Arrive To: Check in at the Lodge after 3:00 PM. There is an orientation beginning at 5:15 PM in the Lodge. Please check your final itinerary to schedule your arrival time allowing about 45min travel time from the airport to the K Bar S Lodge.

Dinner: Dinner is included.

Evening: Free evening to get settled into your room.

Lodging: K Bar S Lodge

Meals Included: Dinner

Custer State Park, Horseback Trail Ride, Crazy Horse Memorial, Scaling of Mount Rushmore hands on Program

Breakfast: Breakfast is included.

Morning: We kick off our week of adventure with a morning field trip to Custer State Park. General Custer's expedition discovered gold here in 1874, that began the the rush of illegal settlers to the Black Hills. We'll stop at the Peter Norbeck Visitor Center where we'll get a close up look at the Park's history, mysteries, landscapes and wildlife that combine to create this diverse and beautiful park. Next we'll take what we've learned and travel the Wildlife Loop road in search of buffalo, wild burrows, prairie dogs, elk, white tail deer and more. At the end of the loop, put on your cowboy hat for a fun filled hour long horseback trail ride.

Lunch: Lunch is included.

Afternoon: Just 17 miles from Mt. Rushmore is Crazy Horse Memorial and Indian Museum of the Great Plains. This carving was begun at the request of Lakota Chiefs who, in the words of Chief Henry Standing Bear, said "we want the White Man to know that the Red Man had great leaders, too."

Dinner: Dinner is included.

Evening: Enjoy a presentation and hands on scaling of Mt. Rushmore program activity.

Lodging: K Bar S Lodge

Meals Included: Breakfast, Lunch, Dinner

Mount Rushmore National Memorial, President's Tram and Alpine Slide, Journey Museum and Native American Dancer

Breakfast: Breakfast is included.

Morning: High in the Black Hills on a cliff of solid granite are the faces of four of our country's Presidents. Each had a special place in the establishment, exploration, preservation and development of our nation. This special place is Mt. Rushmore National Monument. We'll take a group photo on the viewing terrace, walk the Presidential Trail, and explore in the Monument's museum to learn how and why this incredible carving was made. Those able to handle a significant number of stairs will want to visit the Sculptor's Studio to see the plaster models used by Gutzon Borglum to guide his gigantic carving. Next we'll discover Mt. Rushmore form a different angle as we ride a chair lift up to the top of a ridge. Enjoy the view as well as the ride back down on the lift or take the option of feeling the wind in your hair as you ride the alpine slide back down the hill.

Lunch: Lunch is included.

Afternoon: We'll continue our exploration with a visit to the Journey Museum. The Journey takes you on an incredible trek through time, from the violent upheaval that formed the mystical Black Hills over 2.5 billion years ago to the continuing saga of the Western Frontier. The Journey Museum brings together four major prehistoric and historic collections to tell the complete story of the Western Great Plains - from the perspective of the Lakota peoples and the pioneers who shaped its past, to the scientists who now study it. Get a close up look at Lakota artifacts and learn why they call the Black Hills "Center of the Universe."

Dinner: Dinner is included.

Evening: This evening bond with your grandchild as you learn about this fascinating land and the culture of its people with a vivid and exciting Native American dancer and presenter.

Lodging: K Bar S Lodge

Meals Included: Breakfast, Lunch, Dinner

Badlands National Park, Gold Panning, Buffalo Box Presentation and Campfire

Breakfast: Breakfast is included.

Morning: Today we'll discover a land of extremes. Learn how a once subtropical paradise, complete with exotic sea creatures and dinosaurs, evolved into the desolate Badlands of today. At first glance this moon-like terrain may seem inhospitable, but look closely and discover the secrets that lie with in. Learn how settlers overcame such harsh conditions and watch as the world around you transforms from a sea of gray to a cathedral of colors.

Lunch: Lunch is on your own at the famous Wall Drug.

Afternoon: This afternoon we'll obtain a new appreciation for those who blazed the trail for gold discovery decades before. We'll try our hand at imitating the miners from long ago by panning for gold, minerals and special gem stones.

Dinner: Dinner is included.

Evening: The evening will once again be an opportunity for you and your grandchild to bond and learn about this fascinating land with a hands on buffalo box presentation. We'll also enjoy a group campfire later in the evening if weather permits.

Lodging: K Bar S Lodge

Meals Included: Breakfast, Dinner

Breakfast: Breakfast is included.

Morning: This morning adventure awaits you! Travel back in time when Ice Age mammoths, camels, and giant short-faced bears roamed the Great Plains of North America. More than 26,000 years ago a sudden collapse of a sinkhole with a warm spring percolating from the bottom filled the sinkhole and created an ideal watering hole for animals to quench their thirst. Unfortunately the sinkhole proved to be too slippery and steep for the animals to retreat thus creating a death trap for large Columbian and woolly mammoths. We'll investigate this historic event by visiting the world's largest Columbian mammoth exhibit and research center for Pleistocene studies. .

Lunch: Lunch is included.

Afternoon: This afternoon immerse yourself in the natural warm springs of Evans Plunge. Don't forget to pack your swimming suit and towel for this fun afternoon of relaxing in the warm spring pools. Water slides add a little thrill for those young at heart!

Dinner: Final banquet is included.

Evening: This is the conclusion of the program.

Lodging: K Bar S Lodge

Meals Included: Breakfast, Lunch, Dinner

Breakfast: Breakfast is inlcuded. Feel free to depart anytime this morning.

Meals Included: Breakfast