Domestic Expeditions
Lighthouses of the Gulf Coast
Dates
April 19, 2009 through April 26, 2009
Itinerary
April 19, 2009
NEW ORLEANS, LA
Arrive at the Louis Armstrong New Orleans International Airport (MSY). Transportation from the airport to the hotel is on your own. Check in at hotel in the French Quarter. We will have our Welcome Dinner that evening at restaurant within walking distance of the hotel.
April 20, 2009
MOBILE, AL
Breakfast at the hotel. This morning you will have free time to tour and explore the French Quarter with lunch on your own. That afternoon we will board our coach and stop for a visit and/or photo op at the New Canal Lighthouse depending on the status of its restoration. We will then depart for Port Pontchartrain Lighthouse for a photo opportunity. Afterwards, we will depart to Mississippi to visit the Biloxi Lighthouse. We will then head to Mobile for check in at our hotel. Dinner will be at a nearby restaurant.
April 21, 2009
PANAMA CITY, FL
Breakfast at the hotel. We will head to the USS Alabama Battleship for a tour. Then we will then go on a boat cruise of Mobile Bay for a photo opportunity of Mobile Middle Bay Lighthouse from the water with a box lunch on board the vessel. After our boat cruise, we will depart to Panama City for check in at our hotel. Dinner will be at a local restaurant.
April 22, 2009
WAKULLA SPRINGS, FL
Breakfast at the hotel. This morning we will depart to view the St. Joseph Point Lighthouse. Then we will depart to visit Cape San Blas Lighthouse. With lunch en route, we will then head to the restoration site of Cape St. George Lighthouse. After this, we will depart for Crooked River Lighthouse. At the days end, we will head to Wakulla Springs State Park Lodge where we will be staying and having dinner.
April 23, 2009
TALLAHASSEE, FL
Breakfast at the lodge. This morning there will be free time for you to tour the park and see the sights. We will then head to the Village of St. Marks where we will be having lunch. Afterwards, we will arrive at the Visitor's Center at the St. Marks National Wildlife Refuge. After this, we will depart for St. Marks Lighthouse. Late that afternoon, we will then head to Tallahassee where we will be staying for the evening. Dinner will be at a nearby restaurant.
April 24, 2009
PENSACOLA, FL
Breakfast at the hotel. We will depart for Pensacola where we will be having lunch and a tour of the Pensacola Air Station Museum. After this, we will head to Pensacola Lighthouse for a tour. At the day's end, we will depart for our hotel in Pensacola where we will be staying for the night. Dinner will be at a local restaurant.
April 25, 2009
NEW ORLEANS, LA
Breakfast at the hotel. We will depart for Fort Morgan State Park in Gulf Shores, AL to view the lens from Mobile Bay Lighthouse and Sand Island Lighthouse along with touring the fort, lunch en route. From the Fort, we will also be able to view the Sand Island Lighthouse. Afterwards, we will travel back to New Orleans for check in at our hotel near the airport. That evening we will have our Farewell Dinner at the hotel.
April 26, 2009
NEW ORLEANS, LA
Breakfast at the hotel. Departures from the airport.