May_June 2023 Final 5-5-23

Extended Travel

Still Room!

Kentucky June 5-9, 2023 Day 1: We will explore Kentucky’s history, horses, and heritage! • Prairie Fruits Farm & Creamery - Champaign, IL • Check into the Hampton Inn - Greensburg, IN (L) Day 2: Ark Encounter, a full-size replica of Noah’s Ark • Old Friends, a “living -history museum” of horse racing • Historic Boone Tavern Hotel - Berea, KY (B,D) Day 3: Off to Berea College.

Missouri Medley July 27-29, 2023

Per person price is $909 double occupancy, and $1085 for single. A deposit of $100 is required to hold your reservation, refundable until final payment due date of May 19, 2023. Optional Travel Protection is available upon request. Day 3: Enjoy breakfast at your leisure before we check out and make our way to Fulton’s Auto World Museum. Reminisce about the simplicity of family drives in [the] convertible, the decadence of Hollywood and its fancy cars and the sights and sounds of the drive-in as you watched from the comfort of your Studebaker or Corvair. We’ll return home this afternoon with fond memories of fabulous experiences, great food, and new friends made on our trip! (B) Day 1: Step aboard our motor coach as we make our way to Columbia, MO, where we will check into the Holiday Inn Express & Suites Columbia for two nights. This eve- ning, we’ll enjoy a wine tasting and dinner at The Bistro at Les Bourgeois Vineyards in Rocheport. Housed in a gorgeous tongue and groove structure overlooking the Missouri River. (D) Day 2: Enjoy breakfast at the hotel before we make our way to Warm Springs Ranch. This breeding farm for the famous Budweiser Clydesdales rests on more than 300 acres of lush, rolling hills. The facility is home to more than 70 Clydesdales. We will interact with the handlers and see the Clydesdales’ harness, luxury trailer, and 1903 beer wagon. Our next stop will be the historic town of Arrow Rock. You’ll feel as if you have traveled back in time in this once bustling river town, which was a key stop on the Santa Fe Trail. Our first stop is at J. Huston Tavern for a delicious lunch. Built in 1834 by Judge Joseph Huston for his family home, the two-and-a-half-story brick, federal-style building soon began offering thousands of settlers heading west a place to sleep and eat. It is now believed that this is the oldest continuously operating restaurant west of the Mississippi River. Next, we will take our seats at the Arrow Rock Lyceum Theatre, one of Missouri’s oldest professional, regional theaters featuring New York City actors. We will be seeing Rodgers & Hammerstein’s State Fair. (B,L)

• Tour the priviate, liberal arts, work college founded in 1855 • Off to Bardstown. The official start of the Kentucky Bourbon Trail • Lunch at Old Talbott Tavern • Tour and taste at the Maker’s Mark Distillery • Check into the New Holiday Inn Express Downtown Louisville for two nights (B,L) Day 4: Start our day at the Louisville Slugger Museum & Factory. • Kentucky Derby Museum • Churchill Down’s Millionaires Row for lunch buffet and thoroughbred racing (B,L) Day 5: Our fun is not over yet. Hardy’s Reindeer Ranch, includes lunch and entertainment (L)

Per person price is $1,799 double occupancy, and $2,099 for single. Full payment due at reservation. Full itinerary is available upon request.

14 Connections Club

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