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Case
New Holland has moved their harvester works from Moline to Grand Island, Nebraska.
They are manufacturing both the red Case IH and the yellow
New Holland combines
in the same facilities.
This gives us an opportunity to add more tour sites to
a trip out to Central Nebraska. We can add the:
1. the Sandhill cranes spring migration
2. the Archway Monument
3. the Case New Holland Harvester works
into the same tour. Great combination of attractions.
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Tour Schedule
(day 1)
Pickup
Departure schedule
to be announced - coffee,
muffins, and orange juice will be
served on the bus as we travel to Nebraska.
11 am
Lunch is included in the Grand Island area.
12 pm
Our next stop is Crane Meadows Nature Center for a driving tour and an
educational presentation on the migration of the Sandhill Cranes. The crane is
the
oldest
living bird species. It has
inhabited the earth for about sixty million years,
facing
and surviving every conceivable hardship.
Cranes are the exotic dancers of
the bird
kingdom. Their gyrations have been compared to the antics of fervent
pioneer
preachers leading their congregations.
Our tour will give us a glimpse of
these majestic
birds,
as they make their long journey north.
3 pm
Catch the Spirit of America at The
Great Platte River Road Archway Monument
The
Archway marks the spot where the Oregon Trail,
California Trail and Mormon
Trail
all converged in the Western movement that linked America coast to coast.
The Archway
is massive. It is over a football field long, three stories high and 50
feet wide. It is
the only historical monument that has been granted air rights over
a federal
interstate highway. The structure houses two levels of fascinating
interactive
exhibitry that
traces the history of the Great Platte River Road from the
Oregon Trail days to the
fiberoptic future world of tomorrow.
5 pm
Rowe Sanctuary for the
evening’s viewing of the Sandhill Cranes. This is an
unbelievable sight as we view from river’s edge the Cranes settling in for the
evening. Expert staff will help provide additional information on the Cranes and
explain
this
part of their journey .
8 pm Check into our hotel at
Kearney - dinner is included at the hotel after we get back
from the
river.
Tour Schedule
(day 2)
5 am
Depart the hotel for the Platte River and another chance to get a close
look at the
Cranes. This
time the birds are leaving for the fields to feed.
There can be as
many as 30,000 of
these
magnificent birds in the air over our blind at one time.
8 am Return to Kearney and to
our hotel for a continental breakfast. Pack our bags and
load the motorcoach.
10 am
Tour of Case New Holland Factory
Tour - Tour of operations to
include the
manufacture
and
assembly of the New Holland CR Combine
and the new Case
IH Combine.
12 pm
Lunch is included in Grand island before we start our journey home.
1 pm Load the motorcoach for
the return trip home
Tour
Price
Includes: $265 Deluxe
motorcoach transportation; viewing
blind for the Sandhill Cranes in the evening and the next morning; admission to
the Archway Monument and Case New Holland; step-on-guide for the driving tour of
the Sandhill Cranes; one nights
hotel accommodations with a continental breakfast;
dinner on day one at the hotel; lunches on day one and day two; all tips
and gratuities; coffee, orange juice, and muffins; afternoon snacks; and tour
escort.
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