Progress on bridge near Hoover Dam

Currently a bridge is being built across the Colorado River to bypass the road that takes traffic over the Hoover Dam. To follow the progress, check out their website www.hooverdambypass.org. I had a friend pass along some pictures, albiet from January, but the one I've included here shows some of the massive scale of this project (Thanks, Debbie!). We always tell our clients that there will be delays in crossing over the dam because of security checks and traffic.

The planned completion of the bridge and associated road construction is June 2010. So another year of delayed traffic is ahead of us, but you still get to see the spectacular progress on the bridge and the engineering marvel that is the Hoover Dam.

Tracks & Trails on MSNBC.com!

Our friends at WeJustGotBack.com wrote an article titled "Of Geysers and Grizzlies: The Best of Yellowstone for Families" and we were mentioned prominently throughout the article. It also showed up on Frommers.com and MSNBC.com. Here are the direct links - all the articles are the same so pick your favorite:

http://www.wejustgotback.com/default.aspx?mod=yellowstone_bestof
http://www.frommers.com/trip_ideas/family
http://www.msnbc.msn.com/id/30563277/

A big thank you to Suzanne Kelleher for writing the article and getting it published on great websites. Our web traffic doubled yesterday!

It's been a little crazy around here!

Just thought I'd let y'all know that we haven't fallen off the face of the earth - we're just very busy right now. It seems that many of our clients have waited to book their summer vacations. So April was a very busy booking month! We are very happy with the additional business and we are getting to the point in the season where we are building Adventure Kits for our clients. These 2 inch thick, 3-ring binders have travel tips, custom itineraries, vouchers for all components of the trip, hand-traced maps with routing and points of interest, our More Abouts (custom mini-travel guides), hand-picked brochures and other destination information.

We'll be back with some more tips, travel ideas and road information in the coming weeks as we get a chance to come up for a breath or two. In the meantime, there is plenty of availability for that great summer vacation that we can help create and make affordable for you and your family. Great destinations like Yellowstone, Grand Canyon and Yosemite await!!! 800-247-0970!!!