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DAY 1

Rapid City, SD

WELCOME

• Orientation & Get Acquainted Social – meet your Ambassadors and fellow guests
• Private Motorcoach Transportation to Activities
• Welcome Dinner at Local Restaurant
• Mt. Rushmore Lighting Ceremony – an inspirational program with a ranger talk, a patriotic film & culminates with the lighting of the memorial

DAY 2

Rapid City, SD

BADLANDS NATIONAL PARK

• Private Motorcoach Transportation to Activities
• Badlands National Park Tour – a colorful desert of canyons, buttes, pinnacles, spires & fossilized species
• Lunch at Wall Drug – visit this unique, roadside attraction filled with dining, activities, gifts & souvenirs
• Explore Rapid City – known as the "Gateway to the Black Hills," offers historic sites, outdoor adventures & cultural attractions

DAY 3

Rapid City, SD

CUSTER STATE PARK

• Private Motorcoach Transportation to Activities
• Custer State Park – a beautiful drive through the Black Hills, stopping in Custer State Park to enjoy the granite peaks & clear mountain waters
• Custer State Park Visitor Center - explore an iconic species of the prairie, the bison
• Lunch at Local Restaurant
• Crazy Horse Memorial Tour – a mountain monument of the Oglala Lakota war leader
• Sylvan Lake – located in Custer State Park, the area offers stunning scenery, hiking, fishing & outdoor activities

DAY 4

Rapid City, SD

1880S TRAIN

• Private Motorcoach Transportation to Activities
• Black Hills Central Railroad 1880 Train Ride – follow the original 1880's Chicago, Burlington & Quincy Railroad route, once serving the mines and mills between Hill City and Keystone
• Lunch at Local Restaurant
• Explore Hill City – a charming town in the Black Hills, known for its art galleries, wineries & historic railroad
• OPTIONAL: Sturgis Motorcycle Museum & Hall of Fame, experience a famous "Biker Bar" such as Loud American Roadhouse, Full Throttle or Ironhorse Saloon
• OPTIONAL: Sturgis Car Museum - view cars from 1950-2011

DAY 5

Rapid City, SD

DEADWOOD

• Private Motorcoach Transportation to Activities
• Chapel in the Hills – tour the stunning replica of a Norwegian stave church, surrounded by beautiful natural scenery
• Landstrom's & Mt. Rushmore Gold Outlet Tour and Shopping – watch skilled artisans create jewelry using the ancient processes of lost-wax casting and diamonds cast in molten gold
• Explore Deadwood – free time to explore the old stompin' grounds of legendary Wild Bill Hickok, Calamity Jane & Potato Creek Johnny
• Fort Hays Chuckwagon Supper and Music Show – offers a lively western experience with a hearty meal, live music, & cowboy-themed entertainment

DAY 6

Rapid City, SD

FAREWELL

• Private Motorcoach Transportation to Activities
• The Mammoth Site – tour an active paleontological dig showcasing preserved ice-age mammoth fossils. Over 60 mammoths (58 Columbian, 3 woolly) have been unearthed, along with at least 87 other Late Ice Age animals
• Wind Cave National Park Drive – look for bison, elk & other wildlife roam the rolling prairie grasslands and forested hillsides of one of America's oldest national parks
• Travel through Custer and Hill Country – soak up the scenic beauty with picturesque landscapes, charming towns & historic sites
• Bear Country USA – a drive-through wildlife park featuring black bears, elk, wolves & other North American animals
• Farewell Dinner at Local Restaurant

DAY 7

Rapid City, SD

DEPART

• Goodbye Continental Breakfast – grab some food and coffee before we part ways