CENTRAL NORTH CAROLINA &
WESTERN COLORADO USA, 10-30 MAY 2010

Brisbane Ambassador Coordinator Doug Harding
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The first seven-day hosting will be at Grand Junction between the Rocky Mountains and the Utah Desert, an area with high temperatures and low humidity. We will enjoy the rich early American western history with old gold and silver mines, old cowboy towns, National Parks and the famous dinosaur museum – you can't get more historic than that. We then travel by train on the California Zepher "one of the most beautiful railway journeys in the USA" to Denver for two nights and a chance to see the local sights. This is followed by a two night stopover at Atlanta where we will visit FFI headquarters and hopefully do a half day city tour.

We then fly on to our second seven day hosting at Central North Carolina which encompasses three cities, Greensboro, Winston-Salem and High Point, known as the 'Piedmont Triad' located between the Blue Ridge Mountains and Carolina beaches. Once known for textiles, tobacco and furniture, the area is full interesting things such as Revolutionary war sites, crafts, wineries, collectables, potteries, parks, gardens and zoos – take your pick. At the conclusion of this wonderful visit, you are free to travel further or return home.

Photos by Andrew Semple & Trish Dixon. Article by - Trish Dixon