| Day |
Date |
Daily Activities |
Evening Finish - Campground |
| Saturday |
June 14th |
Tour Jefferson Expansion Memorial (Gateway Arch). Group tour at 5 pm CDT. |
Babler State Park outside St. Louis, (636) 458-3813. |
| Sunday |
June 15th |
Church service at lunch rest stop just inside Kansas. Dodge City Boot Hill museum, (620) 227-8188, chuckwagon dinner at 6 pm, gunfight at 7pm, Long Branch variety show at 7:30 pm. |
Dodge City Kansas, BSA Santa Fe Council Mandan Training Center, after-hours emergency-only phone Marge Blattner at (620) 225-5987. |
| Monday |
June 16th |
Visit Bent's Old Fort National Monument at lunchtime. American Culture Merit Badge. Visit Great Sand Dunes National Monument. Evening dunes hike, potential evening ranger program. |
Great Sand Dunes NM organizational campground, group campsite B: (719)378-2312. |
| Tuesday |
June 17th |
Lunch at crest of Wolf Pass, whitewater rafting in Durango at 1:00 pm with Outlaw tours (877) 259-1800, Bar-D Wrangler dinner & show at 7:30 pm (888) 800-5753. |
Durango, CO area, San Juan Nat'l Forest, Florida group campground. |
| Wednesday |
June 18th |
Durango and Silverton Narrow Gauge Railroad (depart 8:15 am, be at the station 30 minutes early) (1-888-TRAIN-07), work on railroad merit badge, day hike in Weminuche Wilderness (Needleton stop 10:45 am to 3:00 pm), return to Durango by train (return 6:15 pm). |
Durango, CO area, San Juan Nat'l Forest, Florida group campground. |
| Thursday |
June 19th |
Visit Mesa Verde Mational Park, afternoon hike Mesa Verde ruins, American Culture merit badge, evening ranger program. |
Mesa Verde National Park organizational campground. |
| Friday |
June 20th |
(Possible visit to Canyonlonds NP enroute to Arches) Visit Arches National Park. Park Avenue hike on the way in, possible Delicate Arches in afternoon, evening hike in Devils garden or ranger program. |
Arches National Park, Canyon Wren organizational campground. |
| Saturday |
June 21st |
Ranger-led Fiery Furnace hike at Arches. Drive to Granby CO. |
Granby Colorado, Arapaho National Recreation Area, Cutthroat Bay Group Campsite. |
| Sunday |
June 22nd |
Drive to RMNP, church service, Never Summer Ranch tour, pick-up backcountry permits at west-side visitors center, day hike Tundra Trail, pack for hike. |
Rocky Mountain NP Glacier Basin organizational campground. |
| Monday-Friday |
June 23rd - 26th |
4 nights and 5 days hike (short hike last day) Rocky NP freeze dried food specialities. |
For emergencies contact Rocky Mountain NP backcountry office (970) 586-1242. |
| Friday |
June 27th |
Finish backpacking, drive to N Platte, hot showers, evening amusement park. |
North Platte, Nebraska, Holiday Park Camping resort, (308) 534-2265. |
| Saturday |
June 28th |
Driving, dinner at Ryan's buffet, outdoor video, last crackerbarrel, last church service. |
Des Moines, Iowa, Jester County Park group site, on Saylorville Lake. (515) 323-5366. |
| Sunday |
June 29th |
Seemingly endless driving. |
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