COVERED BRIDGES & COUNTRY MEMORIES TOUR
TOUR ITINERARY
Day 1
7:30 AM Motorcoach departs Forest Fair Mall for Anderson
8:15 AM Motorcoach departs Anderson Mercy Hospital for Steinmart
8:45 AM Motorcoach departs Steinmart, N. KY w/ all guests aboard
--Set watches back one hour !
Rest stop as needed
11:00 AM Motorcoach arrives in Covered Bridge Country at Billie Creek Village
Time to explore this recreated turn-of-the-century village, featuring 30 historical buildings, the Billie Creek General Store, one of the mid-west's largest handmade consignment craft shops & 3 authentic covered bridges
Hold on for a horse drawn wagon ride around village & maybe through the creek!
NOON Picnic lunch in authentic Covered Bridge at Billie Creek
1:00 PM Depart for Bridgeton, IN
1:30-2:30 PM Arrive at 1823 Bridgeton Mill & General Store / Guided tour of mill & time to explore the Covered Bridge and country shops
2:30-3:00 PM Travel to Raccoon Lake & State Park
3:00-4:00 PM Board the 60 passenger Nautical Breeze pontoon excursion boat for relaxing late afternoon, narrated scenic cruise of Indiana's 2400 acre, man-made Cecil B. Hardin Lake & Dam ( known to the locals as Raccoon Lake )
5-4:45 PM Depart for Greencastle's The Walden Inn (1-800-225-8655)
4:45 PM Red Carpet Welcome at The Walden
6:00-6:30 PM Culinary presentation by the chefs of the Walden Inn
6:30 PM Dinner in Different Drummer restaurant at Walden Inn
Balance of evening on own
Day 2
6:30-8:00 AM Full American breakfast buffet at Walden Inn
8:30-9:00 AM Historic walking tour of 1837 DePauw University Campus, the Harvard of the Midwest
9:00 AM Depart for Ernie Pyle Museum , Dana, IN
10:00 AM Arrive for guided tour of famed WWII correspondent Ernie Pyle's homestead & Quonset hut museum
11:15-11:45 AM Travel to Rockville, IN
NOON Lunch at the family owned Webber's Restaurant on Rockvillle's town square
1:30 PM Depart Rockville for Hilltop Orchids
2:15 PM A visit to the orchid creations of Hilltop Orchids
3:00 PM Depart Covered Bridge Country
--Set watches forward one hour!
Rest stop as needed
7:15 PM Arrive Northern Kentucky Steinmart
7:45 PM Arrive Mercy Anderson
8:30 PM Arrive at Forest Fair Mall
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