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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 Monday, Feb. 1 at 8 a.m.
Cowboy Stadium Tour – Arlington - NEW! nursery, and check out the award winning wildflower seeds,
garden accessories, specialty foods, and many other items. After
Lunch on Your Own 90 minutes at the Farms we will leave for downtown Fredericksburg
Tuesday, March 15, $55 pp for lunch on your own, shopping, and enjoying the sights. There
Depart SCPL 7:30 a.m.; Return 6:30 p.m. will be plenty of storage on the bus for your purchases.
Ticket Purchase Deadline: Tuesday, March 8
We will stop on the way home for “Pie Happy Hour” at the famous
Calling all football fans! Put on your Blue Bonnet Café in Marble Falls. Save an empty spot for pie
Dallas Cowboy football shirt and prepare to and coffee.
tour “Jerry’s World” (AT&T Stadium). Our two-
hour VIP tour includes the player and Ticket cost includes transportation only.
cheerleader locker rooms, post-game interview room, the
underground and more. The stadium was completed in 2009 Volunteer Trip Leader: Cheryl Jakubowski
and hosted the 2011 Super Bowl. Many other activities have
been held inside this domed stadium with a capacity of 110,000. Dinner Club – Inn on the Creek
After the tour, there will be time to shop in the Fan Shop. Salado - NEW!
For lunch on your own we will go to Collins Street in Arlington
to places such as Panera Bread, Chick-Fil-A, Blue Mesa and Tuesday, April 5, $68 pp
Buffalo Wings. We will also stop at Slovacek’s in West on the Depart SCPL 5:15 p.m.; Return 9 p.m.
way going and returning. Ticket Purchase Deadline: Tuesday, March 29
NOTES: The two-hour tour requires much standing and
walking. Due to the length of the tour and late lunch Nestled in landscaped grounds
time, you may want to bring food and beverages with overlooking Salado Creek sits a cozy, circa 1880
you on the bus. Victoria mansion. Alexander’s Distillery, named
Ticket cost includes transportation and tour. after the distillery that operated on the grounds
Volunteer Trip Leader: Ellen Mire during the Civil War, serves as the Inn’s restaurant/bar and our
venue for the evening meal. Enjoy first floor seating with verandas
Wildseed Farms, Shopping, and Pie overlooking the Creek. For those with an adventurous spirit, it
Fredericksburg & Marble Falls - NEW! is worth a trip to the second and third floors for fabulous views
and intimate bars. The restaurant combines the old ambiance
Lunch on Your Own; Pie Happy Hour Included of dark purplish and copper walls with modern paintings from
Monday, April 4, $28 pp local artists and top notch cooking.
Depart SCPL 9 a.m.; Return 6:30 p.m. Our meal begins with a colorful salad of greens, grape tomatoes,
carrots and cucumbers tossed in their homemade dressing. Entrée
Gardeners, shoppers, and history choices (no substitutions or special requests): pan-seared chicken
buffs will all find something of interest in breast with wine/mushroom sauce OR grilled seared rib eye,
beautiful Fredericksburg. Our first stop is also with mushroom sauce. Both entrees are served with twice
Wildseed Farms for a leisurely tour of the grounds. Visit the baked potatoes and green beans with onions along with iced tea
or coffee. Dessert is cheesecake topped with warm strawberry
sauce. After dinner, stroll the grounds, visit the Inn, or relax in
one of the Adirondack chairs.
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