26 | SUNRAYS JANUARY 2015
ONLINE:
SCTXCA.ORG
Purchase your tickets for CA Sponsored Outings at
or at the Member Services Office.
Tickets for outings listed for the first time will be available
Friday, January 2, at 8 a.m.
OUTINGS
Cajun Country Tour – Lafayette, LA - NEW!
Monday, March 9 – Saturday, March 14
$670 pp double occupancy; $760 pp single occupancy
Depart The Oaks Monday 8 a.m.;
Return Saturday 5 p.m.
Ticket purchase deadline: Friday, February 20
See online calendar for more detail.
This
is the trip you have heard about from your
friends and neighbors - Cajun Country - Land
of Bon Temps. Enjoy the food, see the alligators
and the egrets; visit plantations, historic
homes and swamps.
Monday:
Stops along the way to LA – The Village Market,
St. Carmine, TX; lunch at Golden Corral, Beaumont (included);
afternoon stop in Jennings, LA to play with an alligator or two.
After hotel check-in at the Wingate by Wyndham in Lafayette,
dinner at Prejean’s (included).
Tuesday:
Acadia Cultural Center, Jean Lafitte National Park
for a movie and museum visit; lunch in Vermillion Ville at La
Cuisine (included); Mouton House at the Lafayette Museum;
Borden’s Ice CreamShoppe; dinner on your own at Deano’s pizza.
Wednesday:
Second longest bridge in the US; McGee’s Landing;
lunch on your own at Crawfish Town USA (includes tour
and demo of crawfish cleaning and preparation); Longfellow-
Evangeline State Historic Site; dinner at Don’s Seafood
(included).
Thursday:
Konriko Rice Mill; Shadows-on-the-Teche, an
antebellum sugar plantation; lunch at Bon Creole (best Poboys
in Louisiana); Avery Island tour of the Tabasco Factory and
Country Store; dinner on your own.
Friday:
Bayou Teche museum; Delcambre Canal shrimp docks;
lunch at Jefferson Restaurant (Choices: seafood gumbo and
chef salad; chicken and sausage gumbo and 1/2 loco turkey
sandwich; crawfish bisque and ¼ muletta); Rip Van Winkle
Gardens; Joseph Jefferson plantation home; dinner on your own.
Saturday:
Back to Sun City
Ticket cost includes transportation, hotel, admissions to all
venues, daily breakfasts, four lunches and two dinners.
Volunteer Trip Leader: Judy Schlobohm
Texas History – Gonzales - NEW!
Lunch –Which Wich Box Lunch
Wednesday, March 18, $53 pp
Depart SCPL 7:30 a.m.; Return 6:30 p.m.
On October 2, 1835, eighteen
townsmen forever linked with heroes of
the revolution, stood on the banks of the
Guadalupe River and refused to give up their
small cannon to theMexican Army. The Texians carried a battle
flag showing a cannon on a white background with words that
would echo through the years, “Come and Take It.”
Explore the beginnings of the Texas Revolution touring these
famous sites: GonzalesMemorial Museumbuilt to commemorate
the Immortal 32 who died at the Alamo; Gonzales Battlefield
where the first shot was fired and the battle began; the Braches
plantation home and the SamHouston Oak where SamHouston
received news the Alamo had fallen and gave orders to begin
the Runaway Scrape; and the Hamon Church in Pioneer Park
where the ghosts of former congregations are said to gather as
visitors settle into the pews.
Independence Park will be our noon stop for a box lunch from
Which Wich. Select a sandwich choice when purchasing
tickets. Options: roast beef with cheddar; ham with Swiss; OR
turkey with pepper jack. Wheat bread, lettuce and tomato for
all sandwiches; chips, cookie, condiments and bottled water
included. We will also make a morning coffee stop at Buc-ee’s
before our tours begin.
Ticket cost includes transportation, tours, and lunch.
Volunteer Trip Leader: Jerilee Prather
Star of Texas Rodeo and Concert – Travis
County Expo Center – Austin - NEW!
Lunch on Your Own
Sunday, March 22, $55 pp
Depart SCPL 12:30 p.m.; Return 8 p.m.
Hold onto your hats for a wild
ride! After time on the midway, spend the
afternoon enjoying the fourth largest indoor
rodeo in the world. Watch bronco busting,
roping, barrel racing, steer wrestling, and
those brave rodeo clowns. This is a ProRodeo All Star Series
event so plan on watching some of the top performers in the
world enjoying the official sport of Texas.
After the rodeo we will enjoy a concert sure to delight us all.
At the time of this publication the artists have not yet been
announced.
Lunch is on your own at the midway before the rodeo begins
at 3 p.m. Refreshments will also be available during the event.
If you have never had the chance to saddle up, jump on board,
Partner.
Ticket cost includes transportation and admission to the fair,
rodeo and concert.
Volunteer Trip Leader: Cheryl Jakubowski
