TOURS, ETC.\Trail rides scheduled.Byline: Daily News The Trail Riders of the Canadian Rockies The Canadian Rockies comprise the Canadian segment of the North American Rocky Mountains range. The southern end in Alberta and British Columbia borders Idaho and Montana of the USA. The northern end is at the Liard Plain in British Columbia. , a nonprofit group, sponsors 10 six-day trail rides this summer and fall. Family rides will run July 7-12 and Aug. 11-16; naturalist rides are set for Aug. 4-9 and Aug. 18-23. Other rides scheduled include July 14-19, July 21-26, July 28-Aug. 2, Aug. 25-30, Sept. 1-6 and Sept. 8-13. Ride costs - which include use of horse and saddle, teepee or tent lodgings, all meals, guides and transportation to and from trailheads - range from $535 for children 15 and younger to $800 for adults, plus group membership fee and park user fee. Price of the two September rides is $710 for adults. Information: (403) 264-8656. Means business: Brazil Americas Institute offers a June 1-8 Caribbean cruise seminar for home-based and aspiring business owners on how to conduct business in Latin America Latin America, the Spanish-speaking, Portuguese-speaking, and French-speaking countries (except Canada) of North America, South America, Central America, and the West Indies. . Cost is $1,250 per person. Information: (210) 698-2977. All aboard: American Pullman Pullman. 1 Former town, since 1889 part of Chicago, Ill. It was founded in 1880 by George M. Pullman as a model community for workers of his sleeping-car company; all property was company owned, and administration policies were paternalistic. Traditions offers a roundtrip journey by private train to Santa Fe Santa Fe, city, Argentina Santa Fe, city (1991 pop. 341,000), capital of Santa Fe prov., NE Argentina, a river port near the Paraná, with which it is connected by canal. , N.M., departing Los Angeles Los Angeles (lôs ăn`jələs, lŏs, ăn`jəlēz'), city (1990 pop. 3,485,398), seat of Los Angeles co., S Calif.; inc. 1850. July 4 and returning July 9. Accommodations aboard the train are in master bedrooms, upper and lower Pullman berths and single roomettes; in Santa Fe, each guest will have a cottage or casita at Rancho ran·cho n. pl. ran·chos Southwestern U.S. 1. A hut or group of huts for housing ranch workers. 2. A ranch. Encantado. Cost of the journey start at $2,295, including the train trip, lodgings, some meals and two days' admission to the Santa Fe Wine Festival. Information: (800) 556-3035. Alaska holiday: Our Family Abroad offers a 12-day tour of Alaska and the Yukon for gay travelers that ends with a cruise aboard Holland America Line's Nieuw Amsterdam from Juneau via Glacier Bay Glacier Bay Narrow inlet of the Pacific Ocean, southeastern Alaska coast, U.S. About 60 mi (97 km) long, it contains 16 active glaciers that descend from the St. Elias Mountains to the east and Fairweather Range to the west. and the Inside Passage to Vancouver. The tour leaves Seattle July 28 and costs $2,825 per person, double occupancy, plus $105 port charges and taxes. The price covers all transportation, including the flight to Anchorage, hotels, cruise meals, sightseeing and tour guide. Information: (800) 999-5500. CAPTION(S): PHOTO Photo Riders follow a trail through a meadow in the Rockies. Roy Jamieson |
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