hehe, I hope your convincing goes well.I was keen on the Death Valley loop and Tetons Yellowstone, but they both filled, plus Cycle Utah. And there was a longish Mississippi ride by another company that I liked, but I thought it would wait for me.
I liked the LAGBRAU too stokerpam, and it's good to hear your experience with CC. I've been more interested in roadie tours too. I looked at a few mtb tours but these others were higher on my list.
But I was intrigued by CC's Tour Arctic as soon as I saw it. So Merry Christmas to me: I've registered.I will need a new bike for it (insufficient tyre clearance on the roadie) so it's a bit more hassle, but it just sounds fascinating. Not sure I can do the Icefields Parkway that I keep reading about as well, so we'll see how things pan out over the next couple of months, depending on the bike. Bit excited!