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Underground
Salt Museum
Hutchinson, Kansas
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Travel
Schedule
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Day
One - Tuesday
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| Pickup |
Departure
schedule to be announced - Coffee, orange juice, & fresh baked
muffins will be served on the bus as we travel this morning.
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| 11:30
am |
Lunch
is on your own at one of our travel breaks as we work our way to Kansas. |
| 5:00
pm |
Arrive
in Wichita and check into our hotel.
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| 6:00
pm |
Dinner
and Entertainment at the
Museum of World Treasures - after dinner we
will visit the
museum
looking for mystery clues and stories of the adventures behind the many
treasures on exhibit. |
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Day
Two - Wednesday
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| 8:00
am |
Depart
from our hotel - continental breakfast is included at our hotel before
we leave this morning.
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| 9:00
am |
In
2006, the Kansas Underground Salt
Museum opens for visitors to explore the story of salt in a
subterranean environment few have seen before. The majority of the
exhibits, programs, and activities take place underground, within a
working salt mine! The new museum is located in Hutchinson, Kansas,
which was built above one of the largest salt deposits in the world.
With more than 67 miles of mined caverns, the Hutchinson salt mine
produces 300,000 tons of rock salt each year.
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| 11:00
am |
Lunch
is included at the Cosmosphere Space Center. |
| 12:00
pm |
Kansas
Cosmosphere and Space Center
- This impressive facility houses one of the most comprehensive
space museums in existence, an IMAX
Dome Theater and a planetarium. A tribute to the caliber of the
Cosmosphere is the fact it has been named one of the first affiliates of
the prestigious Smithsonian Institution. As a brief introduction to its
stature, the Cosmosphere is home to the actual Apollo 13 command module
"Odyssey," an SR-71 Blackbird spy plane and a large
collection of Soviet space artifacts.
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| 3:00
pm |
Load
the motorcoach and drive to Matfield Green, Kansas |
| 4:00
pm |
Flint
Hills Wagon Train Ride -
After a short orientation we will be departing for our journey to the
prairie. Our group will travel through some of the most scenic area of
the Tall Grass Prairie in Kansas! Wild flowers, cattle, possibly some
wildlife, and wide-open vistas! This 4000 acre ranch is
one of the last
ORIGINAL areas of the flint hills tall grass prairie. You will truly see
it up close and personal from the inside! Guests are invited to walk as
much as they want to, ride with the teamster and try their hand at
driving the teams. Cool water is on the sides of the wagons and there
will be a comfort stop during the ride. Dinner
of Pioneer Stew - with thick gravy, taters, carrots, bite sized chunks
of roast; fruit or salad;
hot biscuits fresh from the Dutch ovens; and warm peach cobbler just off
the coals.
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Day
Three - Thursday
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| 8:00
am |
Depart
from our hotel - continental breakfast is included at our hotel before
we leave this morning.
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| 9:00
am |
AGCO
plant Hesston -
manufacturing facilities offer plenty to see. A wide variety of
equipment is made here, including balers, combines, forage
harvesters, planters and haying machines, under a variety of
brand names such as Gleaner, White, New Idea, Massey Ferguson and
Hesston. |
| 12:00
pm |
Old Cowtown
- We welcome you to experience life as it truly was on
the frontier. Your visit to the Museum grounds is an "at-your-own
pace" self-guided tour so feel free to chat with the costumed
interpreters as long as you like. On the way, you'll see animals and
furnished buildings with artifacts.
Make sure to save time to browse through the Museum Store.
Lunch is on your own today at the Chuckwagon Cafe.
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| 3:00
pm |
Western Heritage Tour - guided tour around the area ‘A
New Tour of the Old West’ - our step-on-guide will point out
the high lights of Wichita
and
the role this city play in western history and the history of the state
of Kansas from Wyatt Earp to Billy the Kid. |
| 6:00
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Dinner
and theater at Mosley Street
Melodrama - the theater takes you back to the Old West where the
villains abound and heroes save the day.
And most of all, YOU are part of the action! Sigh for the dainty
heroine, cheer for the
hero, and boo and hiss the villain (a little bit of well-aimed
popcorn doesn't hurt either.) Then, sit back and enjoy a musical
comedy revue full of singing, dancing and laughs brought to you by some
of the best western talent Wichita
has to offer.
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Day
Four - Friday
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| 8:00
am |
Depart
from our hotel - bags out at 7 am and continental breakfast is included
at the hotel. |
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Tour
Price: $580+ ea. (double) $700+
ea. (single) $530+
ea. (triple) $510+ ea. (quad)
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Included in the tour price:
Deluxe
motorcoach transportation; three nights of super hotel accommodations with
continental breakfast; Western Heritage Tour of Wichita; three dinners and one
luncheon meals; admission to the Salt Museum, AGCO Hesston, the Cosmosphere,
and Old Cowtown; Flint Hills Wagon Train Ride; Mosley Street
Melodrama; coffee, juice, and muffin on day one, baggage handling, and all
gratuities.
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Click
here to see a photo page of this tour
Contact us at:
Phone - 800-552-8857
ghusk@horizon-tours.com
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