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FireKeepers Casino - Battle
Creek, MI
$59.00 per person Includes: Deluxe motor coach transportation, 4 hour stay at FireKeepers, $20 slot play, $5 additional, Amish meal, driver tip.
Jersey Boys
$109.00 per person Includes: Lunch, show ticket, deluxe motor coach transportation and driver tip.
Great Lakes Wine Fest*
$79.00 per person Includes: Admission to the wine fest, $10 in tokens, motor coach transportation and driver tip.
NASCAR - Michigan International
Speedway*
$189.00 per person Includes: Race ticket, lunch, pre-race pit pass, motor coach transportation and driver tip.
Greenfield Village & The
Henry Ford*
$99.00 per person Includes: Admission to Greenfield Village, The Henry Ford, motor coach transportation and driver tip.
Seadog Chicago Architectural
Cruise & Connie’s Pizza
The 75-minute River Architectural Cruise is the only tour to take you from the lakefront, through the locks, under famed bridges, and along the Chicago River all the way to the Sears Tower. Laugh at humorous descriptions and stories behind Chicago’s famous architecture, topped off with a lakefront speedboat ride! After leaving Navy Pier, we stop at Chicago’s famous Connie’s Pizza for all-you-can-eat homemade bread sticks, salad, fabulous pizza and soft drinks. Connie’s Pizza has become one of our favorite eateries in Chicago because of their excellent and plentiful food, great surroundings, and friendly service. Bring the kids along....they will love a spending a Sunday taking a speedboat ride and having pizza in Chicago! $99.00 per person Includes: Seadog cruise, Connie’s Pizza, motor coach transportation and driver tip.
German Fest - Milwaukee
$74.00 per person Includes: Motor coach transportation, festival admission, and driver tip.
Jackson, MI Historic Prison
Tour*
$97.00 per person Includes: Historic prison tour, lunch, motor coach transportation and driver tip.
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We again head to
FireKeepers Casino in Battle Creek, Michigan. FireKeepers Casino offers over
2,680 of your favorite slot machines, 78 game tables, poker and bingo. You will
receive $20 in free slot play, as well as $5 that can be used toward dining,
slot play or use in the gift shop. On our return home, we will stop for a superb
authentic Amish dinner in an Amish home. Rosie’s house is at the point in
construction where they can handle us again. It will be fun to see how they have
expanded their home. On the menu is Rosie’s fried chicken and roast beef,
along with her rice pudding and all the usual accompaniments!
Jersey
Boys is back in Chicago! You don't want to miss it this time. Jersey Boys
takes you up the charts, across the country and behind the music of Frankie
Valli and the Four Seasons. Discover the secret of a 40-year friendship: four
blue-collar kids working their way from the streets of Newark to the heights of
stardom becoming one of the greatest success in pop music history....all before
they were 30! Experience the electrifying performances of the hits that took
these guys to the Rock and Roll Hall of Fame, such as: "Sherry",
"Big Girls Don’t Cry", Rag Doll", "Oh, What a Night",
and "Can’t Take My Eyes Off You". Included is a superb lunch at Buca
di Beppo’s prior to the performance. Served family style, we will enjoy salad,
spaghetti with Marinara, Fettuccine Alfredo, Chicken Parmigiana, dessert, and
soft drinks.
The
Michigan Wine Foundation and Michigan International Speedway have teamed up for
the 3rd year for the Great Lakes Wine Fest to be held at Michigan
Speedway in Brooklyn, Michigan to feature the tastes and toasts of Michigan
wineries, breweries and eateries. Meet the winemakers and brewers, and sample
wine, beer and food from Michigan vendors. You will have the opportunity to
purchase wine by the bottle or the case. Live entertainment will also be
featured. You will receive $10 in tokens to be used toward wine sampling. You
must be 21 years of age to attend. No consumption of alcohol will be allowed on
the bus.
Would
you love to attend the Sprint Cup Series 400 race at Michigan International
Speedway, but don’t like the thought of the traffic hassle upon exiting? We
have the solution for you! Package includes special preferred bus parking close
to the track entrance and our hospitality tent, where you will find a nice lunch
buffet. Do a little shopping at the vendors booths prior to the race. Be sure to
take a stroll in the pit area prior to taking your seat in Turn 1. Alcohol is
not allowed on the bus, so bring the kids along! And remember your
camera! 
The Henry Ford
Museum started out as Henry Ford’s personal collection of historic objects,
which he began collecting as far back as 1906. Today the 12 acre site is
primarily a collection of antique machinery, pop culture items, automobiles,
locomotives, aircraft, and such items as an Oscar Mayer Wienermobile, the 1961
Lincoln Continental in which President John F. Kennedy was riding when he was
assassinated, and the rocking chair from Ford’s Theater in which President
Abraham Lincoln was sitting when he was shot.
Greenfield Village shows how
Americans lived and worked since the founding of our country, including
buildings from the 17th Century to the present, many of which are
staffed by costumed interpreters who conduct period tasks such as cooking,
farming and sewing. If you wish, you may opt to take a ride through the village
in an authentic Model-T. What fun! There are several eateries available at both
- on your own.
Enjoy
a scrumptious array of German foods, all prepared daily at the festival grounds
on Milwaukee’s lakefront. Try a Spanferkel or Westphalia ham sandwich,
Bratwurst, Schnitzel, potato pancakes, herring or a funnel cake. Relax in the
beautiful sidewalk café and try a slice of delectable torte or kuchen and a cup
of coffee, freshly brewed in the European manner. Of course, you may also choose
German Fest Beer, brewed from the "Old World" recipe. Imported German
wines and champagne, wine coolers, famous Milwaukee beers, soda, bottled water
and juices are also available. 
There
will be continuous entertainment with bands direct from Germany and dance groups
in authentic costumes spread throughout the festival grounds on 8 stages. Bring
the kids along for a wonderful summer family excursion and take in the Dachshund
race at 1:00 PM. Enjoy a wide array of tents for shopping for items such as
jewelry, clothing, household items, tools, etc. You may choose to take a ride on
the overhead gondolas which will take you from one end of the park to the other,
with a beautiful view of Lake Michigan. We had a great time at the 2009
festival! And should you have "one beer too many", remember you don’t
have to drive home! The price remains the same as our 2009 price! Pictures
to the left are from our 2009 German Fest trip. Go to our 2009 Photo Album
page to view all of the pictures.
This
tour begins at Michigan's First State Prison (1838-1934), which built Jackson
into a leading industrial town during the height of the Industrial Revolution.
Michigan's first state prison, once the world's largest walled prison, is now
the Armory Arts Village, a resident artists' community listed on MSN in the top
ten most unique buildings in which to live. The 25' stone and granite wall with
guard turrets surround it. Visitors hear fascinating history, tales of prison
life, colorful inmates, punishments, reforms, and see old solitary cells. Then
visit artists in their studios built out of prison cells and see how this old
brick and mortar building has gone from historic prison to artistic vision.
Lunch is served at The Old Prison Café. No bread and water served here! You
will choose from The Snitch (chicken salad on a croissant), The Burglar’s Beef
(Bistro roast beef on a Kaiser bun), or The Hamshank Redemption (Ham, salami,
pepperoni, marinated onions, lettuce, provolone on a baguette), along with a
seasonal homemade salad, dessert, and a beverage. 
We
then board our bus to the fully intact Seven-Block (1934-2007), on the closed
area of the Southern Michigan State Prison. This is where the inmates from the
first prison went when it closed in 1934. Robert DeNiro filmed the movie
"Stone" at Seven-Block. Hear tales of convicts, wardens, correction
officers, quarantine, reform, a helicopter escape, and Seven-Block's role during
the Detroit Riots. We then return to Armory Arts Village to browse there and at
Art 634: boutiques, art studios, and exhibits.