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KENTUCKY PATHWAYS & TREASURES<br />
7<br />
DAYS<br />
June 18-24, <strong>2018</strong><br />
ALLIED’S TOUR HIGHLIGHTS<br />
• Parke County Bridges tour<br />
• Bill & Gloria Gaither Homecoming<br />
Studio <strong>Tour</strong><br />
• Creation Museum<br />
• Ark Encounter<br />
• Shaker Village<br />
• “My Old Kentucky Home” Musical<br />
• My Old Kentucky Home State Park<br />
• Schimpff’s Confectionery<br />
• Huber’s Family Farm<br />
• Warm Springs Ranch<br />
• 14 Meals: 6 Breakfasts (B),<br />
3 Lunch (L), 2 Light Dinner (LD),<br />
3 Dinners (D)<br />
•<strong>Tour</strong> Director -Elaine DeJong<br />
FEATURED HOTELS<br />
•Bloomington-Normal, IL – The<br />
Chateau<br />
•Indianapolis, IN – Drury Inn<br />
•Hebron, KY – Comfort Suites<br />
•Bardstown, KY (2) – Hampton Inn<br />
•Maryland Heights, MO – Drury Inn<br />
DEPARTURE CITIES<br />
Omaha, Lincoln, Council Bluffs,<br />
Grand Island, Norfolk, Columbus,<br />
Fremont, Sioux City & Orange City<br />
RATES<br />
$1,589 Double, per person<br />
$1,954 Single<br />
$1,469 Triple, per person<br />
PAY-BY-CHECK SAVINGS: $50<br />
leisure<br />
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active<br />
Featuring the Ark Encounter & Creation Museum<br />
DAY 1 | Travel Day/Bloomington Normal (D)<br />
Travel with your friends on a short get away to Indiana<br />
& Kentucky for an experience of a lifetime! Today<br />
you get to meet your new travel mates. Overnight<br />
Bloomington-Normal, IL<br />
DAY 2 | Parke County Bridges (B, L, LD)<br />
The charming and rustic setting in Parke County,<br />
Indiana boasts 31 covered bridges. Discover the<br />
history behind several of these bridges with, of course,<br />
photo-ops and tour the county with a local step-on<br />
guide. Discover Amish countryside traveling through<br />
quaint Parke County. Overnight Indianapolis, IN<br />
DAY 3 | Gaither Homecoming Studio <strong>Tour</strong>/Creation<br />
Museum (B, L)<br />
Travel to Alexandria, home of Bill and Gloria Gaither,<br />
and their Gaither Homecoming Studios. <strong>Tour</strong> their<br />
hometown, visit the studios where countless gospel<br />
artists have recorded their music and where lasting<br />
“Homecoming” memories are made. Travel on to<br />
Petersburg, Kentucky and visit the Creation Museum.<br />
Biblical history comes to life as you enter the Time<br />
Tunnel. Be transported back 6000 years to the time<br />
of creation and the Garden of Eden, then experience<br />
history unfold before you through films and displays.<br />
Experience the real life gardens as you walk through<br />
on foliage adorned paths. Overnight Hebron, KY<br />
DAY 4 | Ark Encounter/Shaker Village (B, D)<br />
Since the Ark Encounter’s opening in 2016, it has<br />
been the destination for many adventurers to visit this<br />
fabulous attraction. Experience the life size replica,<br />
according to Biblical description, of Noah’s Ark.<br />
Learn through depictions of the flood how Noah and<br />
his family filled the Ark with countless numbers of<br />
animal life. See how they lived and learn the impact<br />
of the Ark and God’s promises in today’s world. Travel<br />
south to Harrodsburg and learn about the life of the<br />
Shaker community. Discover the farm, the village and<br />
The Historic Centre to learn all about the Shakers, their<br />
daily lives, their work, their values and their worship.<br />
Gain insights into their fascinating world by strolling<br />
through the many original 19th century structures<br />
that line the storied village turnpike. Overnight (2)<br />
Bardstown, KY<br />
DAY 5 | My Old Kentucky Home State Park &<br />
Home/Stephen Foster Outdoor Musical/Old<br />
Bardstown Village & Civil War Museum (B, D)<br />
Old Bardstown Village & Civil War Museum explains<br />
the history of this area and the impact of the Civil War<br />
in their 5 museums and history village. Visit My Old<br />
Kentucky Home mansion in Bardstown, Kentucky for<br />
a tour that inspired the song by Stephen Foster. This<br />
beautiful historic home features a smokehouse, historic<br />
kitchen, carriage house, cabin, and springhouse which<br />
are set amongst century old magnolias, maples, and<br />
cedar trees. Enjoy tonight’s outdoor musical drama<br />
about Stephen Foster, America’s first great composer<br />
at My Old Kentucky Home. Celebrate Kentucky with<br />
song, dance, drama and beautiful costumes! Hear<br />
your favorite Foster songs, Oh! Susanna, Beautiful<br />
Dreamer, Camptown Races, Hard Times Come Again<br />
No More, Jeanie with the Light Brown Hair and My<br />
Old Kentucky Home.<br />
DAY 6 | Schimpff’s Confectionery/Huber’s Family<br />
Farm (B, L, LD)<br />
Schimpff’s Confectionery & Museum offers us a look at<br />
candy making. This unique family-owned candy store<br />
still cooks up their confections on turn of the century<br />
equipment. Drive on to Joe Huber’s Family Farm &<br />
Restaurant for your noon lunch – where everything is<br />
made from scratch. Overnight Maryland Heights, MO<br />
DAY 7 | Warm Springs Ranch (B)<br />
Our travel wouldn’t be complete today without a stop<br />
at Warm Springs Ranch. Learn about the Clydesdales<br />
who are born here and become majestic pullers of a<br />
famous hitch! Enjoy your ride home.<br />
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BOOK EARLY & SAVE | For reservations, availability & additional information, call 1-800-672-1009
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