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Are you looking for an RV Caravan to enrich your travel experience at an unbelievably low price? SMART RV Caravans have helped our members save hundreds on exciting adventures throughout North America. We work hard to provide distinctive and creative trips. Our reputation speaks for us. Year after year, we see returning members on our caravans and they usually talk other members into joining in on the fun.

SMART Members: Friends or family members who are not eligible to join SMART may participate in a caravan, in their own rig, provided the caravan has not been filled by SMART members. You will need to sign up for the caravan and sponsor them. They must use the “Non-Member Registration” button shown on each caravan to begin the process and include your name and member number. They will be waitlisted until 180 days prior to the start. Contact SMART HQ for questions/additional information.

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This caravan begins in Natchitoches, the oldest town in the Louisiana Purchase. You will tour plantations, see where Steel Magnolias and other movies were filmed, and eat the famous Natchitoches Meat Pies. We then travel to the I-20 corridor starting at Shreveport and continuing to Ruston, Monroe, and Vicksburg seeing all the sites along the way including a WORLD HERITAGE CENTER at Poverty Point and tour one of the three vineyards and wineries in Louisiana.

We will visit the birthplace of Delta Air Lines and first bottled Coca Cola. We will visit a civil war battleground and then make our way down the Mississippi to New Orleans stopping at several interesting places on the way. There will be a Cajun cooking class in Vidalia where you will learn to make Jambalaya.

Everyone knows that New Orleans is a fun place. We will sample beignets at the French market and tour the WWII museum. We will then head into the heart of Cajun Country. We will tour Avery Island and learn how Tabasco Sauce is made. The caravan will end at Poche's Fish Camp with a big crawfish boil.

The city was founded in 1838 as a Seminole Indian trading post on the banks of the New River which is now the center of tourism. You will see the homes of the rich and famous and their mega yachts when you cruise the New River to the Atlantic Ocean on the Carrie B paddle wheeler. Sightseeing will include Naval Air Station Fort Lauderdale where Squadron 19 was launched and lost over the Bermuda Triangle, now a WW II Museum.

On the New River water taxi you will visit the river walk and dine and tour several attractions. For adventure, you will take an airboat ride at Hollywood Park in the Everglades seeing wildlife and watching the Gator Boys wrestle alligators. A day trip will go to Key Largo and the Everglades National Park to tour the only remaining Cold War Nike 9 missile base.

There will be time to visit the world famous Seminole Hard Rock Casino, Margaritaville Beach Resort, National Dive museum, and the famous Elbo Room on Ft Lauderdale Beach. If interested, go deep sea fishing, snorkeling, scuba diving, and many more interesting and fun activities on your own. We will be camping at beautiful CB Smith County Park near Ft Lauderdale. This caravan will be packed full of included tours and meals with time to venture on your own.

The caravan will touch on transportation modes as they have grown and developed throughout American history. Participants will have a chance to tour the factory where their RV was manufactured and be immersed in Amish culture through tours and meals. Moving from Indiana to Michigan, the group will tour the largest automobile museum in North America.

Other sights will include the automobile's beginnings, the giant freighters moving through the Soo Locks, Mackinaw Island where the primary mode of transportation is still horse and carriage, a WWII glider museum, boat rides on 4 of the 5 Great Lakes, along with other numerous stops around the Mitten state. Continuing into Wisconsin, the caravan will stop at Lambeau Field, home of the Green Bay Packers, for a tour and lunch.

We will enjoy the EAA Airventure in Oshkosh, Wisconsin. This annual event brings together aviation enthusiasts of all ages as they show off experimental and innovative aircraft. The Airventure will have day and night air shows, rides in aircraft, and a mass hot air balloon launch. Ending in Spring Green, Wisconsin, the group will explore the most exotic and eclectic retreat built on a chimney rock. And of course, there will be shared meals, happy hours, and campfires. Video: https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=Gb449rZErO

It is not just the scenery and wildlife that makes this trip so special. You will find colorful towns and villages both large and small, populated by warm welcoming locals. A few of our planned activities will include visiting Danali National Park (number 1 attraction in Alaska), visiting the Alaskan Pipeline, panning for gold, dog sled viewing and tour, potluck dinners and restaurants, along with a narrated scenic train ride through the White Pass and Beyond, 22.7 miles between Skagway, Alaska and Freaser British Columbia.

There will be amble time for personal excursions, tours, fishing, and relaxation. Our planning phase continues and will be updated in the near future. Now is the time to sign up and send in your application and $280 deposit.

Over approximately 45-days, we will visit bucket list places like Mount Rushmore, Crazy Horse, Little Bighorn, Grand Tetons, Yellowstone, Badlands, Black Hills, Theodore Roosevelt National Park, Devil's Tower, Wall Drug, Custer State Park, and more.

Towns to be explored will include Jackson Hole, Medora, Sturgis, Deadwood, Sioux Falls, Rapid City, Helena, Butte, Billings, and Great Falls. We'll see a rodeo, experience a chuckwagon supper and show, visit the biggest open copper mine pit in the world, take a float trip down the Snake River, marvel at Prairie Dog Town, learn about Kevin Costner's Dances with Wolves film set and Tatanka Buffalo Museum, take an old time train ride, experience a pitchfork barbecue, tour a bear center, watch Old Faithful blow, and stand on the richest hill in the world.

Get ready for the trip of a lifetime!

The history of aviation and the largest collection of Presidential Airplanes is in WPAFB. Central Ohio has ancient Indian mounds to explore. The National Museum of the Great Lakes is calling. You'll explore Kelly's Island, Inscription Rock and Put-In-Bay with Admiral Perry's Victory and Peace Memorial. The longest stretch of unguarded international border is here.

Our next city offers the Rock and Roll Hall of Fame, the house from "A Christmas Story", an international foodie tour in the market and the USS Cod Submarine Memorial. We'll tour Cuyahoga National Park via the scenic railroad. You'll visit one of the only Fist Ladies Libraries and the Pro Football Hall of Fame. Amish country offers fabulous food. Have you ever been to an Amish comedy show?

You'll be treated to elevated views of Pittsburgh aboard an aerial tram and tour the grounds of the famous Falling Waters home. Fort Ligonier is a world class museum from the French and Indian War that we will explore. We will end the caravan with a BOOM experiencing a reenactment of the D-Day invasion! The caravan will end a day's drive from the 2026 SMART National Muster.