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Pack your bags for this fun weekend adventure. We will depart Thursday morning and travel to Marquette Iowa for a wine tasting and lunch. In Galena we are staying at the historic DeSoto House Hotel, breakfast and luggage service are included. Thursday night we will visit 3 historic homes in Dubuque for progressive dinner. Friday morning starts with a visit the National Mississippi Museum and Aquarium in Dubuque. You' ll have time for lunch on your own in Dubuque and the option to ride the Fenelon Elevator. Friday afternoon you will have time to visit the quaint shops of Galena, before heading back to Dubuque for a dinner cruise on the Mississippi. Saturday morning will be a trolley tour of Galena and stop at the Ulysses S. Grant home for a tour. Lunch and shopping will be on your own before we board the bus around 2:00pm to head for home.
Space is limited. Deadline to register March 11, 2023
$655.00 per person/single occupancy and $519.00 per person/double occupancy.
Hotel info: Once the principal river port of the Upper Mississippi Valley, Galena reached its economic peak during the 1850 s. With the coming of the Illinois Central Railroad, a group of local investors formed the "Galena Hotel Company" and built a grand hotel to reflect the growing prosperity of this "Metropolis of the Northwest". Named for the discoverer of the Mississippi River, the DeSoto House opened on April 9, 1855 and was billed as the "Largest Hotel in the West".