New York City Trip

We had SUCH a great trip! Details & pictures coming soon.

Thursday, July 30th

•  6am – Depart Yankton
• Noon – Fast Food Lunch in Iowa City, IA
• 4pm – Arrive in Peoria, Illinois (525 miles). Check into Baymont Inn & Suites -- Morton, IL 
• 6pm – Depart for Dinner at Cracker Barrel (next door to Baymont Inn).  Following dinner, we will  spend the evening at the Peoria Riverfront OR you can stay at the motel. 
• 9:30pm – Bus returns from Riverfront.
•  www.peoriariverfront.com

Friday, July 31st

• 7am – Depart Peoria
• Noon – Fast food lunch in Richmond, IN
•  5pm – Arrive in Pittsburgh, PA (570 miles).
• Check in at Days Inn Pittsburgh Int’l Airport
• 7pm – Bus to The Waterfront, Pittsburgh.  Bus returns to Days Inn at 10pm
• Optional: I plan to go to the Pittsburgh Pirates vs. Washington Nationals 7:05pm PNC Park (14 miles 20 minutes from Motel, use motel shuttle; I can purchase CHEAP tickets online)

Saturday, August 1st

• 8am – Depart Pittsburgh, PA
•  9:30am – Arrive in Shanksville, PA (82 Miles) Site of the crash of Flight 93
• 10:30am – Depart for Gettysburg, PA (108 Miles)
• 12:30pm – Fast food lunch in Gettysburg
• 1:30-2:30pm visit Gettysburg gift shops, exhibits
•  2:30- 6pm – Gettysburg National Battlefield Tour with Guide
• 6:15pm – Check in at Motel 6 in Gettysburg, PA
• 7pm – Depart for downtown – dinner at General Picketts Buffet.
• 10pm – Return to Motel 6

Sunday, August 2nd

• 8am Depart Gettysburg, PA
• Noon – Fast food lunch in White Plains, NY area
• 4pm – Arrive in Boston, MA (441 Miles).
• Check in at Lord Wakefield Hotel  -- Wakefield, MA
• 6pm – Dinner at (13 miles) Tides Restaurant – Nahant, MA www.tidesnahant.com
•  Spend some time by the Atlantic Ocean / Beach

Monday, August 3rd

• 9am Depart Lord Wakefield Hotel for Boston (15 miles)
•  The Freedom Trail Guided walking tour (free); a guided Freedom Trail tour ($12) OR Hop-On, Hop-Off Trolley Tours available ($28) The complete trail is only about 2 miles.
• Fenway Park Tour ($10)
•  Prudential Building Skywalk ($12)
• Public Garden
• Harvard Museum of Natural History ($9)
• MIT Museum ($7.50)

Tuesday, August 4th

• 9am – Depart Boston for (223 miles) New York City
• Noon – Fast food lunch
• 3pm –  Check in at Milford Plaza at Times Square
• Super New York Tour Bus 3-Day pass included in italics ($86)
• Uptown Treasures & Harlem Tour
• Broadway Show: 8pm Chicago, 7pm Jersey Boys 

Wednesday, August 5th

New York City

Milford Plaza at Times Square

• 9am – Downtown Tour, Empire State Building, Ground Zero, Federal Hall,Wall Street
• Free Staten Island Ferry ,
• NBC Studios Tour ($18)
•  8pm – Brooklyn Night Tour

Thursday, August 6th

New York City

Milford Plaza at Times Square

•  Intrepid Sea & Air Museum
• Brookyln Tour and / or Circle Line Cruise tour
•  Statue of Liberty/ Ellis Island Ferry
• New York Yankees vs. Boston Red Sox 7:05pm ($85 +) or another Broadway Show

Friday, August 7th

• 8am – Depart NYC (561 Miles) to Toledo, OH
• Noon – Fast food lunch in Bellefonte, PA
• 6pm – Dinner South of Cleveland, OH
•  8pm – Arrive at Days Inn Swanton/Toledo Airport
• Free night – rest up!

Saturday, August 8th

• 8am – Depart Toledo (246 miles) to Chicago Il
• Noon – Fast food lunch
•  1pm – Visit Downtown Chicago / Sears Tower Sky deck ($15)
• 3:30pm -- Drive-by, stop at Wrigley Field (We have too many to purchase an actual tour -- they take groups of 15), but you can see a lot from outside the stadium.
• Optional: Chicago White Sox vs. Cleveland Indians at US Cellular Field 6:05pm ($30 +) We can purchase tickets online. Back to Navy Pier for fireworks.
• Free time & Dinner at Navy Pier – several restaurants / your choice
• There are several tour boats from site-seeing to dinner cruises to enjoy.
•  10:15pm – Free fireworks display over Lake Michigan
• Following fireworks, check in at Holiday Inn Itasca

Sunday, August 9th

• 9am – Depart Chicago (594 Miles) to Yankton, SD
• Noon – Fast food lunch in TBD
• 6pm – Dinner in TBD
•  9pm – Arrive in Yankton

***Times & Itinerary subject to change.  Hop-on Hop-off tour bus in New York City is strongly encouraged.  You should rent TNT’s “Gettysburg” before leaving on the trip. Additional events, tours, stops could be added.