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HERITAGE TOURS
2010 TOUR SCHEDULE
Important Tour
Information (please read)
Click on any tour below for details.
New Orleans Pre-Mardi Gras
Feb. 4-9
Hawaiian Holiday
February 12-23
Panama Canal Cruise
Feb. 27-March 13
Paducah Quilts
April
20-24
Carolinas
April 27-May 12
Shipshewana Flea Market
May
23-28
Wind River Indian Reservation
May 31-June 5
Nova Scotia & the Maritimes
June 27-July 4
Alaska Adventures
July 7-22
Canadian Rockies
July 19-Aug.
2
7 Railroads of Colorado
September
11-19
N.E. Fall Foliage
Sept. 30-Oct. 14
Branson Holiday
November 2-5
Christmas in Omaha
November 17-20
Texas Christmas
December 17-20
Rose Bowl Parade
Dec. 28, 2010-Jan. 9, 2011
Plan
Ahead for 2010
DAY TRIP – 1 and 2 days
Braums Dairy Farm
April
7-8
Abilene
April 14
Flint Hills Ranch
May 18
Washington County
June 8
K-State University
Gardens September 27
HERITAGE TOURS
9809 South Main,
P.O. Box 77
Yoder, KS 67585
1-800-364-2320
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THE CAROLINAS
April 27 – May 12, 2010 16 Days
$1,798.00
Highlights:
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Wright Brothers National Site
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Outer Banks
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Bodie and Cape Hatteras Lighthouses
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Myrtle Beach-Oceanfront 3 nights
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Shrimping Adventure & Brookgreen Gardens
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Charleston – Fort Sumter & Magnolia Plantation
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USS Yorktown Aircraft Carrier
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Chimney Rock State Park
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Biltmore Estate in Ashville
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Cherokee Indian Museum
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Dollywood
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Charlotte –NASCAR
From the mountains to the beaches, this tour includes
the best of both
of the Carolinas. The beautiful spring gardens, the
south’s bountiful
history and amazing scenery will delight us all!
Day 1:
We are on our way for an
exciting and fun-filled 16 days. Make
yourself comfortable as we get acquainted with our
traveling friends as we
discover the Carolinas together. Our first night out
will be just east of St.
Louis.
Day 2:
Today will be a day of
driving as we head east through the beautiful
hills of Kentucky. This afternoon, we’ll enjoy viewing
the well-kept horse farms
and tobacco barns among the rolling hills. By evening,
we will be in the
Huntington, W.V. area for the night.
Day 3:
Today we will start
enjoying the interior of North Carolina. Our
included noon meal will be in
Andy Griffith’s
hometown
of Mt.
Airy at
Snappy Lunch. The town was portrayed as Mayberry in the
TV series. Then
it’s on east to Greenville, N.C. for the night.
Day 4:
Located in eastern N.C.,
Greenville is in the heart of the largest fluecured
tobacco market in the world. We will enjoy learning more
about this
agricultural industry.
After our interesting and educational morning, we will
continue east, arriving on the Outer Banks late
afternoon, where man first
attempted to break the bonds of gravity and fly for the
first time. At the
Wright Brothers National Memorial,
you will walk the very site where
Orville and Wilbur left the ground for the first time in
1903. We’ll spend the
night right there on the island at Kill Devil Hills,
N.C.
Day 5:
Our local step-on guide
will be with us most of the day. This morning
we will enjoy a tour of the
Cape Hatteras
National Seashore on the Outer
Banks,
comprised of over 100 miles of remote, unspoiled barrier island
beaches. We’ll visit the
Bodie Lighthouse
and
Cape Hatteras
Lighthouse. A
couple of ferries will serve as our transportation today
as we go from island to
island on the Outer Banks. Truly a day to be remembered!
After leaving the
islands, we will arrive in Pine Knoll Shores, N.C. for
the night.
Day 6:This
morning, as we get into
Wilmington
we’ll make a short
stop at
the visitor’s center, and then invite a guide on board
to show us the interesting
sights of this historic town. Our included lunch will be
aboard the
Henrietta
III Riverboat
as we cruise the Cape Fear
historical coast. Late afternoon we
will check into the
oceanfront Landmark
Hotel in Myrtle Beach
which will
be home for 3 nights. You can watch the waves roll in or
enjoy a walk on the
white sandy beaches.
Day 7:This
morning we will go to
Barefoot Landing,
where we can explore
the waterfront festival of over 110 shops and
restaurants built on a 20 acre
freshwater lake. If weather permits, what an adventure
is in store for us this
afternoon!! In the small town of Calabash, we will board
a
90 foot
cruise
boat,
run through the intercoastal waterway, pull right along side a working
shrimp boat as our knowledgeable guide explains
shrimping, while we watch
the fishermen harvest those delicacies. Depending on
weather, we may see
porpoises and possibly a shark feed off the by-catches
from the shrimping nets.
This evening we will want to be ready for an included
evening of
entertainment at one of the local shows.
Day 8:
For those of you who love
art and nature, this morning’s tour is sure
to excite you.
Brookgreen Gardens
was the first
public sculpture garden in
the U.S. having been founded in 1931. There are 560
sculptures in the gardens,
setting among the great alley of live oaks. These 250
year old oaks prepare you
for the splendor to come in the form of more than 2,000
varieties of native
flowers, shrubs and trees. We will then return to the
hotel where you can enjoy
a relaxing afternoon at the beach or take the short walk
to the shopping areas.
Back to same hotel.
Day 9:This
morning it is on to the Mount Pleasant and Charleston area. We
will make our way to the harbor where we will enjoy a
relaxing boat ride
through Charleston harbor on our way to
Fort Sumter.
At this interesting
National Monument we will learn more about this island
where the first shot
of the Civil War was fired. We will then go to the
USS Yorktown
Aircraft
Carrier
and
Patriot’s Point
Naval & Maritime Museumfor
an included lunch
right in the ship’s galley. Just as the sailors would
have eaten! At nearly 900 feet
in length and weighing in at more than 27,000 tons, the
USS Yorktown was one
of the modern marvels during WWII. The museum also
includes priceless
warplanes from WWII, Korea, Vietnam and Desert Storm.
We’ll check into
our motel in the Charleston area where we’ll be for two
nights.
Day 10:
Our first stop this
morning is at the visitor’s center where we can
gather some information on this historic town. With our
local guide
we will
learn about this old city and how Charles Towne
developed into a vigorous
port and a prosperous and fashionable Colonial city in
the mid-1700’s. Our
lunch will be enjoyed in
Charleston’s
historic downtown City Market
with
its many stands, shops and restaurants. A tour to the
south should include a
visit to an old plantation home. Following lunch, our
visit will be to
Magnolia
Plantation,
dating back to 1676. It played important roles in the colonial
settlement, the Revolutionary War and the Civil War.
Over 30 acres of gardens
grace the estate. Back to the same motel.
Day 11:
It’s time to leave the
beaches and head inland. We will make our
way to Charlotte, NC where we will stop at the
Billy Graham Library.
Little
did he know that a decision made in 1934 would impact
many lives across the
globe. Here we can retrace his journey of faith and
visit the family homeplace.
An included lunch will be at the Graham Dairy Bar. We
will then switch
“gears” and visit some of the
NASCAR race shops
such as Hendricks Motor
Sports and Jeff Gordon.
We will also take a lap on the Lowes Motor
Speedway track and visit the winner’s circle. An
included dinner will be
enjoyed in the hometown of
Dale Earnhardt
as a step on guide
joins us to
share stories about this racing legend. Overnight in
Charlotte.
Day 12:This
morning’s drive we will be enjoying the mountainous part of
the Carolinas. This time of year, we should see many
wild flowers in bloom.
We’ll arrive at
Chimney Rock State
Park. As we
take an elevator to the top
of Chimney Rock we will have a chance to enjoy nature at
its best. You will
stand in awe of the view -1200 vertical feet down along
Hickory Nut Gorge
to Lake Lure and, on a clear day, beyond to the Blue
Ridge Mountains. We
will have an included lunch in the meadow. From there we
travel on into
Asheville for a visit to The
Biltmore Estate.
Beginning in 1890, it took an
army of stonecutters and artisans five years to
construct the Biltmore House.
When they were done, it was the largest private home in
America, as it remains
today. This 255-room mansion still stands in the remote
majesty of the Blue
Ridge Mountains. Our motel tonight is in Asheville, NC.
Day 13:
Today we have another
exciting day in store for us as we explore
the Smoky Mountains. First we will make a stop at the
Museum of the
Cherokee Indian.
Artifacts have been found indicating people lived here
more than 11,000 years ago. When the first Europeans
arrived in the 1500s,
the Cherokee were settled where they remained until the
1830s when the
federal government no longer needed the Cherokees as
strategic allies and the
government forced the removal of the Cherokees to
Oklahoma. Following
lunch, we’re back on our motorcoach, with a local step
on guide, for a drive
west through the
Smoky Mountain
National Park,
the majestic climax of
the Appalachian Highlands. Leaving the park on the west,
we will be in
Gatlinburg, TN, the unique arts and crafts community,
where we spend the
night. You will want to explore the downtown area, all
within walking
distance.
Day 14:This
morning we will arrive at the entertainment capital of the
Smokies —
Dollywood,
just outside of Pigeon Forge. This 88-acre landscaped
theme park evokes the homespun fun and traditions of the
Smoky Mountains.
You’ll want to take in the professional quality shows in
the park. They have
Bluegrass, Country, 50’s, Gospel, Comedy, and Dolly’s
Family’s performance.
The night will be in Cookeville, TN area.
Day 15:
As we get on the road
there’s still great viewing as we travel west on
I-40 along the Cumberland Plateau. The drive will be
very scenic here on the
Plateau, as we view valleys, cliffs, and beautiful
woodlands. All too soon we will
be back into Kentucky, and then Illinois, and into the
St Louis area for our last
night out.
Day 16:Today
our motorcoach carries us toward home, across Missouri and
Kansas, we’ll enjoy visiting and sharing memories we
have made in the
Carolinas. It will have been 16 days of experiences, which we shall
never forget.
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