BLOOMINGTON, Minn., June 21, 2006
Farmer Gets Scottsdale Surprise
Early Show Sends Minneapolis Man On Much-Needed Vacation
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Play CBS Video Video Next Stop: Scottsdale, Ariz. Only On The Web: "The Early Show's" Dave Price spoke to the Reger family of Minnesota, after they were named the latest recipients of the "Great American Vacation Giveaway."
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Video A 'Great' Scottsdale Vacation Rick Reger was announced by "The Early Show's" Dave Price as the latest recipient of the "Great American Vacation Giveaway." The unsuspecting viewer and his family are headed to Scottsdale, Ariz.
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Video Dave Price Rocks Minnesota Dave Price visited "Minnesota Rocks!" a six-week stone carving symposium in the capital city of St. Paul, Minn. Master stone carving artists from nine different nations show off some of their work.
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Rick Reger, left, gets a surprise from The Early Show's Dave Price — a much-needed family vacation to Scottsdale, Ariz. (CBS)
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Photos "Vacation" Photos See the places we've been and the people we've met during The Early Show's "Great American Vacation" tour.
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Video Archive 'Vacation' Video The Early Show's "Great American Vacation" recipients and stories from our road trip
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The Early Show 2006 Road Trip! We traveled the country giving away dream vacations! See where we've been and who got surprise getaways.
Thanks to a letter from his wife to The Early Show, Rick Reger heard his name called by Dave Price while riding the carousel at the Mall of America in Bloomington.
Reger runs a farm with his brother just outside the Twin Cities and works a second job at night to "keep things going on the farm," often working 20 hours a day. Any vacation or downtime is spent working on the farm, according to his wife.
"I hate to see my husband work so and not enjoy life," Lisa Reger wrote. "I know the farm means a great deal to Rick, and my husband means a great deal to me."
Lisa even tricked her husband to get him away from the farm for The Early Show surprise, having told him she won a Father's Day radio contest with a day's play at the amusement area of the mall for the kids.
"I figured I'll take a day off and go down because I've never been here before and have a little fun," Reger said.
More fun is on the way as the family is headed to Scottsdale, Ariz., for a five-day, four-night stay at the beautiful Fairmont Scottsdale Princess Resort.
This busy family will have plenty to do in the desert with five beautiful pools, the Willow Stream Spa, breakfast every day and their choice of a Jeep or hot-air balloon ride in the desert.
Domestic airfare is provided by American Airlines, the official airline partner of the "Great American Vacation."
But wait … there's more! BP, the same folks who are fueling our "Great American Vacation" Winnebagos, is giving Reger a summer's worth of fuel to use toward Amoco fuel purchases made at his local BP.
Who will be the next recipient of a surprise getaway?
Find out Friday, June 23, when Dave Price and one of two Early Show Winnebagos stops in Fargo, N.D. Come out and see Dave at the Fargo Air Museum!
Check out our map: if you live in one if the cities we're visiting, tell us about the one thing we just have to see and about someone there who's deserving of a "Great American Vacation."
E-mail us at vacation@cbsnews.comWho knows ... maybe we'll send them packing!
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