May 17, 2012
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Special Features
- Luxury Motorcoach Transportation
- Tour Walton’s 5 & 10
- Tour Crystal Bridges Art at the Massey
- Tour Peel Mansion & Rose Garden plus Lunch
- Audiovisual Tour of Museum of Native Art
- Mildred B. Cooper Memorial Chapel
- Veteran’s Wall of Honor
- Dinner at Fred’s Hickory Inn
This tour may just be one day, but it is packed full of world-class attractions and some really good food!
Prices
$125/pp
Trip Protection Gold $15/pp
Day 1, Thursday, May 17, 2012
We depart Springfieldfor a short trip to our neighboring state and the city of Bentonville, the town that Sam built, for a delightful day of touring. We begin where it all began, at Walton’s 5 & 10, now the Wal-Mart Visitors Center and Museum. You can trace a timeline of the World’s largest international retailer from its humble beginnings to what it is
today. Oh, yes, and don’t forget Sam’s favorite red pickup truck. We will visit the Crystal Bridges Museum of American Art which is temporarily housed in the Historic Massey
Building displaying a selection of signature works. Lunch is included at the 1875 Peel
Mansion. After lunch, we will tour the mansion and the gardens where the roses should be in full bloom. A most interesting audiovisual tour of the newly opened Museum of Native American Artifacts takes you on a journey through 14,000 years of prehistoric America. Built entirely of glass and steel, the Mildred B. Cooper Memorial Chapel overlooks Lake Norwood from a wooded hilltop in Bella Vista. You will be totally amazed as you tour this breathtaking attraction. We will take a few minutes to visit the Veteran’s Wall of Honor.
The site includes a 36-foot timeline chronicling major historical engagements with more than 3,500 veterans’ names engraved in granite. Our day of touring is complete but before we depart for home, we have included a lovely dinner at Fred’s Hickory Inn. Our arrival in Springfield should be around8:30 PM.
MEALS: Lunch Dinner