Inbound Itinerary

Tuesday, Sept. 28

7 hour drive to Winnemucca, NV

Winnemucca Inn & Casino

Wednesday, Sept. 29

5.5 hour drive to Salt Lake City, UT with stop at Great Salt Lake

Tour Salt Lake City, Temple Square

Airport Hilton

Thursday, Sept. 30

5.5 hour drive to Jackson, WY via Idaho

Buy lunch supplies for 3 days in the parks.

6:00pm - Bar T5 Covered Wagon Cookout.

Homewood Suites

Friday, Oct. 1

Tour Grand Teton National Park - Craig Thomas Discovery & Visitor Center, hike at Jenny Lake. Picnic lunch.

Tour lower Yellowstone National Park, Yellowstone Lake, Old Faithful.

Dinner at Old Faithful Inn Dining Room

Old Faithful Inn

Saturday, Oct. 2

Tour Yellowstone - Upper Geyser Basin; Midway Geyser Basin; Firehole Lake Drive to Great Fountain Geyser; Fountain Paint Pot; Lower Geyser Basin, Monument Geyser Basin, Artists Paint Pot, Steamboat Geyser, Norris Geyser Basin. Picnic at Norris. Upper and Lower Falls (Some walking required), Roosevelt Lodge.

Drive out into Lamar Valley to animal watch at dusk.

Dinner – Mammoth Hot Springs Hotel

Mammoth Hot Springs Hotel

Sunday, Oct. 3

Sunday Breakfast Buffet at Mammoth Hot Springs Hotel

Tour upper Yellowstone - Albright Visitor Center; Walk around Historic Fort Yellowstone; explore road south towards Norris

3 hour drive to Billings, MT

Hampton Inn

Monday, Oct. 4

2 hour drive to Little Bighorn; tour battlefield.

4 hour drive to Devil’s Tower

1.5 hour drive to Deadwood

Hampton Inn

Tour Deadwood; Cemetery (Wild Bill Hickok and Calamity Jane)

Tuesday, Oct. 5

Drive to Wind Cave National Park and take cave tour

Drive to Mount Rushmore National Park and tour Information Center, Lincoln Borglum Visitor Center, Lakota, Heritage Village.

1 hour drive to Rapid City, SD

Hampton Inn

Wednesday, Oct. 6

2.5 hour drive to Badlands National Park Visitor Center and driving tour of park

4.5 hour drive to Mitchell SD and tour Corn Palace

1.5 hour Drive to Sioux Falls, SD

Homewood Suites

Thursday, Oct. 7

6.5 hour drive to Coralville, IA (University of Iowa) via South Sioux Falls, NE

Hampton Inn

Friday, Oct. 8

7.5 hour drive to Toledo, OH

Hampton Inn

Saturday, Oct. 9

2 hour drive to Cleveland;

Tour Rock and Roll Hall of Fame

Doubletree

Sunday, Oct. 10

7.5 hour drive home