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** Nestled among the hills of the Hoosier National Forest resides the 1845 French Lick Springs Resort, complete with luxurious furnishings and marble floors. ** At the French Lick West Baden Museum, you’ll be greeted with a sample of tomato juice (but we’re not telling why just yet!) and learn of the rich history of this area, including home-town boy, Larry Bird! ** A sweet beginning to Day 2 as we are taste-testers at Schimpf’s Confectionary, a 4th-generation-owned business w/ retro soda fountain, tin ceiling and old-fashioned candies!
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** We’ll check into our hotel for 2 nights, the Radisson Inn in Louisville, before heading off for one of the top features of this Autumn tour and one of the country’s best-kept secrets! Originating in Oxford, Mass., Iroquois Park in Louisville now presents the “Jack O’Lantern Spectacular” with over 5,000 carved pumpkins lining a walking trail illuminated at night and featuring over 100 that are carved into amazing intricate works of art by both professional local artists – it’s jaw-dropping awesome!! Staged in themed scenes with music, walk the quarter-mile “Pumpkin Trail” and feast your eyes on this magical display depicting people, places & scenes from popular culture to old-time favorites, and everything in between! Such a unique opportunity not to be missed – Those of our staff who have been here said they were blown away! Before we begin ‘the Trail’, we’ll enjoy a special dinner at the Iroquois Park Amphitheater Hear this amazing story on your walking tour and meet some of the heroes who have been saved from an early end to their life – our folks fall in love here every time! “Old Friends” is a 236-acre Kentucky horse farm with a herd of over 200 rescued and retired Kentucky Derby, Preakness and Belmont Stakes winners that provides a dignified retirement to Thoroughbreds whose racing and breeding careers have come to an end. ** As we cruise into Fall, we’ll get-acquainted with our new TLC Travel Friends and make our way to what has become one of our very favorite places to visit. If you love jam-packed “Variety Tours’, you will LOVE this one!! ~ Very Unique Opportunity ~ Loaded With Fun Throughout ~Īt the perfect time of year to see all the beauty offered along the banks of the Ohio River, we’re about to have a picturesque 3 days of outstanding “Leaf Peeping”, including a cruise on the ‘Queen City Riverboats’! ~ PLUS, experience the glow of thousands (yes, thousands!) o intricately-carved pumpkins during a marvelous night-time Spectacular… and Much MORE
