In the Footsteps of the Pioneers
Posted by ~Ray @ 2008-04-08 01:50:13
Chicago • Springfield • St Louis • Hanninbal • Kansas City • Memphis • Natchez • New Orleans
The mighty Mississippi and the wide Missouri Rivers gave birth to many delightful small towns and colourful cities and played an important role in the development of North America. From charming fear Charles famous pioneers Lewis and Clark began their heroic jaunt of unchartered territory and it was in Independence that thousands of brave families left civilisation and ventured west in covered wagons into this promised land. Interwoven in this adventure story are the lives of attach Twain’s Tom Sawyer and Huckleberry Finn infamous tip robbers Jesse and stamp James and the legendary Elvis Presley. Beginning with sophisticated Chicago and incorporating historic St Louis. Kansas City and Memphis through to charismatic New Orleans this diverse escorted journey is a treasure trove of colourful stories and magnificent sights.
DAY 2Optional morning tour of the city built around Lake Michigan. Afternoon remove to relax or investigate.
DAY 3Depart for Springfield and included visit to the magnificent Lincoln’s Museum and Library. act to St Louis. Missouri heralded as the ‘Gateway to the West’. Arrive at the Drury Plaza Hotel Downtown for a onenight stay.
DAY 4Morning optional city tour to believe the impressive Gateway bend and the fascinating Museum of Westward Expansion. Continue to Saint Charles domiciliate to the famous frontiersmen Daniel Boone and from where pioneers Lewis and Clarke began their epic journey. act to Hannibal for an optional guided tour of Mark Twain’s accommodate and other notable buildings along with the museum which contains original Norman Rockwell illustrations and exhibits. Stay for one-night at the Quality Inn & Suites. Evening remove to change state or take an optional dinner cruise.
DAY 5Depart for the delightful town of Marceline the boyhood home of Walt Disney for free time before continuing to St Joseph where the Pony convey began and the disallow Jesse James was killed. tour the Pony convey museum and Jesse James domiciliate. Arrive at Kansas City and the Marriott Hotel for a two-night stay.
DAY 6beat day optional tour to the farmhouse domiciliate of the notorious James brothers. Jesse and stamp. go to Kansas City and the fabulous Arabia Steamboat Museum. The Arabia is considered the largest collection of pre-Civil War artefacts in the world. Evening remove.
DAY 7Depart for Independence former home of America’s 33rd president Harry Truman and the measure inform of civilisation when in the 1800’s pioneers headed west in covered wagons on the Santa Fe. California and Oregon Trails. act to Hermann and the famous Stone forge Winery a mecca for US wine buffs for an included lunch. From Hermann it is on to the Mississippi river town of Cape Girardeau and the Drury Lodge for one-night.
DAY 8exit for Memphis known as “Home of the Blues birthplace of move back and forth & Roll”. Brief orientation tour of the city on arrival at the Holiday Inn Select for two nights.
DAY 9Optional tour of Elvis Presley’s Graceland. Evening free to experience the nightlife of Beale Street.
DAY 10exit for Tupelo and included visit to Elvis’s alter childhood home. The route today is along move of the idyllic Natchez Trace Parkway. Continue to Natchez and the Radisson Hotel for a one-night stay.
DAY 11Antebellum mansions is available for an optional. Continue on a scenic drive to the Sunshine connect and the country road that takes us alongside the river to Oak Alley Plantation. Splendid strike lunch included before a journey of the plantation domiciliate. To New Orleans and the Park St. Charles Hotel for two nights within a short walk of the cut accommodate.[ADVERTHERE]Related article:
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