Southwest Four Corners Learning Expedition
Sept 27–Oct 4, 2008
Itinerary and Accomodations List
(times are approximate)
| Day 1 (Saturday) |
| 1:00 PM |
Introductions and orientation at Arizona State Museum |
| 1:30-4:00PM |
Tour ASM exhibits, special labs and storage areas |
| 4:30 PM |
Early dinner in Tucson (at your own expense) |
| After dinner |
Depart for Phoenix |
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| Day 2 (Sunday) |
| 8:00 AM |
Depart for Flagstaff, AZ |
| 10:00 AM |
Museum of Northern Arizona |
| 12:00 PM |
Picnic lunch |
| 2:00 PM |
Homol’ovi Ruins State Park, Winslow, AZ |
| 6:30 PM |
Dinner in Winslow (at your own expense) |
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| DAY 3 (Monday) |
| Breakfast at your own expense |
| 8:00 AM |
Depart for Hopi Mesas |
| 9:30 AM |
Tour Walpi village on First Mesa |
| 12:00 PM |
Picnic lunch at Keam’s Canyon |
| 3:30 PM |
Hubbell Trading Post, Ganado, AZ |
| 5:30 PM |
Arrive in Chinle, Thunderbird Lodge (dinner at your own expense) |
| Adjust your watches one hour ahead, you are now on Daylight Savings Time. |
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Canyon de Chelly
| DAY 4 (Tuesday) |
| Breakfast at your own expense |
| 8:00 AM |
Truck tour of Canyon de Chelly |
| 1:30 PM |
Canyon rim drive - stop at Mummy Cave overlook |
| 3:30 PM |
Skunk Springs |
| 5:30 PM |
Arrive at Farmington, NM (dinner at your own expense) |
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| DAY 5 (Wednesday) |
| 7:30 AM |
Depart for Chaco Canyon |
| 12:00 |
Picnic lunch |
| 3:30 PM |
Leave Chaco Canyon |
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Dinner at Millwood Junction Steakhouse, Mancos, CO (at your own expense) |
| 7:00 PM |
Arrive Cortez, CO, Holiday Inn Express |
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| DAY 6 (Thursday) |
| 8:00 AM |
Depart for Mesa Verde National Park |
| 12:00 PM |
Picnic lunch |
| 5:00 PM |
Dinner at Nero’s Italian restaurant, Cortez, CO (at your own expense) |
| 6:30 PM |
Depart for Bluff, UT, Recapture Lodge |
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| DAY 7 (Friday) |
| 7:30 AM |
Report for rafting adventure |
| 5:00 PM |
Drive through Monument Valley |
| 6:00 PM |
Dinner in Kayenta, AZ (at your own expense) |
| 8:00 PM |
Cameron Trading Post, Cameron, AZ |
| Adjust your watches back one hour as you are again on Arizona time. |
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| DAY 8 (Saturday) |
| Drive from Cameron to Phoenix for stops at Skyharbor Airport (if necessary) |
| Lunch (at your own expense) |
| Arrive Tucson mid-afternoon |
NOTE: To be safe, please don’t make plane reservations out of Tucson before 5 p.m.
Homol'ovi excavations
