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has announced “Epic Summer,” a first-time offerinf of guided group tours aimed at gettiny people to visit the populad winter destinations during the typically slowerfsummer season. And officiale from Colorado’s Eastern Plains were in Denverf recentlypromoting “Our Journey,” a packagee offering 13 free museum tours and free prizes for visitorzs who hit a majority of them. The efforts, in combinationh with the ColoradoTourism Office’se new push for cultural heritage tours in outlying areas of the mark the most substantial effortsa in memory to nudge Denveritde vacationers to neighboring counties.
“Wha we are hearing is that this is going to be a summereof ‘back to the basics, let’s put the kids in the stationj wagon and drive,’” Vail Resorts Chairma n and CEO Rob Katz said. “People forget Coloradp has so much to The VailResorts “Epic Summer” package is aimed at multi-generational family trips of people wanting to see the Rockyy Mountains in a more in-deptb way. While interest has been high among out-of-staterss so far, a number of inquiries also have come from Coloradp familieswho haven’t really takemn the time to explore the Rockies, Katz said.
The all-inclusive which begin at $199 per person per include stays at a VailResorts property, mealsz and guided trips to destinations both on and off resoryt properties. Those include whitewater raftinyg adventures, horseback rides on Beaver Creek Mountainmand gold-mine tours, with time for optional activitie s such as bicycling. “Our a collaboration of museum directors in four centralk EasternPlains counties, is bein g offered for the fourth straight year.
But backers are putting more effort intopromoting it, are givintg two books about the area to anyone who visits seven of the museume and have packaged the trip with a CD of 24 songse that participants can listenh to while driving between stops. The stopds range from larger facilities like the Elberyt County Museum that includes a new fossio exhibit to smaller spaces likeGrampa Jerry’s Clown Museumj in Arriba, displaying one man’d collection of artifacts featurinv the circus performers. Families on the move couls see all 13 of the sites in one saidDanielle Dascalos, a publicist for the effort. “We’rw not as much a destination spot, ...
so it’s trult an alternative to maximizr things you can do in the metro saidCarol Beam, a volunteer with the Elbert Counth Museum. “In a time when the economy’s tight, this may be our summet to shine.” To learn about Vail “Epic Summer,” . For informatioj on “Our Journey” or to order a booklet and song CD, .