Tour Name:	Angel Island US Immigration Station Tour
Departure:	04/10/09
Return:	04/10/09
Price:	$99 Tour,Lunch & Coach
Escort Deluxe Motorcoach Transportation Morning Coffee & Pastry Service Afternoon Beverage & Snacks

Description

Enjoy a spring day on Angel Island including a picnic lunch and Tram Tour of the Island. This highlight will be the newly remodeled Immigration Station (Opens Feb. 15) at an estimated cost of $30 million. In 1905, construction of an Immigration Station began in the area known as China Cove on Angel Island. Surrounded by public controversy from its inception, the station was finally put into operation in 1910. Although it was billed as the "Ellis Island of the West", within the Immigration Service it was known as "The Guardian of the Western Gate" and was designed control the flow of Chinese into the country, who were officially not welcome with the passage of the Chinese Exclusion Act of 1882.

Itinerary
Day # 1, Friday, April 10, 2009
08:30am	Depart: Oakmont		Santa Rosa, CA
08:45am	Depart: Spring Lake Village		Santa Rosa, CA
09:00am	Depart: Daytripping		Santa Rosa, CA
09:30am	Depart: Petaluma Fairground		Petaluma, CA
09:45am	Depart: Rowland Park-N-Ride		Novato, CA
12:30pm	Immigration Station Tour	Angel Island	Pleasanton, CA
	Poetry of Chinese Immigrant on Angel Island - This is a message to those who live here not to worry excessively. Instead, you must cast your idle worries to the flowing stream. Experiencing a little ordeal is not hardship. Napoleon was once a prisoner on an island. In 1905, construction of an Immigration Station began in the area known as China Cove. Surrounded by public controversy from its inception, the station was finally put into operation in 1910. Although it was billed as the "Ellis Island of the West", within the Immigration Service it was known as "The Guardian of the Western Gate" and was designed control the flow of Chinese into the country, who were officially not welcome with the passage of the Chinese Exclusion Act of 1882. During the next 30 years, this was the point of entry for most of the approximately 175,000 Chinese immigrants who came to the United States. Most of them were detained on Angel Island for as little as two weeks or as much as six months. A few however, were forced to remain on the island for as much as two years. This historic site is re-opening in February 2009 with tours starting in April - Join us for this Grand Re-Opening Tour.
04:15pm	Return: Rowland Park-N-Ride		Novato, CA
04:30pm	Return: Petaluma Fairground		Petaluma, CA
05:00pm	Return: Daytripping		Santa Rosa, CA
05:15pm	Return: Spring Lake Village		Santa Rosa, CA
05:30pm	Return: Oakmont		Santa Rosa, CA