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Photography
View all the Photography Learning Based Vacations below!
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Becoming an Outdoors Woman - August 2008 Summer Session
At beautiful Lake Metigoshe learn the basics: hunting, fishing, shooting skills, navigation, plants and animals. Aimed primarily at women, but anyone 18 years or older is welcome to learn outdoor skills. Workshops include: intro to firearms, edible wild plants, outdoor photography, decoy carving, birds and their nests, predator calling, GPS adventure, bog slogging, kayaking, flyfishing, into to bow, furry critters, plant ID and more.
Coordinator: Nancy Boldt - North Dakota Game and Fish Department
Location: Bottineau
Tour Availability: August 8-10, 2008
Length of Tour: Full days, with evening free time and programs.
Estimated Price: $135
Price Includes: Instruction in all sessions, program materials, use of equipment, all meals and lodging.
Phone: 701-328-6312
Web site: Becoming an Outdoors Woman
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North Dakota Photo Adventures
Landscape photography workshop held in a variety of locations throughout North Dakota. A great way to explore the magnificent unspoiled landscape of North Dakota. Learn fundamental and advanced photography techniques and have fun.
Coordinator: Steve Silverman - Steve Silverman Imaging
Location: Grand Forks
Tour Availability: To be decided.
Length of Tour: 1/2 day, full day and 3 day workshops available.
Estimated Price: 1/2 day - $60; full day - $250; 3 day - $350; minimum 8, maximum 16 people.
Price Includes: Course materials.
Web site: Steve Silverman Imaging
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Rural History Holiday
Be a modern day explorer. Discover the remnants of a town that began as a bustling prairie tent village and was bought out by FEMA. Activities include a historical tour of Churchs Ferry, Churchs Ferry School museum, remaining buildings, city layout, homesteads, gardens at the farm with anecdotal stories of original settlers, and a tour of the surrounding area - Grand Harbor, the old churchyard and more. Great for photographers and writers. You'll always find a story here.
Coordinator: Holly Mawby - gardendwellers Farm
Location: Churchs Ferry
Tour Availability: Mid July thru Mid September, Sunday through Saturday
Length of Tour: 1-3 days, 9 a.m.-7 p.m. with optional evening activities.
Estimated Price: $120 per day
Price Includes: Personalized guide and customed activities based on interest, meals, beverages and transportation.
Other Info: Additional excursions/activities could include: wildlife/bird watching, nearby historic sites, bison ranch, summer theater, fishing, and heritage center. Lodging can be arranged in either a hotel, motorhome, or fully furnished house.
Phone: 701-351-2520
Web site: gardendwellers Farm
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The World Famous Perch Express
Make this your experience the World Famous Perch Express, North Dakota's most complete and professionally guided ice fishing package. The Perch Patrol Guide Service and Woodland Resort have owned and operated the Perch Express since the early 1990's and have successfully entertained thousands of ice fisherman throughout the Midwest. You can choose from a 2 night 3 days of fishing or 3 night 4 days of fishing packages that include lodging, all your meals, and guide service for your entire stay. We take your vacation very seriously and we try our best to accommodate the fisherman's every need. In fact, in April of 2006, the Perch Express was honored to be awared North Dakota's Best Package by North Dakota Tourism! So what are you waiting for? Gather up your family, friends, co-workers and relatives and climb aboard the Perch Express!
Coordinator: Steve - Perch Patrol Guide Service
Location: Devils Lake
Tour Availability: January 1 through March 31st
Length of Tour: 2 night 3 days of fishing or 3 night 4 days of fishing packages.
Estimated Price: $670 per person to $875 per person.
Price Includes: All meals, lodging and guide service for your entire day.
Other Info: 8 hours day of fishing: ride with the guide (transportation to and from fishing locations), every client will receive a Vexilar FL-18 to use and extensive instruction of how to read this vital piece of electronics, heated portable two-man fish house, namely the Fish Trap Voyager, complete with chairs, buckets, rod and reel combinations by Berkley. All holes are drilled for you, by the Strikemaster Lazer Augers. All bait minnows, waxworms or eurolarvae. Fishing on the go - The guides fish with you and are always "on patrol" searching and moving you to the "hottest" action possible.
Phone: 701-351-3474
Web site: Perch Patrol
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Tours at Fort Abraham Lincoln State Park
Come tour the last home of George Armstrong Custer, the reconstructed On-A-Slant Mandan Village, and the Visitor Center (housed in a Civilian Convervation Corps building) Fort Abraham Lincoln State Park, the oldest state park in North Dakota, was created in 1907 when President Theodore Roosevelt donated 75 acres of land to the North Dakota State Historical Society. The first phase of developing the state park occurred in 1934 when the Civilian Conservation Corps (CCC) built the visitor center, reconstructed the army blockhouses and several earth lodges, and placed cornerstones to indicate the locations and sizes of the original military buildings, 96 camping sites, multiple picnicking areas, walking trails, a visitor center, a concession stand, and the reconstructed On-A-Slant Mandan Village.
Coordinator: Fort Abraham Lincoln Foundation
Location: Mandan
Tour Availability: The Custer House, Visitor Center and On-A-Slant Village are open to the public starting on May 1st, 2008. Tours are offered every half hour with the first daily tour starting at 9 a.m.
Length of Tour: The tours of the On-A-Slant Village and Custer House are approximately one hour each.
Estimated Price: There is a $5 fee per car to get into the park. There is an additional interpretive fee of $6 per adult and $4 per child (ages 5 and under free). Memberships available.
Price Includes: The fee covers the tours of the On-A-Slant Village and the Custer House, entrance to the Visitor Center, the infantry post and the reconstructed stable building.
Other Info: Old Time Melodramas are presented Fridays and Saturdays from June thru July. A concession stand and gift shop are located in the state park. Trail rides are available for a separate fee. Visitors may want to bring: bug spray, water, extra film/batteries for cameras, money for lunch and the commissary bookstore/gift shops and good walking shoes.
Phone: 701-663-4758
Web site: Fort Lincoln
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