[The-wheels-museum] GRAND CANYON TRIP FUNDRAISER

[The Wheels Museum]

Dear Volunteers and Friends of WHEELS Museum:

We are planning a trip as a fund raiser for WHEELS. This will be a trip to the Grand Canyon in May of 2023. We will be departing Albuquerque on a Friday and returning on a Monday. Here is a bit more information for you.

This trip will be scheduled through Amtrak Vacations as a Grand Canyon Getaway. North America's greatest natural monument awaits you on your Grand Canyon Getaway! Your exploration begins in Williams, Arizona, where you will be surrounded by nature in a quaint Route 66 town. Then, you will climb aboard the Grand Canyon Railway for a journey through a beautiful stretch of ponderosa pine forest to one of the seven wonders of the world: The Grand Canyon. At the South Rim, you will be treated to a tour and experience the Canyon in all its majesty. Keep your camera handy!

The trip will include the  Amtrak trip from Albuquerque to Williams, the Grand Canyon Railway trip from Williams to the canyon and back, and then the return trip to Albuquerque by Amtrak. Lodging is included: Friday night will be at the Grand Canyon Railway Hotel in Williams, Saturday will be at the Maswik Lodge at the Grand Canyon, and Sunday will be back at the Grand Canyon Railway Hotel. The Fred Harvey Restaurant will provide breakfast on Saturday morning and dinner on Sunday night. All other meals will be on your own. On Saturday you will enjoy a Motorcoach Freedom Rim Tour of the South Rim of the canyon. This will leave plenty of time for you to explore the Grand Canyon on your own on Saturday and Williams while you are there. 

The dates we have planned are Friday, May 19, 2023 through Monday, May 22, 2023. We will depart at 4:19PM on Friday and arrive back in Albuquerque at 11:20AM on Monday. 

This trip is longer than the others we have offered and includes may more activities so the cost will be $1400 per person ($2800 per couple) based on a double occupancy room. For a single room, the cost would be $2030 per person.

We are sending this email to see how many would like to come along with us and to let you know we would need a firm commitment by January 2, 2023 at which time we would require payment for the trip. Amtrak requires payment in full when booking. This would be non-refundable after the reservations are made, but if we can resell your room, we would be able to process a refund for you. 

Please let us know ASAP if you would like to come and then we will take your payment and finalize the reservations after the first of the year. 

This will be a fun trip and encourage you all to consider coming along. We will have 15 rooms available, so there will be room for up to 30 people if all rooms are double occupancy. We would be happy to match up singles with a roommate to keep your cost at the double occupancy level. 

Janet Marie Coen
Development Coordinator
WHEELS Museum
1100 2nd SW
PO Box 95438
Albuquerque, NM 87199
505-243-6269 



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