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Day One - Drive to Gillette, Wyoming
Pick up everyone and head for Gillette, Wyoming. Coffee, orange juice, and fresh baked muffins will be served on the bus this morning.
Lunch today is on your own at one of our travel breaks and dinner are included
this evening on our way to Gillette..
Check into our hotel - the Clarion Western Plaza in Gillette, WY.
Day Two
- Devils Tower - Black Thunder Coal Mine -
Durham Buffalo Ranch
Continental Breakfast is included at the hotel this morning before
we start our day.
Tour of Devils Tower National Monument
which occupies 1,347 acres in the area near Sundance and contains Devils Tower.
The tower, a huge monolith resembling a colossal stone tree stump, rises
867 feet from its base. The 1.5-acre top has a growth of sagebrush and grass,
and the almost perpendicular sides are fluted columns. The tower was formed when
numerous sedimentary layers eroded from around a volcanic intrusion that had
cooled in a teardrop formation.
About
a half-mile from the entrance is a large prairie dog colony.
Lunch is on your own
this afternoon in Gillette
after we get back from Devils Tower.
Travel southeast of Gillette to Thunder Basin to see the Black Thunder Coal Mine.
This mine is the largest open pit coal mine in the United States. We will get to see large
dragline equipment, huge trucks, and the enormous shovels that are used in Campbell County
coal mining operations.
After the mine tour we travel north of Wright to
visit the Durham Buffalo Ranch.
While at the buffalo ranch we will tour their working operation and
enjoy a delicious evening cook out.
Return to the hotel and retire for the evening.
Day Three - Campbell County Rockpile Museum - Eagle
Butte Mine - Cattle Ranch
Continental Breakfast is included at the hotel again today before
we start our day.
Our first stop is a visit to the Campbell County Rockpile Museum. The museum shows us the
history of Campbell County from the 1800's to present day. The museum tour includes a video about the coal
mining process used in Campbell County. The museum also has a large farm equipment display.
Lunch is on your own this afternoon in Gillette after we finish at the museum.
Travel on to RAG Coal West, Inc. Here we will see a different type of
coal mine operation. Eagle Butte Mine is a truck shovel operation not a dragline operation and they have a lot
of different types of equipment.
Travel to a working Cattle Ranch North of Eagle Butte approximately 20
miles. At the ranch we will
experience what it is like to make a living as a rancher in Wyoming. You will
learn about ranching activities and to be able to see the animals close up. While at the ranch
we will be served a ranch-style dinner, complete with western entertainment.
Day Four return everyone home
Bags out and Continental Breakfast is included at the
hotel. Motorcoach departs for home.
Lunch is on your own today at one of our travel breaks.
Included in the tour price:
Tours of the two largest coal mines in North America; 3 nights of hotel
accommodations in Gillette; admission to Campbell County Rockpile Museum; tour and dinner at a working cattle ranch; tour and
dinner at the Durham Buffalo Ranch; 3 continental breakfasts at our hotel; deluxe motorcoach transportation; coffee, orange juice, and muffins on day one; iced
tea, coffee, lemonade, and snacks on the bus; professional escort, baggage handling,
and all gratuities.
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