As we bid farewell to the Midwest winter, we board our Tri-State Travel Motorcoach and begin our journey west to the sunny southwest. Get to know your fellow travel friends as your tour director shares with you all the options available to you during your extended stay in the Phoenix area. Our first overnight stay is in Wichita, Kansas. This evening, we will visit the “Keeper of the Plains” exhibit.

After breakfast at the hotel we continue our travels to Amarillo, Texas for our second overnight stay. Along the way, a stop will be made at the Oklahoma City National Memorial. After our visit, we continue across the Great Plains into the “Lone Star State”. We check into our hotel in the late afternoon to freshen up, for tonight we are off to dinner at the “Big Texas Steak Ranch”.

We continue south and west today as we make our way to Albuquerque, New Mexico. Mid afternoon finds us at the Sandia Peak Tram. Enjoy a ride on the worlds’ longest tram as it transports you above deep canyons and breathtaking terrain, a distance of 2.7 miles. After our ride, we continue on to our overnight stay in Gallup, New Mexico. This evening is free to have dinner on your own and enjoy the amenities of the hotel.

Enjoy breakfast at the hotel before we check out of our hotel. Our travels today have us arriving in Mesa, Arizona this afternoon. It’s now time to settle in to our apartment-style complex, Residence Inn of Mesa, for the next 24 nights. Your complex features all the amenities needed for a southwest home sweet home. Tonight we have planned a get acquainted dinner.

The next 23 days are yours to enjoy as you wish during your Arizona extended stay vacation. With your complex located in the shadows of Superstition Mountain, you can relax or be as busy as you wish during your stay. Your apartment complex features include: Bedroom, full bath, kitchen facility, living room, air conditioning, pool, and other recreational facilities. Your complex is located within walking distance to many services such as post office, drug stores, and grocery stores. During your stay, your tour director will offer you an array of optional activities. Every week there will be unique events planned for you in the surrounding area to join in on. Breakfast is included each day.

did January disappear to? With our bags packed we must say goodbye to our Arizona home and start our journey back to the Midwest. We travel to Albuquerque, New Mexico for our overnight stay. This afternoon we will visit the Pueblo Indian Cultural Center in Albuquerque. This permanent exhibit, Our Land, Our Culture, Our Story, features a brief historical overview of the Pueblo world. After checking into our hotel, we head into “Old Town” for dinner on your own.

Travel day. After breakfast at the hotel, we continue east across the remainder of New Mexico, the pan handle of Texas, and on into Oklahoma for our overnight stay in Clinton, Oklahoma. Before checking into our hotel we step back in time and visit the Route 66 Museum. Your evening is free to do as you wish.

Today we travel through the oilfields of Oklahoma on our way to our last overnight stay in Overland Park, Kansas. We check into our hotel to freshen up, for tonight we have reserved seats at the New Theater for dinner and a show.

After an included breakfast we depart our hotel, bound for home today. We arrive home in the early afternoon, revitalized from our wonderful extended winter stay in the “Valley of the Sun”.