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Purchase your tickets for CA Sponsored Outings at CA-SPONSORED OUTINGS
www.sctexas.org or at the Member Services Office.
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European Day-Trip! - Model Airplane
Museum, Brewery, and Painted Church
– Shulenburg and Shiner - NEW!

Lunch included – Oakridge Smokehouse
Wednesday, Oct. 4, $55 pp
Depart SCPL 7:30 a.m.; return 6:30 p.m.

During the 1800s,
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their families, traditions, and food. They put
down roots in the vast expanse between Dallas
and San Antonio creating a European vacation for modern day-
trippers.
Our day trip begins at Buc-ee’s in Bastrop where you can purchase
kolaches, the Czech breakfast of champions. Pick your favorite,
grab a coffee, then sit back and relax as we make our way through
a countryside dotted with Czech and German communities to
the Stanzel Model Aircraft Museum in Schulenburg. Dedicated
to the brothers who pioneered miniature aviation, it is sure to
take you back to younger days. Lunch is next at the Oakridge
Smokehouse, an all-you-can-eat buffet of home cooked comfort
foods, set inside a German country store.
After lunch, it is on to the Spoetzel Brewery where Shiner beer is
still hand-crafted, one brew at a time. A one hour walking tour
of the brewery will be followed by a tasting of Shiner craft beers.
Saints Cyril and Methodius Catholic Church, one of the famous
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this church features a majestic altar, painted murals, beautiful
statues, and stained glass windows imported from Bavaria.
Put on your best walking shoes, don’t forget your camera, and
enjoy a day trip through a little piece of Europe right here in
our own back yard.
Ticket cost includes transportation, buffet lunch, and admission
fees.
Volunteer Trip Leader: Jerilee Prather

State Fair of Texas – Dallas - NEW!

Meals on your own
Thursday, Oct. 12, $36 pp
Depart CCPL 7:30 a.m.; return 8:30 p.m.

Let’s go to the greatest State Fair in
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exhibits and the famous Fletcher’s Hot Dog.
There is so much to see including Big Tex who
speaks his one-liner “Howdy, folks.” Livestock shows abound
along with the butter sculpture, arts and crafts, live music acts,
exhibits and African acrobats. If you are hot, take a cool break
in the two automotive buildings featuring many models of cars.
The Tower Pavilion features food galore and with 200 vendors

Outings continued on the next page

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