OK all you eager beavers; here is the news about 2013's trip. Help us by spreading the word at club meetings and other Excel gatherings. If you told either the Herringtons or the Bentons to "put me on the list" you'll have to contact us again because we can't be held accountable for remembering who said what and when.
The 2013 Excel Tour will be to New Brunswick, Nova Scotia and Prince Edward Island and will run from August 7 to August 31, 2013. The total cost of the trip is $3547.00 and is based on 2 adult occupants per RV unit.
To add your name to our list for the drawing for one of the spots on the tour or with questions contact:
Kay & Paul Herrington 580-269-2097,
prherrington@gmail.com
or
Karen & Steve Benton 608-897-2728,
skbenton@ckhweb.com
Be it understood that you may enter your name and contact information on our list of interested participants prior to any payments. On April 1, 2013, a drawing of names from our list will be held for potential travelers. If your name is drawn, you will be contacted (so make sure we have accurate phone #s &/or e-mail) and at that time you can say “yes” or “no” to the adventure. If you say “yes”, we will expect a down payment, by check, made payable to Excel Tours, in the amount of $1775.00 by April 10, 2013. If you say “no”, we will draw another name from our list to replace you. We must ultimately have 25 RV units for the trip to happen.
Here is a tentative itinerary for the trip.
Karen Benton & Kay Herrington
Excel Tours to Nova Scotia, PEI, New Brunswick
TENTATIVE ITINERARY Aug. 7 - 31, 2013
# 1 W 8/7: Arrive - orientation & *catered meal My Brother’s Place, Houlton ME
#2 Th 8/8: Practice border crossing, Hartland, NS (covered bridge), trip prep
#3 F 8/9: Move (180 mi) to Camper City RV Moncton NB
#4 Sa 8/10: Experience extreme tides of the Bay of Fundy- *Hopewell Rocks
#5 Su 8/11: Lobster Tales - *boat tour with lobster facts, info & *meal!
#6 M 8/12: Move (100 mi) to Marco Polo Land Cavendish PEI via Confederation Bridge - no toll going into PEI
#7 T 8/13: *Avonlea Village in Cavendish; *Piping College show - Summerside
#8 W 8/14: Bus to E end of island; *Orwell Village, *Belfast Mills,
#9 Th 8/15: open day - explore PEI - evening *lobster meal in New Glasgow
#10 F 8/16: *Founders Hall, *Provence House, *Anne of Green Gables the Musical (2 PM)-Charlottetown
#11 Sa 8/17: Move (188mi) to Elm River Glenholme NS via *ferry - fare prepaid
#12 Su 8/18: Move (133 mi) to Lunenburg Board of Trade Lunenburg NS
#13 M 8/19: * Lunenburg city tour; *Atlantic Fisheries Museum; *seafood meal
#14 T 8/20: open day
#15 W 8/21: bus to Halifax: stop at Peggy’s Cove, *Citadel, Halifax city tour
#16 Th 8/22: Move (200 mi) to Church Point NS-*ethnic meal at campground
#17 F 8/23: *Whale watch boating tour
#18 Sa 8/24: open day
#19 Su 8/25: Move (216 mi) to Elm River Glenholme
#20 M 8/26: *River Runners Tidal Bore Ride
#21 T 8/27: Move (180mi) to Seal Island-N Sidney KOA New Harris NS
#22 W 8/28: *Alexander G. Bell Hist. Site; *sail in Baddeck; *Ceilidh in Baddeck
#23 Th 8/29: living history at *Ft. Louisbourg
#24 F 8/30: drive Cabot Trail
#25 Sa 8/31 Farewell breakfast (this is Labor Day weekend in the USA)
Sidney, NS is the end of our tour, however this is the jumping off point for Labrador &
Newfoundland for those wishing to press onward rather than head directly home.
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