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The Black Hills and BadlandsA Western Adventure in South Dakota!

June 1st ~ June 7th, 2013

ItineraryJune 1, 2013 - Off on your Big Adventure! Today you arrive in Rapid City, gateway to the Black Hills, the B a d l a n d s and Mt . Ru s h m o re . Upon ar r iva l a TRIPS representative will assist with your transfer to your hotel, located in Keystone, SD, near the base of Mt. Rushmore. Here you can unpack for your entire vacation! That’s right, there’s no packing and unpacking on this holiday!! Brand new in 2006, the K Bar S Lodge is the perfect mix of style and comfort. Secluded in the beautiful Black Hills, its’ grand wooden beams two and half stories high frame the lobby. From here you can see Washington and Jefferson on nearby Mt. Rushmore. The huge rock fireplace creates a warm and inviting place to gather. From the lobby, you can step onto the spacious deck and take in the marvelous vistas. Enjoy the fresh air, beautiful views and friendly staff at the K Bar S! This evening, you will enjoy a welcome dinner and an evening presentation that has been arranged specifically for our group that highlights the Dakota Territory!Overnight: K Bar S Lodge, Keystone (D)

June 2, 2013 - See the Presidents!This morning after breakfast, you will depart for a visit to Mt. Rushmore. Set in the natural beauty of the Black Hills, sculptor Gutzon Borglum began a project that would become known as Mount Rushmore National Monument. The faces of Thomas Jefferson, George Washington, Theodore Roosevelt and Abraham Lincoln come to life in the granite rock and provide the visitor with a distinctive feeling of the dedication of this artist and his dream. Mt. Rushmore truly symbolizes the courage, strength, preservation and growth of the United States. There is time free to enjoy lunch on your own here before departing for the Journey Museum which traces the history of this area from prehistoric times to the Great Plains of the American West. Here you will travel along a 200 year timeline and watch the epic story of the Lakota nation unfold. Come to understand the historical events that forever changed the Lakota homeland. Hear first hand from Lakota elders and their descendants how a proud people lived, hunted, played and fought. Join the spirit of a storyteller as she recounts tales and traditions of the Lakota culture here in the Black Hills. This evening, you return to Mt. Rushmore for the patriotic lighting ceremony. Mt. Rushmore takes on a magnificently different feeling in the evening and you witness the evening lighting ceremony from the open, outdoor auditorium.Overnight: K Bar S Lodge, Keystone (B/D)

June 3, 2013 - Cards, Guns and Wild Bill!This morning you head for historic Deadwood. Along the way you’ll hear stories of the gold seekers that made their way to the Black Hills during the Gold Rush of 1876. Deadwood became a notorious town and today you will visit the legendary Boot Hill of Deadwood and see the graves of Wild Bill Hickok and Calamity Jane. The history

The Black Hills and Badlands of Western South Dakota set the stage for the discovery of the natural beauty and vibrant history of this western adventure! You will learn about the original pioneers w i th e ven ing ta lks and entertainment. You’ll see Mt. Rushmore during the day and also dur ing the e ven ing l i ght ing ceremony! Visit Custer State Park and l ea r n about the Custer Expedition of 1874! And spend a day in Deadwood and hear the colorful histor y of Wild Bil l

Hickok, Calamity Jane and Poker Alice! You will marvel at the work that is “still in progress” on the Crazy Horse Monument and explore the famous Badlands with its’ unique and beautiful buttes, plateaus and spires! This is a perfect summer vacation made all the more so since you’ll be staying in just one lodge! No packing and unpacking for the whole week! So, join us for this fun-filled Western Adventure in the Black Hills and the Badlands!

of this gold mine town will come to life as your escort recounts colorful stories of the life and times of those who lived here. You continue on to Lead, home to the Homestake Gold Mine. The town of Lead is a sister city to the town of Deadwood and the stories of the Gold Rush here in the Black Hills of the Dakota Territory will entertain and fascinate! After our day spent in Gold Rush territory, we will make a stop at the Mt. Rushmore Black Hills Gold factory. Here you will have a tour of how the famous Black Hills gold jewelry is made. To be considered Black Hills Gold, an item must be designed in a traditional tri-gold, grape leaf motif and be manufactured in the Black Hills of South Dakota.Overnight: K Bar S Lodge, Keystone (B/D)

June 4, 2013 - Have your Camera and Binoculars Ready!Today, you head out in a different direction to explore the Badlands! This area of deep canyons, rounded buttes and other eerie and haunting topography must have been a challenge for early settlers as they made their way across this region on their way to the Black Hills. The forces of nature have sculpted the Badlands into a magnificent yet strange landscape. Containing the world’s richest Oligocene epoch fossil beds, dating 37-28 million years old, the evolutionary stories of mammals such as the horse and rhinoceros arise from the 244,000 acres of sharply eroded buttes, pinnacle and spires. Bison, bighorn sheep, endangered black-footed ferrets and swift fox roam one of the largest protected mixed-grass prairies in the United States. Today you will learn of the forces that created these mystical formations as you travel through the Badlands. And no trip to the Badlands would be complete without a stop at Wall Drug. Back in 1931, Wall Drug

Tour Pricing $2,573.00 double occupancySingle Supplement $769.00

Experiences

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Inclusions• Roundtrip airport transfers• Roundtrip Airfare to Rapid City, South Dakota (does not include

checked baggage fee)• Breakfast Daily (6)• 6 nights lodging at the K Bar S Lodge in Keystone, South Dakota• Dinner Daily (6) including a Dakota Territory Chuck wagon dinner • Evening Presentation and Lecture (1)• Ticket for the 1880 Train• Admissions including the Journey Museum, Custer State Park,

Crazy Horse Memorial and Boot Hill Tour of Deadwood• Mt. Rushmore visit including the Lighting Ceremony• Services of a professional TRIPS escort while in South Dakota• Porterage of one suitcase per person

Call today to reserve your space!!!Reservations for “The Black Hills and Badlands” are accepted on a first come/first served basis.

An initial $500.00 deposit is required to hold space on this tour.This deposit is fully refundable up to February 20, 2013. Final payment is due on or before February 20, 2013.

50% non-refundable on February 21, 2013. 100% non-refundable as of April 1, 2013.Make checks payable to RCB Bank Experiences Club

c/o Lori NuzumPO Box 111 Ponca City, OK 74602

Phone: (580) 763-5537 (855) BANK-RCB CST # 2057913-10

The taxes, fuel surcharges, and other fees imposed by airlines and cruise lines have been included in the cost of your tour as of printing on March 1, 2012. Any increases in these fees or baggage fees imposed by any air carriers or cruise lines are the responsibility of the individual passenger.

opened as a small drug store and began offering free water to all customers! Well, the sales pitch worked and now for years, Wall Drug has been an institution in Western South Dakota!!Overnight: K Bar S Lodge, Keystone (B/D)

June 5, 2013 - Choo Choo!!This morning after breakfast you depart for a ride on the 1880 train! The first steam engine in the Black Hills was brought across the prairie by bull team to the Homestake Mining Company at Lead in 1879. The standard gauge branch that came to host the 1880 Train’s operations was built in several portions between Hill City and Keystone during the Black Hills mining boom in the 1890s. Enjoy this scenic and historic ride and then time free to explore the town of Hill City on your own. The quaint shops make Hill City a great place to stroll down main street!Overnight: K Bar S Lodge, Keystone (B/D)

June 6, 2013 - Watch out for those hungry Burros!This morning you will see the “work in progress” of the world’s largest sculpture as you visit the site of the Crazy Horse Memorial. Sculptor Korczak Ziolkowski and Lakota Chief Henry Standing Bear officially started the Crazy Horse Memorial on June 3, 1948. The memorial’s mission is to honor the culture, tradition and living heritage of North American Indians. After your visit, you will continue on to Custer State Park. Custer State Park encompasses 71,000 acres and an abundance of wildlife. The natural beauty of

Custer State Park is filled with a wide variety of wildlife including a herd of 1,500 bison, pronghorn antelope, elk and mountain goats to list just a few. In 1874 George Custer led an expedition into present-day Custer, SD and announced the discovery of gold, triggering the Black Hills Gold Rush. And it was here, 2 years later that General George Custer lead the 7th Cavalry to “corral” all remaining free Plains Indians, retaking possession of the Black Hills, and thus the gold deposits. Meanwhile, Sitting Bull had called together the largest ever gathering of Plains Indian at Little Big Horn to discuss what to do about the whites and it was at this united encampment of Lakota, Northern Cheyenne and Arapahoe Indians, that the 7th Calvary met at the Battle of the Little Bighorn. You will make a stop at the Custer State Game Lodge which is listed on the National Register of Historic Places. Built in 1920, it served as the “summer White House” for President Calvin Coolidge. This evening you will enjoy a fun-filled Dakota Territory farewell evening as you experience a traditional Chuck-Wagon cookout!Overnight: K Bar S Lodge, Keystone (B/D)

June 7, 2013 - Parting is such Sweet Sorrow!You depart after breakfast this morning for the Rapid City airport and your flight home. Your memories of the natural beauty and bountiful history of the Black Hills and the Badlands are sure to last a lifetime!! (B)

Trip cancellation/interruption insurance is available and strongly recommended. (For medical reasons only)

$185.00 p/p double occupancy. $232.00 single occupancy.

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