TOUR SCHEDULE 2024
OVERNIGHT TRIPS
OUTER BANKS NORTH CAROLINA & VIRGINIA BEACH, VA – April 14 – 22 - (8 nights, 9 days)
Hampton Inn, Corolla, N.C. (3 nights)on the beach; Currituck Beach Lighthouse and Wildlife Center; Wild Horse Adventure Tour searching for wild banker ponies; Cape Hatteras National Seashore for ferry to Ocracoke Island lighthouse; Cape Hatteras Lighthouse; Bodie Lighthouse; First Landing Site in Virginia Beach w/Cape Henry Lighthouses; Chesapeake Bay Bridge Tunnel to Cape Charles on Virginia’s Eastern Shore; 3 nights in Virginia Beach; Nauticus Museum/Norfolk; USS Wisconsin; Victory Rover Naval Base Cruise; Military Aviation Museum for private air show using antique jet and dinner with USO Singers; Virginia Beach Aquarium; Virginia International Tattoo Music Festival/Norfolk. The Virginia International Military Music Festival blends tradition and entertainment in the form of bagpipers, military bands, fife and drum corps and drill teams that make up the hundreds of performers who come to Virginia once a year for the festival. Eight nights lodging, 8 breakfasts, 8 dinners, 1 lunch, motor coach transportation, luggage handling.
Price per person – Single - $2730; Double - $2130; Triple - $1930; Quad - $1830.
Deposit of $150 per person by Feb. 10; balance March 28.
INSIDE THE EMBASSIES, WASHINGTON, D.C. – May 2-5 (3 nights, 4 days)
Arlington National Cemetery (tram ride through cemetery) Tomb of Unknown Soldier; Air Force Memorial; Embassy Row – tour Hillwood Estate Museum and Gardens (former mansion home of cereal heiress Marjorie Post; Illuminated Monument Tour; walk through Kennedy Center for the Performing Arts; drive by Marine Corps Memorial (Iwo Jima Statue), Washington Monument; Eisenhower Memorial. DuPont Circle – visit several Embassies in this once-in-a-lifetime experience. There’s no city in the U.S. that can offer embassy open houses and give you access to so many different embassies. Many embassies offer international treats for visitors. Have your camera ready to take action shots of. Everything from traditional folk dances in colorful clothing to Afro-Brazilian displays; The Vietnam Memorial, The Lincoln Memorial, The Korean War Veterans Memorial. **Bring your passport to get stamped at the various Embassies!
3 nights’ lodging, 3 breakfasts, 3 dinners, motor coach transportation in Washington, admissions and guide service as stated in itinerary, airfare, local transportation to airport.
Price per person: Single - $2190; Double - $1980; Triple - $1890; Quad - $1850
Deposit of $250 per person due by Feb. 29; balance due April 2, 2024
ALASKA DISCOVERY LAND & CRUISE – May 29 -June 9 (11 nights, 12 days)
Fly into Fairbanks, Denali National Park; Sternwheeler Discovery; Tundra Wilderness Tour; Luxury Domed Rail; Anchorage; Hubbard Glacier; Glacier Bay; Skagway; Juneau; Ketchikan; Inside passage, fly back from Vancouver; round trip air from Memphis, port charges; hotel transfers; transportation from Amory, MS to Memphis. **Not included: cancellation waiver and insurance of $599 per person.
**This has been rescheduled to 2025.
MACKINAC ISLAND, LAKE HURON, SAULT STE. MARIE – June 17-25 (8 nights, 9 days)
The Mackinac Island Lilac Festival ends on June 16. We should be able to see and smell the lilacs without crowds. Elk viewing at Thunder Bay Resort, Great Lake Heritage Center, Guide for Mackinac Island & Sault Ste. Marie, roundtrip ferry to Mackinac Island, horse-drawn taxi ride to Grand Hotel, guided tour of The Grand Hotel, carriage ride on Mackinac Island, Might Mac Bridge, Soo Lock Cruise, Timber Village Museum, Manitoulin Island Tour, Ojibway Culture Center, Voice of Drum Presentation, Guided tour of Historic Manitoulin Island and two nights lodging at the Manitoulin Hotel, located on the largest fresh water island in the world, Mishibinijima Art Gallery, Ferry to Tobermory Bruce Peninsula. Eight night’s lodging (two nights on Mackinac Island-not the Grand Hotel), 8 breakfasts, 6 dinners, 2 lunches & one boxed lunch, fee for The Mighty Mac Bridge, Ferry fee for motor coach to Tobermory, luggage handling, motor coach transportation.
Price per person – Single - $3700; Double - $3,000; Triple - $2700; Quad - $2500.
Deposit of $250 per person due Feb. 15; balance May 27.
**PASSPORTS ARE REQUIRED AS WE WILL GO INTO CANADA AT SOME POINT.
BLUE MOON OVER KENTUCKY – July 12-14 (2 nights, 3 days)
National Bluegrass Hall of Fame, “Friday After 5” Music on the River, Muhlenberg County Music Museum, Bill Monroe Homeplace, Bill’s Hometown Tour w/lunch, Rosine’s Barn and General Store, Bill Monroe Museum, Moonlite BBQ dinner, Saturday Evening Bluegrass Concert, Sunday Bluegrass Gospel Brunch. Price includes 2 nights lodging in Owensboro, KY; one breakfast and one brunch; one lunch; one dinner; luggage handling; motor coach transportation.
Price per person – Single - $975; Double - $775; Triple - $715; Quad - $685
Deposit of $150 per person due Feb. 20, balance on May 22.;
INNS & COVES OF NEW ENGLAND – Aug. 17-24 (7 nights lodging, 8 days)
Fly into Boston, guided Boston tour; Waterbury, Vermont tour of Ben and Jerry’s Ice Cream Factory, Green Mountain Inn, Stowe, Vermont (2 nights); Gondola SkyRide to top of Mount Mansfield, Vermont’s highest peak; Tour of Von Trapp Lodge and meet a family member; White Mountain Resort, North Conway, New Hampshire (2 nights); Morse Farm Maple Sugarworks; Mt. Washington Cog Railway, is the first mountain-climbing cog railway in the world. It’s also the steepest!; M/S/ Mount Washington narrated cruise across Lake Winnipesaukee; Wolfeboro, New Hampshire; North Conway Scenic RR scenic tour; Portland, Maine – tour Wadsworth-Longfellow House; Victoria Mansion; step-on guided tour of the area; Lucky Catch Lobster Excursion Cruise to learn daily routines of a Main lobsterman, haul in traps or relax as the cruise goes near picturesque lighthouses, historic Civil War forts, and the “Seal Rocks.” Six dinners, 7 breakfasts, 1 lunch, luggage handling, airfare from Memphis, transportation to/from Amory to Memphis airport.
Price per person – Single - $5245; Double - $3945; Triple - $3545.
Deposit of $250 Feb. 20; balance July 8.
ROCK LEGENDS OF ST. LOUIS – Aug. 26-28 (2 nights, 3 days)
2 dinners, 2 breakfasts, 2 night’s lodging in St. Louis; motor coach transportation, luggage handling, two evening concerts—Chuck Berry Tribute Band and dinner show; Tribute to Tina Turner; Music of St. Louis Tour; tour of Cathedral Basilica w/ 83,000 sq. feet of mosaic art, 41.5 million pieces of glass in 7,000 different colors.
Price per person – Single - $1000; Double - $864; Triple - $834; Quad - $814.
Deposit of $100 per person March 30; balance June 29.
CHARLESTON – Sept. 9-14 (5 nights, 6 days)
Boone Hall Plantation, one of the oldest continuously operating farms in the United States. It has appeared in movies like “The Notebook” and “North and South.” Trolley tour takes visitors throughout the plantations fields and orchards; Magnolia Plantation – oldest public garden in America, opening its gates to visitors in 1870. It was established as a rice plantation. A 45-minute tractor tour shows an excellent overview of the entire property and gardens. Plantation House tour, included; Charleston Tea Plantation – trolley tour of the Charleston Tea Garden. Only tea garden in the United States and the country’s only tea plantation.
Price per person - Single - $1820; Double - $1415; Triple - $1265; Quad - $1205.
Price includes motor coach transportation, luggage handling, all admissions, 5 nights lodging, 5 breakfasts, 4 dinners.
Deposit of $125 due May 1, balance August 8.
SOLD OUT--IRELAND/SCOTLAND – Sept. 24 – Oct. 3 – (10 nights, 11 days – 2 nights are spent flying)
Airport transfers to/from Amory, round trip airfare from Memphis, insurance; 8 breakfasts, 4 dinners, 2 nights in Edinburgh, 2 nights in Glasgow, 2 nights in Dublin, 2 nights in County Galway;
Price per person – Single - $6341; Double - $5901. Price increases on Feb. 1. There are 20 spaces available. Sign up and pay deposit of $300 per person by Jan. 31. Balance due July 14. A detailed itinerary is available upon request.
*This trip is only available at this price through Jan. 31. The tour company said there would be a price increase on Feb. 1.
**PASSPORTS ARE REQUIRED.
ICELAND - LAND OF FIRE AND ICE – Oct. 30-Nov. 5, 2024 – (6 nights, 7 days - 5 nights in Iceland, overnight flight) – 5 breakfasts, 2 dinners
Iceland’s South Shores with small villages and farmlands, Blue Lagoon, day in Iceland’s capital city Reykjavik, waterfalls, volcanoes, geothermal activities, Thingvellir National Park, geothermal hothouses, airport transfers from Amory. Call for pricing. We have a waiting list for this trip.
**PASSPORTS ARE REQUIRED.
CHRISTMAS IN MYRTLE BEACH – Nov. 10-15 (5 nights, 6 days)
3 nights lodging on beach; four shows –Alabama Theatre Christmas Show, Pirates Voyage dinner show, Carolina Opry, Pirates Voyage Christmas, and Ripley’s Aquarium; and much more.
Price per person – Single - $1050; Double - $985; Triple - $935; Quad - $910.
Price includes motor coach transportation, all admissions, luggage handling, 5 nights lodging, 5 breakfasts, 5 dinners.
Deposit of $100 per person due May 10, balance Oct. 1.
BILTMORE CHRISTMAS & ASHEVILLE, NC – Nov. 19-22 (3 nights, 4 days)
Biltmore Candlelight Christmas Evening tour of the home, where every room is illuminated with candles and an array of Christmas decorations; return visit the next morning to the Conservatory, where plants of all types bloom year-round. Chihuly Art Exhibition at Biltmore; Lunch at The Stables following the Conservatory; The North Carolina Arboretum Winter Lights display features one million bright, energy-efficient LED lights throughout the gardens; Black Mountain Bluegrass dinner show; trolley tour of Asheville with local history and stories.
Price per person – Single - $1350; Double - $1100 ; Triple - $1080 ; Quad - $1040. Price includes motor coach transportation, all tours and admissions, luggage handling, 3 nights lodging, 3 breakfasts, 2 dinners, 1 lunch. Deposit of $100 per person due Aug. 10, balance due Sept. 20.
CALLAWAY GARDENS, Georgia – Dec. 9-11 (2 nights, 3 days)
Fantasy in Lights (10 million lights) one-hour drive-through (one of National Geographic’s Top 10 Light Displays in the world); Tree of Traditions, 40-foot pixel pine tree; Step-on guided tour of Gardens; Cecil B. Day Butterfly Center; Ida Cason Callaway Memorial Chapel; Christmas Village.
Price per person – Single -$1162; Double – $905; Triple - $820 ; Quad - $779. Price includes motor coach transportation, trolley ride through Fantasy in Lights; two night’s lodging at The Lodge at Callaway Gardens Resort; all admissions; 2 private holiday dinners; 2 breakfast buffets; luggage handling; tax and tips for meals. Deposit of $100 per person due Feb. 28; balance Nov. 7.
ONE DAY EXCURSIONS
TUSCALOOSA, AL – April 4
Moundville Archaeological Site tour and activity, Kentucky Arts Center tour and activity, The Battle-Friedman House, The Jemison-Van De Graff Mansion. Lunch included at Dreamland BBQ.
Price per person - $195 includes motor coach transportation, all admissions, activities, and lunch. Pay by March 1.
SYLACAUGA, AL – May 16
Often referred to as the Marble City, Sylacauga sits atop a bed of marble 32 miles long, a mile and a half wide, and 400 feet deep. Alabama marble occurs in shades of white, pink, gray, red, and black, but the white marble of Sylacauga has consistently drawn the most acclaim. Blue Bell Creamery and watch the factory operate through glass windows; Marble Observation Center; Kymulga Grist Mill & Covered Bridge (oldest covered bridge in the state of Alabama); Jim. Nabors Memorabilia at Comer Museum; Comer Library to see marble sculptures.
Price per person - $195 includes motor coach transportation, admissions, and lunch. Sign up now and pay by April 16.
WALKING TALL TO SHILOH NATIONAL BATTLEFIELD – Oct. 22
Day trip to Mississippi and Tennessee will include a visit to Shiloh National Battlefield, where Union troops under the command of Grant and Sherman, won an important Civil War Battle as they advanced on the railroad junction at Corinth. The battlefield, included the magnificently preserved Shiloh Indian Mounds, is located on a bluff 100 feet above the Tennessee River. A visit to the Buford Pusser Museum in. Adamsville, TN, where the legendary “Walking Tall’ lawman and former wrestler ran a virtual one-man war on moonshining, prostitution and gambling in the area. Lunch at the famous Catfish Hotel. Tour includes motor coach transportation, all admissions and guided tour of Shiloh, and lunch.
Price per person - $215. Pay by Sept. 15.
HUNTSVILLE, AL – Dec. 21
Sanders Family Christmas at Burritt on the Mountain Old Country Church. This sequel from the New York hit “Smoke on the Mountain,” brings cheer to audiences. More than two dozen Christmas carols, many of them vintage hymns, and hilarious yuletide stories keep the audience laughing, clapping, and singing along with bluegrass Christmas favorites. Huntsville Botanical Gardens Galaxy of Lights Drive-Through.
Price per person - $220 includes motor coach transportation, dinner, and admission.
Sign up by Oct. 1. Tickets go on sale then and only a certain number will be purchased. Pay by Oct. 15.
OUTER BANKS NORTH CAROLINA & VIRGINIA BEACH, VA – April 14 – 22 - (8 nights, 9 days)
Hampton Inn, Corolla, N.C. (3 nights)on the beach; Currituck Beach Lighthouse and Wildlife Center; Wild Horse Adventure Tour searching for wild banker ponies; Cape Hatteras National Seashore for ferry to Ocracoke Island lighthouse; Cape Hatteras Lighthouse; Bodie Lighthouse; First Landing Site in Virginia Beach w/Cape Henry Lighthouses; Chesapeake Bay Bridge Tunnel to Cape Charles on Virginia’s Eastern Shore; 3 nights in Virginia Beach; Nauticus Museum/Norfolk; USS Wisconsin; Victory Rover Naval Base Cruise; Military Aviation Museum for private air show using antique jet and dinner with USO Singers; Virginia Beach Aquarium; Virginia International Tattoo Music Festival/Norfolk. The Virginia International Military Music Festival blends tradition and entertainment in the form of bagpipers, military bands, fife and drum corps and drill teams that make up the hundreds of performers who come to Virginia once a year for the festival. Eight nights lodging, 8 breakfasts, 8 dinners, 1 lunch, motor coach transportation, luggage handling.
Price per person – Single - $2730; Double - $2130; Triple - $1930; Quad - $1830.
Deposit of $150 per person by Feb. 10; balance March 28.
INSIDE THE EMBASSIES, WASHINGTON, D.C. – May 2-5 (3 nights, 4 days)
Arlington National Cemetery (tram ride through cemetery) Tomb of Unknown Soldier; Air Force Memorial; Embassy Row – tour Hillwood Estate Museum and Gardens (former mansion home of cereal heiress Marjorie Post; Illuminated Monument Tour; walk through Kennedy Center for the Performing Arts; drive by Marine Corps Memorial (Iwo Jima Statue), Washington Monument; Eisenhower Memorial. DuPont Circle – visit several Embassies in this once-in-a-lifetime experience. There’s no city in the U.S. that can offer embassy open houses and give you access to so many different embassies. Many embassies offer international treats for visitors. Have your camera ready to take action shots of. Everything from traditional folk dances in colorful clothing to Afro-Brazilian displays; The Vietnam Memorial, The Lincoln Memorial, The Korean War Veterans Memorial. **Bring your passport to get stamped at the various Embassies!
3 nights’ lodging, 3 breakfasts, 3 dinners, motor coach transportation in Washington, admissions and guide service as stated in itinerary, airfare, local transportation to airport.
Price per person: Single - $2190; Double - $1980; Triple - $1890; Quad - $1850
Deposit of $250 per person due by Feb. 29; balance due April 2, 2024
ALASKA DISCOVERY LAND & CRUISE – May 29 -June 9 (11 nights, 12 days)
Fly into Fairbanks, Denali National Park; Sternwheeler Discovery; Tundra Wilderness Tour; Luxury Domed Rail; Anchorage; Hubbard Glacier; Glacier Bay; Skagway; Juneau; Ketchikan; Inside passage, fly back from Vancouver; round trip air from Memphis, port charges; hotel transfers; transportation from Amory, MS to Memphis. **Not included: cancellation waiver and insurance of $599 per person.
**This has been rescheduled to 2025.
MACKINAC ISLAND, LAKE HURON, SAULT STE. MARIE – June 17-25 (8 nights, 9 days)
The Mackinac Island Lilac Festival ends on June 16. We should be able to see and smell the lilacs without crowds. Elk viewing at Thunder Bay Resort, Great Lake Heritage Center, Guide for Mackinac Island & Sault Ste. Marie, roundtrip ferry to Mackinac Island, horse-drawn taxi ride to Grand Hotel, guided tour of The Grand Hotel, carriage ride on Mackinac Island, Might Mac Bridge, Soo Lock Cruise, Timber Village Museum, Manitoulin Island Tour, Ojibway Culture Center, Voice of Drum Presentation, Guided tour of Historic Manitoulin Island and two nights lodging at the Manitoulin Hotel, located on the largest fresh water island in the world, Mishibinijima Art Gallery, Ferry to Tobermory Bruce Peninsula. Eight night’s lodging (two nights on Mackinac Island-not the Grand Hotel), 8 breakfasts, 6 dinners, 2 lunches & one boxed lunch, fee for The Mighty Mac Bridge, Ferry fee for motor coach to Tobermory, luggage handling, motor coach transportation.
Price per person – Single - $3700; Double - $3,000; Triple - $2700; Quad - $2500.
Deposit of $250 per person due Feb. 15; balance May 27.
**PASSPORTS ARE REQUIRED AS WE WILL GO INTO CANADA AT SOME POINT.
BLUE MOON OVER KENTUCKY – July 12-14 (2 nights, 3 days)
National Bluegrass Hall of Fame, “Friday After 5” Music on the River, Muhlenberg County Music Museum, Bill Monroe Homeplace, Bill’s Hometown Tour w/lunch, Rosine’s Barn and General Store, Bill Monroe Museum, Moonlite BBQ dinner, Saturday Evening Bluegrass Concert, Sunday Bluegrass Gospel Brunch. Price includes 2 nights lodging in Owensboro, KY; one breakfast and one brunch; one lunch; one dinner; luggage handling; motor coach transportation.
Price per person – Single - $975; Double - $775; Triple - $715; Quad - $685
Deposit of $150 per person due Feb. 20, balance on May 22.;
INNS & COVES OF NEW ENGLAND – Aug. 17-24 (7 nights lodging, 8 days)
Fly into Boston, guided Boston tour; Waterbury, Vermont tour of Ben and Jerry’s Ice Cream Factory, Green Mountain Inn, Stowe, Vermont (2 nights); Gondola SkyRide to top of Mount Mansfield, Vermont’s highest peak; Tour of Von Trapp Lodge and meet a family member; White Mountain Resort, North Conway, New Hampshire (2 nights); Morse Farm Maple Sugarworks; Mt. Washington Cog Railway, is the first mountain-climbing cog railway in the world. It’s also the steepest!; M/S/ Mount Washington narrated cruise across Lake Winnipesaukee; Wolfeboro, New Hampshire; North Conway Scenic RR scenic tour; Portland, Maine – tour Wadsworth-Longfellow House; Victoria Mansion; step-on guided tour of the area; Lucky Catch Lobster Excursion Cruise to learn daily routines of a Main lobsterman, haul in traps or relax as the cruise goes near picturesque lighthouses, historic Civil War forts, and the “Seal Rocks.” Six dinners, 7 breakfasts, 1 lunch, luggage handling, airfare from Memphis, transportation to/from Amory to Memphis airport.
Price per person – Single - $5245; Double - $3945; Triple - $3545.
Deposit of $250 Feb. 20; balance July 8.
ROCK LEGENDS OF ST. LOUIS – Aug. 26-28 (2 nights, 3 days)
2 dinners, 2 breakfasts, 2 night’s lodging in St. Louis; motor coach transportation, luggage handling, two evening concerts—Chuck Berry Tribute Band and dinner show; Tribute to Tina Turner; Music of St. Louis Tour; tour of Cathedral Basilica w/ 83,000 sq. feet of mosaic art, 41.5 million pieces of glass in 7,000 different colors.
Price per person – Single - $1000; Double - $864; Triple - $834; Quad - $814.
Deposit of $100 per person March 30; balance June 29.
CHARLESTON – Sept. 9-14 (5 nights, 6 days)
Boone Hall Plantation, one of the oldest continuously operating farms in the United States. It has appeared in movies like “The Notebook” and “North and South.” Trolley tour takes visitors throughout the plantations fields and orchards; Magnolia Plantation – oldest public garden in America, opening its gates to visitors in 1870. It was established as a rice plantation. A 45-minute tractor tour shows an excellent overview of the entire property and gardens. Plantation House tour, included; Charleston Tea Plantation – trolley tour of the Charleston Tea Garden. Only tea garden in the United States and the country’s only tea plantation.
Price per person - Single - $1820; Double - $1415; Triple - $1265; Quad - $1205.
Price includes motor coach transportation, luggage handling, all admissions, 5 nights lodging, 5 breakfasts, 4 dinners.
Deposit of $125 due May 1, balance August 8.
SOLD OUT--IRELAND/SCOTLAND – Sept. 24 – Oct. 3 – (10 nights, 11 days – 2 nights are spent flying)
Airport transfers to/from Amory, round trip airfare from Memphis, insurance; 8 breakfasts, 4 dinners, 2 nights in Edinburgh, 2 nights in Glasgow, 2 nights in Dublin, 2 nights in County Galway;
Price per person – Single - $6341; Double - $5901. Price increases on Feb. 1. There are 20 spaces available. Sign up and pay deposit of $300 per person by Jan. 31. Balance due July 14. A detailed itinerary is available upon request.
*This trip is only available at this price through Jan. 31. The tour company said there would be a price increase on Feb. 1.
**PASSPORTS ARE REQUIRED.
ICELAND - LAND OF FIRE AND ICE – Oct. 30-Nov. 5, 2024 – (6 nights, 7 days - 5 nights in Iceland, overnight flight) – 5 breakfasts, 2 dinners
Iceland’s South Shores with small villages and farmlands, Blue Lagoon, day in Iceland’s capital city Reykjavik, waterfalls, volcanoes, geothermal activities, Thingvellir National Park, geothermal hothouses, airport transfers from Amory. Call for pricing. We have a waiting list for this trip.
**PASSPORTS ARE REQUIRED.
CHRISTMAS IN MYRTLE BEACH – Nov. 10-15 (5 nights, 6 days)
3 nights lodging on beach; four shows –Alabama Theatre Christmas Show, Pirates Voyage dinner show, Carolina Opry, Pirates Voyage Christmas, and Ripley’s Aquarium; and much more.
Price per person – Single - $1050; Double - $985; Triple - $935; Quad - $910.
Price includes motor coach transportation, all admissions, luggage handling, 5 nights lodging, 5 breakfasts, 5 dinners.
Deposit of $100 per person due May 10, balance Oct. 1.
BILTMORE CHRISTMAS & ASHEVILLE, NC – Nov. 19-22 (3 nights, 4 days)
Biltmore Candlelight Christmas Evening tour of the home, where every room is illuminated with candles and an array of Christmas decorations; return visit the next morning to the Conservatory, where plants of all types bloom year-round. Chihuly Art Exhibition at Biltmore; Lunch at The Stables following the Conservatory; The North Carolina Arboretum Winter Lights display features one million bright, energy-efficient LED lights throughout the gardens; Black Mountain Bluegrass dinner show; trolley tour of Asheville with local history and stories.
Price per person – Single - $1350; Double - $1100 ; Triple - $1080 ; Quad - $1040. Price includes motor coach transportation, all tours and admissions, luggage handling, 3 nights lodging, 3 breakfasts, 2 dinners, 1 lunch. Deposit of $100 per person due Aug. 10, balance due Sept. 20.
CALLAWAY GARDENS, Georgia – Dec. 9-11 (2 nights, 3 days)
Fantasy in Lights (10 million lights) one-hour drive-through (one of National Geographic’s Top 10 Light Displays in the world); Tree of Traditions, 40-foot pixel pine tree; Step-on guided tour of Gardens; Cecil B. Day Butterfly Center; Ida Cason Callaway Memorial Chapel; Christmas Village.
Price per person – Single -$1162; Double – $905; Triple - $820 ; Quad - $779. Price includes motor coach transportation, trolley ride through Fantasy in Lights; two night’s lodging at The Lodge at Callaway Gardens Resort; all admissions; 2 private holiday dinners; 2 breakfast buffets; luggage handling; tax and tips for meals. Deposit of $100 per person due Feb. 28; balance Nov. 7.
ONE DAY EXCURSIONS
TUSCALOOSA, AL – April 4
Moundville Archaeological Site tour and activity, Kentucky Arts Center tour and activity, The Battle-Friedman House, The Jemison-Van De Graff Mansion. Lunch included at Dreamland BBQ.
Price per person - $195 includes motor coach transportation, all admissions, activities, and lunch. Pay by March 1.
SYLACAUGA, AL – May 16
Often referred to as the Marble City, Sylacauga sits atop a bed of marble 32 miles long, a mile and a half wide, and 400 feet deep. Alabama marble occurs in shades of white, pink, gray, red, and black, but the white marble of Sylacauga has consistently drawn the most acclaim. Blue Bell Creamery and watch the factory operate through glass windows; Marble Observation Center; Kymulga Grist Mill & Covered Bridge (oldest covered bridge in the state of Alabama); Jim. Nabors Memorabilia at Comer Museum; Comer Library to see marble sculptures.
Price per person - $195 includes motor coach transportation, admissions, and lunch. Sign up now and pay by April 16.
WALKING TALL TO SHILOH NATIONAL BATTLEFIELD – Oct. 22
Day trip to Mississippi and Tennessee will include a visit to Shiloh National Battlefield, where Union troops under the command of Grant and Sherman, won an important Civil War Battle as they advanced on the railroad junction at Corinth. The battlefield, included the magnificently preserved Shiloh Indian Mounds, is located on a bluff 100 feet above the Tennessee River. A visit to the Buford Pusser Museum in. Adamsville, TN, where the legendary “Walking Tall’ lawman and former wrestler ran a virtual one-man war on moonshining, prostitution and gambling in the area. Lunch at the famous Catfish Hotel. Tour includes motor coach transportation, all admissions and guided tour of Shiloh, and lunch.
Price per person - $215. Pay by Sept. 15.
HUNTSVILLE, AL – Dec. 21
Sanders Family Christmas at Burritt on the Mountain Old Country Church. This sequel from the New York hit “Smoke on the Mountain,” brings cheer to audiences. More than two dozen Christmas carols, many of them vintage hymns, and hilarious yuletide stories keep the audience laughing, clapping, and singing along with bluegrass Christmas favorites. Huntsville Botanical Gardens Galaxy of Lights Drive-Through.
Price per person - $220 includes motor coach transportation, dinner, and admission.
Sign up by Oct. 1. Tickets go on sale then and only a certain number will be purchased. Pay by Oct. 15.