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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 Wednesday, February 1 at 8 a.m.
Continued from the previous page cheddar sandwich on wheat bread with lettuce and tomatoes.
Chips, cookie and bottled water included. Choose your sandwich
Eat, drink, and be merry for springtime has returned with the when you buy your ticket. No other meal options or substitutions
Sherwood Forest Faire. available.
Ticket cost includes transportation and fair admission. After the cruise, what better way to spend the afternoon than
Volunteer Trip Leader: Jerilee Prather relaxing with a wine tasting at Torr Na Lochs Winery in Burnet?
This relatively new winery is nestled high above Inks Lake with
LBJ Library & Ladybird Wildflower Center fabulous views of the Hill Country and surrounding areas. You
Austin - NEW! will receive six wine pours, and you may want to purchase the
wine for your next wine tasting.
Lunch included – Scholz Garten Ticket cost includes transportation, river cruise, lunch and wine
Tuesday, Apr. 4, $56 pp tasting.
Depart SCPL 9 a.m.; return 4:45 p.m. Volunteer Trip Leader: Ellen Mire
The LBJ Library, voted one of Esther’s Follies – Austin - NEW!
the best places to visit in Austin, provides a
great overview of Lyndon B. and Lady Bird Dinner – P. F. Chang’s
Johnson’s lives, his presidency, and a historical Thursday, Apr. 6, $78 pp
and cultural backdrop of that era. One can linger or speed through Depart SCPL 4:30 p.m.; return 10:30 p.m.
depending on interest, but you won’t want to miss the excellent
recreations of the Oval Office and the first lady’s office. An extra Our Esther’s Follies evening will
added bonus are the views of UT and Austin which are spectacular begin with an exceptional dining experience at
from the top level. the highly rated P.F. Chang’s Bistro in
After our tour we will head to the Scholz Garten to relax and downtown Austin. Family style dining features
enjoy a delicious BBQ lunch, a brisket and sausage buffet with the following: lettuce wraps, crab wontons, egg drop soup, sesame
all the sides, finished off with an Amy’s ice cream dessert. Lunch chicken, Mongolian beef, crispy honey chicken, Kung Pao shrimp,
includes beverage, gratuity and tax. rice and dessert. Coffee, tea, gratuity and tax are included. A
Our afternoon will be spent at the Lady Bird Johnson Wildflower cash bar will be available with happy hour prices for a beverage
Center at UT Austin. The botanic gardens represent the most of your choice.
diverse collection of Texas native plants in North America. An Following dinner we will go to Esther’s Follies for non-stop
arboretum, a family garden, and three miles of trails include 650 laughter and fun. This show is a good mix of skits with timely
beautifully displayed plants native to Texas. With a butterfly current events and magic that will amaze you. Esther’s Follies
garden, water gardens and more, you will not find a better time never disappoints us; the material is fresh and funnier with
to visit than now when our amazing Texas countryside is filled each visit. First-timers, you haven’t seen anything until you
with a patchwork quilt of incredible color. go to Esther’s for an evening filled with hearty laughter as this
Ticket cost includes transportation, lunch, and admission fees. show is always the talk of the town. Here’s a quip just to get you
Volunteer Trip Leader: Jacki Westpfahl started: “MapQuest really needs to start its directions on step
number five. I’m pretty sure I know how to get out of my Sun
Vanishing River Cruise and City neighborhood!”
Torr Na Lochs Winery - Burnet - NEW! NOTE: Theater seating is tight, and most seats are on risers.
Ticket cost includes transportation, dinner and show.
WhichWich box lunch Volunteer Trip Leader: Jacki Westpfahl
Wednesday, Apr. 5, $68 pp
Depart SCPL 9 a.m.; return 5 p.m. Gruene Gospel Brunch – Gruene - NEW!
Ticket purchase deadline: March 31
Brunch buffet included
Enjoy a two and a half hour Sunday, Apr. 9, $61 pp
scenic cruise to see Texas wildlife and a Depart SCPL 8 a.m.; return 3:30 p.m.
multitude of birds as well as bluebonnets and
maybe an eagle or two nestled amongst the This New Orleans style gospel brunch
rocks. We will pass Chism Bluff, Fall Creek Falls and Bee Bluff in the famous Gruene Hall is one of our most
to name a few of the sites. Travel will be on the 150 passenger, popular destinations. Led by local boy Bret
two deck, 70 foot vessel with inside and outside viewing areas. Graham and The Gospel Silvertones, the music
Our WhichWich box lunch will be turkey/provolone OR ham/ will have you toe-tapping throughout the 90 minute show as it
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