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CA-SPONSORED OUTINGS

Purchase your tickets for CA Sponsored Outings at www.sctexas.org or at the Member Services Office.
          Tickets for outings listed for the first time will be available Tuesday, January 3 at 8 a.m.

Key to Outings                                                          memorabilia – bicycles, pedal cars, calendars, clocks, Dr Pepper
                                                                        advertisements and merchandise. A new gift shop and soda
SCPL - Social Center Parking Lot                                        fountain and 7000 square feet have been added to the original
CCPL - Cowan Creek Parking Lot                                          museum. Our tour will end with a frosty Dr Pepper float!
                                                                        NOTE: The Dig Shelter is a ¼ mile walk on a concrete
Level 1 – Light Activity     Bus trip over approx.                      path; the Dr Pepper tour is approx. 45 minutes of walking.
Level 2 – Moderate Activity  3 hours                                    Ticket cost includes transportation, museum tours, and Dr Pepper
Level 3 – Active Activity                                               float.
Level 4 – Adventure Tour       Overnight stay                           Volunteer Trip Planner: Jerilee Prather
                             Walking - Expect a
    Meal provided            walking tour or a large 	                  Cabela’s and SAS Shoe Factory – San Antonio
                             venue
   Requires climbing in 	    Walking and steps                          Brunch on your own
   and out of a boat                                                    Thursday, February 9, $30 pp
                              Bus is wheelchair                         Depart SCPL 8:30 a.m.; return 4:30 p.m.
                              accessible
                                                                                                             First we will head to Cabela’s in
   PERK Cards!                                                                               Buda where you can grab a late breakfast/early
                                                                                             lunch or do some shopping. This 185,000 square
     Every time you travel on an outing                                                      foot retail showroom is packed with outdoor
     planned by the Lifestyle Department,                               equipment, lifelike taxidermy, aquarium and archery test area.
     you will receive a card to fill out and                            At 11 a.m. we will leave Cabela’s to go to the SAS Factory and
     turn in at the Monitor’s desk. We will                             General Store for a tour of their handcrafted shoes. Most of
     draw a card monthly and the lucky                                  their shoes have polyurethane soles that cushion your feet on
     winner will receive a 50% discount on a future CA bus outing of    millions of tiny air bubbles so you are literally walking on air.
     your choice! (Note: Excludes overnight outings). We will notify    In 1998, they developed a General Store with a complete line of
     the winner via phone and email.                                    SAS shoes and handbags. Gradually, a kitchen, a candy store
                                                                        and an ice cream parlor emerged. Vintage cars and early farm
    Dix Howard is the Perk Card Winner for October 2016.                equipment are displayed around the store.
    Congratulations, Dix!                                               NOTE: SAS tour is about an hour with walking and standing
                                                                        for the entire time. Also there are strong odors in the factory
If you have any questions about our outings, please                     which are not recommended for those with respiratory illnesses.
contact Lifestyle & Activities, 512-948-7392.                           Ticket cost includes transportation, SAS tour including a chance
                                                                        to win a pair of shoes, and time at Cabela’s.
Mammoth Site & Dr Pepper Museum - Waco                                  Volunteer Trip Leader: Flo Zydowicz

Lunch on your own – Rudy’s BBQ                                          WinStar Casino – Thackerville, OK - NEW!
Thursday, Feb. 2, $44 pp
Depart SCPL 8 a.m.; return 5 p.m.                                       Wednesday, Feb 22 – Thursday, Feb. 23
                                                                        Single occupancy $170 pp; double occupancy $120 pp
                                     The story of the Waco Mammoth      Depart LHPP 9:15 a.m. Wed.; return 4 p.m. Thurs.
                     has captured the imagination of Central Texans     Ticket purchase deadline: Wednesday, Feb. 8
                     for almost 40 years. Two young men searching
                     for arrowheads along the Brazos River on a                                                    The WinStar World Casino
                                                                                             has eight themed plazas – Paris, Beijing, Rome,
SOLD OUTspring day in 1978 led to the nation’s first and only recorded                       Madrid, London, Vienna, Cairo and New York
                                                                                             City, as well as a world class poker room, bingo
discovery of a nursery herd of Pleistocene mammoths. Take a             hall, and off-track betting parlor. The hotel has three towers
guided tour of our newest National Park, walk through the Dig           with state-of-the art amenities and contemporary comforts. From
Shelter with fossil remains on view, and hear the story of this         gourmet eateries and charming gift shops to a 27-hole golf course
amazing site.                                                           and posh bar and lounge areas, you can enjoy a myriad of
Our next stop is Rudy’s BBQ for lunch on your own. Slow smoked          entertainment opportunities all in one place. WinStar boasts
brisket, sausage, ribs, chicken and turkey with all the fixin’s, a      over 15 restaurants and the recently opened spa offers massages,
tour through BBQ heaven.
After lunch explore another Waco discovery, Dr Pepper, America’s                                                                                                ONLINE: SCTEXAS.ORG
first major soft drink brand. A guided tour will take us back
to the early days of Dr Pepper and through a treasure trove of

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