Adventure Vacations into America's Still-Wild West

06-20-2011

 

 

 Austin-Lehman Adventures‚ Factoids on Fall Travel Whet Curiosity for Adventure Vacations into America's Still-Wild West

 

BILLINGS, MT, June 20, 2011 ˆ Three post-Labor Day escapes offered by award-winning adventure vacations tour operator Austin-Lehman Adventures http://www.austinlehman.com/ focus on America‚s still-wild West.

 

To add a little sizzle to their banquet of late summer, early fall offerings, Austin-Lehman (ALA), the 37-year-old travel company setting adventure tours standards in The Americas, Europe, Africa and beyond, has forwarded the following experiential and factual nuggets on their post-summer trips to Yellowstone Park, the Black Hills of South Dakota and Utah‚s Bryce and Zion National Parks. (Seehttp://www.austinlehman.com/factoids for a full list of fun and curious facts).

 

Yellowstone National Park: Did You Know?

 

- There are fewer than 1,000 geysers in the whole world and over 500 of them are located within Yellowstone NP making it the highest concentration of geysers on the planet.

- More than 2,400 miles of streams flow through Yellowstone, providing some of the best fly-fishing in the world.

- September is prime time for photographers as cooler air turns aspens gold while enhancing the thermal features of the park. The elk are in rut, bears are foraging to fatten up and mammals start to sport thick winter coats.

 

On a six-day ALA vacation guests hike, raft, horseback ride and spa through Yellowstone at $2,298 per person double; adult-only departures are Aug. 28, Sept. 4 and 11. The lodgings used are a roster of favorites: Old Faithful Inn dating to 1904, Lake Yellowstone Hotel hearkening to 1891, Mammoth Hot Springs Hotel, named after nearby steaming limestone terraces; and Chico Hot Springs Resort with mineral hot spring-fed pools and spa services. http://www.austinlehman.com/yellowstone-tours-trips-17.php

 

„Fall is my favorite time to travel the Yellowstone backcountry. The weather is usually postcard perfect; the bugs have long gone; there are far less people on the trails; the fishing is great and wildlife viewing is at its peak,‰ Dan Austin, director.

 

Black Hills of South Dakota: Did You Know?

 

- The in-progress Crazy Horse mountain carving will be the world‚s largest sculpture (563' high, 641' long, carved in the round).

- Mount Rushmore‚s Thomas Jefferson was originally started on George Washington's right, but after 18 months Jefferson was dynamited off and carved on the other side.

- September is prime time to bike the George S. Mickelson Trail, a 109-mile abandoned railroad bed with more than 100 converted railroad bridges and four rock tunnels.

 

Activities in the Black Hills of South Dakota include biking, hiking, caving and spa time at $1,998 per person double; six-day trip departures are Sept. 4, 11 and 18. Accommodations include the century-plus Franklin Hotel in Deadwood, State Game Lodge made of stone and wood in a ponderosa pine forest, and Red Rock River Resort & Spa, with unique sandstone architecture dating back to 1891. See:http://www.austinlehman.com/black-hills-vacations-trips-79.php

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