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California and National Parks Tour For Rotary Exchange Students June 14-28, 2011 A Journey Through the American West from California to the Great Rocky Mountains to the Grand Canyon The 12th Annual Western Trip for Rotary Exchange Inbound Students in the USA and Canada |
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Trip Application (Adobe PDF Form Format) You Need To Fill Out One Application for All Trips
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Price $1875 per person quad occupancy Send the $1000 deposit with application.Final Payment of $875 due April 13, 2011After April 13, Please Send Full Payment. Includes Air Fare From Host CitySend The Following (Required):
Application is not complete until all parts are received. Only one application is required for all three trips If you were on the earlier trips just contact Trip Leader
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Make Checks payable to McMurray Travel Service Please put student’s name and Rotwest in Memo of check or money order. (No international checks or credit cards. We prefer not to take wire transfers but can do it.) all payments must be in U.S. funds made drawn on a u.s. bank. Mail Check and Applications to: McMurray Travel Service, 6480 Dobson Square East. Columbus OH 43229
ALL TOURS SUBJECT TO POSSIBLE INCREASE While every effort has been made to guarantee our tour prices for 2011, due to recent oil price increases and fluctuations each tour may be subject to airline and Motor coach fuel surcharges before departure). We sincerely regret this, and do our best to avoid it if at all possible. Presently there is little chance of this.
Tour Cancellation and
Reservation Change Policies: Individual tour members canceling from the tour for any reason will be charged the following percentages of the tour price. 60-15 days prior (April 7, 2010 - May 26, 2010) 25% of tour cost plus applicable supplier penalties, 14 Days prior (May 25, 2010 at 5:00pm EDT) until return 100% of tour cost per participant. No shows are non-refundable. If you don't arrive in our meeting point city on the day the tour starts you are a no show. Anyone missing their flight will have to proceed to the next stop of the tour, at their own expense by the best available conveyance. It is your responsibility to know which airport you are flying from. Read Your Ticket Long Before Leaving!!! Hotel and supplier penalties above this will be passed on to canceling tour member, not roommates. Due to strict cancellation penalties charged by airlines, hotels, motor coach companies, etc. and the possibility of illness and death of tour participants and family members, we strongly suggest purchase of optional travel insurance (Rates vary, but cost is approximately $90). |
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June
15 - Los Angeles/Hollywood/Buellton: Today we'll
visit the world center of glamour, Los Angeles and Hollywood.
En route we'll see some of the
June 18 - Reno/Virginia
City/Fallon: A drive over the Sierra Nevada Mountains and
Donner Pass takes us to Reno, Nevada. The Donner Pass is where
the famous Donner Party were snowed
in and r cannibalism. Reno is a casino resort town. A brief
stop there and we'll go south through Nevada's capital Carson City to Virginia City.
Virginia City is a throwback from the old West; with wooden
sidewalks, a great wild west feel and fun stores and shops to
explore. After a
June 19 - Twin Falls ID: A drive through the Nevada Desert where you will enjoy some amazing views. The scenery changes constantly. This area is famous for mining and free-spirited cowboys. This is a driving day but we'll have fun on the bus and get a chance to know each other better. This evening we'll stay in Twin Falls, Idaho. Twin Falls is famous for base jumping off the Snake River Canyon Bridge (which we saw last year) and is located on the famous Oregon Trail Pioneer trail. .
June 20 - Grand Teton National Park/Jackson Hole, WY: Probably the most beautiful mountain range in the continental USA, Grand Teton is natural and unspoiled. Abundant wildlife and our favorite hike, String Lake, will top our day. Tonight we stay in the Jet-Set city of Jackson Hole. World famous ski resort with plenty of great shopping, fun things to do and incredible beauty. (CB)
June 21 - Yellowstone National
Park//Jackson Hole, WY: Today we drive to America's best-loved and the oldest National Park in the world, Yellowstone.
Named for the sulfur rocks found here, it is a geothermal zone and a
super caldera. Hot springs, geysers, paint pots, and countless
animals including bison (American Buffalo), deer, antelope, coyotes,
and in past years even bears. are in abundance here. Today
we'll explore the beautiful Inspiration Point, the Mud
Volcano, Geysers a
June 24 - Moab
White Water/Mesa Verde National Park/Cortez: This morning we'll
be white water rafting on the Little Colorado River through a
spectacular mountain canyon (and popular place to shoot movies and
television shows). After a quick dry-off we'll drive a few
hours to Cortez, Colorado and Mesa Verde National Park.
This is the site of the most famous
June 26 -
Grand Canyon/Flagstaff AZ:
An early morning drive through incredible scenery takes us to the South Rim of
the Grand Canyon.
We’ll be stopping at
Mather Point
for a 3.1 mile hike along the rim. This will give you countless
opportunities to take pictures of this amazingly
beautiful wonder of the world.
June 27 - Petrified Forest/Phoenix: This morning we'll drive along Route 66 then drive to the Petrified Forest. Ancient fossilized trees dot the landscape. With one of the world's largest and most colorful concentrations of petrified wood, multi-hued badlands of the Painted Desert, historic structures, archeological sites, native grassland environment, and displays of over 200-million-year-old fossils, this is a surprising land of scenic wonders and fascinating science. We'll be driving into Phoenix in the late afternoon, traveling through the Saguaro Desert, home of the beautiful Saguaro Cactus. After a quick tour of Phoenix, one of the fastest growing cities in the USA, we'll settle into our hotel. (CB) June 28 - Home: Early morning shuttles to early morning flights wing us home after our amazing trip. (CB)
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Rotary
California and National Parks Western Adventure 2011
June 14 - Phoenix/Blythe
CA: After an early morning flight into
Phoenix (included in the price) to meet the bus. We'll leave
Phoenix and drive a few hours through the beautiful desert to the
California border and stay that evening in Blythe, CA, (CB)
oldest living things on earth, the
Joshua Trees. Protected by law, these trees can be up to 3,000 years old.A short
drive will take us into the sprawling metropolis of Los Angeles.
We'll drive up Hollywood Boulevard to the famous Sunset Strip.
Walk the "Hollywood Walk of Fame", see the Graumann's Chinese
Theater, have your picture taken with the Hollywood sign in the
background. We'll let you shop the trendiest shopping district
in the USA, Melrose Avenue. After a day in Hollywood, we'll
drive north, past Malibu towards Buellton and Solvang. Solvang
is famous for being the Danish City of California. Beautiful
and a popular resort area is our home for tonight. (CB)
June 16 - San Francisco: This
morning we'll drive up through beautiful California until we arrive
in San Francisco tonight. San Francisco is one of America's
most beautiful cities. Cosmopolitan, exciting, fun, and a
little exotic. It was in San Francisco that the "Summer of Love" and
the
Hippie movement were formed. It was also where Gay
liberation became a movement. It is also a center of art,
music and comedy. We'll have free time tonight to explore
on you own along famous "Fisherman's Wharf". Our hotel
tonight is a short walk from Fisherman's Wharf. (CB)
June 17 - San Francisco:
This morning we'll go on a sightseeing tour of the city seeing places like
Golden Gate Park, Haight-Ashbury, Ocean Beach, the Castro District and Twin Peaks.
A highlight will be a walk to the middle of the Golden Gate Bridge. This
afternoon you'll have more free time to explore the city with at least 4 of
your friends. We'll start that in the famous
China Town Region and
from there it is a short walk to North Beach (the "Little Italy of San
Francisco"), Nob Hill and Embarcadero. Get on the Cable Cars and go shopping
in Union Square, or hike from China Town to Fisherman's Wharf, past the
Presidio and out to the Golden Gate Bridge. (CB)
couple of hours there, we'll drive to
Fallon on famous US50, the loneliest highway in America, for our
overnight. (CB)
nd all types of wild animals. I This
is a great place. Today we'll be taking many pictures. We will be
walking around wild animals, boiling hot geysers and hot springs so
be careful. One of our goals today is to walk in the
geyser basin. Last
year we saw four bears (including the elusive grizzly), moose and
numerous other animals. We'll continue exploring Yellowstone including a trip to the
famous Old Faithful Geyser. The most famous geyser we'll see is
Old Faithful, which spouts 20-30 meters of boiling water into the
air every 45-90 minutes. We'll also stop at West Thumb
Geothermal area and then to Grand Teton National Park.
Probably the most beautiful mountain range in the continental USA,
Grand Teton is natural and unspoiled. Abundant wildlife and
our favorite hike, String Lake, will top our day. Tonight we
stay in the Jet-Set city of Jackson Hole. World famous ski
resort with plenty of great shopping, fun things to do and
incredible beauty. (CB)
June 22 - Temple Square/Provo UT:
A morning drive through some spectacular scenery takes us to
June 23 -
Moab/Arches National Park: A drive through the desert takes us
to Moab, UT and the home of two national parks, Arches and Canyonlands. We'll take a hike in "Windows"
in Arches National Park, which features
several huge natural arches. One of the most beautiful and
striking places in the USA, the national park is a magnet for rock
climbers, mountain biking (extreme mountain biking was invented
here) and off-roading. Moab is a trendy fun town with
lots to do in your free time tonight. 
June 25 -
Monument Valley Tribal Park/Jeep Tour/Page AZ:
The Grand Canyon is 
