Little Rock to Memphis Adventure!
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Come on a grand adventure beginning in Little Rock, Arkansas, winding through a variety of beautiful parks and historic sites, and ending up in Memphis, Tennessee! This is a limited attendance event, so get your RSVP in quick! Your RSVP fee covers the vehicle rental, fuel, and overnight accommodations in a combination of hotels and Airbnbs.
The pecking order of room and bed preferences will be based on the order people sign up for the trip. The RSVP fee assumes 4 people will share a room with 2 queen beds, 2 people to a bed. If you do not want to share, it will cost more. Let me know, and I'll have to figure out that math. Sometimes people who really don't want to share a bed but still want to keep the cost low will bring a small air mattress to sleep on the hotel floor.
Your RSVP amount covers the cost of overnight accommodations throughout the trip (Hotel or Airbnb) as well as the rental van and gas. The cost of airfare, entrance fees, activities, food, and all other incidentals are your responsibility.
We will fly into Little Rock on Sunday, June 7th, and fly out of Memphis, Tennessee on Saturday evening, June 13th. You can come in earlier or depart later if you need to. If you absoluletly need to come in on a later date or leave on an earlier date, we can probably accommodate that, but the RSVP cost will still be the same.
There is a lot we can do during this trip, and we will schedule a Zoom call to discuss options in more detail. We do not all always have to do that same activities. For example, there are a lot of Civil Rights historic sites in this region. Some people may want to visit some of those while others may want to do a hike instead. While in the parks, some may want to do a scenic wildlife photography drive while others want to kayak.
My bullet point areas of interest are below, but we will have a Zoom meeting to discuss everyone's preferences ahead of the trip:
*Little Rock section:
- Little Rock Central High School National Historic Site where the "Little Rock Nine" were integrated
- Big Dam Bridge
- Hot Springs National Park
- Lake Ouachita State Park
- Louisiana Purchase State Park
*Memphis section:
- Multiple Native American Historic Sites
- Graceland, home of Elvis Presley
- Shelby Farms Park
- Memphis Zoo
- Memphis Botanical Garden
- National Civil Rights Museum at the Lorraine Motel where Martin Luther King, Jr. was assassinated.
You need to have the type of personality that can go with the flow, adjust to changing circumstances, and get along well with others. Drama will not be tolerated. If you cause drama that interferes with others' ability to enjoy the trip, you will be asked to leave the group for the remainder of the trip with no refund. We have never had to do this, but we have come very close once. Luckily, the indivual corrected their actions before we had to take that step.
You may pay your $1400 RSVP fee via Zelle at "[[contact@neoproject.org](mailto:contact@neoproject.org)](mailto:contact@neoproject.org)" or our Zelle Tag, "NEOproject" with no additional fee. If you need to pay via Paypal or credit card, you will need to cover any associated fees that come from the total RSVP amount. Please send me a message when you have paid so I can be sure you are on the RSVP list.
Because we have to plan ahead for events and make non-refundable reservations, NO REFUNDS CAN BE ISSUED for this event unless it is canceled. If you cannot attend for any reason, you can give or sell your spot to someone else. Thank you for understanding.
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