Sept 1 thru Sept 9, 2021.
Day 1:
Rapid City, SD touch down via Appleton to Minn/St Paul.
Group Dinner welcome at Holiday Inn.
Downtown walk to view statues of presidents.
We rode Windstar bus #197 for entire trip.
36 people from various states. One gal from Sussex WI.
Paul was our guide, Rob our bus driver.
Day 2:
Group breakfast at hotel.
Geology talk with professor.
Bus ride to Mount Rushmore and free time.
To Crazy Horse Monument.
To Hot Springs.
To The Mammoth Site fossil dig with their tour guide.
Buffet lunch at Wooly's Grill.
Ride through Custer State Park among hundreds of buffalo. We stopped to let them cross our roadway.
Return to Rapid City and group dinner.
Day 3:
Individual breakfast at hotel.
Long ride today to Big Horn Mountains.
Box lunch at a stopover.
To Shell Canyon.
To Cody WY.
Overnight at historic Irma Hotel.
Gunfight show by hotel. (slapstick comedy)
Free time with $20 meal credits. We dine at Irma Hotel and take evening walk around town.
Day 4:
Breakfast at the hotel.
Bus ride to Buffalo Bill Museum.
To Buffalo Bill Dam using their info guide.
Bus ride along Yellowstone River with extra guide on bus.
To Pahaska Teepee (Buffalo Bill's hunting lodge).
To Yellowstone National Park and initial road tour.
To Canyon Visitor Center where extra guide departed.
Box lunch stopover.
More Yellowstone touring.
To West Yellowstone MT.
Free time dine out and evening walk thru town.
Day 5:
Breakfast at the hotel.
Bus ride to Mud Pots, Paint Pots, Prismatic Spring.
Bus ride to Old Faithful and walk through old hotel.
Lunched on our own by Old Faithful.
Long bus ride to Grand Teton National Park.
To Jackson Lake Lodge for 2 night stay.
Dinner take out at Lodge. Main dining room openings were too late in evening. $20 meal tickets.
Day 6:
Breakfast in Lodge dining room.
Scenic bus ride with stops along the Grand Tetons.
To Jackson, WY.
Walk and lunch on our own in Jackson.
Bus ride back to Lodge.
Van ride to Snake River for raft tour. 2+ hours. Our picked option.
To Lodge and take out dinner again. No meal tickets. Main dining room openings were too late in evening.
Day 7:
Breakfast in Lodge dining room.
Bus ride to Wind River Range.
Lunch in Riverton at diner restaurant.
To National Bighorn Sheep Center (small museum)
To National Historic Trails Center (Large museum)
To Casper WY.
Group pizza dinner at hotel.
Day 8
Continental breakfast at hotel.
Bus ride to Devil’s Tower.
Box lunch in view of Devil's Tower.
Bus return to Rapid City using scenic tour off main highway.
Farewell group dinner at same hotel where we started.
Day 9:
Up at 4:30 am for 6 am flight back thru Minn/St Paul airport.
1,560 appx total miles riding the bus.
Our 2nd Road Scholar tour.(last year’s New York City tour was canceled due to Virus).
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