See the Heart of the USA

Escorted motor Caravan Tours

 

Randy and Betty Johnson

Your US. Hosts

Day 1

Arrive at Orlando, Hosts will meet you at the Airport, to help with the transfer to Hotel for over night. (accommodation is based on twin share)    You will have time to get settled in, and rest, to get ready for the fun to begin in the morning at 8 am.


  



Day 2

The day will start at 8 am with a welcoming breakfast, in the meeting room. This will give us time, to introduce ourselves, and our co-escorts, who will be bringing up the rear, to make sure no one is left behind. This will also give us time to get to now all of you, and go over the itinerary for the rest of the day.  

Take transport to pick up Caravans. 

Grocery stop on way to Fort Wilderness Campground at WDW.

PM: Hoop Dee Doo Review Dinner Show at   the Campground.

 

  8 am meeting to hand out 2 day Disney Park Passes.  You are on your own for the next 2 day to enjoy the Wonder of the Walt Disney Parks.

Day 3 & 4

Day 5

9 AM. meeting to go over itinerary for the day. 

We will be traveling to Saint Augustine, FL, the oldest continues city in the USA.  We will be traveling 123 miles (198 Kilometer) to Anastasia State Park.  This park is located on the Atlantic Ocean, with  water, and electric hook-ups for the Caravans, and beautiful Beaches.

PM meeting to go over the next days itinerary. 

Day 6

Board transportation for a guided tour of Saint Augustine.

The tour will allow you to sit back and enjoy the history, attractions, and sights of America’s oldest City.  Founded by Pedro Menendez de Aviles in 1565, St. Augustine is a unique city filled with Colonial Spanish neighborhoods, magnificent buildings and a charm all its own.

PM meeting to go over itinerary for the next day.

Day 7

This will be a drive day, to a half way point to Pigeon Forge, TN.  We will be driving 330 miles (532 Kilometer) to Lexington, SC, to the Barnyard Rv Park for the Night.

PM meeting to go over itinerary for next day.

Day 8

This will be another drive day to Pigeon Forge TN,  We will drive 243 miles (392 kilometers) to the River Plantation Rv Park in Pigeon Forge TN.

We will get set up, and get ready for a fun Dinner Show. After a quick PM meeting. There will be bus transportation to the Dixie Stamped

Day 9

This is a free day to rest, site see, and shop. Pigeon Forge has a great Trolly system. There is a Trolly stop right in front of our campground.

PM. meeting.

Day 10

AM. Take transport for a guided tour of Cades Cove, part of the Smokey Mountain National Forest. After the tour. We will go to Gatlinburg, and take the ski gondola to the top of Ski Mountain. After Ski Mountain you will have time for shopping in town.













Day 11

AM. Take transit to Dollywood for the day.

PM. Meeting

Day 12

To day is a travel day.

We are going to Fort Boonesboro State Park  Richmond KY. 184 miles (296 kilometers)

PM. meeting

Day 13

To day we will tour Fort Boonesborough. It has been reconstructed as a working fort, complete with cabins, blockhouses and furnishings. Resident artisans perform craft demonstrations, and give modern-day visitors a true sense of what life was like for pioneers in Kentucky. The Kentucky River Museum is a newer addition to Fort Boonesborough State Park, provides visitors with insight into the lives of families who lived on the river and worked the locks and dams in the 1900s. It tells the story of the development of commerce on the river.

PM meeting

Day 14

To day we will drive to Gasthof Amish Village 183 miles (298 Kilometers )

Day 15

We will board transportation for a guided tour of the Amish way of life. An Amish farm, and business, ending with Dinner in an Amish Home.

PM. meeting

Day 16

We will be driving 147 miles (237 kilometers) to Lost River Cave and Valley.  Here we will be spending a few hours,  with a guided tour of the Caverns, by boat.  There is also a butterfly Habitat, bird watching station, and hiking trails to enjoy.

Then we will continue on for 47 miles (76 kilometers) to Nashville Tn.  There we will spend the night at Nashville country Rv Park.

PM Meeting

Day 17

We will be driving 143 miles (230 kilometer)  to Chattanooga, TN, were we will be staying at Raccoon Mountain Caverns RV park.  Once all are parked and set up, you will have time to rest, and look around on your own.  We will have a quick meeting then it is off to a fun night on a dinner cruise. On the Southern Belle.  This is an paddle boat on the Tennessee River .

Day 18

We will board transportation to the Incline railroad.  This will take us to the top of Look Out Mountain, were you can view 7 states. Then we will visit Ruby Falls. We will reload the bus and visit a Civil War Battle Field. We will end our day with a Dinner show at the Buttonwillow Church Civil War Dinner Theater.

Day 19

This is going be a free day to rest and relax, before our last 3 days of driving.

PM meeting

Day 20

This will be a day of driving to Elko, GA which is 237 miles (382 Kilometers).  We will spend the night at Twin Oaks RV Park.

PM Meeting

Day 21

Travel day to Alachua FL which is 201 miles (324 Kilometers) toTravelers Campground for the Night. You may want to get you belongs packed.

PM Meeting & Farewell pitch in dinner, to get rid of any remaining food ect.

Day 22

This will be our last travel day.  We will travel 138 miles (222 kilometers) back to were we picked up the caravans.  Then we will take transportation to a Hotel by the Airport, for your flights home.