My Summer Vacation In Yellowstone & Wyoming

Monday - Day 1(Arrive Dubois, Wy.) Jump

straight into the saddle

for an easy hours ride

from Jackson Hole or a 3-hour ride from

Casper into the Rocky

Mountains of Wyoming.

Nestled between two mountain ranges the

beautiful Absaroka, and the Wind River ranges,

you’ll arrive into base camp. Dubois is well known

as a place where real cowboys work and play, so

“Yippee-Ky-Yi-Yo get along you cowboys cause for

the next week we’ll be your new home.”

You will

absolutly

fall in love

with the

mountains!

You will

absolutly

fall in love

with the

mountains!

Enjoy our meet and greet with the day-trippers (guides) and other guests at the Fort. After a brief orientation you’ll check into your guest quarters and then enjoy free-time site-seeing around town. Tonight we listen to live music and cowboy poetry at the Chuckwagon Musical Dinner Show.

Tuesday Day 2

Early A.M.fishing for the entire

family. The excitement is

unparalleled when your child

lands their first fish, and

it just keeps getting better

each time. We’ll pack a

basket of muffins and

sweet cheeses so you’ll

have something to nibble

on. Mid-morning we will

embark on a hike for a special

tour of petroglyphs. As part

of our Indian experience your

children will learn to make a bow

or a medicine stick. Later that

evening we’ll enjoy Indian guests

and/or a drum circle or perhaps

enjoy some square dancing with

the family. Kid’s pow wow in

teepees is an option for o

ur

little braves, while mom and dad

sneak off for a romantic dinner

and dancing.

Sample MenuBreakfast - Hamemade muffins thermoses of coffee & cocoa

Lunch - sandwhiches and Southwest chow-der

Dinner - Indian Tacos with tra-ditional flatbread and Honey Sopapias for dessert

Wednesday - Day 3

Rise and shine for an early morning

departure to Yellowstone for a

guided tour of the park. You will be

amazed walking through the surreal

landscape of spouting geysers

,

bubbling mud pots, and colorful hot

pools that have made Yellowstone

famous. Your guide book will also

take you beyond the usual landmarks

like Old Faithful and Morning Glory

Pool to show you more unusual,

hidden sights. Enjoy a picnic lunch

on the lake. On your return trip

to Dubois for dinner, expect

to be

awestruck during an evening spent

Stargazing (weather permitted)

Sample MenuBreakfast - Scrambled eggs and fresh cheese danish.

Lunch - Enjoy a picnic of icebox chicken, potato salad and oatmeal, cranberry & white chocolate cookies.

Dinner - Prime Rib with all the trimmings.Topped off by a decadent dessert

Thursday - Day 4Today you will head out on an ATV ride for a treasure hunt! Spend a little time panning for gold. Then our expert tracker will assist you to find all kinds of hidden treasures, with the ultimate goal of finding lunch. Expect to find wonderful treasures for every member of the family!

Spend a lazy afternoon with a little free time. You’ll savor your dinner in town at the Nostalgia Bistro in downtown Dubois!

Friday - Day 5 Cowboy breakfast -

Silver Dollar Pancakes and Bacon at the Fort then we are off to visit some of our historical and artistic museums - We’ll also enjoy a River Walk (with a wildlife expert) Today is the day you’ll be able to choose your adventure. Our teenage guests can use this time to go kayaking. Mom may want to sneak off for a massage and/or hike and dad might enjoy some unique caves in the area. We will have childcare activities provided.

Tonight we will have a rootin’ tootin’ good time at the Rodeo watching such events as team roping, bareback or saddle bronc riding, barrel racing, and bull riding We can provide padded seats for mom and dad. Dinner at the rodeo too. (We’ll even provide a Cowboy hat for the little cowpokes.)

Old-Timey Melodramas are

featured in both

Jackson

and Dubois

Saturday Day 6 Rise and shine for your early morning departure to Grand Teton National Park and Jackson Hole! We’ll enjoy lunch and shopping in Jackson Hole’s famous town square!Later we will embark on a floating journey down the Snake River, (optional white-water rapid trip available). See the wonders of the park floating on the river, offers opportunities for relaxing expeditions and whitewater adventures! From a scenic, slow-paced meander on the water to the thrills, chills and possible spills of a wild white water rafting ride. A trout and steak dinner served riverside.

Sunday - Day 7 .Sunday morning Gospel Brunch then some free time. (may we suggest hammock power napping after a little shopping?) Afterwards we will head out and you and your family will be literally on the top of the world on the Continental Divide where you’ll meet up with our wranglers for a half day trail ride into the high country. Your wrangler will give you expert instruction on all things cowboy. Get a lasso and giddy-up, learn to ride horseback and act like a cowboy. (Lunch provided.) Embrace nature as you enjoy the alpine forest with bubbling brooks teaming with trout, fields of wildflowers and breathtaking views! Keep your eyes open for wildlife, where there’s a chance we’ll see bison, elk, deer, mountain sheep, wolves, fox, coyotes, eagles and much more! Dinner at an authentic chuckwagon dinner show. Wait till you get a load of our local thespians and ranch-hands acting up something fierce in our show.

Monday - Day 8 After an early morning breakfast., and fond farewells, it is time for our departures home. Unfortunately we must say “so long” to our traveling companions and giddiup-and-go home, but we hope you will all come back again real `soon!

* Itenerary subject to change due to weather and/or scheduling conflicts

* During your wild west vacation there is every possibility you will see wild animals in thier natural habitat. Please remember these are wild creatures and therefore you must never approach them. However, please feel confident that your day-tripper is trained to protect you and your family (most predators avoid people).