Lowee's Tour Catalog 2024 - Catalog - Page 27
August 21, 2025
Enjoy breakfast at Hotel before we depart for Mount Rushmore National Memorial. This is a massive sculpture carved into Mount
Rushmore in the Black Hills region of South Dakota. Completed in 1941 under the direction of Gutzon Borglum and his son Lincoln, the
sculpture's roughly 60-ft.-high granite faces depict U.S. presidents George Washington, Thomas Jefferson, Theodore Roosevelt and
Abraham Lincoln. Lunch on your own While visiting Mount Rushmore today. Next we will visit Crazy Horse Memorial. This is a mountain
monument under construction on privately held land in the Black Hills. It will depict the Oglala Lakota warrior Crazy Horse, riding a horse
and pointing to his tribal land. Commissioned by Henry Standing Bear, a Lakota elder, to be sculpted by Korczak Ziolkowski. Today you will
enjoy dinner at the Dakota Steakhouse. Enjoy the life-size metal buffalo sculpture that stands guard outside the front door. Its massive
figure cleverly hides nine other bronze castings including Mt. Rushmore, four buffalo, a pronghorn antelope, and a mountain lion. There is
also a life-size bald eagle flying next to the buffalo's shoulder. Crafted by local artist John Lopez, "Dakotah" symbolizes the true spirit of the
West and is the ideal steward to welcome guests to Dakotah Steakhouse (B, D)
August 22, 2025
After breakfast at Hotel depart for Lead, SD where we will visit Black Hill's Mining Museum. located in the mile-high city of Lead, SD, they
are dedicated to the preservation of the rich mining heritage of the Black Hills. Enjoy our numerous exhibits and activities, for more than a
century, gold mining was the number one industry in Lead and in the northern Black Hills. Today that mining heritage is cleverly depicted
as an educational and fun. Enjoy lunch on your own today at several great restaurants in the area Tonight it’s dinner at Big Lost Meadery
Ranch & Roost. R&R features smash burgers, chicken sandwiches, hand cut fries and much more. Arrive in Gillette, WY and check into your
hotel (B, D)
August 23, 2025
Fuel up for a great day with breakfast at the hotel before departing for Sheridan, WY. Visit King Ropes Experience For a full appreciation for
the American Cowboy and his craft. For the modern rancher, King’s is a treasure trove of new tack, apparel and world famous ropes.
However, the King’s Experience also is a stop worthy of all visitors. With dozens of saddles, wagons, carriages and western curiosities
covering every surface there is so much to see that you could spend days looking over the entire collection. Some of the most
knowledgeable people about the collection would be the docents who watch over the space and they are more than happy to show you the
best pieces in this amazing assortment of western heritage items. Tonight, enjoy Dinner & Entertainment at The Cody Cattle Company. A
fantastic evening of delicious food followed by a great, family friendly music show in beautiful Cody WY. Afterwards you have Admission to
the Cody Night Rodeo. Since the turn of the century, rodeos and parades have been part of Cody, Wyoming. 90 plus years, starting officially
in 1919, the Cody Stampede Rodeo has been held every summer. 2025 marks the 106th anniversary of Cody Stampede and the 91st
anniversary of the Cody Nite Rodeo performances. Check into your hotel for 3 nights here in Cody. (B, D)
August 24, 2025
Enjoy breakfast at Hotel. Today we tour with the Cody Trolley Tours CTT is not only great entertainment, it’s the best and fastest way to
gain an overview of everything our town has to offer. We’ll visit Old Trail Town. Bob Edgar, a native of the Big Horn Basin, developed an
interest in archaeology and history at a young age. He realized that the old historical buildings were rapidly disappearing from the
landscape. In the spring of 1967 he gathered these buildings and relics to be displayed in Cody. This was the area Buffalo Bill and his
associates had chosen for the first town site of
