Day 1 Travel Day (D)
Join us to venture to the Great National Parks
of the Northern Rocky Mountains. Get to
know your fellow travelers at a Welcome Dinner
this evening. Overnight in Torrington, WY.
Day 2 Big Horn Mountains / Evening
Options (CB, D)
Breathtaking vistas and snow capped peaks
of the Big Horn Mountains will awe you
traveling west. Destination today: Cody,
Wyoming, named after Buffalo Bill Cody.
After checking into the Buffalo Bill Village
Resort Comfort Inn, select from two
entertaining options. Option #1: The
Dan Miller Cowboy Review: Cody’s music
review of up-and-coming country western
musicians. Option #2: The Cody Rodeo: a
popular nightly event. Get ready for a fun
evening. See pricing on this page.
Day 3 Buffalo Bill Historical Center / Yellowstone National Park / Old Faithful (CB, D)
Today there are two Cody options: #1. Visit
the Buffalo Bill Historical Center. #2 Western
Legends Cody Trolley Tour: See Cody up close
on this narrated tour. After lunch travel to the
world’s first national park - Yellowstone National
Park. What symbolizes Yellowstone more than
Old Faithful Geyser? See it in person and up
close! Take time for dinner at the Old Faithful
Lodge Cafeteria. Overnight at the Yellowstone
Lodge for two nights in West Yellowstone, MT.
Day 4 Yellowstone National Park / Tower
Falls / Grand Canyon of Yellowstone (CB)
Take your camera, as well as your binoculars
and walking shoes, as you visit several sites in
Yellowstone National Park such as Mammoth
Hot Springs, Tower Falls, Grand Canyon of
Yellowstone, and other popular sites.
Day 5 Quake Lake / Grant/Kohrs Ranch
National Park (CB)
Quake Lake is in our path today as we explore
the results of the 1959 Yellowstone Earthquake
that shook the area. The Grant/Kohrs Ranch
National Park will demonstrate what it took for
the rugged men to survive in the “wild west.”
Kalispell, Montana is our overnight home.
Day 6 Going-To-The-Sun Road/Glacier
National Park (CB, L)
One of the most memorable highlights in Glacier National Park is a drive on the “Going to the Sun Road.” This road, deemed an engineering marvel, takes you 50 miles through the park’s wild interior, winding around mountainsides and peering down over-looks. Board vintage “jammers” with roll-back canvas tops so you don’t miss a single view!
Day 7 Lewis & Clark National Historic Trail
Interpretive Center / C.M. Russell Museum (CB)
This morning visit the Lewis and Clark National
Historic Trail Interpretive Center in Great
Falls, Montana and learn about the challenges
faced by the Lewis and Clark Expedition. Then,
visit the C.M. Russell Museum and see that the
Old West is still alive through the paintings and
artistry of C.M. Russell, cowboy artist.
Day 8 Big Sky Country / Theodore Roosevelt
National Park / Pitchfork Fondue / Medora Musical (CB, D)
Today, travel through the Big Sky Country of
Montana where mountains and valleys provide
awesome scenery as you head toward Medora,
North Dakota. Stop at the Theodore Roosevelt
National Park in ND that features Roosevelt’s
first cabin from the Maltese Cross Ranch.
Tonight be treated to a steak dinner, Pitchfork
Fondue style, and then it’s off to the Medora
Musical – a professionally produced musical
variety show performed in the outdoor Burning
Hills Amphitheatre located in the heart of the
North Dakota Badlands.
Day 9 Fort Abraham Lincoln State Park /
Lt. Col. George Custer Home (B)
Mandan, North Dakota is a short drive down
the road. Mandan was an infantry and cavalry
post from which Lt. Col. George Custer led the
7th Cavalry to the Battle of the Little Bighorn in
1876. Tour the rebuilt home of General George
A. Custer. A visit to the Mandan Village huts
tells the story of the Native American people
who once lived here. Overnight in Fargo, South
Dakota – the state capital.
Day 10 Terry Redlin Art Center / Travel Home (B)
On our way home today, we take time to stop
at the Terry Redlin Art Center. Sit back and
reflect on all the sights you have seen. What a
great summer getaway it was!