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Texas Cowboy Country 2023 Value Tour
2023 VALUE TOUR
Texas Cowboy Country
featuring Three Nights at the Y.O. Ranch Hotel
DAYS 1 & 2 We’re Off!: Your Texas Cowboy Country adventure begins with an overnight and welcome dinner in Missouri. In Oklahoma City visit America’s premier institution of Western history, art and culture, the National Cowboy & Western Heritage Museum. Founded in 1955, it helps preserve and exhibit its internationally renowned collection of Western art and artifacts to help its visitors gain a better understanding of the West. (2 Dinners and breakfast)
DAY 3 Welcome to Texas and the Y.O. Ranch Hotel: At the heart of Texas Cowboy Country lies the Hill Country town of Kerrville. Your home is the impressive Y.O. Ranch Hotel, whose name comes from the legendary Y.O. Ranch. The hotel lobby welcomes you with Old West memorabilia, antiques and artifacts from an era 100 years past. Over 40 exotic game trophies and beautiful handwork of Indian heritage from the 1500s to 1800s also fill the lobby. Tonight, enjoy dinner on your first night in “Hill Country.”
(Breakfast and dinner)
DAY 4 San Antonio River Cruise and the Alamo: Travel to San Antonio where a local guide shows you the city, the Mission San Jose and the Mexican Marketplace. Enjoy lunch on your own before taking to the water for a narrated river cruise alongside the San Antonio River Walk. You will visit one of the most enduring attractions in San Antonio, the Alamo. This mission and fortress is where Davey Crockett and 185 other “Texans” died defending Texas against an army of over one thousand and represents over 300 years of history. For those who wish, an IMAX film, Alamo – The Price of Freedom, is available at an additional cost. (Breakfast and dinner)
DAY 5 Y.O. Ranch and National Museum of the Pacific War: Travel into the Hill Country today for a visit to the Y.O. Ranch. On a wildlife tour you may see up to 55 different species of exotic animals roaming the ranch such as giraffes, African wildebeests and antelope, with one of the ranch’s guides. Then enjoy an included lunch at the ranch before traveling to Fredericksburg to visit the National Museum of the Pacific War. This one-of-a-kind museum covers the War of the Pacific arena from all angles and features the Admiral Nimitz Museum, Plaza of the Presidents and much more. You will also enjoy free time in Fredericksburg before returning to the hotel.
Visit the historic Fort Worth Stockyards
DAY 6 LBJ Ranch and Texas White House: In Stonewall, visit the Lyndon B. Johnson Ranch and Texas White House State Park. See memorabilia for LBJ’s presidency along with a driving tour of the ranch grounds. See the presidential airplane, runway, LBJ’s automobiles and the Johnson family cemetery. You will also see the Texas White House where LBJ often conducted the nation’s business surrounded by his trusted advisors and world leaders. In Johnson City we stop at LBJ’s boyhood home. (Breakfast)
DAY 7 National Cowgirl Museum and Hall of Fame and Fort Worth Cattle Drive: Today tour Fort Worth with a local guide. See Sundance Square and the memorial dedicated to the memory of John F. Kennedy, who spent his last night in Fort Worth before that fateful day in Dallas. Later, tour the National Cowgirl Museum and Hall of Fame, established to honor woman of the American West. At the historic Fort Worth Stockyards see the “Drovers” bring in their herd of Texas Longhorns through town, a re-creation of life during the cattle drive era of the late 1800s. Tonight, dinner is at Cooper’s Old Time Pit Bar-B-Que. Since 1953, Cooper’s has been serving up traditional Hill Country pit bar-b-que. Taste the legend for yourself. (Breakfast and dinner)
DAYS 8 & 9 Your Journey Home: With an overnight in Missouri and Drury Inn Kickback Reception you travel home with warm memories that are sure to last a lifetime.
(2 Breakfasts)
2023 IL DEPARTURES PER PERSON TWINSINGLE ROOM
March 5, 19 April 9 $1,999 $1,999 add $599 add $599
2023 WI DEPARTURES PER PERSON TWINSINGLE ROOM
March 26 April 16 $1,999 $1,999 add $599 add $599
TOUR ACTIVITY LEVEL 1 2 3 4 5
1 1
TEXAS
Fredericksburg Y.O. Ranch
En Route Overnights
Hotel Overnights
Visit
Tour Route
Fort Worth Stockyards 1
2
Fort Worth
3
Kerrville Johnson City Stonewall
San Antonio
ü 13 Meals (8 breakfasts, 1 lunch and 4 dinners) ü Free home and local pickup and return ü Spend three nights in the heart of Texas Cowboy
Country at the Y.O. Ranch Hotel ü Visit the National Cowboy & Western Heritage Museum ü Visit the stirring Oklahoma City National Memorial ü Take a tour of San Antonio with a local guide including the Mission San Jose and El Mercado ü Enjoy a narrated river cruise along the famed San
Antonio River Walk, a public park in the heart of the city ü Visit the Alamo, the mission and fortress where Davey
Crockett and other “Texans” died defending Texas ü Tour the Y.O. Ranch, a 40,000 acre ranch featuring exotic wildlife and an included lunch ü The National Museum of the Pacific War, a one-of-akind museum covering the War of the Pacific arena ü Tour Lyndon B. Johnson Ranch State Park and see the “Texas White House” ü See LBJ’s boyhood home at Johnson City ü Guided tour of Fort Worth including Sundance Square, the cultural district and JFK Memorial ü Tour the National Cowgirl Museum and Hall of Fame ü Visit the historic Fort Worth Stockyards and see the
“Drovers” bring herds of Texas Longhorns through town ü Enjoy dinner at Cooper’s Old Time Pit Bar-B-Que, a Hill Country tradition since 1953
