Day 1
ALABAMA • MONTGOMERY:
Today, we travel to Montgomery, the capital city of Alabama. Our city tour will include a drive by of the Capitol, First White House of the Confederacy, the Scott & Zelda Fitzgerald Museum, the Hank Williams Memorial and many other points of interest. We overnight in southern Alabama.Day 2
LOUISIANA • MARTIN ACCORDIONS • CAJUN DINNER:
In the Cajun Country of Lafayette, Louisiana, we enjoy a special treat as
we tour Martin Accordions to see how
accordions are made. Junior Martin
and his family custom craft fine diatonic
accordions used by professional and
amateur musicians around the world.
You’re sure to enjoy the demonstration
of authentic Cajun Music played on
these fine Cajun Squeezeboxes. Tonight
we enjoy an authentic Cajun dinner. We spend the night in Lafayette. (D)Day 3
SAN ANTONIO, TEXAS • DINNER:
Travel today takes us to San Antonio, our home for the next two nights. San Antonio is the 7th largest city in the United States and is one of the fastest growing metropolitan areas. You’ll understand why when you get a glimpse of this beautiful city! Dinner tonight is included on the River Walk. (D)Day 4
ALAMO • IMAX THEATER • RIVER WALK:
Highlights of the day
include a visit to The Alamo, established
in 1718 as the city’s first mission, and a most interesting film, Alamo - the Price of Freedom at the IMAX Theater. The rest of the day is free for you to
explore the river walk area along the
shores of the San Antonio River. Shops,
restaurants, boutiques, and vendors line the banks of the river.Day 5
Y.O. RANCH • LUNCH • NATIONAL MUSEUM OF THE PACIFIC WAR • AUSTIN - STATE CAPITOL:
Saddle up, partner, we’re burnin’ daylight! We get
a glimpse of the Old West at the Y.O.
Ranch, a 40,000-acre working ranch,
and see the country’s largest collection
of exotic wild animals. All this sightseeing
sharpens the appetite,so saunter-on-up to the table for a mouthwatering Chuckwagon lunch. We then head north to Fredericksburg and visit The National Museum of the Pacific War, the only institution in the continental United States dedicated exclusively to telling the story of the Pacific Theater battles of World War II. This evening we
drive by the State Capitol Building in
Austin. We overnight in the Austin area. (L)Day 6
TEXAS RANGER MUSEUM • MAGNOLIA MARKET • FORT WORTH STOCKYARDS • CATTLE DRIVE • STEAK DINNER:
In Waco we visit the Texas Ranger Museum. Here we will find out all about these famous lawmen who have been called one of
the most effective investigative law enforcement agencies in the world. We have time for a short stop at Magnolia Market, owned by Chip and Joanna Gaines. Arriving in Fort Worth, it’s apparent that the Old West is thriving in the Stockyards National
Historic District! See a real Texas
Longhorn cattle drive down Exchange
Avenue and enjoy the authenticity
of the Stockyards. Dinner tonight is
included at one of the area’s popular
steak restaurants. (D)Day 7
DALLAS • SIXTH FLOOR MUSEUM
• ARKANSAS:
Dallas is probably
most noted as the site of the
assassination of President John F.
Kennedy. The Sixth Floor Museum
displays an interesting exhibition on
the life, death, and legacy of President
Kennedy. It is here in the former Texas
School Book Depository that Lee Harvey
Oswald supposedly fired his fatal shots.
Before leaving Dallas we stop at
Pioneer Plaza to see the larger-thanlife
bronze cattle drive. We travel to
Little Rock, Arkansas, for the night.
This evening we enjoy a delicious
dinner before checking into our hotel. (D)Day 8
MEMPHIS • SUN STUDIO •
MEMPHIS PYRAMID • DINNER •
NASHVILLE:
Upon arrival in Memphis,
we visit Sun Studio, “The Birthplace
of Rock ’n Roll”. It is the discovery
location of musical legends and genres
of the 50’s from B.B. King and Elvis
Presley to Johnny Cash and Jerry Lee
Lewis; from Blues and Gospel to
Country and Rock ’n Roll. Stand in
the very same spot that Elvis first
recorded. Your guide will tell you the
inside stories of B.B. King, Howlin’
Wolf and Ike Turner before Elvis,
Johnny Cash, Carl Perkins, Jerry Lee
Lewis, & Roy Orbison who were all drawn
to the new Sun Sound. Next, we take a
ride down Beale Street, in the heart of
downtown Memphis, on our way to the
Memphis Pyramid. The Pyramid was
originally built for a sports and concert
arena. Now transformed into Bass Pro
Shops at the Pyramid, it is one of the
most dynamic and immersive retail
experiences in the world. In addition
to an incredible assortment of fishing,
boating, hunting and outdoor gear,
the mega store includes a 103-room
hotel with treehouse cabins; 600,000
gallons of water teeming with over
1,800 fish; a cypress swamp with
alligator pools and duck aviaries; and
a breathtaking observation deck at
the top of the 32-story steel pyramid.
We travel to Nashville for an included
dinner and our overnight. (D)Day 9
HOME: It’s time to head on back
to the homestead, hang our hats,
and slide our boots under our own
bunk! We’ve had a whoppin’ good time!
