N-47-O

National Landmarks West

Start Date: June 3, 2018        Location:  Santa Rosa, CA

Stop Date: July 30, 2018       Location:  Medora, ND

Total Number of Nights: 

Number of Stops: 

Leaders: Phil & Marge Glassey #5328

Phone: 707-953-4299

Email: margiemicu@sbcglobal.net

Mailing Address: 1367 Parkway Drive, Rohnert Park, CA 9492

Maximum RV Units/With Leader: 28

Kitty Fee w/2:  $5150.00         Kitty Fee w/1:  $4050.00        Guest: $1,000

Deposit Amount :  $250.00

Payment Dates :  50% by 10/1/17

Date Balance Due:  3/1/18

Cancellation Fee: $50.00, plus non-refundable deposit, before 2/1/2018 – leaders discretion after 2/1.

Join us for the natural beauty of the Northwest and include a stop at the International Rally in Salem. OR.  We visit our National Parks, discover other significant landmarks and learn some of the geology, culture, and history as we travel in six states.  Beginning in Northern California Wine Country we travel north near the coast into the Redwood Forests.  National Parks will include Redwood, Crater Lake, Olympic, Glacier and Yellowstone National Park.  We will be immersed in the natural wonders of the Rocky Mountains and explore the expanse of Montana’s“Big Sky” country.  Travel back to some of the Lewis and Clark forts and camps, spend a day in Victoria, BC and take in the beauty Mt. Rainier and Mt. St. Helens.  In all, we will traverse 19 National Forests, 12 National Parks or Monuments and several state parks. Be a part of savory cookouts, banquets or catered meals at most of our stops.  Come join us for tours, boat rides, entertainment and of course, great fun and fellowship along the way.

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N-47-E

Canadian Rocky Mountain

Start Date: June 24, 2018        Start Location: Drumheller, Alberta, Canada

Stop Date: July 15, 2018          Stop Location: Cochrane, Alberta, Canada

Total Number of Nights: 20

Number of Stops: 8

Caravan Distance:  900 miles/1450 km

Leaders: Deane and Judy Collinson   WBCCI #1077

Phone: Deane 416-232-2882  Judy 416-559-5354

E-Mail: deane.collinson@rogers.com

Mailing Address: 10 Strath Ave, Toronto, Ontario, Canada

Maximum RV Units/with Leader: 20

Kitty Fee w/2: $3200             Kitty Fee w/1: TBD                  Guest: TBD

Deposit: $1000 by Nov 10, 2017

Payments: $1000 Jan 5, 2018, $1200 March 1, 2018

Cancellation Fee: $100 until Jan 5, 2018 – Leader discretion after 1/5/18.

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N-47-K 

Nor’ By Nor’East 

Date:  July 11, 2018                  Location: Ashaway, RI, USA

Stop Date:  August 20, 2018    Location: Cornwall, PEI, Canada

Total Number of Nights:  41

Number of Stops:  11  

Leaders: Trevor & Gale Lake   WBCCI #4688

Phone:  Home 781-837-2539     Cell 781-264-4550

E-Mail: trevorlake@verizon.net

Mailing Address: 315 Oak St., Marshfield, MA 02050

Maximum RV Units/With Leaders: 24

Kitty Fee:  w/2 $3900.00 , w/1 $2900

Guest: $1000

Deposit: $200 with Application

Date Due: February 1, 2018: $800.00

Date Balance Due: May 1, 2018

Cancellation Fee: $100 after 2/1/18 – leaders Discretion after 2/1/18

The Nor’ By Nor’east National Caravan will begin in southern New England and end in Prince Edward Island, Canada. We begin the caravan in RI and visit nearby Mystic Seaport, CT and Newport, RI.  Plymouth, of course, is steeped in history; the “Plimoth Plantation,” Plymouth Rock, Mayflower II, and the Jenny Museum are among the places we’ll visit.

Boston’s stop is a busy one with 2 days of bus rides from Topsfield into the Capitol. All those sites you’ve read about in history books will be part of our journey. JFK Library, Bunker Hill, Freedom Trail, Faneuil Hall, etc. are just part of what we’ll see.  Continuing up the coastline to an ocean-side campsite in Searsport ME and then nearby Bar Harbor in Trenton will make you a firm believer that Maine is indeed beautiful. We’ll enjoy the Penobscot Marine Museum, Fort Knox and the Penobscot Narrows Observatory and a Food Channel-approved ”Down East Style Lobster Bake”.

We’ll camp nearby FDR’s retreat at Campobello Island in NB, Canada, enjoy “Tea With Eleanor” and then another campsite up the road in Moncton where we will visit Hopewell Cape and see the exaggerated tides of the Bay of Fundy.  Nova Scotia’s 3 stops include campsites that will be home bases so we can travel to Peggy’s Cove, Halifax, Louisbourg, Baddeck and of course the Cabot Trail. We intend to be in NS for 11 days and we will see everything and continue to eat too!  A short trip across to Prince Edward Island on a ferry and you will think you’re in Heaven. We have plenty of time here for exploring and enjoying some entertainment in Charlottetown, the warm waters along some of the most beautiful beaches, as well as seafood-PEI style. We will have our Farewell Banquet in Charlottetown.
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N-47-B

North to Alaska  (Standby Only)

Start Date: July 12, 2018                    Location: Dawson Creek, BC

Stop Date:  September 12, 2018       Location: Prince George, B.C.

Number of Nights:  63

Number of Stops:  26

Leaders:  John & Cissy Thibadeau #1229

Phone:  (cell)  770-560-641

Email:  jsthibadeau@gmail.com

Mailing Address:  105 Crown Ct., Peachtree City, GA 3026

Co-Leader & WBCCI # Karl & Cindy Weisenberger #1885

Maximum RV Units/With Leaders:  35

Kitty Fee w/2:  $7400.00     Kitty Fee w/1: $5500.00     Guest: TBD

Deposit: $ 500.00

Date Balance Due: 1st payment due Nov. 30, 2017- $3700.00 w/2, $2750.00 w/1

2nd payment due Mar. 31, 2018 – $3200.00 w/2, $2250.00 w/1

Cancellation Fee:  $25.00 – leaders discretion after March 31, 2018

Beginning at milepost 0 of the Alaska Highway in Dawson Creek, British Columbia you will experience the majestic scenery of British Columbia, Yukon Territory and Alyeska “The Great Land”.  We will drive through the Yukon Territory and ferry the Yukon River in Dawson City.  Part of the adventure is to then drive the famous bumpy but very scenic “Top of the World Highway” to Chicken Alaska.  Don’t be chicken going to Chicken!  Here you will see and experience the wild Alaska bush country.  This first part of the tripwill include a visit to Skagway and an optional visit to Eagle, AK. It is then on to TOK(the end of the Alaska Hwy}, Fairbanks, Denali and Anchorage.  This portion of the trip will include panning for gold, river and boat cruises, a visit to Santa’s home at the North Pole, dinner shows, salmon bakes, glaciers, and a ride on the scenic Alaska railroad.  Next we will drive around the Kenai Peninsula and camp in  Seward, Homer and Kenai.  Our trip back toward the lower 48 will include stops in Valdez, Juneau, Haines, and Hyder. At every stop wildlife viewing opportunities abound.  You will see numerous glaciers and perhaps see one calving into the sea or drink melted ice thousands of years old. See sled dogs bounding with energy, humpback whales, a salmon run, eagles, bears, moose, etc. Perhaps you would like to take an optional plane flight around Denali, do some bear viewing or even fly to the Arctic Circle.  Opportunities for world class fishing and hiking will be numerous. Your trip will end in Prince George, British Columbia as summer turns to fall with colorful foliage and mountains dusted with snow.  This caravan is a true bucket list item!
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N-47-P

It’s a New York (State) State of Mind

Start Date:  August 7, 2018             Start Location:  Niagara Falls , Youngstown, NY

Stop Date:  August 31, 2018           Stop Location:  Crouton-on-Hudson, NY

Total Number of Nights: 25

Number of Stops: 7

Maximum RV Units/With Leader: 21

Leaders: Debbie and Mark Hammer, #2437

Home Phone: 516-437-2839  Cell phone: 516-330-3644

Email: Debbie@halimer.com

Mailing address: 1647 Park Avenue, New Hyde Park, NY 11040

Kitty Fee w/2: $2900.00       Kitty Fee w/1:   $2300.00       Guest: $1000.00

Deposit Amount : $200.00

Payment Due: $1000.00 by December 15, 201

Balance Due: April 1, 2018

Cancellation Fee: $50.00 – Leaders discretion after 5/1/18

Starting from the magnificent Niagara Falls, we will boat on the Erie Canal and then head to the Finger Lakes for some wine tasting, hiking and flea/craft marketing with a visit to the Corning glass works.  We then will stay in the 1000 Islands (actually 1864) and take a look at Boldt Castle.  A drive through the Adirondacks (the largest publicly protected area in the contiguous United States) will bring us to Lake Placid/Whiteface Mountain and the US Olympic Training Complex for a tour and an option to try out some Olympic events on your free day.  Traveling down I-87, the North-way, we will stay in the Lake George area to explore Ft. Ticonderoga, Saratoga Springs (the city, the racetrack, the Battlefield and the charming towns along Route 9).  Southward again to the Catskills Region to see an airshow at the Rhinebeck Aerodrome, cruise the Hudson, tour the US Military Academy at West Point and have something to eat at the Culinary Institute of America, aka ‘the CIA’.  An extra day in the Catskills means you can choose your own adventure – hang gliding, parachuting, zip-lining, hiking the ‘Gunks’, visiting Woodstock (Bethel Farms), shopping at Woodbury Commons Outlet Mall or just relaxing.  Our final stop is Croton-on-Hudson, about an hour and a half from NYC and for the next two days our own motorcoach will take us into Manhattan in the morning and pick us up in time to return for dinner.  Options in Manhattan are endless – some possibilities are a Dim Sum lunch in Chinatown, the Statue of Liberty/Ellis Island, the 9/11 Museum, the Metropolitan Museum of Art, shopping on Fifth or Madison Avenues or even a Broadway matinee.  The final day of our caravan will take us to the home of iconic New York author Washington Irving followed by a farewell banquet

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N-47-I

Southwest Adventure  (Standby Only) 

Start Date:  August 19, 2018      Location: Albuquerque, NM

Stop Date:  October 9, 2018       Location: Albuquerque, NM

Total Number of Nights: 51

Number of Stops: 13

Co-Leader: Carol and Winston Montague #5274

Home phone: 850-878-1281

Cell phone: 850-491-7444 & 850-212-3726

Email: wmontague@embarqmail.com

Mailing Address:  3958 Meandering Lane, Tallahassee, FL 32308

Co-Leader: Elna and Jay Thompson  #7293

Cell phones: 850-212-4719 & 850-766-0036

E-Mail: elnaandjay@mac.com

Mailing Address:   9163 McDougal Court, Tallahassee, FL 32312

Maximum RV Units/With Leader: 34

Kitty Fee(estimated):  w/2: $4500, w/1: $3500, guest: $1000

Deposit: $200

Payment Dates:  2/1/2017-$200    2/1/2018-$2150    4/1/2018-$2150

Cancellation Fee: : $50 before 2/1/2018 plus non-refundable deposit, leaders discretion after 2/1/2018

The 2018 Caravan will be in August, September and October capturing the awesome beauty of the fall landscapes.  Beginning in Albuquerque, NM, we will discover Santa Fe by trolley, savor local cuisine and then visit Taos.  What is around the corner in the Four-Corners region of CO, UT, AZ, and NM, other tourists may not see.  We visit Indian pueblos and reservations to learn about their cultures from native guides.  The grandeur of the scenery will amaze you as we ride a narrow gauge train up to Silverton, Colorado; hike to the “Palace” in Mesa Verde, or truck into Monument Valley.  Moab, Utah provided gorgeous views in the surrounding National Parks and excitement with “slick-rock riding” in ultimate jeeps.  Whether using a camera at Capitol Reef National Park, or riding a mule into Bryce Canyon, the parks will captivate you.  After seeing the North Rim of the Grand Canyon we’ll spend four days beside Lake Powell; enjoy a boat trip on the lake; a Colorado River raft float trip, and a tour through Horseshoe Bend Slot Canyon.  Our final two weeks will take us to New Mexico to explore Farmington, Gallup, Acoma and Albuquerque.  We will have a chance to ride in a hot air balloon before our final stop at the Albuquerque Balloon Fiesta.  America the Beautiful Senior passes (formerly Golden Age Pass) will save you money in Mesa Verde, Zion, Bryce, Capitol Reef, Arches, Canyon-lands, and the North Rim of the Grand Canyon National Parks.  Come prepared to have fun with your fellow caravanners!
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N-47-R

Ores, Shores, Waters, and Lights – East  (Standby Only)

Start Date: September 8, 2018          Start Location: Manistique, MI

Stop Date: September 23, 2018        Stop Location: St. Ignace, MI

Total Number of Nights: 15

Number of Stops: 5

Maximum RV Units/With Leader: 17

Leaders: Chip & Lori DeLeeuw  WBCCI #2748

Cell phone: 517-250-5060

Email: cdeleeuw@comcast.net

Mailing address: 906 Wright Lane, Milan, MI  48160

Kitty Fee w/2: $1600.00          Kitty Fee w/1: $1200.00          Guest: $500.00

Deposit Amount : $200.00

Date Balance Due: 5/1/18

Cancellation Fee: $50.00 – Leaders discretion after 5/1/18

Short caravan; perfect for your summer vacation!  Rendezvous for this caravan is on Saturday, September 8, 2018 at Manisique, MI.  See the absolute best of the eastern end of Michigan’s Upper Peninsula in just 15 days and 5 stops.  Last night of the caravan and the closing banquet will be on Saturday, September 22, 2018, at St. Ignace, MI.  Key activities/outings include: Ferry ride under the Mackinaw Bridge in route to a day on Mackinac Island, horse carriage tour of the Island, lunch at Grand Hotel, tours of lighthouses, visit to Kitch-iti-kipi, a guided tour of Fayette Historic State Park, visits to numerous waterfalls, a boat tour of the Pictured Rocks National Lakeshore, tour of the Great Lakes Shipwreck Museum at Whitefish Point, Tahquamenon Falls, Soo Locks boat tour, Oswald’s Bear Ranch, and much more.

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N-47-W

Highway 61 Revisited

Start Date: September 8, 2018          Start Location:  Duluth, MN

Stop Date: October 8, 2018               Stop Location:  New Orleans, LA

Total Number of Nights: 30

Number of Stops: 13

Maximum RV Units/With Leader: TBD

Leaders: Ingo and Mary Werk #4646

Cell phone: 310-714-INGO

Email:  ingowerk.hwy61@gmail.com. 

Mailing address:  PO Box 1600, Wilmington, CA 90748-1600

Kitty Fee w/2: $3450.00      Kitty Fee w/1: $2750.00         Guest: TBD

Deposit Amount :  $500.00 with application

Date Balance Due:  July 1, 2018

Cancellation Fee:

Introducing a New Caravan along the Old River Road, 1,400 miles from Duluth MN to New Orleans LA, from the weekend after Labor Day to Columbus Day.  To be exact: September 8th to October 8th, 2018, so save the date.  From the colorful Northern Fall Foliage to the Deep South, this is a spectacular journey with the mighty Mississippi at your side and music exploration on your mind.  The Caravan starts in Duluth MN, where the iconic singer-songwriter, musician, author, artist and recipient of the 2016 Nobel Prize in Literature Bob Dylan was born.  We tour all Bob Dylan sites of significance in Duluth as well as in Hibbing MN, where he grew up.  His 1965 album “Highway 61 Revisited” inspired this Caravan, as this once major American highway still connects us to southern places known for their musical heritage.  Next are the Twin Cities, where the multi-talented recording artist Prince, who passed away in 2016, resided.  We tour his extraordinary private estate and production complex just out-side of Minneapolis.  A Prairie Home Companion of Garrison Keillor fame, but now with Chris Thile, is also on our agenda in St. Paul.  Going South on 61, Memphis TN is a music explorer’s delight: Elvis Presley’s Graceland, Beale Street with Jerry Lee Lewis Honky Tonk Café, Sun Records where Roy Orbison and Johnny Cash cut their first record, Stax Studios with Otis Redding and the birth of Soul Music.  We see it all, and much more.  Crossing the state line to Mississippi, 61 turns into the Blues Highway.  This stretch is an education of the Mississippi Delta Blues and the rich history of this unique art form.  We visit the BB King Museum and Blues Museums featuring legends as well as Morgan Freeman’s Ground Zero Blues Club.  We even visit a Grammy Museum dedicated to the Blues in the middle of nowhere.  Heading South, Louisiana has its own music traditions.  Our final destination is New Orleans LA, the birthplace of Jazz: Dixieland, Louis Armstrong, French Quarter, Fats Domino, etc.  The Big Easy is this Caravan’s Grand Finale.  If you got the rhythm, this Caravan is for you!

This Caravan is primarily for lovers of modern American music.  Although we include a few non-musical bonus options, like a Greyhound Bus Museum, or a Red Wing Shoe Museum, or a John Deere or Mark Twain, or a Coca-Cola Museum where the first Coke was bottled.  Expect waterfront campgrounds, if possible.  Really, two wire-haired dachshunds are organizing this Caravan. This means “Highway 61 Revisited” is pet-friendly.

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N-47-S

Bourbon in the Blue Grass

Start Date: September 10, 2018          Start Location: Franklin, KY

Stop Date: October 7, 2018                 Stop Location: Lexington, KY

Total Number of Nights: 27

Number of Stops: 6

Maximum RV Units/With Leader: 25

Co Leaders: Jim & Sheila Skipper #3178

Cell phone: 850-877-1729

Email: sskipper813@gmail.com

Mailing address: 9150 Seafair Lane, Tallahassee, FL 32317

Co Leaders: Larry & Shala Wilson, #10298

Cell phone: Larry 270-782-6554  Shala 270-792-3814

Email: shalawilson@gmail.com

Mailing address: 1122 Old Main Street, Hartford, KY 42347

Kitty Fee w/2: $3450.00          Kitty Fee w/1: $2450.00         Guest: $1300.00

Deposit Amount : $250.00

Date Balance Due: 50% due by 1/15/18,  final payment by 4/15/18

Cancellation Fee: $50.00 – Leaders discretion after 4/15/18


Join us as we experience Kentucky hospitality as we follow the Bourbon Trail, take part in the Bourbon Festival, and attend live races at the beautiful Keeneland Race Track. Along the way, we will take the dinner train through the Kentucky countryside just as leaves are beginning to change colors; visit lots of distilleries, craft breweries and wineries, spend the day at a Blue Grass Festival, have lunch on the Belle of Louisville and visit museums and historic homes. Something for everyone!

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N-47-D 

The American Revolution in the Northern Colonies

Start Date:    September 13, 2018       Location:  Littleton, MA

Stop Date:    October 17, 2018            Location:  Alexandria, VA

Total Number of Nights:  34

Number of Stops:  7

Leaders:  Ed and Beth Jones   WBCCI #1515 

Phone:  Home 703-780-6597   Cell : Ed 703-475-0573,  Beth 703.244.6384

E-Mail:  thunderhorse16@yahoo.com

Mailing Address:  3704 Washington Woods Dr., Alexandria, VA 22309

Maximum RV Units/With Leader:  26

Kitty Fee w/2:  $4565.00      Kitty Fee w/1:  $3660.00      Guest: TBD

Deposit Amount:  $350.00

Payment Dates : TBD

Date Balance Due: TBD

Cancellation Fee: TBD

Dust off your tri-corner hat and mob cap and join us as we travel back in time to where the seeds of the American Revolution were planted and bore fruit. We will begin in Boston and see the Old State House where fiery debates occurred, walk where the Boston Massacre erupted, take part in reenacting the Boston Tea Party(prepare to heave ho some British tea into the Boston Harbor) and hear ranger talks on the Battle of Bunker Hill; we’ll also visit other historic landmarks such as Faneuil Hall aka “The Cradle of Liberty”, the Old North Church, Paul Revere’s house and the USS Constitution, “Old  Ironsides”. From there we travel to Minute Man National Historical Park and follow the day (April 19, 1775) that marked the beginning of the war to independence from first blood on Lexington Green to the “shot heard round the world at North Bridge in Concord.  Then we travel to New York visiting Fort Stanwix National Monument in Rome, Oriskany Battlefield in Oriskany, and Fort Ticonderoga where Ethan Allen and Benedict Arnold (before he turned traitor) led the “Green Mountain Boys” in an easy victory over British forces. Saratoga National Historical Park where a decisive American victory convinced the French to support the fledging nation also rates a visit as does the Bennington Battlefield in New York as well as Vermont. We will charter a bus to West Point for a private tour and lunch at the Officers’ Club followed by a visit to the New Windsor Cantonment, General Henry Knox’s Headquarters, and an optional visit to the National Purple Heart Hall of Honor. We will explore General Washington’s Headquarters at Newburgh then enjoy a tour-guided bus trip into New York City where some sites are now sky scrapers but others are alive and well such as FederalHall and Fraunces Tavern and Museum where we’ll have lunch. New Jersey is next with tours at Fort Lee, Morristown National Historic Park, Washington Crossing State Park (and Washington Crossing on the PA side), Monmouth Battlefield State Park, Princeton Battlefield State Park and Old Barracks Museum in Trenton. Then into Pennsylvania to Valley Forge National Historical Park in King of Prussia and Brandywine Battlefield Museum in Chadds Ford. The City Of Brotherly Love we’ll see via charter bus taking into Independence National Historical Park for park ranger talks and tours of Independence Hall, the Liberty Bell Center, the new American Revolution Museum, and dining at historic City Tavern. Our final destination will be in Virginia at Washington’s beloved estate, Mount Vernon for a VIP tour and our final banquet.
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N-47-H 

Gone to Texas  (Standby Only)

Start Date:  September 24, 2018        Location:  Hillsboro, Texas

Stop Date:  October 27, 2018             Location:  Kerrville, Texas

Number of Nights:  34

Number of Stops: 14

Leaders:  Lyle & Peggy Snow #7358

Home Phone: : 823-217-4508     713-557-92

Email:  Lyles51@comcast.net

Mailing Address:   31743 Serrano Bluff Ln., Spring , Texas 77386

Co-Leaders:  Ronn & Rae Gilbert #1450

Maximum RV Units/With Leader:  20

Kitty Fee:  w/2 $2300.00, w/1 $1800, guest $500

Deposit: $ 250.00

First Payment:  Nov 1, 2017  $1000

Date Balance Due: May 1, 2018

Cancellation Fee:  $100.00   Leaders discretion after Aug 1, 2018

The letters GTT were familiar in the United States during the early 1800’s. They meant GONE TO TEXAS. Come with us and see why it was the place to be as we travel from Hillsboro just south of Fort Worth, “Where The West Begins”, to the beautiful Texas Hill country west of San Antonio. Along the way we will visit Buffalo country, Indian Country, Oil Patches, Carlsbad Caverns, Texas Salt Flats, Old Missions, Cavalry Forts, travel along the United States/Mexico border, A PASSPORT WOULD BE REQUIRED FOR ANY TRAVEL INTO MEXICO. (NOT A CARAVAN ACTIVITY) A World Famous Observatory, Mystery Lights at   Marfa, Big Bend National Park, The “Hanging Judge” The Alamo, an Exotic Game Ranch, a  Dude Ranch, and much more. From the Texas plains to the mountains to the deserts and the beautiful hill country. Leave a message for your friends—GTT. Moderate hiking may be required on some events.