Barstow West Trip Itinerary
July 2004
Wednesday 7
Leave Amherst, MA
4:00 pm 4 hrs.
Arrive Fayetteville, NY
8:00 pm
-visit area
if time
Camping Overnight: Green
Lakes State
Park, Fayetteville,
NY
Thursday 8
Leave Fayetteville, NY
8:00 am
Arrive Prospect Point
Park, Niagara
Falls, NY 11:00 am 3
hrs.
1. Niagara
Falls, NY
Niagara Reservation
State Park, which surrounds mighty Niagara
Falls, is the oldest state park in the United
States. The park is made up of numerous
islands, as well as the famous Prospect Point area. The magnificent Great
Lakes Garden
greets visitors entering the park. The visitor center offers information and
exhibits about the park's history, geology and technology.
Leave Niagara Falls, NY
4:00 pm
Arrive Akron, OH
7:00 pm 4
hrs.
Camping Overnight: Portage
Lakes State
Park, Akron
OH
Friday 9
Leave Akron, OH 6:30 am
Arrive David Kline’s 8:00 am
Leave David’s Noon 7
hrs.
**Central time begins in Indiana**
Arrive Marshall, IL
7:00 pm **if we get in after 8, check
the map, find a site/pay later
Camping Overnight: Lincoln
Trail State
Park, Marshall,
IL
Saturday 10
Leave Marshall, IL
7:00 am
Arrive St. Louis, MO
9:15 am 2
¼ hrs.
1. Jefferson
National Expansion
Museum
Made up of the Gateway
Arch, the Museum of Westward Expansion, and the Old
Courthouse, this breathtaking national park reflects the spirit of
the country's pioneers, and stands in tribute to Thomas Jefferson - the man
whose dream inspired the spread of freedom and democracy from "sea to
shining sea."
Leave St. Louis, MO
Noon
Arrive St.
Charles, MO 1:00 pm 55
mins
2. Lewis
& Clark Boat House and Nature
Center
The new Lewis
& Clark Boat House and Nature Center is the Discovery
Expedition's permanent home. Situated beside the Missouri River at Bishop's Landing in
charming historic St. Charles, Missouri, the educational
facility features exhibits relating to the Lewis and Clark expedition as well
as the Missouri
River
ecosystem. 10:00am-5:00pm Bishop's Landing, 1050 Riverside Drive 636-947-3199
Leave St. Charles, MO
3:00 pm
Arrive Defiance,
MO 3:15 pm 15
mins
3. Daniel
Boone Home
& Boonesfield Village
Daniel Boone, legendary American frontiersman, helped blaze
a trail through the Cumberland Gap, a notch in the Appalachian
Mountains, and was largely
responsible for the exploration and settlement of Kentucky. He moved his family from Kentucky to Missouri in 1799. This four-story Georgian style house is where
Boone and his wife Rebecca spent the last years of their lives with their son
Nathan, his wife Olive and their 14 children. Here it is believed that
explorers Meriwether Lewis and William Clark visited Daniel as they started
their great trek west from St.
Louis in 1804. The
Boone Home tour begins with a film about Daniel Boone and his life. Also on the
site are several early 1800's buildings which are being turned into a living
history village. 1868 Highway F, Defiance, MO 636-798-2005 9 a.m. - 6 p.m. For a
tour of the Daniel Boone Home and Boonesfield
Village: Adults $12; seniors (55+)
$10; Children (4-11) $4. For a tour of the Daniel Boone Home only: $7, adults;
$6, seniors; $4, children.
Leave Defiance, MO
5:00 pm
Arrive Concordia, MO
8:00 pm 3
hrs.
Hotel Overnight: Day’s
Inn, Concordia,
MO conf. # 69496954
Sunday 11
Leave Concordia, MO
9:00 am
Arrive Independence, MO 10:00 am 1 hr.
1. National Frontier Trails Center/Museum
The Trails Center, the only museum in the
United States exclusively devoted to
the history of the overland trails, and is operated by the City
of Independence, Missouri, the Trails Center presents the story of
the exploration, acquisition, and settlement of the American West. $4 adults/$2.50 children
Leave Independence,
MO 12:30 pm
Arrive St. Joseph’s, MO 2:00 pm 1
½ hrs.
2. Trails West
Festival
July 09, 2004 - July 11,
2004
The largest event in Northwest Missouri,
rated in the top three by the Missouri Arts Council, the festival offers three
days of fine art, folk art, stage performances, reenactments, music and food
for the whole family. Theme for 2004 is the Lewis and Clark Commemoration.
3. Pony
Express Museum
On April 3, 1860,
a lone rider left on horseback from the gates of one
of the nation’s most historic landmarks, the
Pikes Peak Stables in
St. Joseph, Missouri. Carrying saddlebags filled with our nations
hopes and dreams, the riders traveled 2000 miles
west to Sacramento, California. These brave young souls raced against
nature’s cruel elements and rugged terrain in an attempt to unite a country
separated by distance. Today the stables
continue to stand as a tribute to the legend and legacy of the Pony Express and
its enduring era. 914 Penn Street,
St. Joseph, Missouri
Phone: 800-530-5930 / 816-279-5059 Sunday: 1
pm to 5 pm - Adults
- $4/Students $2
4. Jesse
James Home
Notorious outlaw Jesse James
was shot and killed in this house on April
3, 1882. He was killed by Bob ford, a member of the James gang, to
collect a $10,000 reward offered by Governor Tom Crittenden. Jesse died at the
age of 34 after living a lawless career for 16 years. Today the James
Home is a museum dealing with the
life and death of Jesse James.
Leave St. Joseph’s,
MO 5:30 pm 3 ½ hrs.
Arrive Fairbury, NE 8:30 pm
Camping Overnight: Rock
Creek Station RCA, Fairbury, NE
**(no reservation)
Monday 12
1. Rock
Creek Station Historical Park
The Rock Creek
Station is the visitor's gateway to the past, as legend mixes with fact. This
area speaks of the pioneer history of the area, as deep ruts from wagons on the
Oregon Trail are visible. California-bound travelers on the Oregon Trail passed
through this area, where an interpretive center now exists. The area is a place
for families to picnic, camp, and hike while enjoying the feel of the past.
Leave Fairbury, NE 10:00 am
Arrive Beatrice,
NE 10:15 am 45
mins.
2. Homestead
National Monument of America
NPS: Junior Ranger Program
The cry was FREE
LAND!! The Homestead Act of 1862 was one of the most significant and enduring
events in the westward expansion of the United States. By granting 160 acres of free land to
claimants, it allowed nearly any man or woman a chance to live the American
dream. Visit the park and gain understanding on how the Act changed the lives
of all Americans and the land.
Leave Beatrice, NE Noon
Arrive Ogallala, NE 5:30 (check into campsite/no reservation) 5 hrs.
**Time change occurs
30 mins. east, be aware
3. The Crystal Palace Revue Shoot Out 7:15 pm/Show Time 7:30 pm
$4.25adults/$2.75 children
Camping Overnight: Lake
McConaughy SRA, Ogallala,
NE **(no
reservation)
Tuesday 13
Leave Ogallala, NE
8:00 am (Chimney Rock)
Arrive Hot Springs,
SD Noon 5 hrs.
1. Allen
Ranch
Tubing on hot springs
creek on site
Horseback Riding: Rockin R Rides 1
1/2 hr=$25 adults/20 children
2. Evan’s
Plunge or Mount Rushmore
Monday through Friday: 5:30
AM - 10:00 PM/Ages 3-12 are $7.00
Ages 13 and above $9.00
Evans Plunge (named after its builder Fred Evans), was built
in 1890 over the numerous small, sparkling springs and one Mammoth spring of
mineral water. Originally, Evans Plunge and the other mineral baths
in Hot Springs were sought as a
cure-all for a multitude of illnesses.
Tipi Camping Overnight:
Allen Ranch, Hot Springs,
SD **Joe Allen email conf. 4/5/04
Wednesday 14
Leave Hot Springs 8:00 am
1. Crazy
Horse
Crazy Horse Memorial, the world’s largest sculpture, now in
progress, is located in the Black Hills of South Dakota on US Highway 16/385
just 17 miles southwest of Mount Rushmore. The Memorial includes the Indian
Museum of North America, the Native American Cultural Center which was
dedicated at the 1996 Native American Day Celebration, the sculptor’s studio,
as well as a new 40,000 square foot Orientation Center and theaters opened in
May of 2000. Many Native American artists and crafts people create their
artwork and visit with guests at the Memorial during the summer season. $20.00 –
Carload
2. Mount
Rushmore: Junior Ranger Program
The four figures
carved in stone on Mount
Rushmore
represent the first 150 years of American history. Summer - 7days a week (May/August) 8:00 am -
10:00 pm
$8 parking
3. Jewel
Cave: Junior Ranger
Program
With more than 129
miles surveyed, Jewel Cave is recognized as the third longest cave in the
world. Airflow within its passages indicates a vast area yet to be explored.
Cave tours provide opportunities for viewing this pristine cave system and its
wide variety of speleothems including stalactites,
stalagmites, draperies, frostwork, flowstone, boxwork and hydromagnesite
balloons.
Please call the visitor center for current talk schedule, the
number is 1-605-673-2288 ext 1220.
4. Black
Hills Mining
Museum, Lead, SD
The museum's experienced and
knowledgeable guides will escort you on a fascinating and informative 50-55
minute tour of our simulated underground level of the Homestake
Gold Mine - the only comprehensive look at both early-day and modern
underground mining to be found in the Black Hills. This
realistic exhibit has been created by over 140 miners and former mine
employees. With the friendly, personal attention of our staff you will learn
the techniques of panning and take home your own sample of real placer
gold! Family: $16.00 plus $5 per person gold panning. Open
Daily 9:00 a.m. to 5:00 p.m.
(Last tour leaves at 4:30 p.m.) 323
West Main Street, Lead, South
Dakota 57754 (605)
584-1605
5.
Deadwood
Walk
around town and poke our heads in Saloon #10 where Wild Bill Hickok was shot down, visit the Mount Moriah Cemetery such notables as Wild
Bill Hickok and Calamity Jane are buried.
Arrive Spearfish, SD 2
hrs.
Hotel Overnight: Bell’s
Motor Lodge, Spearfish, SD –pool-
Thursday 15
Leave Spearfish, SD 8:00 am
Arrive Devil’s Tower
1.
Devil’s Tower, WY: Junior Ranger Program
The nearly vertical
monolith known as Devils Tower rises 1,267 feet above the meandering Belle Fourche River. Known by several northern plains
tribes as Bears Lodge, it is a sacred site of worship for many American
Indians. It was proclaimed September 24, 1906 as the nation's first national
monument by President Theodore Roosevelt.
Leave Devil’s Tower
Arrive Sheridan, WY
3:00 pm 3 hrs.
2. King’s
Museum and Saddlery
The Kings
Museum contains memorabilia of many lifetimes. Indian artifacts, antiques, western art and a collection of over
500 saddles, some dating back to the 1800's. The museum is located
behind Kings Saddlery at 184 N. Main and
is open from 8 to 5 Monday through Saturday.
3. Sheridan
Rodeo (tix (paid for) at the will call window) 6:15 pm
This year marks the 74th anniversary of the Sheridan WYO
Rodeo, ranked as one of the top professional rodeos in North America.
The World’s top cowboys and cowgirls compete and a schedule of family-oriented
activities runs throughout the days.
Overnight: Day’s
Inn, Sheridan,
WY conf. # 66683243 –pool-
Friday 16
1. Sheridan
Rodeo Schedule:
6:00am Kiwanis Chuckwagon Breakfast (Grinnell Street)
8:00am
Sneaker & Spurs Rodeo Run (Main Street)
9:00am Kiwanis Beds Along the Big Horns Race (Main St)
10:00am Parade (Main Street)
Leave Sheridan 1:00 pm
1.
Medicine Wheel National Historic Landmark (?)
This circle,
Medicine Wheel, is a place of communion with the Great Spirit, a plae to obtain
a strong spiritual medicine. It is a place where many have experienced their
vision quest, a place of rital, a place of prayer, a place of lasting vision. It
is necessary to walk 1-1/2 miles from the parking area to the Medicine Wheel
National Historic Landmark.
Arrive Cody 4:30 pm 3
hrs.
2. Irma
Hotel Gunfight 6 pm
3. Buffalo
Bill Historical Center
The Buffalo Bill
Historical Center
pays homage to Cody. Besides a museum commemorating Buffalo Bill's life, the
center houses three other museums. The Whitney Gallery of Western Art displays
work by some of the West's most famous artists and sculptors, including
Remington and Moran. Indian art and artifacts are showcased in the Plains
Indian Museum, while the Cody Firearms
Museum, which is said to contain
the world's most comprehensive firearms collections, traces the development of
the gun through the ages. 7 a.m. - 8 p.m. adults $15/ youth $4 admission
for two consecutive days 720 Sheridan Avenue
Hotel Overnight: Best
Value Inn, Cody, WY
conf. # 534C080333636 paid –no pool-
Saturday 17
1. Buffalo
Bill Historical
Center (see
above)
2. Old
Trail Town
(Ghost Town)
The Old Trail
Town collection now consists of 26
buildings, which date from 1879 to 1901, one hundred horse-drawn vehicles, plus
an extensive collection of Native American artifacts and memorabilia of the Wyoming
frontier.
Leave Cody/Old Trail Town Noon
Arrive Absaroka Lodge 1:30 pm 1
½ hrs.
2.
Absaroka
Mountain Lodge
Your days and nights at Absaroka
Mountain Lodge will be filled with adventure and some of the simpler things we
many times take for granted - the scent of the pines, fresh mountain air, the camaraderie of new friend. Casual living and Western
atmosphere await you in our log cabins, each with a private bath and located
along Gunbarrel Creek. From our historic lodge you
will ride on trails that wind through the towering pines of the Shoshone
National Forest, along sparkling creeks and rivers, up to heights where the
views are breathtaking.
Hotel Overnight: Absaroka Mountain
Lodge, Cody. WY paid
Sunday 18
Leave Absaroka Lodge 9:00 am
Arrive Yellowstone 10:00 am 45
min.
1. Yellowstone
National Park: Junior
Ranger Program
Long before any recorded human history in
Yellowstone,
a massive volcanic eruption spewed an immense volume of ash that covered all of
the western U.S.,
much of the Midwest,
northern Mexico
and some areas of the eastern Pacific. Geothermal wonders, such as Old Faithful, are evidence of one of
the world's largest active volcanoes. In 1872, President Ulysses S. Grant
signed a law declaring that Yellowstone would forever be
"dedicated and set apart as a public park or pleasuring ground for the
benefit and enjoyment of the people."
Cabin Overnight: Canyon
Lodge & Cabins, Yellowstone National Park,
WY paid
Monday 19
Leave Yellowstone, WY
11:00 am
Arrive Jenny Lake
1. Grand
Tetons National
park: Junior Ranger Program
Located in
northwestern Wyoming, Grand Teton National Park protects stunning mountain scenery and a
diverse array of wildlife. The central feature of the park is the Teton Range — an active, fault-block, 40-mile-long mountain
front. The range includes eight peaks over 12,000 feet, including the Grand Teton at 13,770 feet.
Leave
Arrive Logan, UT
7:00 pm or later 4
hrs.
Hotel Overnight: Days
Inn, Logan, UT
conf. # 67619420 –pool-
Tuesday 20
Leave Logan, UT
9:00 am
Arrive Moan, UT 4:00 pm 7
hrs.
1. King
World Water
Park
Welcome to Butch Cassidy's King
World Water Park,
owned and operated by the Norman family, long-time residents of Moab.
Twilight 4:30 to 6:30 pm $ 6.50
ea/3:00pm to close $10.50/$8.50 10 and under
2. Arches
National Park: Junior
Ranger Program
Arches National Park preserves over two thousand natural sandstone
arches, including the world-famous Delicate Arch, in addition to a variety of
unique geological resources and formations.
3. Amphitheatre
Ranger Talk
Join a ranger at the Devils
Garden campground amphitheater
(next to Canyon Wren group campsite and across the road from campsite #25)
nightly. Programs last about forty-five minutes. Check at the visitor center or
on any park bulletin board for current schedules.
Camping Overnight: Devil’s
Garden, Arches National Park, UT
conf. #1-3123664 paid
Wednesday 21
Leave Moab,
UT 11:30 pm
Arrive Dolores, CO 2:30 pm 3
hrs.
1. The Anasazi Heritage
Center
The Anasazi
Heritage Center
is a museum that interprets the amazing history and diverse culture of the Four
Corners region. The center offers films, hands-on discovery area
and permanent exhibits which all explore archaeology, local history and Pueblo,
Ute and Navajo life ways.
Leave Dolores, CO 5:00 pm
Arrive Mesa
Verde, CO 6:30 pm 1
½ hrs.
2. Mesa
Verde National
Park: Junior Ranger Program
Mesa Verde, Spanish
for "green table", offers an unparalleled opportunity to see and
experience a unique cultural and physical landscape. The culture represented at
Mesa Verde reflects more than 700 years of history. From approximately A.D. 600
through A.D. 1300 people lived and flourished in communities throughout the
area, eventually building elaborate stone villages in the sheltered alcoves of the
canyon walls. Today most people call these sheltered villages "cliff
dwellings". The cliff dwellings represent the last 75 to 100 years of
occupation at Mesa Verde. In the late 1200s within the span of one or two
generations, they left their homes and moved away.
3. Amphitheatre
Ranger Talk 9:00 pm
Join us for
free, hour-long evening programs offered at 9:00
p.m.
every night at Morefield Amphitheater. Through slides
and story telling, rangers will help you plan your visit and show you facets of
Mesa Verde National Park that you may not see
otherwise.
A JOURNEY FROM THE
PAST TO THE PRESENT - Ranger Lorisa Qumawunu
Haliksai' - Hisatsenom
migration stories of a people coming to their destined homeland.
Camping Overnight: Morefield Campground, Mesa Verde National Park, CO
Thursday 22
Leave Mesa Verde
11:00 am
Arrive Durango
1:00 pm 2 hrs.
Leave Durango,
CO 3:30 pm
Arrive Mosca, CO 7:00 pm 3
½ hrs
Camping Overnight:
Great Sand Dunes Oasis Campground, Mosca, CO
Friday 23
1. Great
Sand Dunes
National Park: Junior
Ranger Program
Nestled in southern Colorado,
North America's tallest dunes rise over 750 feet high
against the rugged Sangre de Cristo Mountains. The wind-shaped dunes glow
beneath the rugged backdrop of the mountains. This geologic wonderland,
containing 30 square miles of dunes, became a national monument in 1932.
Leave Mosca, CO 11:00 am
Arrive Colorado Springs
2:30 pm 3 ½ hrs
1. Garden of the Gods
The towering red rock formations of the Garden of the Gods
Park come alive when you visit the
free Visitor and Nature Center
and explore the geology, plants, animals and people of this amazing
1391.61-acre regional park, located at 1805 North 30th
Street in Colorado Springs.
Leave Colorado
Springs 6:00 pm
Arrive Denver 7:15 pm 1 ¼ hrs
House Overnight: Lela
Emmons, Denver, CO
Saturday 24
Leave Denver
Arrive at the Ranch 5
hrs.
Camping Overnight: Lela
Emmons Ranch, Savery, WY
Sunday 25
Camping Overnight: Lela
Emmons Ranch, Savery, WY
Monday 26
Leave Savery, NE 8:00 am
Arrive Nebraska
Tuesday 27
Leave Nebraska
8:00 am
Arrive Illinois
Wednesday 28
Leave Illinois
8:00 am
Drop Lee at airport 5:00 pm
6:15 pm Southwest
Airlines Cleveland to Providence,
RI Fl. # 363/403
Arrive hotel in PA
Thursday 29
Leave hotel 10:00 am
Arrive Amherst 10:00 pm