Traci Baker, Director of Community Activities & Communications
Virtual Excursions: second Thursday of every month at 3 p.m.
April 8: Arizona’s Rails—Verde Canyon Railroad and Grand Canyon Railway
New getaway from our feature partners: Grand Canyon Railway and Verde Canyon Railroad
Upcoming Tours:
Old West Highway & Lunch April 9, 2021
Price: $109 per person
Travel the scenic Old West Highway. Visit the Boyce Thompson Arboretum, the World’s Smallest Museum, Besh Ba Gowah Ruins, and the Pickle Barrel Trading Post. Lunch is included.
For more information, visit freespiritvacation.com/arizona-day-tours-2021#8b859355-92cf-4124-8ee6-2cc32e136494.
Utah Mighty 5 from Phoenix April 11 through 18, 2021
Price: $1,899 pp/double; $2,249 pp/single
Join us for a seven-day adventure through Arches, Bryce Canyon, Canyonlands, Capitol Reef, and Zion national parks. These magnificent parks are known as the Utah Mighty 5. Each park will enable you to see unique geological formations all within the region of Southern Utah. It will be a week you won’t soon forget!
For more information, visit freespiritvacation.com/utahs-mighty-5.
Verde Valley Overnight April 27 through 28, 2021
Price: $395 pp/double; $475 pp/single
Highlights of this overnight getaway include first class seating on the Verde Canyon Railroad and a visit to the Copper Art Museum. Overnight is at the Best Western Cottonwood Inn.
For more information, visit freespiritvacation.com/travel-local-2-and-3-days.
Verde Canyon Railroad April 27, 2021
Price: $149 pp (coach); $195 pp (first class)
Board the Verde Canyon Railroad for a four-hour diesel train journey to places only accessible by rail. See crimson cliffs, eagle nests, whitewater rapids, and abandoned gold mines.
For more information, visit freespiritvacation.com/arizona-day-tours-2021#60f9e8f0-ea04-4a1e-920d-f6ed6cb6f86b.
Wine Down Wednesday—Alcantara Winery April 28, 2021
Price: $109 per person
Travel to Cottonwood, a new culinary hot spot in Northern Arizona for a little shopping and lunch on your own. Continue to Alcantara Winery for a presentation and tasting of one of the Verde Valley’s top wines.
For more information, visit freespiritvacation.com/arizona-day-tours-2021#716310ac-fa0b-418f-8b93-48b83563583c.
Mystery Tour May 6, 2021
Price: $109 per person
Back by popular demand! We’ll travel down the road a bit and stop somewhere you wouldn’t want to miss. Next, our lunch stop, and then more surprises!
For more information, visit freespiritvacation.com/arizona-day-tours-2021#b3d5a0ea-0a8d-42b1-b101-8f193e17b53b.
Pioneer Living History Museum and Vulture City May 13, 2021
Price: $115 per person
Wander along paved pathways at Pioneer Living History Museum past the twenty historic 19th-century buildings that form Pioneer Village. Explore the original homes of people who helped tame the Wild West. Continue to Wickenburg for lunch on your own, followed by a tour of Vulture City, an abandoned settlement nestled into the breathtaking landscape of the Sonoran Desert, at one of the West’s top producing gold mines.
For more information, visit freespiritvacation.com/arizona-day-tours-2021#51c00522-d8db-4244-bdad-ca8793efe09a.
Williams and Bearizona May 25, 2021
Price: $115 per person
Travel to the historic Route 66 town of Williams. Enjoy our wide variety of wildlife, from majestic bison and nimble bighorn sheep to stealthy wolves and adorable bear cubs.
For more information, visit freespiritvacation.com/arizona-day-tours-2021#4dcfa78d-6bca-48ac-b2a2-68fc99c633bd.
Pine and Tonto Natural Bridge June 9, 2021
Price: $115 per person
Travel to the small, quaint community of Pine. Begin by visiting the Pine Creek Canyon Lavender Farm where three varieties of lavender are grown using the water of the Pine Creek. Then continue to Tonto Natural Bridge where a picnic lunch is included.
Sierra Nevada Journey
June 19-23, 2021
Price: $1,075 pp/double; $1,350 pp/single
Fly from Phoenix to Sacramento and discover Old Town. Then travel to Reno on Amtrak through Donner Pass, along the Truckee River. Visit Lake Tahoe, a pristine 22 mile long lake, and enjoy the MS Dixie cruise on the crystal-blue lake. Walk through time in Virginia City. Includes airfare.
For more information, visit freespiritvacation.com/sierra-nevada-journey.
Prescott Bluegrass Festival June 26, 2021
Price: $99 per person
Travel to the mile-high city of Prescott for the annual Bluegrass Festival. Enjoy a music filled day and stroll the historic downtown streets of Prescott for shopping, eating, and old fashion saloons.
For more information, visit freespiritvacation.com/arizona-day-tours-2021#50cdb228-93b1-4a0f-be3f-1226826366a5.
Fourth of July in San Diego July 3 through 6, 2021
Price: $1,125 pp/double; $1,495 pp/single
Travel to San Diego for a Big Bay Boom Fourth of July. San Diego will light up with a spectacular fireworks display orchestrated to originally produced music selections. It is one of the largest fireworks displays in the country. Also includes USS Midway, a harbor cruise, SeaPort Village, and Coronado Island.
For more information, visit freespiritvacation.com/independent-discoveries#cf949ed4-d8e4-496f-86d6-be22fd331ddc.
Fourth of July in Flagstaff July 3 through 4, 2021
Price: $299 pp/double; $379 pp/single
Spend the July 4th holiday weekend in Flagstaff. Enjoy the fireworks and the Flagstaff Art in the Park arts and crafts festival featuring tightly juried one-of-a-kind fine art and crafts designed and shown by the artists.
For more information, visit freespiritvacation.com/travel-local-mulit-day#9ee36181-72c0-4732-ab51-219727b611e7.