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Arches National Park

CentennialYears of our National Celebration Parks 100The experience of a lifetime with Ten National Parks and more! Celebrate the 100th anniversary of our National Parks. “National Parks are the best idea we ever had. Absolutely American, absolutely democratic, they reflect us at our best rather than our worst.” – Wallace Stegner, Author 1983. INCLUDED HIGHLIGHTS: •  - Discover a landscape of contrasting colors, landforms and textures unlike any other in the world. The park has over 2,000 natural stone arches, in addition to hundreds of soaring pinnacles, massive fins, and giant balanced rocks. • Canyonlands National Park is divided into four districts by the massive canyons of the Green and rivers. From accessible views at Island in the Sky or rambling trails in The Needles, to deep remoteness of The Maze, or even floating the rivers themselves. Zion National Park • Colorado National Monument preserves one of the grand landscapes of the American West. Towering monoliths exist within a vast plateau and canyon panorama. Experience sheer-walled, red rock canyons along the twists and turns of Rim Rock Drive, where you may spy bighorn sheep and soaring eagles. • Black Canyon of the Gunnison National Park - Big enough to be overwhelming, still intimate enough to feel the pulse of time, this Park exposes you to some of the steepest cliffs, oldest rock, and craggiest spires in North America. With two million years to work, the Gunnison River, along with the forces of weathering, has sculpted this vertical wilderness of rock, water, and sky. • Mesa Verde National Park offers a look into the lives of the Ancestral Pueblo. Today the park Death Valley National Park protects nearly 5,000 known archeological sites, including 600 cliff dwellings. These sites are some of the most notable and best preserved in the . • North Rim of National Park - Unique combinations of geologic color and erosional forms decorate a canyon that is 277 river miles (446km) long, up to 18 miles (29km) wide, and a mile (1.6km) deep. Grand Canyon overwhelms our senses through its immense size.

For more information or to book, please contact: Regina Sullivan Direct: 716-630-3731 | [email protected] Toll-Free: 1-800-242-4244

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Grand Canyon

The Experience of a Lifetime

INCLUDED HIGHLIGHTS: (con’t) • Bryce Canyon National Park - Here is the largest collection of hoodoos in the world (odd-shaped pillars of rock left standing from the forces of erosion)! Descriptions fail. Cave without a roof? Forest of stone? Photographs do not do it justice. • Zion National Park – ’s First National Park. Follow the paths where ancient native people and pioneers walked. Gaze up at massive sandstone cliffs of cream, pink, and red that soar into a brilliant blue sky. Experience wilderness in a narrow slot canyon. • Death Valley National Park - In this below-sea-level basin, steady drought and record summer heat make Death Valley a land of extremes. Yet, each extreme has a striking contrast. Towering peaks are frosted with winter snow. Rare rainstorms bring vast fields of wildflowers. Lush oases harbor tiny fish and refuge for wildlife and humans. • Yosemite National Park - Not just a great valley, but a shrine to human foresight, the strength of granite, the power of glaciers, the persistence of life, and the tranquility of the High Sierra. Best known for its waterfalls, but within its nearly 1,200 square miles, you can find deep valleys, grand meadows, ancient giant sequoias, a vast wilderness area, and more.

INCLUDES: • A $200 donation to WNED / WBFO • 11 nights hotel accommodations • 19 meals: 11 breakfasts, 2 lunches, 6 dinners including 1 Dinner Cruise on • Sightseeing and Admission as outlined on Itinerary • Baggage handling (1 piece per person) • Services and gratuities for a Professional Tour Director • Services and gratuities for Driver for this tour • All applicable taxes and fees

OPTIONAL ADD-ON: • Extend your stay in San Francisco. Available upon request.

Mesa Verde National Park Bryce Canyon National Park NATIONAL PARKS OF THE WEST MAY 28 – JUNE 8, 2017

ITINERARY:

Early afternoon arrival in Salt Lake City, UT. Enjoy a tour of Temple Square. SUN 28-MAY Dinner Included. Overnight in Salt Lake City, UT.

Travel from Salt Lake City to Moab, UT. Explore the rock formations of Arches National Park from balanced rock to MON 29-MAY fins to windows to arches. Breakfast and Lunch included. Overnight in Moab, UT.

Upheaval Dome and Grand View Point Overlook are two of the highlights of Canyonlands National Park. This TUE 30-MAY afternoon, for a different view, we will take a jet boat ride on the into Canyonlands National Park. Breakfast and Dinner included. Overnight in Moab, UT.

We leave Utah and follow the Colorado River to Grand Junction, Colorado. We’ll drive through Colorado National Monument which climbs up the red rock of the to overlook the Grand Valley and Grand Junction. We will continue to the Black Canyon of the Gunnison National Park. Black Canyon is the WED 31-MAY newest National Park in Colorado. Carved by the Gunnison River over 2,000 feet below, the cliff walls block the sun from reaching the bottom of the canyon all but for a short time at high noon. Breakfast and Dinner included. Overnight Montrose, CO.

Our day begins by traveling the San Juan Skyway Scenic Byway over Million Dollar Highway and Red Mountain Pass. Enjoy the Million Dollar views as we travel the roadway carved out through the over THU 01-JUN a hundred years ago. On our way to Mesa Verde National Park, we’ll visit the Victorian mining town of Silverton. Breakfast and Dinner included. Overnight Mesa Verde National Park, CO.

This morning we will have a Ranger guided tour of Mesa Verde National Park. Mesa Verde is the only National Park dedicated to the works of mankind. We will learn the progression of this society form Basket Makers to Pottery Makers as they move from the mesa top to cliff dwellings in alcoves along the cliff walls. This afternoon we will travel to Lake FRI 02-JUN Powell which was formed by the Dam on the Colorado River which provides electric power and water to much of the southwestern United States. Its clear blue water highlighted by the red rocks of the Colorado Plateau makes for a picturesque landscape. Enjoy dinner cruise on Lake Powell this evening. Breakfast, Lunch, and Dinner included. Overnight Lake Powell Resort, UT.

We will experience the lesser visited North Rim of the Grand Canyon. Being more remote and over 1,000 feet higher than the South Rim, the North Rim creates the most dramatic views of the enormous canyon. Continue SAT 03-JUN journey to Bryce Canyon National Park. Breakfast and Dinner included. Overnight in Bryce Canyon, UT.

The day begins with a tour of Bryce Canyon National Park. This unique park contains some of earth’s most colorful rocks which have been sculpted by erosion into pillars called hoodoos that stand tall in this majestic SUN 04-JUN amphitheater. Now for something completely different, this afternoon we’ll tour Zion National Park where huge sculpted rock formations carved by the surround us. Breakfast included. Overnight in Springdale, UT.

Today we’ll be in the land of extremes. The lowest point in North America is in Death Valley at 282 feet below sea level. Visible across the National Park, is the highest point in the continental United States – Mount Whitney at 14,505 feet above sea level. The region is one of the hottest in the world with a record high temperature MON 05-JUN of 134 degrees recorded in 1913. 1913 also recorded the coldest temperature in Death Valley at 15 degrees and although it only averages less than two inches of rainfall a year, it is occasionally the scene of flash floods. Breakfast included. Overnight in Death Valley National Park, CA.

Spectacular scenery surrounds us as we continue to climb out of Death Valley National Park and travel into part TUE 06-JUN of the least populated area of – Mammoth Lakes. Breakfast included. Overnight in Mammoth Lakes, CA.

Traveling over Tioga Pass we get wonderful views of the mountains before descending into Yosemite National Park and the picturesque Yosemite Valley. With its iconic landmarks such as Half Dome and Yosemite Falls, it is WED 07-JUN truly a sight to behold. Late afternoon we will climb out of the valley and continue to . Breakfast included. Overnight in Sonora, CA.

THU 08-JUN Travel to San Francisco, CA to depart for home. Breakfast included. NATIONAL PARKS OF THE WEST MAY 28 – JUNE 8, 2017

PRICING

$ DOUBLE...... 3699 $ SINGLE...... 4999 $ TRIPLE...... 3389 $ QUAD...... 3219

Rates are per person based on occupancy. $500 per person deposit due at time of booking. Final payment due Tuesday, February 28, 2017. Airfare is additional. Group Airfare will be available at a later date. Yosemite National Park Please schedule to arrive on May 28, 2017 in Salt Lake City by 12:30 PM local time. Depart no earlier than 2:30 PM local time For more information or to book, please contact: on June 8, 2017 out of San Francisco. Regina Sullivan Direct: 716-630-3731 | [email protected] Toll-Free: 1-800-242-4244

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