Texas Day 7 - LITTLE ROCK, Liberty,”. The afternoon ARKANSAS - Today we will be highlighted by San make our way to Little Antonio’s Annual “Battle Rock, Arkansas, where of the Flowers” Parade. we stop for a visit at This evening is free to visit the Clinton Presidential Paseo Del Rio, where you Library before checking may choose to have dinner into our hotel. We in one of the quaint little overnight in West restaurants along the Memphis, Arkansas. Riverwalk area. As a special Day 8 - HOME! - This end to your day, we have morning we turn our coach included a leisurely boat north and head for ride on the San Antonio Kentucky, remembering River, which runs through the fun, the flowers and the the heart of downtown fantastic sights of this great San Antonio. tour. Meals: 3B Day 5 - FIESTA FLAMBEAU PARADE - Today, we see the history of Battle of the Flowers Tunica, Mississippi – Sam’s Town Casino April 25-27 Tour #2015407 3 Days Double: $279 Triple: $269 Single: $379 Deposit: $100 All bets are on! C’mon and get lucky and “strike it rich” as we travel to Tunica, Mississippi, a small community that has been transformed by casino resorts. Our accommodation for the next two nights will be at the luxurious Sam’s Town Casino & Resort. Day 1 - TUNICA, MISSISSIPPI - SAM’S TOWN CASINO - Today, we journey through Tennessee and cross the state line into Tunica, Mississippi, a small community that has been transformed by casino resorts. Early this afternoon, we check into Sam’s Town Casino & Resort, our accommodations for the next two nights. The rest of the evening will be free for shopping or “placing your bets.” Day 2 - CASINO FUN - This will be a fun-filled day for you to enjoy, as you will. A delicious breakfast is included this morning and then you may sleep late and then play the slots. Day 3 - HOME - After an included breakfast; we depart our “luxurious getaway” hotel early and make our way back through Tennessee to the lovely Bluegrass State. Meals: 2B 9 California – Here We Come! May 13-28 Tour #2015528 16 Days United States near Tucson, Arizona. Today, we have a chance to see these enormous cacti, silhouetted by the beauty of the magnificent surrounding Double: $2349 Triple: $2149 Single: $3379 Deposit: $400 desert. We overnight in Tucson, Arizona. A land of movie stars, gold rushes, redwood forests and astonishing beauty, Day 5 - PALM SPRINGS - LOS ANGELES, CALIFORNIA - This California has captured the imagination of the world ever since Americans morning, we will do a photo stop at Heritage Square, where you will see first trekked westward to this golden state. Come along with Shockey Tours some homes that date back to the early days of Phoenix. This afternoon, we on our new tour to this amazing place of over 36 million people, with a will stop in the pretty resort town of Palm Springs, then on to the larger economy than most nations. Many of you have wanted to metropolitan Los Angeles area, where we spend the next visit famous Yosemite National Park; so we have included two nights. it as one of the many highlights of this tour. Day 6 - WARNER BROTHERS STUDIO - Day 1 - BRYANT, ARKANSAS - We travel NARRATED HOLLYWOOD TOUR - Two through Kentucky and Tennessee to Bryant, very special things are on our agenda for today. Arkansas with a stop at the Casey Jones Village Much of our morning will be spent at the in Jackson, Tennessee on the way. fabled Warner Brothers Studio. In small Day 2 - FORT WORTH STOCKYARDS groups, riding on special golf carts, we will - ABILENE, TEXAS - Continuing our tour this amazing complex of production way west into Texas will bring us to the facilities and costume shops, back lots and historic Fort Worth Stockyards for much more. There is also time for lunch, shopping and sightseeing. Here you can shopping and browsing. This afternoon saddle up to the bar, in an old saloon that we take a narrated tour of Hollywood; has saddles for stools, or sit in the saddle where we will see many stars’ homes, the on a long horn bull. We overnight in Hollywood Walk of Fame, Sunset Strip, Abilene, Texas. Graumann’s Chinese Theater, the famous Day 3 - ALAMOGORDO, NEW Hollywood sign and equally famous Rodeo MEXICO - Our destination today is Drive. Overnight same hotel. Alamogordo, New Mexico, where we will see Day 7 - SOLVANG, CALIFORNIA - the amazing emptiness and barrenness of HEARST CASTLE - SAN SIMEON, New Mexico. Then we will enjoy the beauty CALIFORNIA - Leaving LA this morning, we of the Sacramento Mountains. will spend some time in beautiful Solvang, an Day 4 - WHITE SANDS NATIONAL authentic Danish village. Solvang’s windmills, MONUMENT - TUCSON, ARIZONA - This thatched roofs and cobblestone streets make lunch and morning, leaving Alamogordo, we will visit a great natural shopping here a very pleasant experience. This afternoon, wonder, the great wave-like dunes of gypsum sand found at White newspaper magnate William Randolph Hearst’s Castle overlooking Sands National Monument. Another special activity awaits us this the Pacific Ocean will garner our attention as we enjoy a guided tour of his afternoon. The giant saguaro cactus is the universal symbol of the American estate; with some free time included there as well. We overnight in west, and these majestic plants are found only in a small portion of the nearby San Simeon, California. Grand Ole Opry May 22-23 Tour #2015505 2 Days Join us as we make our way to “Music City, USA” - Nashville, Tennessee! These two days Double: $329 Triple: $309 Single: $409 Deposit: $100 are packed full of exciting entertainment, beginning with our lodging in the elegant Gaylord Opryland Hotel. Stroll along the pathways and walking bridges through the lush gardens and spectacular waterfalls in the conservatories of the hotel. Day 1 - GENERAL JACKSON SHOWBOAT - DELTA FLATBOAT - GRAND OLE OPRY - Today our coach heads south to Music City, USA - Nashville, Tennessee. Upon arrival, we board the beautiful General Jackson Showboat. We enjoy a delicious included lunch while cruising the scenic Cumberland River between Opryland and Nashville. Next, we check into our fabulous rooms at the world famous Gaylord Opryland Hotel. We will have time for dinner on our own before our evening show. We have included a ride on the Delta River Flatboat that wanders along the river inside the Opryland Hotel. Tonight, we make our way to the “Grand Ole Opry House” where well-known country music stars will be performing. Day 2 - HOME - We begin our morning with an included breakfast and free time for shop- Gaylord Opryland Resort & Convention Center ping and exploring in the hotel before returning to the Bluegrass State. Meals: 1B, 1L Show: 1 10 Day 8 - BIG SUR - SAN FRANCISCO, CALIFORNIA - The Big Sur, Day 11 - YOSEMITE NATIONAL PARK - This very special day of our which has been called “The Greatest Meeting of Land & Sea,” is a 90 mile tour is dedicated solely to enjoying some of the wonders of Yosemite stretch of rugged and awesomely beautiful coastline between Carmel to the National Park. To that end, we have scheduled an exciting guided tour in north and San Simeon (Hearst Castle) to the south. This morning will the park to see Yosemite Valley, Yosemite Falls, Half Dome, El Capitan, include a special stop at Big Sur State Park - home of the magnificent Tunnel View, Bridal Veil Falls and more. After lunch, shopping and redwood trees. As we travel on Highway One this morning, we will wind additional sightseeing, we travel to Fresno, California to overnight. along the Big Sur, flanked on one side by the majestic Santa Lucia Mountains Day 12 - FLAGSTAFF, ARIZONA - On our last day in California, we will and on the other by the rocky Pacific Coast. Arriving in San Francisco by travel through some of its famous farmland and part of its high desert, before mid-afternoon will give us time to begin enjoying the many attractions and crossing into Arizona, where we will overnight in Flagstaff. culinary delights of famed Fisherman’s Wharf. Be sure to visit the colony of sea lions, next to Pier 39 who “took up” residence Day 13 - GRAND CANYON - Today, the powerful and inspiring right after an earthquake in 1989. The sea lions lay all landscape of the Grand Canyon will overwhelm our senses over each other and the wooden docks that were through its immense size and incredible beauty. We will originally meant for docking boats. Our hotel for spend most of the day, on our own, taking park shuttles the next two nights is right nearby. to see the things that most interest us. Remember the Eagles’ song about “standing on the corner in Day 9 - CITY TOUR OF SAN FRANCISCO Winslow, Arizona?” Well, you can do that too, - CABLE CARS - This morning, we have in front of the “flatbed Ford,” when we stop planned a guided tour of San Francisco, there for dinner and to spend the night. including a ride on one of the city’s cable cars. We will come to understand why Day 14 - OLD TOWN ALBUQUERQUE, visitors leave their hearts here every NEW MEXICO - All are sure to enjoy year. The afternoon and evening are their visit today to Old Town Albuquerque ours to enjoy as we please. Our Shockey for lunch, shopping and sightseeing. This tour guide will provide us with maps part of Albuquerque, New Mexico is as and suggestions. close as you can get to Mexico without having to cross the border. The shops are Day 10 - SACRAMENTO, CALIFORNIA - full of authentic food and merchandise from Departing the “City by the Bay” this south of the border. We overnight in morning, we travel first to California’s Tucumcari, New Mexico after having dinner capital city of Sacramento, where we will do (on own) at a place called (no kidding) a photo stop of the capitol building and “Pow Wow’s.” grounds. Next, we will visit Old Town Sacramento, where you may wish to visit one of Day 15 - JOPLIN, MISSOURI - Leaving New Mexico this morning, we cross the Texas panhandle the finest railroad museums in the country. Go back San Fransisco Cable Car in time as you walk along the boardwalk sidewalks for and travel through Oklahoma. On the way to Joplin, some lunch and shopping. In Stockton, we will have a Missouri, we will travel part of the historic Route 66. We guided tour of the Bob Hope Fox Theatre; a beautiful old venue spend the night in Joplin, Missouri. that dates from the early 1900’s. We overnight in Merced, California. Day 16 - HOME - We arrive home with memories of the great state of California, and a better understanding of so many places different from our own. Meals: 10B

Spring In New York May 25-29 Tour #2015515 5 Days Double: $899 Triple: $849 Single: $1279 Deposit: $200 Spring is an absolutely wonderful time to be in New York City. The weather is usually ever so pleasant; the city’s parks are in full bloom and the streets are alive with things to do, buy and eat. This revised tour will feature several excursions into Central Park to view its amazing trees, flowers, wildlife and historical architectural bridges and buildings. Other parks on this tour include pretty Bryant Park at night and the unique High Line Park, which is elevated above the city on an old railroad line. In addition, we have included visits to the National 9/11 Memorial and 9/11 Memorial & Museum Museum and several of the city’s most famous neighborhoods. Photo By Jin Lee, Courtesy 9/11 1 - HAGERSTOWN, MARYLAND - We travel today through and other materials that shape our shared history and honor the the mountains of West Virginia and Maryland, crossing the Eastern memories of those killed on 9/11. There will also be time to see Continental Divide and we overnight in Hagerstown, Maryland. many of the attractions of Lower Manhattan, including Wall Street, Day 2 - CENTRAL PARK - HARLEM - BROADWAY - Traveling before we take a one-hour cruise in New York Harbor that will through Pennsylvania and New Jersey, we arrive in “The City” in time afford us great views of Liberty and Ellis Islands. Tonight, we absorb for lunch at the Time Warner Center, at famous Columbus Circle. This the culture of New York, as we attend a fabulous Broadway Show. afternoon will be spent with our Shockey Tour Director, visiting many Day 4 - NEIGHBORHOODS DRIVING TOUR - of the attractions in Central Park. We will also see much of the CHINATOWN - HIGH LINE PARK - Our driving tour neighborhood, called the “Upper West Side,” and then do some bargain this morning will include Greenwich Village, SOHO and hunting at a great place up in Harlem. This evening, a driving and other famous neighborhoods. After some shopping in walking tour will highlight Rockefeller Center, Bryant Park and other Chinatown and Little Italy, we will enjoy walking and sightsee- Midtown Manhattan attractions. ing in the beautiful and unique High Line Park. We depart NYC Day 3 - NATIONAL 9/11 MEMORIAL & MUSEUM - LOWER early afternoon and overnight in Hagerstown, Maryland again. MANHATTAN - NEW YORK HARBOR - This morning, we will Day 5 - HOME - We travel home today refreshed from our visit our country’s principal institution concerned with exploring the slower paced, relaxed tour to the “city that never sleep.” Wasn’t implications of 9/11. At the National 9/11 Memorial and Museum, we springtime in New York just wonderful? Meals: 2B, Show: 1 will look at the permanent collection of artifacts, stories, photos, videos 11 Canyonlands June 5-18 Tour #2015614 14 Days Canon City, where we begin an adventure of a lifetime, a breath-taking trek across the Royal Gorge Bridge, which is 1,053 feet above the Arkansas River. Double: $2149 Triple: $2039 Single: $3039 Deposit: $350 Next, we travel beyond the majestic Colorado Rockies as we visit the This is an absolutely incredible western Black Canyon of the Gunnison journey that covers the Canyonlands and National Monument. This lovely National Parks of Colorado, Arizona area is famed for its narrowness, its depth and Utah. Discover the colorful canyons, and its gorge formations. Overnight deep gorges, serene lakes, fascinating Montrose, Colorado. forests and magnificent monuments, on Day 5 - OURAY - SILVERTON - this extraordinary and breathtaking tour DURANGO -Today, we drive to Ouray through our nation’s most remarkable for a short stop in this beautiful little areas of the Colorado Rockies. mining town before arriving in Silverton, Day 1 - INDEPENDENCE, Colorado, the site of a major silver strike. MISSOURI - Our first day’s journey We have time for lunch and shopping takes us through Indiana, Illinois and on before boarding our coach to drive the to Independence, Missouri to overnight. “Million-dollar Highway” through some Day 2 - EISENHOWER CENTER - of the most scenic areas of the state on Today, we drive to Kansas with a stop in our way to Durango. Tonight, we enjoy Abilene at the Eisenhower Center. Here Pike’s Peak Railroad an included dinner at the Bar D. we visit the Presidential Library, the Chuckwagon in Durango, Colorado. Boyhood Home, the Museum, and place Day 6 - MESA VERDE NATIONAL of burial in the Meditation Chapel. Overnight in Colby, Kansas. PARK - FOUR CORNERS - Mesa Verde National Park, one of the Day 3 - PIKE’S PEAK - Excitement is in store today, as we motor to nation’s major archeological preserves will be our first stop. Here, you will Manitou Springs, Colorado and board the Cog Railway for a ride to the be able to see ancient cliff dwellings, which resemble large apartment summit of Pike’s Peak. In the late afternoon, we drive through the Garden complexes, and marvel at the Anasazi Indian civilization that once occupied of the Gods, before checking into our hotel in Colorado Springs, Colorado. this remote area. Next we visit the Four Corners Monument, the only place Day 4 - ROYAL GORGE - BLACK CANYON in the country where four states meet. A concrete monument - Our tour turns south to bearing the seal of each state marks the juncture of Arizona, Utah,

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June 2-5 Tour #2015609 4 Days Glass in Canada, and they make the largest selection found anywhere in the world. After dinner, we will view a breathtaking film at the IMAX Theater Double: $449 Triple: $429 Single: $569 Deposit: $100 on the history and “feats” performed at the falls. The rest of the evening is at This comprehensive tour includes the natural beauty of Canada’s Horseshoe your leisure. Falls and the majestic power of our own American Falls. Come witness the Day 3 - WELLAND CANAL - HORNBLOWER BOAT RIDE - After an thundering, churning waters of this natural wonder as well as many other included breakfast, a local guide will step aboard our coach and provide an area attractions. exciting tour of the Canadian Falls area. We will hear the roar of the falls and Day 1 - NIAGARA FALLS, - Today, we drive north across see the mist rising from the river as we drive around Niagara. First, we stop Ohio, Pennsylvania, and New York, to cross the border into Canada. at the Welland Canal, for a look at this great engineering feat. The locks Our accommodations for the next three nights will be in Niagara Falls, can lift huge ships as if they were toys. Next, we take a driving tour of Ontario, Canada. “Niagara-on-the-Lake.” This historic town captures attention with Day 2 - AMERICAN FALLS - DAREDEVIL MUSEUM - IMAX - After its Georgian and Victorian styled building, Waterfront Park and the an included breakfast, we depart with a local guide on a day excursion that surrounding fields of grapevines. We have included a stop at the takes us back to Niagara Falls, New York for a visit to the American Falls. Kurtz Orchards and Country Market, they famous for their peaches, Here, we visit the New York State Power Vista Museum. This is an homemade jams, preserves, honey and maple syrup. Our next stop will be interactive museum featuring the history of electrical power generation at the Floral Clock and the Spanish Aerocar. Next, we get an exciting, close-up Niagara Falls. Next, we visit Luna Island, Cave of the Winds and Goat view of this great natural wonder of thundering, churning waters as we take Island, which offer spectacular views from the edges of the falls. This a boat ride on the Hornblower. Overnight same hotel. afternoon, we visit the Daredevil Museum to see the actual barrels used by Day 4 - HOME - We include breakfast before departing the beauty of Steve Trotter, Peter De Bernardi, and others who have taken the plunge over Canada with its vibrant, flowering gardens and famous waterfall, and cross the Falls. After lunch, we return to the Canadian side of the Falls and visit the border back into our own great country, making our way back to the Rossi Glass Factory. Rossi’s is the only place to manufacture Cranberry Kentucky. Meals: 3B 12 Colorado and New Mexico. Our lodging for the next two nights will be in sights of Arches National Park. Here we enjoy a glorious panorama of Page, Arizona. timeless, natural landscapes of giant stones, pinnacles, spires and blind Day 7 - LAKE POWELL - RAINBOW BRIDGE - Today covers one of arches. Overnight in Moab, Utah. the major highlights of this wonderful tour. Indescribable beauty will be ours Day 11 - GLENWOOD SPRINGS - VAIL, COLORADO - Our coach to savor as we take the half-day boat tour on scenic 196-mile long heads east today passing through Glenwood Springs, where Doc Holiday, Lake Powell to Rainbow Bridge. We the dentist gunman of O.K. Corral fame, have included a boxed lunch while we is buried. Later, we make a brief stop in enjoy the cruise. The remainder of the Vail, Colorado, the glamorous interna- day will be free to enjoy the lovely tional ski resort, and then continue on to scenery around Lake Powell. Englewood, Colorado to overnight. Day 8 - GRAND CANYON Day 12 - PONY EXPRESS MUSEUM NATIONAL PARK - This morning, we - Today, we travel through the fertile travel to the rugged North Rim of Grand farmlands of Nebraska, traveling Canyon National Park, where we see Interstate 80 along the Platte River. We endless oceans of color in this gigantic stop for a visit at the Pony Express canyon. In the afternoon, we continue Museum, before checking into on to Kanab, Utah, called “Little our overnight accommodations in Hollywood” because more than 92 Kearney, Nebraska. movies have been made in this area, as Day 13 - ST JOSEPH - COLUMBIA, well as episodes of “The Lone Ranger”, MO - We continue across Nebraska, “Death Valley Days” and “Gunsmoke.” Canyonlands through Lincoln, the capital city, and on We overnight in the quaint western town to St. Joseph, Missouri for a stop in this of Kanab, Utah. historic city to review its legacy of wagon Day 9 - ZION & BRYCE NATIONAL PARK - Today, we follow trains and the Pony Express. We have included a tour of the home of Jesse the scenic Mt. Carmel Highway through the One-Mile Tunnel to James and see the bullet hole from the fatal shot that killed him. Next we Zion National Park. Its majestic stonewalls manifest the beauty and continue on to Columbia, Missouri to overnight. magnificence of Zion. After our tour we exit the park in the west and drive Day 14 - HOME - This morning we head back to the Bluegrass State, with to Bryce Canyon National Park to marvel at the ‘hoodoos’ and spires left by our suitcases full of souvenirs and our memories ready to be shared years of erosion. Overnight in Bryce, Utah. with family and friends. If ever there was a tour that shows “America the Day 10 - ARCHES NATIONAL PARK - Today, we head to the awesome Beautiful”, this has been it! Meals: 7B, 1L, 1D

Presidential Mansions June 8-12 Tour #2015633 5 Days Double: $639 Triple: $599 Single: $859 Deposit: $150 Eight U.S. Presidents were born in the state of Virginia, which has long been known as the “Mother of Presidents.” This new Shockey adventure provides our travelers a chance to experience history and an opportunity to see new and different things including the homes of Presidents James Monroe, James Madison and George Washington. Day 1 - CHARLOTTESVILLE, VIRGINIA - Today we drive through the Blue Ridge Mountains, over the Virginia line and into the Shenandoah Valley of Virginia. Crimson barns, lush orchards and quaint towns dot Shenandoah, a patchwork of greens and golds. We spend the next two nights in Charlottesville, Virginia. Day 2 - MONTICELLO - MICHIE TAVERN - WILSON PRESIDENTIAL LIBRARY - This morning we visit Monticello, Thomas Jefferson’s home from 1770 until his death. The tour includes the principal rooms of the house, which contain the statesman’s furniture and personal effects. His tomb is on the estate. Next we enjoy a delicious included lunch at Historic Michie Tavern. Michie Tavern is one of the oldest homesteads remaining in Virginia and was originally located on a well-traveled stagecoach route some 17 miles northwest of Monticello. To accommodate the many travelers seeking food and shelter at their home, the Michies opened the dwelling as a Tavern in 1784. After lunch, we visit the Woodrow Wilson Presidential Library and Museum, dedicated to the life and legacy of the 28th president. The home has been restored to reflect the Wilson family’s life before the Civil War. Overnight same hotel. Monticello Day 3 - ASH-LAWN HIGHLAND - MONTPELIER - This morning we tour Ash-Lawn Highland, the “cabin castle” of President James Monroe and his wife Elizabeth, located in Virginia’s Albemarle County near Charlottesville. dignified house commands an impressive view of the river beyond its broad We stop for lunch (on own) before arriving at Montpelier Station, Virginia lawns. The mansion and the museum contain much of the original furni- for a tour of Montpelier, the mansion home of President James and ture. Among the articles on display is the bed in which Washington died, his Dolly Madison. Tonight we have included a delicious dinner. We overnight sword and clothing, plus articles belonging to Martha Dandridge Washington. in Orange, Virginia. After our tour, we travel to Hagerstown, Maryland, where we overnight. Day 4 - GEORGE WASHINGTON’S MT. VERNON - Day 5 - HOME - Today we make our way home. As we travel, we will be HAGERSTOWN, MARYLAND - This morning, we travel to Alexandria, recalling the beauty and history we have experienced and looking forward to Virginia, the magnificent estate of President George Washington. The sharing our memories with our friends. Meals: 3B, 1L, 1D 13 Ohio Amish Sampler June 10-13 Tour #2015619 4 Days something different, this is the place to find it. If you Double: $479 Triple: $459 Single: $609 Deposit: $150 like crafts, you’ll love this as Come to the over 250 vendors display rolling hills their wares. Tonight we and valleys of enjoy another fantastic Northern Ohio, Amish dinner. where lush green Day 3 - HEINI’S CHEESE countryside - HALF-STITCHED combined with MUSICAL - This morning, golden fields of we enjoy a driving tour grain create a through the Amish visual master- countryside. Dairy cattle, piece; where the haystacks and windmills Amish, a plain dot the landscape as we and gentle view this picturesque valley people have of the Amish. Next, we developed and visit Heini’s Cheese House, landscaped where you can taste a farms into an art variety of cheeses, including form. Come and chocolate, strawberry and soak up the peanut butter. We stop in Berlin, Ohio, one of the little quaint towns in this ambience of area, for lunch (on own) and shopping. Tonight, after an included dinner, Half-Stitched Ohio’s Little Musical we enjoy the live stage musical, “Half-Stitched.” In this heartwarming live Switzerland, stage musical, an Amish woman’s first quilting class brings the most home of “Baby unlikely people together. As their problems begin to bind them together like Swiss” cheese and enjoy the fabulous “Half-Stitched Musical.” Don’t miss the scraps of fabric stitched together in a quilt, they learn to open up and the opportunity to feed your body with great Amish cooking and give your lend a helping hand. Is this what God had in mind to heal hurting hearts spirit that serene feeling of stepping back into a quieter, gentler time. and create beauty from fragments? Overnight same hotel. Day 1 - STRASBURG, OHIO - We head through Northern Kentucky to Day 4 - WARTHER WOODCARVING MUSEUM - HOME - A visit to Strasburg, Ohio, where we will spend the next three nights. This evening, we the Warther Woodcarving Museum is first on our agenda today. Here, the have included the first of our three delicious Amish dinners. master carver, Ernest Warther, has intricately hand-carved in wood, ivory, Day 2 - AMISH FLEA MARKET - This morning, we visit Schrock’s ebony and pearl the history of steam locomotives and trains. You won’t be Amish Farm for an authentic look at the Amish way of life. First, we tour the able to believe your eyes when you see the Lincoln Funeral Train he carved. home and then enjoy a buggy ride. Next, we visit the Holmes County Amish The Smithsonian Institute has appraised this collection as a “Priceless Work Flea Market. This isn’t your usual flea market, and if you are looking for of Art.” This afternoon, we depart for home. Meals: 3B, 3D Show: 1 Southern Family Fun June 9-12 Tour #2015635 4 Days we visit the World of Coca-Cola. Here, we Double: $599 Triple: $539 Single: $819 Deposit: $150 will learn the story of Parents and grandparents - bring your children and grandchildren on this fun Coca-Cola past, present and educational tour to Atlanta, Georgia. It will be a special bonding and learning and future as told through experience for you both. Memories will be made that can never be forgotten. fascinating exhibits, an Day 1 - ATLANTA, GEORGIA - A southern welcome awaits us as we drive eye-popping collection through Kentucky and Tennessee into the “Big Peach,” Atlanta, Georgia of memorabilia, classic where we spend the next three nights. Tonight, we have included a delicious radio and television dinner for your enjoyment. advertisements and a Day 2 - GEORGIA AQUARIUM - WORLD OF COCA-COLA futuristic soda fountain - This that you must see to morning, we visit the Georgia Aquarium, showcasing a fascinating variety of believe. We will have the marine animals in more than eight million gallons of water. After lunch, opportunity to sample many different Coca-Cola Georgia Aquarium beverages served all over Stone Mountain Park the world including such unusual flavors as “Vegitabeta” and “Sparberry.” Overnight same hotel. Day 3 - CHICK-FIL-A HOME OFFICE BACKSTAGE TOUR - STONE MOUNTAIN PARK - This morning, we start our day with a Chick-Fil-A Home Office Backstage Tour. On our guided tour we will get a behind the scenes look at Chick-Fil-A and learn the story of its founder Truett Cathy. Next, we make our way to Stone Mountain Park for a look at this massive dome of granite and the colossal equestrian figures sculpted on the mountain’s sheer northern face. You can also take a ride on the Stone Mountain Railroad that circles the base of the mountain, or be more daring and take an exhilarating ride on a Swiss cable car that will whisk you to the top of the mountain in minutes. Overnight same hotel. Day 4 - HOME - This morning, we make our way back to the Bluegrass State with special memories of our trip fresh in our minds. Meals: 3B, 1D 14 Chattanooga Family Tour June 15-17 Tour #2015634 3 Days “America’s Most Amazing Mile” - the Incline Railway up Lookout Mountain! As we ride up the mountain, we marvel at the sweeping Double: $379 Triple: $369 Single: $479 Deposit: $100 panoramic view Parents and from the world’s grandparents, steepest passenger introduce your incline. Next, we children to a visit “Battles for piece of Chattanooga,” American histo- where we see ry with this great an entertaining little trip. Pardon presentation on me boy! Is that Chattanooga’s the Chattanooga role in the Choo-Choo? Civil War. This “All Aboard” our historical display deluxe depicts The Battle motorcoach as of Chattanooga we head to the that sealed the beauty of this fate of the historic and confederacy. This picturesque afternoon, we visit Tennessee city, the Tennessee Chattanooga. Valley Railroad Day 1 - TENNESSEE AQUARIUM - Upon arrival, we’ll visit the beautiful Museum - a real operating historic railroad, the largest in the southeast. Tennessee Aquarium, the world’s largest freshwater life center, where we There will be time to walk through these remarkable pieces of history, and explore an array of sea creatures from graceful jellyfish to sharks. Here, you we’ll enjoy a leisurely ride through the surrounding countryside. Tonight, we can encounter over 9,000 of the most wondrous animals in the underwater head to the Tennessee River for a delicious included dinner cruise on board world, including killer piranhas, colorful clownfish, tropical sharks, Antarctic the Southern Belle Riverboat. Overnight same hotel. penguins, river otters, turtles, alligators and many more. Next, we check into Day 3 - ROCK CITY - HOME - We begin this morning with a visit to our unique hotel accommodations at the Holiday Inn, Chattanooga Rock City. This great natural wonder is world-famous for its towering rock Choo-Choo, one of the South’s most renowned landmarks. We have formations, thrilling vistas and over 400 species of native wildflowers and included a delicious group dinner this evening. plants. The magnificent view from Lover’s Leap is unforgettable - on a clear Day 2 - LOOKOUT MOUNTAIN - BATTLES FOR CHATTANOOGA day you’ll be able to see seven states from this vantage point. After this last - TENNESSEE VALLEY RAILROAD - SOUTHERN BELLE DINNER stop, we journey back to the Bluegrass State. Meals: 2D CRUISE - This morning, we take a ride unlike any other! We ride up

Lilac Festival – Mackinac Island June 15-19 Tour #2015604 5 Days Day 3 - CARRIAGE RIDE - GRAND HOTEL - We begin our day with a horse-drawn carriage tour of Mackinac Island. We stop at the Grand Double: $729 Triple: $669 Single: $1019 Deposit: $150 Hotel, where the hotel’s 700-foot Come to beautiful Mackinac Island, Grand Hotel veranda leads us into an enormous the “Bermuda of the North.” Take a lobby decorated with priceless works of step back to “somewhere in time,” to art. We have included their delicious an island where no motorized vehicles luncheon buffet spread over ten tables are allowed, only horse drawn carriages of mouth-watering delights. After and bicycles. Savor the aroma of lunch, the rest of the day will be free to world famous Mackinac Island fudge roam through the downtown shops or and the fragrance of thousands of lilac maybe rent a bicycle for a ride around blossoms. Enjoy a carriage tour of the the island. island and view this intriguing place Day 4 - BRONNER’S CHRISTMAS steeped in history and memories. WONDERLAND - This morning we Day 1 - FRANKENMUTH, have some leisure time to browse for MICHIGAN - Mackinac Island, that last souvenir before heading to the Michigan celebrates its Lilac Festival ferry, where we cross back to the when hundred-year-old lilac groves mainland. Our ferry takes us to St. perfume the air with fragrant Ignace in Michigan’s Upper Peninsula, blossoms during early June. Today, where we will have the pleasure of we travel to the quaint community of driving back across the famous Mighty Frankenmuth, where we overnight. Mac Bridge that connects Michigan’s Day 2 - MACKINAC ISLAND, Upper and Lower Peninsula. In Frankenmuth, Michigan, we’ll visit MICHIGAN - Today, we drive to Mighty Mac Bridge Mackinaw City, Michigan and board Bronner’s Christmas Wonderland, the ferry that takes us to Mackinac before checking into our hotel. Island. The island is rich in history and full of natural beauty and we will Day 5 - HOMEWARD BOUND - Today, we begin our journey home spend the next two nights in this charming place. The clip-clop of the with many memories of the natural beauty of Mackinac Island and the horses’ hooves is a pleasant sound in this quiet relaxing place that has no fun-filled days at the Lilac Festival. Meal: 1L motorized vehicles. 15 Myrtle Beach, South Carolina June 20-25 Tour #2015617 6 Days fascinating low country history by seeing plantations, moss draped oak trees, ancient rice fields and slave cabins. Tonight, we have included dinner before Double: $899 Triple: $819 Single: $1239 Deposit: $150 attending a performance at the Carolina Opry. Dressed in sequined gowns and Are you ready for a really good tuxedos, these talented performers time? Do you like to do things out put on a show to remember. of the ordinary? Then come with Day 4 - BROOKGREEN us on this delightful three-night GARDENS - ALABAMA stay in Myrtle Beach. Our days THEATER - This morning, we will be filled with exciting visit beautiful Brookgreen activities and our nights will allow Gardens. This one-of-a-kind us to relax and enjoy great dinners garden was designed to showcase and shows. You will love the pace the beautiful sculptures of this tour and all it has to offer. throughout the grounds. This Day 1 - DUNCAN, SOUTH afternoon is free for you to take a CAROLINA - Heading to the stroll on the beach or sit by the excitement of what promises to be pool. Tonight, we have included a a most enjoyable tour, we head Calabash Seafood dinner before south through Tennessee, and attending a performance at the North Carolina to Duncan, South Alabama Theater Alabama Theater. This fast-paced, Carolina for our first overnight. high-energy variety show is sure to Day 2 - MYRTLE BEACH - DINNER THEATER - We depart Duncan be a crowd pleaser. and head to the Grand Strand, arriving early afternoon in Myrtle Beach. We Day 5 - BROADWAY ON THE BEACH - This morning we head out to make a stop for shopping and lunch on our own at Barefoot Landing, a Broadway on the Beach for some exciting shopping and lunch before complex of specialty shops and restaurants built around a lagoon, before departing Myrtle Beach and making our way to Duncan, South Carolina checking into our hotel. Our hotel, located on the beach will allow time for to overnight. strolling, swimming or just enjoying the sound of the ocean surf. Tonight, Day 6 - HOME TO KENTUCKY - We return through the Blue Ridge we have included a dinner and show at the Pirates Voyage Dinner Theater. Mountains and the foothills of the Great Smokies, and what a tale we can Day 3 - CAROLINA SAFARI - CAROLINA OPRY - This morning, we tell of our time in the south! Meals: 2B, 3D Shows: 3 take a Carolina Safari Tour. On this safari you will have fun discovering the New Orleans June 15-19 Tour #2015627 5 Days Natchez,” and see one of the busiest ports in the world. Our cruise will continue down the Mighty Mississippi River, which has inspired the minds Double: $659 Triple: $609 Single: $909 Deposit: $150 of many poets and writers such as Samuel Clemens, Join us as head south to the beautiful “Crescent better known as “Mark Twain” who wrote about City” of New Orleans, Louisiana, situated in a bend youths growing up along the Mississippi. of the mighty Mississippi River. We have included Day 3 - LEISURE DAY IN NEW ORLEANS - a number of fun and entertaining experiences FRENCH QUARTER - This day will be at your including a city tour, a delightful dinner cruise leisure in New Orleans to do whatever most appeals aboard the historic riverboat “The Natchez” and a to you. You may choose to wander through the French visit to Blaine Kern’s Mardi Gras World. Mystical, Quarter looking for that perfect bargain, walk down fascinating and romantic - that’s New Orleans! Bourbon Street, admire iron-lace balconies, stop for café Day 1 - MERIDIAN, MISSISSIPPI - Our adventure au lait and beignets at the Café du Monde or enjoy the begins as we head south through Tennessee and Alabama to music and entertainers at Jackson Square. our overnight accommodations in Meridian, Mississippi. Day 4 - BLAINE KERN’S MARDI GRAS WORLD - Day 2 - NEW ORLEANS CITY TOUR - THE NATCHEZ RIVERBOAT - MERIDIAN, MISSISSIPPI - This morning, we head to Blaine Kern’s DINNER CRUISE - This morning, we drive directly to the “Crescent Mardi Gras World. The artists here create the magical images and figures City” and meet our used on the Mardi local guide for a city Gras parade floats tour that will feature and we’ll see many of modern New Orleans the props and giant and old sights around sculptures on display the French Quarter. here. Next, we Our city tour will take continue to Meridian, us by lovely antebellum Mississippi, where homes and along we overnight. St. Charles Avenue Day 5 - HOME - past parks, universities, This morning we and other famous make our way home areas in this beautiful remembering what city. Tonight, we fun and excitement have included a we have had on our delightful Dinner New Orleans get- Cruise aboard New away. Meals: 4B, 1D Orleans’ only Sternwheeler Steamboat, “The 16 Outer Banks Of North Carolina June 22-28 Tour #2015632 7 Days Double: $939 Triple: $839 Single: $1309 Deposit: $150 Pack your bags and bring your swimsuit - we’re headed to the Outer Banks of North Carolina, with its legends of pirate treasure and historic lost colonies. The Outer Banks is a majestic land of surf, sand dunes and sea oats. Long, slender barrier islands extend for more than 130 miles along the Atlantic coastline. It is here that the Wright Brothers broke our bond to the earth on December 17, 1903 on a windy strip of sand called Kill Devil Hills. Day 1 - WINSTON-SALEM, NORTH CAROLINA - Today we make our way southeast through the Volunteer State of Tennessee and into Winston-Salem, North Carolina for our first overnight. Day 2 - REYNOLDA HOUSE MUSEUM - An exciting day of sightseeing awaits us here in Winston-Salem, North Carolina, a town known for its textile and tobacco industries. First, we meet our local guide Bodie Island Lighthouse for an exciting tour of these consolidated towns. Next, we visit the Reynolda House and Museum of American Art, the beautiful home of R.J. Reynolds. This beautiful mansion was built in 1917, and features a fine collection of furnishings and American art. After lunch, we travel to Williamston, North Carolina, where we overnight. Day 3 - NAGS HEAD - KITTY HAWK - WRIGHT BROTHERS MEMORIAL - Today, we make our way across bridges and inlets to Nags Head, North Carolina. Legend has it that pirates tied lanterns onto the necks of old nags and as they walked them across the dunes, the swinging lanterns gave the appearance of ships anchored at dock. The passing ships were lured toward shore and often ran aground, where pirates The Lost seized their treasure. En route, we stop in Edenton, North Carolina for a Colony guided tour of the historic homes and churches in this area. It is one of the oldest communities in the state and served as the first capitol of the colony. After lunch, we continue to Kitty Hawk to visit the Wright Brothers National Memorial. This memorial is dedicated to Orville and Wilbur Wright, inventors of the first successful flying machine - the “Wright Flyer.” We spend the next two nights in Nags Head, North Carolina. Day 4 - ROANOKE ISLAND - THE LOST COLONY DRAMA - Today we begin a leisure day of exploring the area of Nags Head. Your Tour Director may arrange additional activities for this morning. Late afternoon we visit Roanoke Island, the site of the first English colony in the New World. Today it is a bustling community with both modern and historic ties to the past. We’ll stop at their visitor center, which is adjacent th to the Elizabeth II - a replica of the 16 century vessel that brought the first Cape Hatteras colonists to this island. Tonight, we attend a performance of the outdoor drama “The Lost Colony”. This was America’s first outdoor drama and portrays the first English colonists’ struggles and heartbreaks in settling the New World from 1584 to 1587. Those first colonists struggled for three years, and then disappeared without a trace. To this day, historians still do not know what happened. Overnight same hotel. Day 5 - CAPE HATTERAS - OCRACOKE ISLAND - This morning, we drive through the Cape Hatteras National Seashore. As we drive, we will stop to visit some historic sites including the Chicamaconico Lifesaving Station built in 1874 and the Cape Hatteras Lighthouse, the tallest brick lighthouse on the American Coast. The present structure was built in 1870 and stands 208 feet. This sentinel warns ships away from Diamond Shoals, known as the “Graveyard of the Atlantic.” We travel by ferry to Ocracoke Island, North Carolina reportedly one of the hiding places of Blackbeard. This notorious pirate and his crew were killed here at Teach’s Hole in 1718. We drive across the island to Ocracoke Village where we will have time for lunch and shopping. Next we take a ferry across a section of Pamlico Sound Tryon Palace to Cedar Island and along the shoreline towards Morehead City, where we overnight. Day 6 - TRYON PALACE - This morning we travel to historic New Bern, North Carolina, named for Berne, Switzerland by the Swiss and German colonists who settled here. We will visit Tryon Palace, a grand Georgian structure constructed in 1770. Once the colonial capitol of North Carolina, it was considered the finest building in Colonial America. We overnight in Winston-Salem, North Carolina. Day 7- HOME - This morning, we depart for home with many memories and photographs to share of our wonderful trip to the Outer Banks. Meals: 5B Wright Brothers Memorial 17 Branson Showtime

Shoji Tabuchi The Duttons Rankin Brothers

Grand Jubilee New South Quartet The Brett Family Six

June 22-26 Tour #2015601 5 Days Days 2-4 - SHOWS, SHOWS & SHOWS - Our days in Branson will be filled with entertaining music shows, delicious meals and great sightseeing. Double: $699 Triple: $689 Single: $849 Deposit: $150 Shows will be chosen from the top entertainers in Branson such as: Come to the rugged beauty of the Ozark Mountains, to the Shoji Tabuchi, the fabulous “Six” Show, Doug Gabriel, picturesque town of Branson, whose array of music shows cannot be The Pierce Arrow Quartet, The Rankin Brothers, Legends in Concert, matched. From music shows to museums and sightseeing to The Branson Belle Showboat, The Redneck Tenors, The Brett Family, shopping, this tour is a collection of the best that Branson has to Larry Gatlin & The Gatlin Brothers, The Grand Jubilee, The Dutton offer! SIX SHOWS - SEVEN MEALS! Family and the Presley Family Country Jubilee. There will be time for Day 1 - LAMBERT’S CAFÉ - BRANSON, MISSOURI - Today we shopping in the quaint specialty shops that house an array of unique Ozark head west through Indiana and Illinois into the “Show Me State” of Mountain crafts and some leisure time to attend a show of your choice. Missouri. This evening, we have included a delicious dinner at Lambert’s Day 5 - HOME - After an early breakfast we reluctantly depart Café, famous for their “throwed rolls.” We continue to the lovely little town from this lovely Ozark Mountain area and begin our journey back of Branson, Missouri, and check into our hotel for the next four nights. to the Bluegrass State. Meals: 4B, 3D Shows: 6

Mid-Atlantic Coast Adventure June 27-July 3 Tour #2015628 7 Days explore the most important railroad collection in America. Baltimore’s Inner Harbor, one of the major seaports in the United States since the 1700’s is Double: $1029 Triple: $939 Single: $1429 Deposit: $200 our next destination for lunch, shopping and sightseeing. This afternoon, we The Mid-Atlantic Coast is an incomparable will visit colonial Annapolis, Maryland and national treasure. Ecologically endangered in Annapolis the U.S. Naval Academy. the last century, it is once again a haven for Day 3 - WINTERTHUR MUSEUM - wildlife of great wonder and diversity. It also CAPE MAY, NEW JERSEY - This morning, has areas that time seems, in some ways, to we travel to Wilmington, Delaware to visit have passed by. There are towns that look and explore the Winterthur Museum, a place much as they did two centuries ago. Some of beauty and history. Founded by Henry people make their living much as their Francis du Pont, it is our nation’s premier ancestors did, in places that truly evoke a museum of American decorative arts, bygone era. On our summer adventure, reflecting both early Americana and the marvelous scenery, historic places, fabulous du Pont family’s life here. Its 60 acre food and impressive beauty all combine to naturalistic garden is among the country’s make this tour one of your most memorable best. Mid-afternoon will find us in historic traveling experiences ever! Cape May, New Jersey, where our narrated Day 1 - HAGERSTOWN, MARYLAND - trolley tour of “America’s Oldest Seashore We travel today through the mountains of Resort” will highlight its rich history and West Virginia and Maryland, crossing the many examples of Victorian architecture. Eastern Continental Divide and will After shopping and dining in town, we will overnight in Hagerstown, Maryland. board the Cape May and Lewes Ferry for a Day 2 - FORT MCHENRY - BALTIMORE two-hour trip across the Delaware Bay back - B&O RAILROAD MUSEUM - U.S. to Delaware and our hotel. NAVAL ACADEMY - Our step back Day 4 - FENWICK ISLAND STATE in history begins at Baltimore’s famous Fort PARK - ASSATEAGUE ISLAND - McHenry. Here we will see a reproduction of CHESAPEAKE BAY - Today’s activity the Star Spangled Banner flag raised over the consists of a leisurely drive along the fort and take a self-guided tour of this national monument. Next is a visit to Atlantic Coast of Delaware, Maryland and Virginia; ending near the a historic national landmark, the B&O Railroad Museum. Here the magic U.S Atlantic Fleet in Norfolk. This morning, we will drive through and adventure of railroading comes alive, allowing us to see, touch, hear and Fenwick Island State Park, a three-mile stretch of barrier-island 18 “Joseph” And The Pennsylvania Amish Sight & Sound Theater June 23-26 Tour #2015624 4 Days national stage as a write-in candidate for President. Tonight, we have includ- ed a delicious Amish dinner. We overnight in Lancaster, Pennsylvania. Double: $519 Triple: $499 Single: $649 Deposit: $150 Day 3 - JOSEPH - This morning, Of all the characters in the Bible, our Shockey Tour Director will perhaps Joseph is the best parallel take us on a driving tour of the to Jesus that can be found. Joseph’s Amish countryside. We will have a story of forgiveness and integrity chance to buy hand-made Amish has made this Bible story a timeless crafts and quilts and stop for an truth, inspiring generations of men included lunch at the Hershey and women to walk uprightly in Farm Restaurant. Next, we travel the midst of great temptation. Be to the beautiful Millennium there, as we witness “Joseph: The Theatre to see the classic story of Musical” from Sight & Sound, the “Joseph”. Experience a cast of 45 company who brought you professional actors, dozens of live “Moses,” “Daniel” and “Noah.” animals gracing the aisles, sequences Day 1 - HAGERSTOWN, of Joseph in his colorful coat MARYLAND - Today, we leave “flying” over the audience, Kentucky behind and travel spectacular Egyptian palace scene through West Virginia and into spanning 300 feet and wrapping the “Old Line State” of Maryland around three sides of the audience, to overnight in Hagerstown, plus 20 original new songs. You Maryland. will leave this show energized by Day 2 - JOSIAH MUSICAL - the character of Joseph, renewed in AMISH DINNER - Today we faith and inspired to dream big for depart for Bird-in-Hand, God’s glory. After the show, we Pennsylvania for lunch (on own) continue to Hagerstown, Maryland and a live stage musical, “Josiah for to overnight. President.” This powerful and Day 4 - HOME - We return home entertaining musical tells the story with inspiring memories of our trip of a Lancaster County Amish farm- to Pennsylvania. Meals: 2B, 1L, er who gets spirited onto the 1D Shows: 2

along Delaware’s Atlantic Coast, on our way to the famous Boardwalk of be amazed at the sight of the World’s most powerful Navy Armada. Dinner Ocean City Maryland. We have scheduled time here to sample some of the will be included this evening at Freemason Abbey Restaurant, a 141 year-old shops, eateries and amusements that the boardwalk has to offer. More than renovated church, which has been a local favorite in Norfolk for 23 years. 300 wild ponies wander the beaches, inland pine forest and salt marshes of Day 6 - SHIRLEY PLANTATION - VIRGINIA STATE CAPITOL - nearby Assateague Island National Seashore. It is thought that the wild CHARLOTTESVILLE, VIRGINIA - This morning, we travel up the ponies arrived on the island centuries ago, when a Spanish galleon cargo ship James River to Virginia’s first plantation. sank off the coast and the horses swam to Shirley Plantation Founded in 1613, only six years after the first shore. We will search for the answer and the permanent English settlement at Jamestown, ponies, on our guided tour this afternoon. Shirley Plantation offers the story of eleven Continuing south, we cross the Chesapeake generations of one family who continue to Bay Bridge - Tunnel, a seventeen mile own, operate and work this grand colonial engineering marvel that showcases the mighty plantation. The guided tour of the Great surge of the Atlantic Ocean and the beauty of House highlights original family furnishings, the Chesapeake Bay. After having dinner (on portraits, silver and hand-carved woodwork. own) at a restaurant on the bridge, we will Several features such as the “Flying Staircase” arrive at our accommodations for the next and the Queen Anne Forecourt are the only two nights in Norfolk. remaining examples in North America of Day 5 - DOUGLAS MACARTHUR this architectural style. Included on the MEMORIAL - NAUTICUS MUSEUM - self-guided grounds tour are formal gardens HARBOR CRUISE - We begin our day visit and eight original colonial outbuildings. This to Norfolk at the Douglas MacArthur afternoon, we will visit Virginia’s State Memorial, a fascinating tribute to the legendary House. Since 1788, it has been home to the five-star general who became famous for oldest legislature continuously operating in commanding the Allied Forces in the Pacific the Western Hemisphere. Designed by during World War II and for overseeing the Thomas Jefferson, the Capitol was the rebuilding of Japan after 1945. Nauticus, first public building in the New World located in Norfolk’s Waterside complex, is a constructed in the Monumental Classical contemporary museum that uses the natural style. Our last night’s accommodations will setting of Norfolk’s harbor to showcase global be in historic Charlottesville, Virginia. maritime commerce and the world’s largest Day 7 - TAMARACK - HOME - After an Navy. We will spend a good part of today enjoying nearby shops and eateries, included breakfast, we depart for Beckley, West Virginia. Lunch (on own) along with Nauticus’ many attractions, including the USS Wisconsin and shopping will be at Tamarack, West Virginia’s unique craft center. We Battleship from the Second World War days. We have included a narrated make our way home this afternoon with great memories of the Chesapeake cruise of the Elizabeth River and the Hampton Roads Harbor, where we will Bay area and America’s Mid-Atlantic Coast. Meals: 5B, 1D 19 Pacific Northwest July 6-27 Tour #2015702 22 Days beautiful scenery of Yellowstone National Park awaits us today! We have time for picture taking and walking the paths through some of the bubbling Double: $3179 Triple: $3019 Single: $4479 Deposit: $500 mud pots and steaming pools. Old Faithful geyser flings its steamy This journey to the Pacific Northwest has been plumes against the blue sky - on a fairly consistent schedule. voted by our travelers as our best tour of all Our next stop is Jackson Hole, Wyoming, located in the Passport time! Walk on a glacier, float on a river How many people can get in a foothills of the mighty Grand Teton Mountains. We Required and stroll through the ancient beauty enjoy two nights in this charming Old West town of Yellowstone, Glacier and Banff “goose pen” in the burned out hollow of a redwood tree? of Jackson. National Parks. You will do it all Day 6 - SNAKE RIVER - BAR J while witnessing the most majestic WRANGLERS - This will be a day of fun mountains, icy blue lakes, vast glaciers, and adventure. First, we take a float ride on sparkling waterfalls and magnificent forests the Snake River through Snake River you could ever imagine on this compre- Canyon along the tranquil Teton Range hensive tour of the Northwest country. region. Tonight, the dinner bell is ringing Day 1 - CORALVILLE, IOWA - Our at the Bar J. From the early 1800’s deluxe Shockey coach departs Louisville cowboys enjoyed an evening of tall tales and heads northwest, through Indiana and music as they gathered at a chuck and Illinois to Coralville, Iowa. wagon and this evening we have included Day 2 - CORN PALACE - SOUTH a rib-stickin’ western meal with entertainment DAKOTA - Today, we continue across provided by the Bar J Wranglers. Iowa to Mitchell, South Dakota for a visit to Day 7 - MISSOULA, MONTANA - the famous Corn Palace. This unique Today, we cross into the state of Idaho, building dates back to 1892 and was built to passing huge fields of potatoes that grow in display the products from the rich, eastern South the rich, volcanic soil, as we continue to Dakota soil. Murals on both the interior and Missoula, Montana. exterior of the building are made of corn and grasses Day 8 - GOING-TO-THE-SUN-HIGHWAY - We from the area. Overnight in Mitchell, South Dakota. visit one of the most beautiful spots in the world today, Day 3 - BADLANDS - WALL DRUG STORE - MT. Glacier National Park! We stop at McDonald Lodge with time RUSHMORE - This morning, we tour the Badlands National Park, a for lunch before a ride across Glacier National Park’s spectacular multi-colored wasteland of gullies, canyons and spires. Our next stop is Going-To-The-Sun Highway. Acclaimed as one of the most outstanding Wall, South Dakota where we visit the famous Wall Drug Store. Reported scenic roadways of the world, it connects east with west and crosses the to be the world’s largest drug store, it is a fascinating place in which to both Continental Divide through Logan’s Pass. We meet our coach again and shop and eat. How about a buffalo burger? This afternoon, we visit cross the border into Canada to overnight in Lethbridge, Alberta. Mt. Rushmore National Memorial. This shrine of democracy is one of the Day 9 - BANFF NATIONAL PARK - LAKE LOUISE - Today, we head country’s most beloved monuments. We overnight in Spearfish, SD. to the awesome beauty of the Canadian Rockies, driving through Calgary, Day 4 - SHELL CANYON - BLACK HILLS - We continue our travels Alberta and on to Banff National Park. Our next stop is at beautiful Lake through the Black Hills and the Big Horn Mountains. As we cross the high Louise with its emerald green waters and castle-like Chateau Lake Louise elevations of the Big Horn Mountains, we pass through Shell Canyon on Hotel. Overnight Lake Louise, Alberta. our way to Cody, Wyoming where we spend the night. Day 10 - COLUMBIA ICEFIELDS - SNOWCOACH - Hanging Day 5 - YELLOWSTONE - GRAND TETON MOUNTAINS - The glaciers, snow-capped mountains and unbelievable scenery await

New York Spectacular July 6-11 Tour #2015704 6 Days to see some of NYC’s famous neighborhoods and other sights. We will have some time for shopping in Chinatown before returning to our hotel. Double: $1259 Triple: $1139 Single: $1769 Deposit: $250 Tonight, we will be attending a Broadway Show. Overnight same hotel. New York City is the nation’s number one travel Day 4 - ROCKEFELLER CENTER - ST destination. Its appeal is like a magnet, drawing PATRICK’S CATHEDRAL - Another great the visitor back again and again to its excitement, morning of touring is in store for us as we see culture and sophistication. This tour covers such points of interest as St. Patrick’s Cathedral different attractions than our regular New York and Rockefeller Center. Next, we visit the Top of tour, and is designed to satisfy the curious the Rock Observation Deck for an awesome view minded and fulfills the hunger for a bigger bite of of Central Park, Empire State Building and much the “Big Apple.” more. Tonight, we head to the theater for another Day 1 HAGERSTOWN, MARYLAND - Our great Broadway Show. Overnight same hotel. travel today takes us through West Virginia into Day 5 - HENRY FRICK MUSEUM - the “Old Line State” of Maryland. Our overnight This morning, we visit the Henry Frick Museum. accommodations are in Hagerstown, Maryland. Built during the Gilded Age, it was the Day 2 NEW YORK CITY - Arriving in New private home and personal art collection of York City, our afternoon will be spent visiting industrialist Henry K. Frick. We overnight in the 9/11 Memorial and Museum and other Hagerstown, Maryland. attractions in the Wall Street area. There will be Day 6 - HOME - We enjoy an included time for lunch, shopping and sightseeing. This breakfast and then return home with fond evening will be yours to explore the Times Square memories of our wonderful time in New York area and other attractions. City. Meals: 2B, Shows: 2 Day 3 - CHINATOWN - BROADWAY SHOW - Today, we head uptown and downtown 20 our eyes as we continue to the heart of the Canadian Rockies - a glorious California. We travel along and through the “Avenue of the Giants,” making panorama of endless mountain peaks; creeping, crawling glaciers; several photo stops. There are more than 43,000 acres of redwood groves in shimmering lakes; tumbling rivers and plunging waterfalls. We’ll climb this area. Overnight in Santa Rosa, California. aboard a snowcoach for a ride across the surface of the 1,000-foot Athabasca Day 16 - GOLDEN GATE BRIDGE - FISHERMAN’S WHARF - This Glacier, part of the Columbia Icefield, the largest accumulation of ice in the morning, we cross the Golden Gate Bridge into San Francisco. First, we Rockies. Our walk on the glacier is another thrilling, unbelievable board a Cable Car for a ride to Fisherman’s Wharf, and then enjoy experience. After lunch, we retrace our journey on the a city tour with a local guide, covering such attractions as Icefield Parkway, again seeing the awesome beauty of Chinatown, the “crookedest street” and Twin Peaks. We the Canadian Rockies. Overnight Kamloops, return to Fisherman’s Wharf for lunch and shopping. . Overnight in San Francisco. Day 11 - VANCOUVER, BRITISH Day 17 - SIERRA NEVADA MOUNTAINS - COLUMBIA - Today, we drive directly to SOUTH LAKE TAHOE - We head northeast “Canada’s doorway to the Orient,” today toward Sacramento and the Mother Vancouver, British Columbia. Our early Lode Country. Our coach climbs through afternoon arrival will allow us time to tour the Sierra Nevada Mountains to South Lake the city. We spend the next two nights in Tahoe, where we have lunch on own. a suburb of Vancouver. Overnight in Reno, Nevada. Day 12 - VANCOUVER ISLAND - Day 18 - BONNEVILLE SALT FLATS - BUTCHART GARDENS - A special Today, we drive to Salt Lake City, crossing day awaits us as we take a ferry across the the Great Salt Desert and the Bonneville Strait of Georgia to Canada’s most Salt Flats. Tonight, there will be time to beautiful city, Victoria, on Vancouver walk through Mormon Square with its Island. Our day on the island will include famous tabernacle and other buildings. the world famous Butchart Gardens, a visit Overnight in Salt Lake City, Utah. to the famous Empress Hotel and time for lunch and shopping or visiting the Parliament Day 19 - THORNTON, COLORADO - Our Building before catching our return ferry. Glacier National Park route today, will take us across the wide-open spaces of Wyoming. We recall the days of the Day 13 - SEATTLE, WASHINGTON - Going to the Sun Highway cowboy and open ranges as we head to Thornton, PORTLAND, OREGON - Returning to the States Colorado for our overnight. today, we stop in Seattle, Washington for a tour of the city, and then continue toward Portland, Oregon hoping to see Day 20 - ABILENE, KANSAS - This morning, we make a stop the elusive Mt. St. Helen and Mt. Rainier. Our overnight accommodations at the Capitol building to see the plaque listing the elevation to be will be in Portland, Oregon. exactly one mile above sea level, giving Denver the name, “the mile-high city.” We depart Denver and make our way to Abilene, Kansas. Day 14 - PACIFIC COAST HIGHWAY - Today, we take the beautiful drive along the Pacific Coast Highway as we tour the Oregon Coast to Day 21 - EISENHOWER CENTER - Before leaving Abilene this Crescent City, California. The road dips and weaves along craggy cliffs, morning, we stop at the Eisenhower Center to see the boyhood home of driftwood beaches and sand dunes that are the largest in North America. President Dwight D. Eisenhower, the Eisenhower Museum and the Place Overnight in Crescent City, California. of Meditation, where he is buried. Overnight in Boonville, Missouri. Day 15 - REDWOOD FOREST - Another spectacular day! We make our Day 22 - HOME - We make our way home through St. Louis, Missouri, way to Eureka, California, where we walk back in time on Samoa Island as where we pass the famous Gateway Arch. We travel through the farmlands we share an included authentic lumberjack meal in the 100-year-old Samoa of Illinois and Indiana with fond memories that will last a lifetime of this Cookhouse, before visiting the famous Redwood Forest of northern wonderful Northwest vacation. Meals: 5B, 1L, 1D

Mississippi River Cruise July 15-18 Tour #2015706 4 Days the history we have “re-lived,” contemplating the advantages and disadvantages of the 19th and 21st centuries. Meals: 1B, 2L, 2D Double: $709 Triple: $689 Single: $849 Deposit: $150 Return to an era when the romantic riverboats plied the Mississippi River. Come join us as we drive to LeClaire, Iowa and board the Twilight Riverboat, for a “grand adventure” on the mighty Mississippi River. Day 1 - LE CLAIRE, IOWA - We head west through Indiana and Illinois, into Le Claire, Iowa, where we overnight. Day 2 - CRUISING THE MISSISSIPPI - Today we enter the 1800’s by stepping on board the Twilight Riverboat of a century ago for our full-day boat cruise on the Mississippi River. We enjoy a delicious included lunch and dinner on board the boat today. Our cruise will be enhanced with the delightful folk entertainers on board to insure that we enjoy our river cruise. Our riverboat docks in Dubuque, Iowa and we are transported to the Grand Harbor Resort for our overnight accommodations. Day 3 - DUBUQUE - TWILIGHT RIVERBOAT - We have a relaxing morning to sleep in and enjoy an included breakfast, and then some time for shopping in Dubuque. Noontime finds us boarding the Twilight to enjoy a wonderful lunch and to retrace our ride on the mighty Mississippi to LeClaire, Iowa. Dinner is included before we dock. Overnight in Le Claire, Iowa. Day 4 - HOME - Today we leave behind the river and board our motorcoach to return through the modern towns and cities of our age, reminiscing about 21 Shipshewana & Nappanee Amish July 20-23 Tour #2015726 4 Days Double: $489 Triple: $479 Single: $639 Deposit: $100 Northern Indiana’s Amish country is a scenic treasure with its lush green countryside, quaint towns and numerous attractions and shops. This tour includes a variety of entertainments, from touring an Amish homestead and shopping at the Shipshewana Flea Market to enjoying three delicious Amish dinners. Day 1 - AMISH ACRES HOMESTEAD - THRESHING DINNER - Today, we head to the heart of Indiana’s northern Amish country. This afternoon, we tour the Amish Acres Homestead, a farm with 18 restored historic buildings. While at the home, we enjoy a buggy ride and have time for shopping at the retail shops. Tonight, we have included a sumptuous Threshing Dinner, an unforgettable dining experience. Our hotel accommodations will be in Nappanee, Indiana. Day 2 - SHIPSHEWANA FLEA MARKET - MENNOHOF - Today we head to the world famous Shipshewana Flea Market, known as the “Trading Day 3 - OLD BAG FACTORY - After breakfast, we head to the Old Bag Place of America.” If you are looking for something different, this is the place Factory, which holds a treasure trove of fine wares from pottery to furniture, to find it, as over 1,000 vendors display their wares, ranging from crafts to soaps, quilts, candles, antiques and more. Tonight, we have included antiques and collectibles. This afternoon, we tour the Mennohof Interpretive another delicious dinner. Overnight same hotel. Center, to learn about the world of the Amish through historical artifacts and Day 4 - HOME - We depart for home with a sense of peace and colorful displays. Tonight, we enjoy an included dinner. Next, we check into thankfulness for the old-fashioned simple blessings that life can offer. our hotel for the next two nights in Shipshewana, Indiana. Meals: 3D West Virginia Music, Mountains and Railroads August 4-7 Tour #2015810 4 Days Double: $619 Triple: $589 Single: $809 Deposit: $100 “Almost Heaven, West Virginia,” that is how John Denver described this beautiful mountainous state in his top hit song, “Country Roads.” We are sure you will agree as we visit the area known as the “Heart of West Virginia.” This area is famous for its mountain scenery, outdoor recreation, rich culture and heritage. Come away to the lush green mountains of West Virginia, where interstates meet country roads and take the traveler on a delightful journey to some of the most beautiful scenery you have ever seen. Day 1 - ELKINS, WEST VIRGINIA - GANDY DANCER THEATER - Today we step aboard a deluxe motorcoach and travel to Elkins, West Virginia, where we check into our hotel for the next two nights. After check-in, we’re off for an unforgettable evening at the Gandy Dancer Theater. After a wonderful included dinner, the fabulous Mountain Memories Show Band Photo courtesy of the Gandy Dancer Dinner Show will entertain us with music from the 50’s to today, country, pop, gospel and patriotic tunes and high energy, family friendly comedy. Day 3 - BECKLEY EXHIBITION COAL MINE - TAMARACK - We Day 2 - CHEAT MOUNTAIN SALAMANDER - DURBIN ROCKET - travel to beautiful Beckley, West Virginia today. At the Beckley Exhibition AMERICAN MOUNTAIN THEATER - This morning, we embark on Coal Mine, we take a ride in remodeled coal mining cars in this once-working one of the most unique rail excursions in the nation - the Cheat Mountain coal mine. Our guide, a veteran miner, will share with us the stories and Salamander. Our train takes us for a 21-mile ride deep into the untamed first-hand accounts of past and present day miners. After our great adventure mountain wilderness to the High Falls of the Cheat River. Lunch is in the mine, we travel to Tamarack for shopping. This unique retailer with included on the train. It travels mountain crests and high valleys two hours artisan products and extraordinary food started out as a simple vision to before arriving at the outpost of the Cheat Bridge. Next, we board the promote the Mountain State’s wonderful image. You will find crafts and Durbin Rocket, a steam locomotive for a scenic ten-mile journey along the foods from all over the Mountain State, including those from the famous Greenbrier River. This evening we enjoy a variety show at the American five-star Greenbrier Resort. We overnight in Beckley, West Virginia. Mountain Theater. This high-energy Branson-style show is sure to be Day 4 - HOME - We travel home today with memories and stories to tell a crowd pleaser with fantastic live music and hilarious comedy. our loved ones about our great adventure to beautiful West Virginia. Overnight same hotel. Meals: 1L, 1D, Shows: 2 Ballou Mystery Tour August 3-7 Tour #2015808 5 Days Double: $739 Triple: $699 Single: $939 Deposit: $150 Meet your tour director who is ready to answer any questions you may have about your tour, except one - your destination! There is no prying this surprise out of anyone, not even your driver! While we head west (or is it east, north, or south?) be prepared for five days of foot-stomping fun. So pack a feeling of surprise and anticipation along with your luggage as we get ready to embark on a great adventure. Meals: 4B, 2L, 3D, Show: 1 22 The Beauty Of Atlantic Canada – – July 22-August 4 Tour #2015709 14 Days North Cape Coastal Drive, with its beaches, sand dunes, , unusual attractions, museums and unique shopping. Our accommodations Double: $2069 Triple: $1879 Single: $2999 Deposit: $350 for the next two nights will be in the pretty town of Summerside. Canada’s Maritime Provinces are dominated by the sea; with a Day 7 - GREEN GABLES SHORE - CAVENDISH - PEI long, jagged coastline containing picturesque bays, NATIONAL PARK - This morning we take a pilgrimage to the Passport sandy beaches, towering cliffs, some of the Required land of Anne of Green Gables, to visit some of the sites that prettiest towns in Canada and the freshest, pay tribute to the red-haired heroine and her creator, tastiest seafood in the world. Nova Scotia’s Lucy Maud Montgomery. This afternoon, we will slogan “Canada’s ocean playground” is no enjoy the stunning beauty of the island’s North exaggeration. Its Cape Breton Island offers the most Shore, composed of red sandstone cliffs, white sand exquisite of landscapes, including the dramatic beaches and rolling farm fields. We’re sure to come Cabot Trail; believed by many to be one of the across a fishing village and lighthouse too. most awe-inspiring drives on the North American continent. This tour of these three provinces Day 8 - BRAS D’OR LAKE - SYDNEY, highlights the best of Nova Scotia, New NOVA SCOTIA - Traveling back over the Brunswick and Prince Edward Island. It includes Northumberland Strait, we head up into Nova a number of new attractions while also returning Scotia. Crossing the Casco Causeway onto Cape to beautiful 300 year old City. Breton Island, we continue north to Baddeck, where we have planned some group sailing on the Day 1 - DUNKIRK, NEW YORK - Our first beautiful Bras d’ Or Lake, before heading to day’s drive takes us up through Ohio and Sydney, Nova Scotia for a two-night stay. Pennsylvania to our first overnight in Dunkirk, 9 Mile New York. Day 9 - CAPE BRETON ISLAND NATIONAL Confederation Bridge PARK - CABOT TRAIL - Sensory overload awaits, as Day 2 - SONNENBURG GARDENS & MANSION - we tour all day around one of the most beautiful loops in the QUEENSBURY HOTEL - This morning, we travel across world, the Cabot Trail of Cape Breton Island National Park. A western New York State to Canandaigua in the Finger Lakes region. scenic upland and shore that bears a striking resemblance to the Here we tour Sonnenburg Gardens & Mansion State Historic coastal regions of Scotland, our drive features spectacular Park, one of the nation’s most extensively preserved scenery, lovely beaches, deep valleys, sheer cliffs and Victorian estates. This 50 acre site includes a variety of picturesque fishing villages. beautiful gardens and a magnificent 1887 Queen Anne style mansion. Continuing east this afternoon Day 10 - PEGGY’S COVE LIGHTHOUSE - brings us to the historic 1926 Queensbury Hotel in SOU’WESTER - Our destination today is Glens Falls, New York; where we will have time to picturesque Peggy’s Cove, an active fishing enjoy the hotel’s amenities before our included community with houses perched along a narrow dinner in the hotel’s Fenimore Dining Room. inlet and on wave-washed boulders facing the Atlantic. Its famous lighthouse on top of the Day 3 - QUEBEC CITY - FORT giant rocks with the sea waves crashing in has TICONDEROGA - Driving through New been an incredible sight for almost a century. York’s Adirondack Mountains this morning will Next, we stop for lunch (on own) at the bring us to famous Fort Ticonderoga, which Sou’Wester restaurant. This restaurant offers tradi- guards the historic portage between Lake tional maritime and seafood meals and a two-level Champlain and Lake George. Here we can relive gift shop with one of the Maritime’s largest selection one of the defining moments in American history, of giftware. We overnight in Truro, Nova Scotia. when nations fought to control a continent in the French & Indian War and in the struggle for America’s Peggy’s Cove, Day 11 - MAGNETIC HILL - BANGOR, MAINE - independence a generation later. Arriving in Quebec City Before heading back into the states today, we will stop off this afternoon, we are in for a real treat, as Old Quebec City, a in Moncton, New Brunswick to visit the strange Magnetic Hill, UNESCO world heritage treasure, is alive with history. We have where we will appear to defy gravity and do a little shopping if we time for sight-seeing, shopping and dining before like. We overnight in Bangor, Maine. overnighting nearby. Day 12 - NEWPORT, RHODE ISLAND - Traveling Day 4 - QUEBEC CITY - NEW BRUNSWICK - south through Maine and Massachusetts will bring us Today we take a guided tour of new and old Quebec to famed Newport, the “City by the Sea.” Our sailing cruise this afternoon will provide sweeping vistas of City, which has many medieval style buildings th including the elegant Chateau Frontenac. After Newport’s “Gilded Age” mansions, a 19 century lunch and more time for exploration, we depart military fort, beautiful old lighthouses and one of for Edmundston, New Brunwick. the most beautiful harbors in the world. Great shopping, sight-seeing and dining will occupy the Day 5 - GRAND FALLS - HARTLAND remainder of our day. We overnight in Newport. COVERED BRIDGE - FLOWER POTS - Some interesting sights lie ahead of us today, with Day 13 - NEW YORK CITY - HAGERSTOWN, photo stops to see Grand Falls and the Hartland MARYLAND - This morning - we continue our Bridge, the world’s longest covered bridge (283 way home, traveling through Rhode Island and feet) in the world. Then the Rocks Provincial Park Connecticut to the Empire State and New York provides us the singular experience of walking on the City, where we will do some touring and shopping. ocean floor, among the giant “flower pots” (islands at Crossing New Jersey and Pennsylvania, we arrive in Hagerstown, Maryland, where we overnight. low tide) in the Bay of Fundy. We overnight in Prince Edward Island Moncton, New Brunswick. Day 14 - HOMEWARD BOUND - After an included Day 6 - PRINCE EDWARD ISLAND - Unlike rugged Nova breakfast, we depart Maryland and head home to Kentucky and Scotia and New Brunswick, PEI is a land of rich, red earth, gently rolling Indiana with great memories of the charm and beauty of Eastern farmland and neat villages of Victorian homes. After crossing the nine mile Canada. Meals: 3B, 1 D Confederation Bridge from the mainland, our touring today will be of PEI’s 23 Black Hills – Grand Tetons – Canadian Rockies

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August 10-23 Tour #2015807 14 Days Day 8 - GOING-TO-THE-SUN-HIGHWAY - We visit one of the most beautiful spots in the world today, Glacier National Park! We enter a land Double: $2099 Triple: $1929 Single: $2969 Deposit: $350 of awesome peaks and thundering waterfalls, emerald glacier lakes and Spectacular sights await you on this incredible trip to the Northwest. Multi- majestic alpine scenery. We enjoy a ride over Glacier’s spectacular colored wastelands, uniquely formed gullies, eroded pinnacles of sandstone, Going-To-The-Sun-Road, one of the most outstanding scenic roadways in towering waterfalls and majestic snow-capped mountains will astound you the world. It takes us through the heart of the park and across the with their unbelievable beauty. Marvel at the resort towns, cowboy legends, Continental Divide. We cross the border into Canada to overnight in rodeos and buffalo burgers. The customs and history of this beautiful area Lethbridge, Alberta. will intrigue you as you see, feel, hear and taste it on this fantastic tour. Day 9 - BANFF NATIONAL PARK - LAKE LOUISE - Today we head Day 1 - CORALVILLE, IOWA - We board our deluxe coach and travel to the beauty of the Canadian Rockies, traveling through Calgary and on to through Indiana, Illinois and on to Coralville, Iowa for our first night. Banff National Park. There will be time for lunch and shopping in the Day 2 - CORN PALACE - Today, we arrive at Mitchell, South Dakota for quaint town of Banff. This afternoon, we stop at beautiful Lake Louise. With a visit to the famous Corn Palace. This unique building dates back to 1892, its emerald green waters and castle-like Chateau Lake Louise Hotel, it is one when it was built to encourage settlement and to display the rich of the most photographed points in Canada. We will drive a portion of the agricultural products of the eastern South Dakota soil. Overnight in Icefields Parkway, a scenic highway amidst the fantastic beauty of soaring Mitchell, South Dakota. mountains and icy glacial formations. Overnight Lake Louise, Alberta. Day 3 - WALL DRUG STORE - BADLANDS - MT. RUSHMORE Day 10 - COLUMBIA ICEFIELDS & SNOWCOACH - This morning NATIONAL MEMORIAL - This morning, we tour the Badlands National we continue to the heart of the Canadian Rockies, a glorious panorama of Park. Desolate, arid and eerie, the Badlands are rich in fossil deposits, endless mountain peaks; creeping, crawling glaciers; shimmering lakes; fantastic landforms and Indian folklore. Our drive brings us into Wall, tumbling rivers and plunging waterfalls. We’ll climb aboard a snowcoach for South Dakota for lunch at the Wall Drug Store, famous for their free ice a ride across the surface of the 1,000-foot Athabasca Glacier, part of the water. This afternoon, we visit Mt. Rushmore National Memorial, where the Columbia Icefield, the largest accumulation of ice in the Rockies. Our walk faces of four great presidents stand out on a 6,000-foot mountain. Overnight on the glacier is another thrilling, unbelievable experience. After lunch, we in Spearfish, South Dakota. retrace our journey on the Icefield Parkway, again seeing the awesome beauty of the Canadian Rockies. Overnight Medicine Hat, Alberta. Day 4 - BLACK HILLS - SHELL CANYON - Today, we continue our travels through the Black Hills and the Big Horn Mountains. We cross the Day 11 - SASKATCHEWAN - Today, the landscape reveals level fields and high elevations of the Big Horn Mountains and pass through Shell Canyon, plains as we make our way to the pastoral beauty of Saskatchewan, Canada’s a scenic gorge, on our way to Cody, Wyoming. prairie province. Our driver and tour director will give a driving tour of Regina, the capital city of the province. Overnight in Regina, Saskatchewan. Day 5 - YELLOWSTONE - JACKSON HOLE - Spectacular Yellowstone National Park awaits us today! We will want to take pictures as we walk the Day 12 - FARGO, NORTH DAKOTA - We depart Canada and cross the paths to thundering waterfalls, thermal steam vents, bubbling mud pots and border, glad to be back in the USA. We make our way through the rugged steaming pools. We see “Old Faithful Geyser” flinging its steamy plume state of North Dakota, passing through Rugby, the geographic center of against the blue sky on a consistent schedule. Next, we travel to Jackson North America, on our way to Fargo, where we overnight. Hole, a resort town surrounded by the snow-capped Grand Teton Day 13 - WISCONSIN DELLS - This morning we journey to Minneapolis, Mountains and the Snake River. We overnight two nights in where we stop for lunch. We continue to Wisconsin Dells, where we Jackson, Wyoming. enjoy a hearty “Threshing Dinner” at the fabulous Thunder Valley Inn. Day 6 - GRAND TETON MOUNTAINS - This morning, we don our life What a dinner it will be - slow cooked pot roast, fresh farm vegetables, jackets and climb aboard our rubber float for a relaxing yet exhilarating ride homemade bread and a delicious Thunder Valley dessert! Overnight on picturesque Snake River. Our float ride will take us into a quiet, natural Wisconsin Dells, Wisconsin. world of wildlife, wildflowers and spectacular panoramic views of the Grand Day 14 - HOME - Our trip comes to an end today as we make our way Teton Mountains. The afternoon is free and your hotel is in the middle of back into Kentucky with plans to share our wonderful trip of the Black Hills, downtown Jackson, just steps away from the shops! Grand Tetons and Canadian Rockies with family and friends. Day 7 - IDAHO - MISSOULA, MONTANA - Today, we travel through Meals: 3B, 1D Idaho. As we drive through the state, we see huge fields of potatoes growing in the rich volcanic soil. Overnight in Missoula, Montana. 24 Grand Hotel Deluxe – Mackinac Island August 10-14 Tour #2015805 5 Days continue north to Saginaw and on to Mackinaw City, where we catch our ferry to intriguing Mackinac Island. A hydroplane will whisk us across the Double: $949 Triple: $869 Single: $1349 Deposit: $200 Straits of Mackinaw on an The mystique of Michigan is 18-minute ride. This unique more than just water. It is its Grand Hotel island does not allow motorized cities, beaches, historic islands, vehicles, only horse-drawn carriages farmland, forests and famous or bicycles for transportation. industries - and for us, it is Our overnight accommodations timeless Mackinac Island. will be at the lovely Grand This unique island does not Hotel, whose elegance and hos- allow motorized vehicles, only pitality are unequalled. Sit on horse-drawn carriages or the veranda, lounge on the bicycles for transportation. lawn, drink tea in the lobby or Day 1 - DEARBORN, MICHIGAN - Our tour to renowned Mackinac stroll through the shops, but whatever you do, capture an unforgettable Island begins as we head directly north through Ohio to Dearborn, memory of this charming place. A special treat will be the included breakfast Michigan, where we spend the night. and dinner at the Grand Hotel. Note: Dress code required for dinner. Day 2 - FORD MUSEUM - GREENFIELD VILLAGE - This morning Day 4 -LEISURE MORNING FRANKENMUTH, MICHIGAN - This we visit the Ford Museum, and discover a history of the progression of is a leisure morning to sleep in and then enjoy a delicious breakfast in the America through its appliances, furniture, transportation, agriculture and hotel’s main dining room. After sleeping in, you may choose to enjoy some just about anything else you can imagine. In Greenfield Village, a carriage of the activities available at the hotel. This afternoon we catch our ferry that tour will take us by a collection of historic buildings that span more than 300 takes us to St. Ignace in Michigan’s Upper Peninsula. This allows us the years of American history. From Thomas Edison’s Laboratory that was in special treat of driving back over the Mighty Mac Bridge that spans the Menlo Park, NJ, to the courthouse where Abraham Lincoln practiced law, waters between Michigan’s Upper and Lower Peninsulas. We continue to you will find it here in this unbelievable history museum. Overnight in Frankenmuth, where we overnight. West Branch, Michigan. Day 5 - HOME - We return home with sweet memories of our tour Day 3 - FERRY TO MACKINAC ISLAND - GRAND HOTEL - We “somewhere in time” on Mackinac Island. Meals: 1B, 1D Long Island And The Hamptons August 17-22 Tour #2015811 6 Days have some free time for lunch (on own) while in the village. Next, we stop at Montauk Lighthouse, which first operated in 1796 under the Double: $1119 Triple: $1049 Single: $1569 Deposit: $200 authorization of President George Washington. It is the oldest lighthouse in The word enchantment evokes thoughts of wonder, excitement and delight. New York State. Have your cameras ready as we drive through the famous And enchanted you will be as you relax, unwind and enjoy this delightful neighborhoods of Bridgehampton, Sagaponack, East Hampton and tour to Long Island and the Hamptons. East of New York City lies the Amagansett. We have included dinner this evening. tranquility of Long Island’s 350-year old farming and fishing heritage and Day 4 - SAG HARBOR - WHALER’S CHURCH - WHALING AND the picturesque beauty of its historic lighthouses, white sandy beaches HISTORICAL MUSEUM - LONGHOUSE RESERVE GARDENS - and wildlife preserves. And then there are EAST HAMPTON VILLAGE - EAST the Hamptons, the resort playground HAMPTON THRIFT SHOP - Today of the rich and famous with their we meet our local guide for another great opulent Gilded Age mansions from a day of touring. Our destination for today bygone era. is historic Sag Harbor, one of the largest Day 1 - HAGERSTOWN, whaling ports in the world during the MARYLAND - Today we travel through 19th century. We visit the Whaler’s West Virginia into Hagerstown, Church, where the wives of sea captains Maryland, where our overnight went to pray for their safe return. While accommodations await us. in the village, we visit the Sag Harbor Day 2- GREENPORT, NEW YORK - Whaling Museum. Here we will see historical artifacts including scrimshaw, RIVER HEAD, NEW YORK - After an Old Westbury Gardens included breakfast, we make our way to ship models, logbooks, fishing gear and historic Greenport, New York, a village that was recently named as one of other objects connected with the 19th century whalers who made their living the prettiest towns in the United States. We will have free time to explore in this area. After lunch on own, we travel to Longhouse Reserve, one of the the pristine beaches and shop at the local galleries, antique shops and most beautiful gardens in the Hamptons. We arrive in East Hampton specialty food markets. Our hotel accommodations for the next three nights Village for shopping at the East Hampton Thrift Shop. Dinner will be will be in River Head, New York. We have included dinner this evening. included this evening. Overnight same hotel. Day 3 - SOUTHAMPTON VILLAGE - COOPER’S BEACH - ROGERS Day 5 - OLD WESTBURY GARDENS - PHIPPS ESTATE - MANSION- MONTAUK LIGHTHOUSE - Today a local guide gives us HAGERSTOWN, MARYLAND - This morning, our local guide will take a tour of Southampton, one of the oldest settlements in New York State. us through the gorgeous wine country, with farms and vineyards that make This area gained the reputation as one of the top resorts on the East Coast this area famous. We will make a stop at Hort Point for a beautiful view of due to its proximity to New York City, scenery and pristine beaches. Our the Greenport Harbor. After an included lunch, we visit the magnificent Old guide will point out the homes of the rich and famous and share with us Westbury Gardens, the estate of John S. Phipps, his wife and their four some of the history of the town. Our tour will includes a stop Cooper’s children. This 1906 Charles II style mansion furnished with fine decorative Beach, known as “America’s #1 Beach.” Next, we tour Rogers Mansion. arts and English antiques. The home is surrounded by 200 acres of formal This 1843 Greek Revival style mansion was the home of Captain Albert gardens, lakes, ponds and woodlands. After this stop, we travel to Rogers and it is filled with furnishings from the Victorian era donated by Hagerstown, Maryland, where we overnight. community members in Southampton. Behind the mansion is Old Day 6 - HOME - Traveling home today, we return relaxed, invigorated and Southampton Village with many historic buildings such as a blacksmith enchanted by our visit to Long Island and the Hamptons. Meals: 2B, 1L, 3D shop, one-room schoolhouse, cobbler’s shop and a colonial era barn. We will 25 Philadelphia, Gettysburg and the Poconos August 17-23 Tour #2015814 7 Days Double: $949 Triple: $869 Single: $1369 Deposit: $150 This new look at Pennsylvania will provide our travelers with an opportunity to visit some of the most requested attractions and highlights in this great state. History abounds in Philadelphia, which served as our nation’s capital from 1790-1800. It was here that our nation began on July 4, 1776 and where the Constitution was written. And then there are the spectacular Poconos, once considered America’s Honeymoon Capital. This beautiful mountain region still retains its attraction for thousands of tourists each year. We have included visits to Gettysburg National Military Park, Valley Forge National Park and the Hall of Presidents and First Ladies as part of our quest to learn more about our great nation through Pennsylvania’s many attractions. Day 1 - DUBOIS, PENNSYLVANIA - We will travel through the “Buckeye State” of Ohio, making a lunch on own stop near Columbus, and then continue Bushkill Falls eastward to Pennsylvania, where our overnight accommodations await us in the Dubois area. Day 2 - BUSHKILL FALLS AND THE DELAWARE GAP - We depart our hotel early this morning and continue our travels. We will marvel at the scenic views of deep gorges and wooded hillsides, as we make our way to the Poconos Mountain Region of eastern Pennsylvania. Today’s touring will include Bushkill Falls, called the “Niagara of the Poconos.” We will marvel at the Delaware Gap, a gorge cut by the Delaware River through the Kittatiny Mountains. We check into our hotel accommodations for the next two nights in Stroudsburg, Pennsylvania. Day 3 - POCONOS - We board our motorcoach with a local guide who will travel with us through the Poconos area. On our tour today, we will visit the many sights that this breathtaking area has to share with us. Overnight same hotel. Day 4 - PHILADELPHIA, PENNSYLVANIA - Today, we depart our hotel and make our way into Philadelphia, the “City of Brotherly Love.” A local guide will step on board our coach and provide an extensive Philadelphia city tour, Independence Hall sharing with us some of the history and points of interest in this great city. We will see the Liberty Bell, Independence Hall and other sights of this famous city before checking into our hotel accommodations for the next two nights. Day 5 - VALLEY FORGE NATIONAL PARK -Today we will continue our historic adventure with a visit to Valley Forge National Park, where we’ll have the opportunity to relive the Revolutionary War. This historic park, situated on the banks of the Schuylkill River, was the training ground for the Continental Army. It was here that George Washington took a group of untrained backwoodsmen and turned them into a disciplined military unit. Overnight same hotel. Day 6 - GETTYSBURG NATIONAL MILITARY PARK - HALL OF PRESIDENTS AND FIRST LADIES - This morning, we travel through into Gettysburg, Pennsylvania for a tour of Gettysburg National Military Park. Gettysburg was the site of the bloodiest battle of the Civil War. A portion of the battlefield was set aside in 1863 to become a national cemetery. This afternoon, after lunch on own, we will explore the Hall of Presidents and First Ladies. Here, we will see the area’s only complete wax collection of American Presidents and First Ladies, meticulously reproduced in every detail. These figures are animated Valley Forge with light and sound special effects and they tell the story of America through the perspective of the presidents and words attributed to them. In the Hall of First Ladies, we will see authentic reproductions of the Smithsonian collection of “First Ladies Inaugural Gowns” on these 1/3 size wax figures. We continue to Bedford, Pennsylvania where our overnight accommodations await us. Day 7 - HOME - This morning we depart and travel through Pennsylvania and West Virginia, returning to the Bluegrass State with memories of all that we have seen and experienced. Meals: 4B Gift Certificates Give The Gift of Travel Call Us Today To Order The Perfect Gift Gettysburg in any Denomination! 26 Las Vegas – Grand Canyon – Carlsbad Caverns August 25 - September 7 Tour #2015801 14 Days Double: $1899 Triple: $1769 Single: $2659 Deposit: $350 Imagine an exciting western adventure that takes you to those wide, open spaces you have always wanted to see! From ghost towns to gold mines, from grasslands that cover vast plains, to high mountains covered with ponderosa pines, from deserts with their prickly cactus, to Las Vegas and Grand Canyon, this amazing journey covers it all! Day 1 - SPRINGFIELD, MISSOURI - Excitement abounds as we step aboard our western-bound coach and head across the Mississippi to the great lands that make up the West. Day 2 - OKLAHOMA CITY- SHAMROCK, TX - We continue our journey west with a stop at the Oklahoma City Bombing National Memorial and then on to Shamrock, Texas where we overnight. Day 3 - ALBUQUERQUE - GALLUP, NM - Today we journey to Albuquerque, New Mexico, with a stop in historic Old Town Plaza, the heart of the city’s heritage. Old Town offers a variety of arts, crafts and delicacies in a multitude of shops and boutiques. Overnight in Gallup, New Mexico. Day 4 - PETRIFIED FOREST - GRAND CANYON - Today, our eyes feast upon a kaleidoscope of color in the Painted Desert and marvel at the Petrified Forest, before driving to Grand Canyon National Park, where we spend two nights. A tram ride along the rim of the canyon will reveal the unbelievable size of this giant wonder of nature. Day 5 - LEISURE DAY - IMAX - Today will be a leisure day at the Grand Canyon. You will be free to explore and pursue your own interests in this fabulous national park. Tonight, we have included the Grand Canyon IMAX Theater Show. Day 6 - LAS VEGAS, NEVADA - Today we head to the shimmering, dazzling lights of Las Vegas, where we spend two nights. Created on the desert floor, this amazing city that never sleeps is packed full of glamorous hotels and casinos. Tonight, we drive down the famous strip to view the flashing neon lights. Day 7 - HOOVER DAM -Today we take a short drive to visit Hoover Dam. Hailed as one of the greatest engineering feats of all time, you will be astounded Painted Desert and marvel at the Petrified Forest at the magnitude of this dam. The rest of the evening is at leisure to schedule an optional show or rest at the hotel. Day 8 - SAGUARO NATIONAL PARK - TUCSON, ARIZONA - This Hoover Dam morning, we depart Las Vegas and head through Phoenix to Saguaro National Park, a forest of stately saguaro cactus standing like sentinels, guarding the desert floor. We’ll stop for a visit and have an opportunity for taking pictures. We overnight in Tucson, Arizona. Day 9 - CARLSBAD, NEW MEXICO - Today, we continue across Arizona and into Carlsbad, New Mexico to overnight. Day 10 - CARLSBAD CAVERNS - ABILENE, TX - Our first stop today is for a tour of Carlsbad Caverns, one of the largest and most beautiful caves in the world. Walking is easy with its paved lighted pathways. Next, we cross New Mexico and enter Texas, where we overnight in Abilene, TX. Day 11 - STOCKYARDS - SIXTH FLOOR MUSEUM - DALLAS - Today, we drive to Ft. Worth for a visit to the historic Stockyards District. This 125-acre complex was once the largest livestock marketing center in the Southwest and now includes galleries, restaurants and shops in many of the original structures. Next, we head to “Big D,” Dallas for a tour of the Sixth Floor Museum (located in the Book Depository, from which Oswald shot Kennedy). A delicious dinner is included tonight. We spend two nights in Dallas, Texas Carlsbad Day 12 - CITY TOUR MARY KAY MUSEUM - SOUTHFORK RANCH - Caverns We begin our day with a city tour of Dallas. Our local guide will share some history and trivia on the things that have made “Big D” so famous - oil, the ten gallon hat and Neiman Marcus. Next, we visit the Mary Kay Museum, to see how this popular line of cosmetics is manufactured. Late this afternoon we have a tour of Southfork Ranch, made popular by the Dallas television program. We will also enjoy a delicious Chuckwagon Dinner here on the ranch. Overnight same hotel. Day 13 - CLINTON PRESIDENTIAL LIBRARY - LITTLE ROCK, ARKANSAS - Today we head across the Texas plains on our way to Little Rock, Arkansas, where we overnight. This afternoon we tour the President Clinton Library. Day 14 - HOME - We return home today bringing with us a wonderful feeling of thankfulness for all the things we have seen and done on this great tour. Meals: 7B, 2D 27 New York – Atlantic City

Empire State Building 9/11 Memorial Photographer: Amy Dreher Saint Patrick’s Cathedral Statue of Liberty

September 7-12 Tour #2015905 6 Days points of interest such as St. Patrick’s Cathedral, Madison Avenue, Lincoln Center and Rockefeller Center. Next, we take the traditional tour to Double: $1109 Triple: $1009 Single: $1489 Deposit: $250 the top of the Empire State Building, the “granddaddy of all skyscrapers.” The most beguiling city in the world, New York City is an From the 86th floor of the Empire State Building, 1,050 feet above the city, adrenaline-charged, history-laden place that holds immense romantic appeal you can enjoy a breathtaking view of the lights of New York City! for visitors. Wandering the streets here, you’ll cut between buildings that are Day 4 - DOWNTOWN NEIGHBORHOODS & BROADWAY SHOW - icons of the modern age - and where gazing at the flickering lights of the Today, we will spend the morning in Lower Manhattan, where New York midtown skyscrapers, experiencing downtown or riding the Staten Island City began almost 400 years ago. You will have time to visit the ferry, you really would have to be made of stone not to be moved by it all. 9/11 Museum and 9/11 Memorial. You may wish to visit some additional There’s no place quite like it. Come and see for yourself after a day of play historic sites in the area, such as Federal Hall, St. Paul’s Chapel, Wall Street in Atlantic City, New Jersey. as well as some others. Before leaving town, we will visit Chinatown and Day 1 - HAGERSTOWN, MARYLAND - Our fun-filled adventure begins some other NYC neighborhoods. Tonight, before we attend a Broadway today as we travel through West Virginia and Maryland to our overnight Show, those who wish will be given dinner suggestions for the nearby accommodations in Hagerstown. Along the way, we will cross the Eastern neighborhood that tourists seldom see (meal on own). Continental Divide and also travel on the route of the 200 year old National Day 5 - STATUE OF LIBERTY - Few sights are as emotional and Pike, the original interstate for settlers of the Midwest. exhilarating as the first time you see the Statue of Liberty in New York Day 2 - ATLANTIC CITY - TRUMP TAJ MAHAL - The ocean, beach, Harbor. Today we get up close and personal to “Lady Liberty” as we take the famous Boardwalk, shopping and elegant casinos provide all the makings for ferry to Liberty Island. It doesn’t matter if it is the first time or the 100th time, a great day in Atlantic City. Upon arrival, we drive directly to our hotel seeing the Statue of Liberty in New York harbor invariably brings a lump in located on Atlantic City’s famous Boardwalk, Trump Taj Mahal Casino one’s throat. This afternoon, we depart and make our way back to Resort. Beautiful Trump Taj Mahal is worth exploring, even if “the Donald” Hagerstown, Maryland, where we overnight. isn’t spotted. Day 6 - HOMEWARD BOUND - Heading for home, dealing with Day 3 - MIDTOWN MANHATTAN - EMPIRE STATE BUILDING - “sensory overload,” we enjoy the scenery as we collect our thoughts, sort out This morning, we drive directly to the “Big Apple,” New York City for a a myriad of memories and think of all the stories we will tell of our visit to two-night stay. Tonight, our Shockey Tour Director will conduct the “Big Apple” and Atlantic City. Meals: 2B Shows: 1 a night-time driving and walking tour of Midtown Manhattan. We will see 28 Kick Off Fall – Canadian Style Passport Required

September 8-11 Tour #2015912 4 Days included a ride on the Hornblower Boat for a thrilling, up-close view of this great wonder of nature! Tonight we will enjoy a delightful dinner and show Double: $569 Triple: $559 Single: $699 Deposit: $150 at the Greg Frewin Dinner Theater. Day 1 - NIAGARA FALLS, ONTARIO - In anticipation of our fall Day 3 - TORONTO HARBOR CRUISE - This morning, after an getaway, including one of the most scenic natural wonders in North included breakfast at the hotel, we depart for Toronto with our local guide. America, we board our deluxe motorcoach and drive north across Ohio, We will be introduced to the Financial District, Chinatown, Parliament Pennsylvania and New York on our way to our hotel in Niagara Falls, Buildings and more. This afternoon, we’ll enjoy a cruise through Toronto’s Ontario for the next three nights. scenic harbor-front and Island Parklands aboard the Mariposa Cruise Liner. Day 2 - WELLAND CANAL - FALLS BOAT RIDE - GREG FREWIN We return to our hotel for some rest and relaxation before our included DINNER THEATER - This morning we enjoy an included breakfast at the dinner at the Elements Restaurant, overlooking the roaring Niagara. What a hotel before boarding our motorcoach, where a local guide will provide an view! What memories! exciting tour of the falls area. We hear the roar of the falls and see the mist Day 4 - HOME - After an included breakfast at the hotel, we cross the rising from the river as we drive around Niagara. One of our stops this border back into our own great country. As we make our way across New morning will be at the Welland Canal, where freighters move between Lakes York, Pennsylvania and Ohio, you will treasure forever the beauty of Canada Erie and Ontario. We’ll enjoy a visit to the Floral Clock and a drive through with its vibrant, flowering gardens and famous waterfall. Meals: 3B, 2D Niagara-on-the-Lake, Canada’s first Capital. This afternoon, we have Show: 1 Branson Showtime

Grand Country Jublilee Presleys

September 14-18 Tour #2015911 5 Days filled with entertaining music shows, delicious meals and great sightseeing. Shows will be chosen from the top entertainers in Branson such as: Shoji Double: $709 Triple: $689 Single: $859 Deposit: $150 Tabuchi, the fabulous “Six” Show, Doug Gabriel, The Pierce Arrow Come to the rugged beauty of the Ozark Mountains, to the picturesque Quartet, The Rankin Brothers, Legends in Concert, The Branson Belle town of Branson, whose array of music shows cannot be matched. Showboat, The Redneck Tenors, The Brett Family, The Grand Jubilee, Featuring Jonah at Sight and Sound Theatre plus other music shows to The Dutton Family and The Presley Family Country Jubilee. There will museums and sightseeing to shopping, this tour is a collection of the be time for shopping in the quaint specialty shops that house an array of best that Branson has to offer! SIX SHOWS - SEVEN MEALS! unique Ozark Mountain crafts and some leisure time to attend a show of Day 1 - BRANSON, MISSOURI - We arrive in Branson, Missouri where your choice. we check into our hotel for four nights. Tonight, we enjoy the first of our Day 5 - HOME - After an early breakfast, we reluctantly depart seven shows. from this lovely Ozark Mountain area and begin our journey back Days 2-4 - SHOWS, SHOWS & SHOWS - Our days in Branson will be to the Bluegrass State. Meals: 4B, 3D Shows: 6 29 “Joseph” And The Pennsylvania Amish Sight & Sound Theater September 15-18 Tour #2015903 4 Days stage as a write-in candidate for President. Tonight, we have included a delicious Amish dinner. We overnight in Lancaster, Pennsylvania. Double: $519 Triple: $489 Single: $649 Deposit: $150 Day 3 - JOSEPH - This Of all the characters in the morning, our Shockey Bible, perhaps Joseph is the Sight and Sound Theater Tour Director will take us best parallel to Jesus that on a driving tour of the can be found. Joseph’s Amish countryside. We story of forgiveness and will have a chance to buy integrity has made this hand-made Amish crafts Bible story a timeless truth, and quilts and stop for an inspiring generations of included lunch at the men and women to walk Hershey Farm Restaurant. uprightly in the midst of Next, we travel to the great temptation. Be there, beautiful Millennium as we witness “Joseph: The Theatre to see the classic Musical” from Sight & story of “Joseph” Experience Sound, the company who a cast of 45 professional brought you “Moses,” actors, dozens of live animals “Daniel” and “Noah.” gracing the aisles, sequences Day 1 - HAGERSTOWN, of Joseph in his colorful MARYLAND - Today, we coat “flying” over the audience, leave Kentucky behind and travel through West Virginia and into the spectacular Egyptian palace scene spanning 300 feet and wrapping around “Old Line State” of Maryland to overnight in Hagerstown, Maryland. three sides of the audience, plus 20 original new songs. You will leave this Day 2 - JOSIAH MUSICAL - AMISH DINNER - Today we depart for show energized by the character of Joseph, renewed in faith and inspired to Bird-in-Hand, Pennsylvania for lunch (on own) and a live stage musical, dream big for God’s glory. After the show, we continue to Hagerstown, “Josiah for President.” This powerful and entertaining musical tells the story Maryland to overnight. of a Lancaster County Amish farmer who gets spirited onto the national Day 4 - HOME - We return home with inspiring memories of our trip to Pennsylvania. Meals: 2B, 1L, 1D Shows: 2 Tunica, Mississippi – Sam’s Town Casino September 18-20 Tour #2015929 3 Days Double: $279 Triple: $269 Single: $379 Deposit: $100 All bets are on! C’mon and get lucky and “strike it rich” as we travel to Tunica, Mississippi, a small community that has been transformed by casi- no resorts. Our accommodation for the next two nights will be at the luxurious Sam’s Town Casino & Resort. Day 1 - TUNICA, MISSISSIPPI - SAM’S TOWN CASINO - Today, we journey through Tennessee and cross the state line into Tunica, Mississippi, a small community that has been transformed by casino resorts. Early this afternoon, we check into Sam’s Town Casino & Resort, our accommodations for the next two nights. The rest of the evening will be free for shopping or “placing your bets.” Day 2 - CASINO FUN - This will be a fun-filled day for you to enjoy, as you will. A delicious breakfast is included this morning and then you may sleep late and then play the slots. Day 3 - HOME - After an included breakfast; we depart our “luxurious getaway” hotel early and make our way back through Tennessee to the lovely Bluegrass State. Meals: 2B Staud Mystery Tour September 23-28 Tour #2015928 6 Days Double: $929 Triple: $879 Single: $1279 Deposit: $150 Meet your tour director who is ready to answer any questions you may have about your tour, except one - your destination! There is no prying this surprise out of anyone, not even your driver! While we head west (or is it east, north, or south?) be prepared for six days of foot-stomping fun. So pack a feeling of surprise and anticipation along with your luggage as we get ready to embark on a great adventure. Meals: 5B, 1L

30 Savannah & Charleston September 19-25 Tour #2015924 7 Days Day 4 - CHARLESTON - MAGNOLIA GARDENS - This morning we depart our hotel and make our way to Magnolia Gardens. This 500-acre Double: $1089 Triple: $979 Single: $1549 Deposit: $250 estate and gardens contains Day 1 - COLUMBIA, SOUTH 900 varieties of camellias, CAROLINA - Today, we enjoy Bridge in Magnolia Gardens 250 types of azaleas and a scenic drive south through hundreds of other flowering Tennessee to South Carolina, species. It is the oldest continually where we overnight in Columbia. planted garden in America. We Day 2 - SAVANNAH - This will take the Nature Tram morning, we head to Savannah, through the outskirts of the Georgia one of the south’s most plantation and swamp. During romantic cities, with its this ride you will see blackwater buildings dating back to cypress, exotic shrubs, and native pre-Civil War Days. Originally wildflowers. Next, we check into established in 1733, James our hotel in Charleston, South Oglethorpe laid out a city with Carolina for a two night stay. broad streets, building sites and Charleston is America’s most 24 public squares, arranged in a beautifully preserved architectural perfect quilt-work pattern. and historic treasure, with a rich, We have included lunch at 300-year heritage. Paula Deen’s The Lady & Sons Day 5 - CITY TOUR & Restaurant. After an enjoyable MARKET - MIDDLETON PLACE PLANTATION - We begin with a lunch, we will have the evening free to roam through this beautiful city. downtown tour of Charleston with a local guide. We will take time for lunch Day 3 - SAVANNAH CITY TOUR - PIRATES HOUSE RESTAURANT - and shopping at the open-air Old City Market. Be sure to try the benne seed We meet our local guide this morning for a city tour of historic cookies or perhaps take home one of the hand-made sweet grass baskets. Old Savannah. Among the many things we’ll learn about this special city is Next, we visit Middleton Place, the oldest landscaped gardens in America. the legend behind the Waving Girl Statue. We will travel through the city’s The gardens were begun in 1741 by Henry Middleton, later the president of historic waterfront district where we will see the old converted cotton the Continental Congress. warehouses, now specialty shops and restaurants. Next, we make our way to Day 6 - PIGEON FORGE DINNER & THEATER - This morning, we the Pirates House Restaurant for a delicious included lunch. This popular depart Charleston and drive to Sevierville, Tennessee, where we overnight. culinary stop will be one of the unique memories you’ll have of historic Tonight, we enjoy a delicious included dinner and an entertaining show in Savannah. This rest of the evening will be at your leisure to stroll along one of the theaters in Pigeon Forge. Savannah’s beautifully restored waterfront, just a short distance from our Day 7 - HOME - This morning, we stop for lunch and shopping at the hotel. You might choose to have dinner in one of the many seafood Tangier Five Oaks Outlet Mall, before departing for home with memories restaurants located here along the waterfront. of our delightful vacation to the South’s most romantic cities. Meals: 5B, 2L, 1D, Show: 1 Mansions of the Brandywine September 21-25 Tour #2015932 5 Days we visit and explore the Winterthur Museum, a place of beauty and history. Founded by Henry Francis du Pont, it is our nation’s premier museum Double: $639 Triple: $589 Single: $889 Deposit: $150 of American decorative arts with over 9,000 Are you longing for a simpler time? Then get artifacts from early America (1640-1860) ready to step back into another era as you join showcased in period rooms and exhibition Shockey Tours on this delightful tour to the galleries. Its 60 acre naturalistic garden is Brandywine Valley. This area in northern among the country’s best. After lunch (on own) Delaware is home to three of the most we travel to Kennett Square, Pennsylvania, beautiful mansions in the nation. The stately where we tour magnificent Longwood Gardens. homes you have imagined in your dreams will Once of the country estate of industrialist Pierre be explored on this pleasurable trip. S. du Pont, Longwood is famous for its superb Day 1 - HAGERSTOWN, MARYLAND - outdoor gardens, which include elaborate We travel today through West Virginia into fountains, two lakes, woodlands, wildflowers, a the “Old Line State” of Maryland, where we formal rose garden and greenhouses containing overnight in Hagerstown, Maryland. exotic tropical displays. Early this evening, we Day 2 - HAGLEY MUSEUM - check into our overnight accommodations. WILMINGTON, DELAWARE - This Day 4 - POTOMAC MILLS OUTLETS - morning, we board our motorcoach and travel VIRGINIA WAR MEMORIAL - This morn- to Wilmington, Delaware, where we tour the ing, we travel to Woodbridge, Virginia, where Hagley Museum, located along the banks of we will visit the Potomac Mills for shopping the Brandywine River on the site of the original and lunch on own. Potomac Mills is Virginia’s du Pont estate and gardens. We visit Eleutherian largest outlet mall with over 200 stores. Next, Mills, the du Ponts’ 1803 Georgian home. We we visit the Virginia War Memorial in will also visit the Powder Yard where massive Richmond, Virginia. The memorial honors our stone mills, store houses and water wheels recall fallen heroes by passing their stories of sacrifice the time when water power was the only source forward to future generations. We overnight in of energy. Then it is on to our hotel for our Charlottesville, Virginia. second overnight accommodations. Day 5 - HOME - We travel home today with Day 3 - WINTERTHUR MUSEUM - many memories to share with friends and LONGWOOD GARDENS - This morning, Winterthur family. Meals: 3B 31 A Different View of New England October 2-10 Tour #20151020 9 Days OF THE SEVEN GABLES - When the United States was young, ships from Salem, Massachusetts Double: $1329 Triple: $1199 Single: $1879 Deposit: $200 helped build the new nation’s economy. The This new tour is designed for those of you who enjoyed our great historic buildings, wharves, and tall ship at New England 10 Day Spectacular, would like to travel in the the Salem Maritime National Historic Site tell the Northeast again, but want to see and experience some different stories of the sailors, Revolutionary War things and places next privateers and merchants who time around. We are Lake Placid in the Fall brought the riches of the world to confident that you will America. Our visit to Salem today find “A Different View of New will include a tour of the famous England” a good vacation value 360-year old House of the Seven and a great experience. Gables, “An American Masterpiece Day 1 - DUNKIRK, NEW and a New England Treasure.” YORK - Our travels begin today as On the grounds are Nathaniel we motor through Ohio and Hawthorne’s birthplace and northern Pennsylvania to our first beautiful gardens in a spectacular overnight stay in Dunkirk, seaside setting. We will spend New York. the next two nights in Day 2 - DARWIN D. MARTIN Woburn, Massachusetts. HOME - QUEENSBURY Day 6 - WHALE WATCH HOTEL - We have taken this CRUISE - ROCKPORT, route to New England so that we MASSACHUSETTS - Today’s can visit the estate that famed adventure will undoubtedly be one architect Frank Lloyd Wright of the highlights of our tour as our designed (1903-1905) for Darwin Gloucester Whale Watch boat D. Martin. A masterpiece of 20th takes us on a four hour sea safari to century architecture, the home is see the largest creatures on earth in located in the historic Parkside their ocean home. We have neighborhood of Buffalo, New included a boxed lunch on board York. Traveling across New York’s Whale Watch the boat. Later this afternoon, in historic Mohawk Valley will bring nearby Rockport, Massachusetts us to Glens Falls, New York and will present us with beautiful the historic Queensbury Hotel. scenery, artist galleries, interesting Arriving in the afternoon will allow shopping and the famous fishing us time to enjoy the hotel’s shack, Motif #1, the most painted gorgeous architecture, grand lobby, and photographed building in heated indoor pool and other America. Overnight same hotel. amenities, before our sumptuous Day 7 - NEW BEDFORD included dinner in the hotel’s WHALING MUSEUM - MARK Fenimore Lounge. TWAIN HOUSE - This morning, Day 3 - LAKE PLACID - we have another opportunity to go BURLINGTON, VERMONT - back in time at the world-re- This morning, we travel to Lake nowned New Bedford Whaling Placid in Adirondack State Park; a Museum. The largest museum in true wilderness of over 3000 square America devoted to the rich history miles. We will have a guided tour of the whaling industry during the of this mountain resort town, age of sail, the museum features where two Olympic Games have interactive exhibits, including the been held, then stay for lunch (on world’s largest whaling ship model, own) and shopping. This afternoon displays of fine and decorative arts; will provide us with a unique experience; as we travel Whiteface Veteran’s collections of cultural artifacts, rare antiquities, scrimshaw and logbooks; and Memorial Highway to the top of 4,867 foot high Whiteface Mountain. At five whale skeletons including rare blue and northern right whales. This the summit, we will find a few things you don’t often find atop a peak; a afternoon, the history of another era awaits us at the Mark Twain House and castle built from native stone, a restaurant and gift shop, an elevator carved Museum in Hartford, Connecticut. Here, we will have an opportunity to deep inside the mountain top itself and a truly spectacular 360-degree learn about Mark Twain, his family, the historic house (which has been panoramic view of unparalleled beauty. Leaving the Adirondacks, we travel meticulously restored), and the author’s legacy. The gift shop offers his to beautiful Burlington, Vermont for a two-night stay. books, funny quote t-shirts, Victorian era gifts and Twain House and Hartford souvenirs. We overnight in Waterbury, Connecticut. Day 4 - SHELBURNE MUSEUM - This morning, our taste buds are in for a real treat in Waterbury, Vermont, with visits to the Cold Hollow Cider Day 8 - WEST POINT MILITARY ACADEMY - Today’s highlight will Mill, the Cabot Cheese Shop and Ben and Jerry’s Ice Cream. Much of be our visit to the United States Military Academy. West Point’s role in our our afternoon will be devoted to exploring the incredible Shelburne Museum nation’s history dates back to the Revolutionary War, when both sides of art, design and Americana. Over 150,000 works are exhibited in realized the strategic importance of the commanding plateau on the west 38 exhibition buildings, many of which are historic 18th and 19th century bank of the Hudson River. Our guided tour will give us an overview from buildings relocated from New England and New York. Included are houses, the beginning of West Point in 1778, to modern times of the United States barns, a meeting house, a one-room schoolhouse, a lighthouse, a jail, a Military Academy. We will make stops at the Main Cadet Chapel, general store, a covered bridge and the 220-foot steamboat Ticonderoga. Trophy Point, Battle Monument and the Plain. After traveling Our day ends at Church Street Marketplace, downtown Burlington, through New York, New Jersey and Pennsylvania, we will spend Vermont’s award-winning open air mall of historical architecture, street our last night in Hagerstown, Maryland. entertainers, music, shopping and dining. Overnight same hotel. Day 9 - HOME - We travel home today with fond new Day 5 - SALEM MARITIME NATIONAL HISTORIC SITE - HOUSE memories of New England, lots of photos; and probably some other (bought) things too! Meals: 7B, 1L, 1D 32 New England Fall Foliage – 10 Day Spectacular

10 Day Spectacular

October 3-12 Tour #20151003 10 Days Ralph Waldo Emerson and Louisa Mae Alcott. In Concord, at the Old North Bridge, the Minuteman Statue stands on the site where the “shot October 7-16 Tour #20151019 10 Days heard around the world” was fired. Our tour concludes back in Boston at Double: $1399 Triple: $1299 Single: $1989 Deposit: $200 famous Fanueil Hall Marketplace, opened in 1742, and Quincy Market, its Why not make this the year, and this fall the time, to come with neighbor since 1825. This place was the scene of many stirring gatherings Shockey Tours to New England, where quaint villages, picturesque during the Revolutionary movement. Here visitors and locals alike shop, mountain towns, historic cities and a dazzling array of autumn mingle and enjoy a tremendous variety of food. Overnight same hotel. colors await. Day 6 - ACADIA NATIONAL PARK - BAR HARBOR, MAINE Day 1 - HAGERSTOWN, MARYLAND - Our first overnight will - This morning, we travel to the lovely seaside village of Bar Harbor, be in Hagerstown, Maryland. Maine. The beauty of the sea, mountains, lake and forest has made this area world-famous as a summer resort. Here we visit Day 2 - WEST HAVEN, CONNECTICUT - An included breakfast Acadia National Park, which has the most breathtaking combination this morning, we continue to the “Empire State” of New York, crossing the of ocean and mountain scenery north of Rio de Janeiro. Overnight mighty Hudson River and stopping for lunch and shopping in accommodations will be in Bar Harbor, Maine. Times Square, the “crossroads of the world.” We continue to our hotel in West Haven, Connecticut to overnight. Day 7 - NEW HAMPSHIRE’S WHITE MOUNTAINS - Today we continue into New Hampshire, through White Mountain National Forest, Day 3 - MYSTIC SEAPORT MUSEUM - NEWPORT, RHODE known for its spectacular fall foliage. Experience a visual masterpiece as you ISLAND - Mystic Seaport Museum, the nation’s largest maritime museum, witness the white birch trees putting on a display of dazzling golden hues accurately portrays life as it was on the New England coast 200 years ago. intermingled with the green New England spruce. Dinner is included at our This recreated seaport village allows you to actually walk through the actual hotel in Lincoln, New Hampshire. homes in which seafaring New Englanders once lived. Be sure to visit the Charles W. Morgan, the only surviving wooden whaling ship in the Day 8 - HILDENE MANSION -This morning, we depart our hotel and world. Later on today we visit legendary Newport, Rhode Island, cross into Vermont. In Manchester, Vermont, we take a tour of Hildene “the city by the sea,” whose mansions best illustrate the “gilded Mansion, the beautiful home of Robert Todd Lincoln. Our overnight age.” We overnight in Hyannis, Massachusetts. accommodations will be in Albany, New York. Day 4 - HYANNIS - PLYMOUTH ROCK - BOSTON - This Day 9 - HAGERSTOWN, MARYLAND - This morning we drive morning, we visit the John F. Kennedy Memorial that overlooks through Pennsylvania, skirting along the edges of the Pocono the beautiful harbor of Hyannis. We continue through Massachusetts Mountains on our way to Hagerstown, Maryland, to overnight. via historic Sandwich, the oldest town in Cape Cod, where we will Day 10 - HOME - We share an included breakfast, and then board stop for some photo opportunities. Next, a short drive will bring us to our coach for home. While our time in New England has come to an the town of Plymouth to view Plymouth Rock. In the afternoon, we travel end, we have many fall foliage memories to share with family and friends. to Boston to visit, among other places, the Old North Church, which has Meals: 6B, 1D the actual window from where Paul Revere’s signal lanterns flashed. We will spend the next two nights in the Old North Church Boston area. Hildene Mansion Day 5 - BOSTON SIGHTS - QUINCY MARKET - Our professionally guided tour of Boston begins at Boston Common, the oldest public park in the country. Historical sights abound in this great city. On our way to visit the site of the first conflict of the Revolutionary War, in Lexington, Massachusetts, we will pass Harvard University in Cambridge. Continuing on to Concord, we will see the homes of literary greats Henry David Thoreau, 33 National Quartet Convention

Collingsworth Family The Hoppers

October 1-4 Tour #20151016 4 Days of the longest running feud in history and help the Hatfields and McCoys settle their differences mountain style. Whether you’re city folk or country Double: $749 Triple: $669 Single: $999 Deposit: $100 cousins, you’ll love the singing and dancing. Tonight we will return to the Deep in the heart of the Great Smoky Mountains is where you will National Quartet Convention for our second evening concert. hear voices ringing out in song and praise. The National Quartet Day 3 - DOLLYWOOD - NATIONAL QUARTET CONVENTION - Convention in Pigeon Forge, Tennessee, is Southern Gospel This morning, we’re off to Dollywood for a full day of entertainment. There music’s largest event with over 300 Southern Gospel artists in will be great music shows, craft demonstrations and lots of activities to keep attendance and over 500 exhibitors. This trip is more than just you busy. Gospel music shows are scheduled throughout the day, so grab a gospel music! It is the beauty of the Great Smoky Mountains too! schedule and plan your day to include all of the great singers as well as the Includes: Thursday, Friday and Saturday Evening Concerts at the activities of the Harvest Celebration. The Harvest Celebration is the National Quartet Convention. Smokies’ largest outdoor festival and features the finest craftspeople from Day 1 - PIGEON FORGE, TENNESSEE - NATIONAL QUARTET around the country. Over 100 artists will display and have demonstrations CONVENTION - Our drive today takes us through the lush, rolling hills of crafts such as woodworking, barrel making, honey making, harp making, of Tennessee and across Jellico Mountain for a spectacular view of the valleys handmade furniture, metal smithing, sorghum making, rag creations, and and smoke covered hilltops below. After an included dinner, we will enjoy fiddle making. Tonight, we return to the National Quartet Convention for our first wonderful evening at the National Quartet Convention. There will our final evening of gospel music. be several groups performing for our listening pleasure. Day 4 - HOME - We enjoy a leisure morning and an included breakfast at Day 2 - HATFIELD & MCCOY LUNCH SHOW - NATIONAL the hotel. We have included a delicious lunch before departing the majestic QUARTET CONVENTION - After an included breakfast, we’re off for expanse of the Great Smoky Mountains. We return home uplifted and feudin’ and feastin’ at the Hatfields & McCoys Lunch Show! Become part inspired by this celebration of great gospel music. Meals: 3B, 2L, 1D Fall In The Smokies October 23-25 Tour #20151021 3 Days Day 2 - BLACKWOODS MORNING VARIETY SHOW - MAJESTIC MOUNTAINS AND MUSIC TOUR - SMOKY MT. OPRY - Double: $419 Triple: $399 Single: $539 Deposit: $100 After breakfast in the hotel, we attend the Blackwoods Morning Variety There is fun to be had all over Show. We will be entertained the map in the cities of Pigeon by the harmonious sounds of Forge and Gatlinburg, the world-famous Blackwoods Tennessee and the Great performing their award-win- Smoky Mountains National ning pop, country and gospel Park. This new autumn hits in a spectacular musical adventure to the Great review. Add in world class Smokies is packed full of comedy for one of the best entertaining activities from shows in town. Lunch will be family attractions to shopping on our own as we spend the at the many specialty shops afternoon in the beautiful and art galleries and an Great Smoky Mountains as opportunity to see four of the our step on guide takes us best music shows in town. on a trip down memory Day 1 - PIGEON FORGE- lane along our “Majestic HATFIELDS & MCCOYS Mountains and Music Tour.” DINNER SHOW - We’ll head into the foothills of COMEDY BARN the Great Smoky Mountains THEATER - Our drive today National Park while stopping takes us through the lush, along the way at a historical rolling hills of Tennessee and church or two and even visit- across Jellico Mountain for a spectacular view of the valleys and smoke ing a place where baptisms once took place. You’ll learn about the mountain covered hilltops below. Next, we check into our hotel for the next two nights folk, understand how they came to be here and where their descendants are in Pigeon Forge, Tennessee. Next, we’re off for feudin’ and feastin’ at the at today. After our included dinner, we depart for the “Ultimate Musical Hatfields & McCoys Dinner Show! Become part of the longest running Variety Show” at the Smoky Mountain Opry - featuring the most talented feud in history and help the Hatfields and McCoys settle their differences cast of singers, dancers, comedians and musicians in the Smoky Mountains. mountain style. Whether you’re city folk or country cousins, you’ll love the From top country hits both old and new, to big band, and today’s pop, then singing and dancing, comedy and mighty feats of strength. Tonight, we’re add in side-splitting comedy, majestic animals, dazzling costumes and state off to the “Funniest Show in Town” at the Comedy Barn Theater. Enjoy of the art special effects, the Smoky Mountain Opry has it all! good, clean family comedy, magicians, jugglers, live country and gospel Day 3 - HOME - This morning, after breakfast, we’ll check out of the hotel music, as well as the “World Famous Comedy Barn Canines” and “Arnold and have some shopping time before departing for home. Meals: 2B, 2D, the Mind-Reading Pig.” Shows: 4 34 Duck Commander – Louisiana Highlights October 19-24 Tour #20151004 6 Days Duck Commander Store and Warehouse. Here, you will have the opportunity to shop for souvenirs such as shirts, hats, books, duck calls and Double: $879 Triple: $829 Single: $1239 Deposit: $150 more. The Robertson family members are in and out of the store almost The small Southern town every day, and while we can’t of West Monroe, Louisiana, guarantee a “beard sighting” there is home to the extended is a chance you may get a picture Robertson family (stars of A&E’s or autograph while we are here. hit television program “Duck This afternoon, we are off to Dynasty”). This new tour to the Antique Alley in beautiful “Duck Commander Hometown” downtown West Monroe. There includes visits to many of are over 40 specialty stores and the places from the television antique shops with everything show, plus fun-filled exciting from home furnishings, jewelry, sightseeing in the beautiful state clothing, art and more. We have of Louisiana, new adventures and Photo courtesy of the West Monroe, Louisiana CVB included a delicious lunch before lots of delicious food. departing for the “Crescent City” Day 1 - MERIDIAN, MISSISSIPPI - Our first day’s journey takes us south of New Orleans, Louisiana for a two-night stay. through Tennessee, Alabama and into Meridian, Mississippi for our Day 4 - NEW ORLEANS CITY TOUR - OLD FRENCH MARKET - first overnight. NATIONAL WORLD WAR II MUSEUM - After an included breakfast, Day 2 - WILLIE’S DUCK DINER - BIEDENHARN HOME & a local guide steps aboard our motorcoach for a city tour that will feature COCA-COLA MUSEUM - After an included breakfast, we depart our modern New Orleans and old sights around the French Quarter. Next, we hotel and head to the “Duck Commander Hometown” of West Monroe, will have time for lunch (on own) and shopping at the Old French Market, Louisiana. Upon arrival, we will enjoy a delicious included lunch at Willie’s the oldest public market in our nation. There are several places to eat and Duck Diner. Waitresses clothed in aprons “Miss Kay style” come by each you’ll find everything from café au lait and beignets to po-boys and fine table, offering hush puppies, biscuits and rolls. We will have time to visit the Creole cuisine. This afternoon, we visit the National World War II Museum. gift shop and get some Willie’s Duck Diner gear after lunch. Next we will This museum gives a compelling look into the events leading up to and tour the 1914 historic home of Joseph A. Biedenharn, the first bottler of following D-Day, through artifacts, photographs, diaries and personal Coca-Cola and we visit one of the most interesting Coca-Cola museums effects. Tonight, we will see what the French Quarter looks like at night. around. The collection of memorabilia includes the first Coca-Cola delivery We’ll have time to eat dinner (on our own) and go shopping or enjoy the truck from the 1890’s and working five-cent Coke machines. We will have music and entertainers at Jackson Square. time to check into our hotel and freshen up before tonight’s included Day 5 - HANK WILLIAMS MUSEUM - MONTGOMERY, ALABAMA group dinner. - After an included breakfast we depart our hotel and travel to Montgomery, Day 3 - DUCK COMMANDER HOMETOWN TOUR - DUCK Alabama. We stop at the Hank Williams Museum, located in downtown COMMANDER STORE - ANTIQUE ALLEY - NEW ORLEANS, Montgomery, where he spent the best years of his life writing and singing his LOUISIANA - This morning, a local guide steps on board our motorcoach songs. The museum contains a large collection of memorabilia and personal for the official Duck Commander Hometown Tour. Our guide will share artifacts including his 1952 baby blue Cadillac, Steinway piano and with us some of the stories of the Robertson family and point out many of costumes. We overnight in Montgomery, Alabama. the sites and places from the television show as we drive through the streets Day 6 - HOME - We arrive back home today with memories of our time in of West Monroe. Our tour will include a stop at the recently opened Louisiana ready to be shared with family and friends. Meals: 4B, 2L, 1D New York Thanksgiving Parade November 24-28 Tour #20151106 5 Days Day 3 - MACY’S PARADE - THANKSGIVING DINNER - ROCKETTES - Actually being in New York for this incredible parade far Double: $1159 Triple: $1059 Single: $1649 Deposit: $250 surpasses what we have ever seen on TV. Don’t miss this opportunity to enjoy Following the parade, we change clothes for what only New York City can offer our included “Thanksgiving Day Dinner.” at Thanksgiving time. Being at, as well Tonight, we see New York at its best as we as a part of, “Macy’s Thanksgiving Day attend the great “Radio City Christmas Parade,” is an experience not soon Spectacular” with the Rockettes at Radio City forgotten. The parade and other great Music Hall. This fabulous show includes activities await us on this special visit Santa’s magical “Sleigh Ride,” “The Parade of to the self-proclaimed “Capital of Wooden Soldiers,” and the awe-inspiring the World.” “Living Nativity.” Day 1 - HAGERSTOWN - MARYLAND - Day 4 - SIGHTS AND HISTORY - Today, Our fun-filled adventure begins today as we will spend the morning in Lower we travel through West Virginia and Manhattan, where New York City began Maryland to our overnight accommodations almost 400 years ago. You will have time to in Hagerstown. visit the 9/11 Museum and 9/11 Memorial. Day 2 - MACY’S AND MORE - You may wish to visit some additional historic Approaching New York City, the Macy’s Thanksgiving Parade sites in the area. We can’t leave town without awesome Midtown Manhattan skyline shopping in famous Chinatown. Livelier than comes into view. Our first stop in “The ever, it is crammed with all manner of shops City” will be at Macy’s flagship store on Broadway. The largest retail store in and restaurants in pagoda style buildings. This afternoon, we depart for the world, covering an entire city block, Macy’s is a shopper’s paradise with Hagerstown, Maryland, where we overnight. thousands of gifts that you can actually afford. Following our arrival at our Day 5 - HOMEWARD BOUND - The sights, the sounds, the foods, the hotel, we take a nighttime driving and walking tour that will feature memories. We head home happy that we got to experience New York, at least Madison Avenue, Lincoln Center, Rockefeller Center and the Empire State once, at Christmas time. New York always demands a next time; maybe this Building Observatory. spring or next summer. Meals: 2B and Thanksgiving “Dinner” Show: 1 35 Old Salem Christmas Reynolda House – Tanglewood Christmas Lights December 1-4 Tour #20151214 4 Days Tanglewood Recreation Park is transformed into a winter wonderland with over one million lights in whimsical holiday themed displays, a wide variety Double: $469 Triple: $439 Single: $619 Deposit: $150 of vendors at the “Holiday Gift Village” and even Santa himself! “Bid Time Return”, as it Day 3 - REYNOLDA does on this festive Christmas HOUSE - MT. AIRY, tour to historic Old Salem NORTH CAROLINA - Village where we relive Today we meet our local Christmas past, just the guide for an exciting way it was celebrated in morning of sightseeing in colonial times. Winston-Salem, North Day 1 - WINSTON- Carolina, a town known for SALEM, NORTH its textile and tobacco CAROLINA - Today we industries. Next we visit the make our way southeast Reynolda House, former through the Volunteer State home of R.J. Reynolds, of Tennessee and into which will be decorated for Winston-Salem, North Christmas. This beautiful Carolina, where we spend mansion was built in 1917, the next two nights. Tonight, and features one of the finest we have included a delicious collections of art in the dinner for your enjoyment. South. Next, we travel to Day 2 - CHRISTMAS AT Andy Griffith’s hometown, OLD SALEM VILLAGE - Mt. Airy, North Carolina, TANGLEWOOD the inspiration for CHRISTMAS LIGHTS - “Mayberry” and used as a This morning, we visit Old model for the Andy Griffith Salem Village, which will be television show. After lunch beautifully decorated for on our own, a local guide will Christmas. A visit to this step aboard our coach for a guided tour of Mt. Airy. authentic restored 1766 Photo courtesy of Tanglewood Park Moravian community is like We will see such places as stepping back into time to the Old Mayberry Jail, celebrate Christmas just like it was in the colonial era. Here, you will find Floyd’s Barber Shop, Wally’s Service Station, Andy’s boyhood home, authentic buildings from the 18th century, craftsmen demonstrating the granite homes and churches and the world’s largest open face granite quarry. trades from that era, fascinating collections of rare antiques and one-of- We overnight in Mt. Airy, North Carolina. a-kind places to shop. Tonight, we view the magnificent Tanglewood Day 4 - HOME - This morning we make our way homeward, warmed by Christmas Lights, one of the largest and most spectacular light displays in the the many wonderful Christmas memories we have made in North Carolina. Southeast. During the Christmas season, the rolling countryside at Meals: 3B, 1D

Biltmore House Christmas – Gatlinburg, TN December 4-6 Tour #20151203 3 Days night, a short drive takes us to the main entrance of Biltmore House, where dozens of flickering luminaries light the main roadway. Inside, crackling Double: $479 Triple: $469 Single: $599 Deposit: $150 fireplaces and hundreds of candles cast a warm glow as we catch the smell of Take a few days for yourself and pine and potpourri drifting get away, before the hectic throughout the house. Christmas season approaches. Day 2 - GATLINBURG - This is a perfect little getaway, BIBLICAL TIMES DINNER so come along with us as we THEATER - Today, we continue journey to the magnificent to Gatlinburg in the heart of the Biltmore House. Smoky Mountain, arriving in Day 1 - BILTMORE ESTATE the early afternoon for lunch (on - VICTORIAN HOLIDAY our own) and shopping. DINNER - Today, we travel to Tonight, we attend Biblical Asheville, North Carolina and Times Dinner Theater. We’ll check directly into our hotel for enjoy a delicious dinner, and some rest before we board our then these talented performers coach and make our way to the will entertain us with favorite grounds of the Biltmore House. Christmas songs, southern gospel, This lovely mansion was old hymns, new contemporary formally opened on Christmas and patriotic music. Eve 1895. We will be able to see the Biltmore House on this tour just as the Day 3 - HOME - Today, we return home from our experience into an era Vanderbilts knew it. Before our candlelight tour of the house, we’ve of opulence and grandeur. Memories of our Victorian feast and the included a fabulous Victorian Holiday Feast at the Deerpark Restaurant, candlelight tour of this most impressive mansion will last forever. located on the Biltmore estate. We dine in true Victorian fashion on an Meals: 1B, 2D Show: 1 extensive choice of entrees, vegetables, salads and desserts. As day turns to 36 Branson Christmas Special December 7-11 Tour #20151206 5 Days Double: $709 Triple: $699 Single: $859 Deposit: $150 This five-day Christmas tour includes all the wonderful Branson Christmas shows! We have personally selected Christmas shows that are the best of the best, and we want you to see them all! INCLUDES SIX SHOWS - SEVEN MEALS! Day 1 - BRANSON, MISSOURI - We arrive in Branson, Missouri where we check into our hotel for four nights. Tonight, we enjoy the first of our seven shows. Shoji Days 2-4 - SHOWS, SHOWS & SHOWS - Our days in Branson will be Family Country Jubilee. filled with entertaining music shows, delicious meals and great sightseeing. There will be time for shopping in the quaint Shows will be chosen from the top entertainers in Branson such as: Shoji specialty shops that house an array of unique Ozark Mountain crafts and Tabuchi, the fabulous “Six” Show, Doug Gabriel, The Pierce Arrow some leisure time to attend a show of your choice. Quartet, The Rankin Brothers, Legends in Concert, The Branson Belle Day 5 - HOME - After an early breakfast; we reluctantly depart Showboat, The Redneck Tenors, The Brett Family, Larry Gatlin & The from this lovely Ozark Mountain area and begin our journey back Gatlin Brothers, The Grand Jubilee, The Dutton Family and the Presley to the Bluegrass State. Meals: 4B, 3D Shows: 6 New York Christmas December 7-11 Tour #20151209 5 Days Rockefeller and Lincoln Centers we will enjoy the extravagant windows in stores such as Saks, Barney’s, Lord & Taylor, Tiffany’s and Bloomingdale’s Double: $729 Triple: $679 Single: $999 Deposit: $150 all known for their extravagant windows. Let’s face it: New York City knows how to do Day 3 - FINANCIAL DISTRICT - the holidays like no other city in the world! Even SHOPPING - CHINATOWN - BROADWAY before the first snowflakes fall, the city trans- SHOW - Today after breakfast we drive over forms itself into a magical winter wonderland. into lower Manhattan, the financial district of the From figure skaters in Central Park, the magical city, where we will have some time to shop and light show in Grand Central Terminal to the have lunch. After lunch, we will continue our many shows on Broadway, come and join us for shopping in other parts of the city. Tonight a Christmas experience you will never forget! we will end the evening with an exciting Day 1 - HAGERSTOWN, MARYLAND - Broadway show. Today we travel northeast out of Kentucky and Day 4 - CITY TOUR - GRAND CENTRAL through West Virginia and into the “Old Line TERMINAL - HAGERSTOWN, MARYLAND - State” of Maryland. Tonight we will spend our Grand Central Terminal This morning after a city tour we will have an first night in Hagerstown, Maryland. opportunity to shop some more or take a carriage Day 2 - NEW YORK CITY - MACY’S - This morning after breakfast we ride in Central Park. Then we will go to the Grand Central Terminal to will travel north to the Big Apple. Upon arriving in the city, we will go enjoy an arts & crafts show before saying good-bye to beautiful New York directly to Macy’s. Here you will have some time to pick up lunch and see City and heading back to Hagerstown, Maryland for the evening. Macy’s “Santaland,” a wonderful world of elves, reindeer and, of course, Day 5 - HOMEWARD BOUND - This morning we retrace our route back Santa. This evening we will take a night tour of New York enjoying the to the beautiful Bluegrass State with pleasant memories of a New York many lights and sights that New York has to offer. Aside from the trees in Christmas. Meals: 2B Show: 1 Opryland Country Christmas December 11-13 Tour #20151201 3 Days at the Gaylord Opryland Hotel. There will be free time to explore the hotel before our evening show. Tonight we enjoy a fabulous performance of the Double: $629 Triple: $549 Single: $889 Deposit: $150 Country Christmas Dinner & Show. We’ll enjoy a delicious included dinner This three-day package enjoys two nights at with all the trimmings, then get ready for an the dazzling Opryland Hotel, which is enchanted journey through past magnificently decorated for the holidays. We and present filled with the magical sounds of will have time to browse through the this special time of the year. many specialty shops and experience all the Day 2 - TREASURES FOR THE breathtaking beauty of this unique hotel all HOLIDAYS - ICE - This morning, we dressed up for the holidays. As part of our tour attend “Treasures for the Holidays,” the we will see the great ice sculpture exhibit, Opryland Hotel’s Christmas arts and crafts “Ice,” browse through the arts and crafts show. Next, we will be awed by the popular spectacular, “Treasures for the Holidays” and “Ice” sculpture display. It features an interac- attend two fabulous Christmas shows. tive exhibit of life-size carvings, sculptures and Day 1- OPRY MILLS - COUNTRY Gaylord Opryland Resort & Convention Center three-dimensional holiday-themed displays CHRISTMAS DINNER & SHOW - We inspired by the spectacular ice palaces of make our way south through Kentucky and Tennessee into “Music City, Harbin, China. Tonight, we enjoy another great show filled with favorite USA” - Nashville, Tennessee. Upon arrival, we stop at Opry Mills for lunch Christmas songs. Overnight same hotel. and shopping. Here you will have an opportunity to do your Christmas Day 3 - HOME - Today, we enjoy a leisurely morning at the hotel. You may shopping in some outstanding factory outlets and specialty stores. While at choose to sleep late, enjoy the specialty shops and boutiques of the hotel or Opry Mills, you may choose an optional visit to the Grand Ole Opry just stroll the grounds before we return to the Bluegrass State, taking with us Museum. Next, we check into our fabulous rooms for the next two-nights memories of a heartwarming “Country Christmas.” Meal: 1D, Shows: 2 37 GENERAL INFORMATION & TOUR CONDITIONS TOUR COST INCLUDES: A trip with acceptable person to share room costs, the cost recognized in all states, concealed weapons or Shockey Tours includes all transportation, of the tour will be reduced to the double rate weapons of any kind are not allowed on the lodging, tours, local guides, entry and and monies, if due, will be refunded to you. 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If you are interested in will then be placed on our waiting list and 1) Shockey Tours will have to charge any purchasing the insurance or have any questions as soon as a vacancy occurs, you will be non-recoverable expenditures made on behalf relating to the insurance, please call our office automatically placed and notified that you are of the participant at the time of cancellation. at (800) 633-4147. confirmed on the tour. All vacancies will be These costs would be for tickets, meals, hotels, Please note that all travel insurance companies filled from the waiting list in the date order in etc. Hotels require a rooming list and full will ask you if you have a “pre-existing which they were received. payment 45 to 30 days prior to arrival and condition.” This is an illness that may flare up show tickets are often purchased 60 days and cause you to cancel or interrupt your trip. QUALITY ACCOMMODATIONS: Hotels in advance. 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SHOCKEY CHARTERS Across Town or Cross Country Safe, Modern and Comfortable WE CAN MEET Shockey Tours has the most modern fleet of motor coaches to charter for a day, a week, ALL YOUR or whatever the need. Our motor coaches are climate-controlled, have comfortable TRANSPORTATION reclining seats, foot rests, overhead storage racks, restrooms, public address systems, large viewing windows, video/DVD systems and seat up to 56 passengers. NEEDS Our experienced, safety-minded drivers are waiting to take you wherever you desire! Please Call For a Quote Today 502-267-4007 or 800-633-4147 39 PRSRT STD US POSTAGE PAID Shockey Tours, Inc. LOUISVILLE KY 11117 Decimal Drive PERMIT NO 1880 Louisville, KY 40299

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