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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, August 1 at 8 a.m.
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you will not go hungry. If it is rides you want, visit the Midway
and try the Ferris wheel.
We travel on Senior Day where admission is free for those of us
60 and older. If you are under 60, your entrance fee will be $18
at the fair gate. This is a rain or shine outdoor event with lots of
walking and standing. Wear comfortable shoes, bring a hat and
sunscreen. You may bring food and water into the fair. We will
stop at Slovacek’s in West both going and returning. Departure
is from the main entrance at Cowan Creek.
Ticket cost includes transportation and fair admission for those
60 and older.
Volunteer Trip Leader: Ellen Mire
Chisholm Trail – Fort Worth - NEW!
2 night hotel stay with breakfasts;
other meals on your own
Tuesday, Oct. 17 – Thursday, Oct. 19
$335 pp double occupancy; $465 pp single occupancy
Depart CCPL 7:30 a.m. on Tuesday;
return 6 p.m. on Thursday
Ticket purchase deadline: Wednesday, Sept. 27
Trail boss their mascot, Reveille and Parsons Mounted Calvary. Along
Thornton Chisholm, a handful of cowboys, and
1800 rangy Texas Longhorns headed north
from Cardwell Flats on April 1, 1866. A seven
month journey took them along what became one of the most
storied names in the West, the Chisholm Trail. Explore the
stories of cowboys and cattle queens, gunslingers, and gamblers
along the trail from Waco to Ft Worth – Where the West Begins.
Tuesday – Our adventure begins with a look at Texas, The Big
Picture DVD and a stop at the historic Chisholm Trail Bridge in
Waco. We will cross the Brazos River and explore Texas from
the civil war to the cattle trails. We will tour the Gone with the
Wind museum in Cleburne and the Texas Civil War museum
in Ft. Worth. Afterwards we check into the Hampton Inn I-30
West in Fort Worth for our two night stay. Lunch and dinner
will be on your own today with a variety of restaurant choices.
Apple ‘hand pie’ snack, juice and bottled water included today.
Wednesday – Following breakfast (included) we will take
a guided walking tour of The Stockyards National Historic
District with its historic structures and epic tales of cattle drives
and rugged trail hands that trampled their tracks more than
a century ago. We will tour the Texas Cowboy Hall of Fame
and check out the Ft. Worth longhorn herd as they make their
drive down Exchange Ave. Lunch is on your own and BBQ is
king; choose from Billy Bob’s, Cooper’s or Riscky’s, all world
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tour before heading back to our hotel. Dinner will be on your
own at Sundance Square in downtown Ft. Worth. Maps, menus,
and stories provided.
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Thursday – This morning we will take a walk through the
Ft. Worth Water Gardens. Once known as Hell’s Half Acre,
visit the Tandy Leather Museum, and tour the historic cattle
baron mansion Thistle Hill. Lunch will be in the quaint town of
Burleson with its choice of restaurants like Babe’s Chicken and
Grumpy’s Burgers. Following lunch we will saddle up, get our
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for the barn. It’s the end of the trail. Breakfast, snack, bottled
water included today.
Ticket cost includes transportation, 2 hotel nights with breakfast,
2 snacks, bottled water, and tour fees. For an expanded itinerary
e-mail [email protected]
Volunteer Trip Leader: Jerilee Prather
Veterinary College Tour – Texas A&M
College Station - NEW!
Lunch on your own
Tuesday, Oct. 24, $27 pp
Depart SCPL 7:30 a.m.; return 5:15 p.m.
This is a special opportunity for a
private tour of the Veterinary and Medical
Educational Complex at Texas A & M College.
The only college of its kind in Texas and one of
only 31 in the country and Canada, this facility provides care for
with the small and large animal hospital, they service animals
from all over the world. NOTE: The 90 minute tour will be
all walking, standing and some stairs.
After the tour lunch will be on our own from such selections as
Abuelo’s, Rosas Café, Razoos, Grub Burger, Pei Wei and Blue
Baker. We will enjoy a 90 minute walking tour of this gorgeous
campus after lunch. No rest stops going or returning, so please
bring your own snacks, water and coffee.
Ticket cost includes transportation and tours.
Volunteer Trip Leader: Ellen Mire
Wildseed Farm and Pie – Fredericksburg
and Marble Falls - NEW!
Lunch on your own
Tuesday, Oct. 24, $35 pp
Depart SCPL 9 a.m.; return 6:30 p.m.
Gardeners, shoppers, and history
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tour of the grounds. Visit the nursery; check
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to scatter or plant around your home. After 90 minutes at the
farms we will leave for downtown Fredericksburg for lunch on
your own, shopping at the over 150 shops and enjoying the sites
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