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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 Monday, Aug. 1 at 8 a.m.
Nature Hike – Westcave Preserve NOTE: This is a rain or shine outdoor event, with
Round Mountain, TX - NEW! walking and standing. Wear comfortable shoes, bring
a hat, sunscreen and water. We will make a rest stop at
No meal offered Slovacek’s both going and returning.
Wednesday, Oct. 12, $35 pp Ticket cost includes transportation and free entrance for those
Depart SCPL 11:45 a.m.; Return 5 p.m. 60 and older.
Volunteer Trip Leader: Ellen Mire
Prepare yourself for the majestic
beauty of the Texas Hill Country’s most unique Wildseed Farms, Shopping, and Pie
nature preserve. Visitation is by guided tour Fredericksburg & Marble Falls - NEW!
only and will take us from an arid savannah
scattered with cactus, wildflower meadows, juniper and oaks, Lunch on your own; Pie Happy Hour Included
through a limestone crevice into a sheltered canyon of lush plant Thursday, Oct. 13, $33 pp
life. Created more than 100,000 years ago by the collapse of an Depart SCPL 9 a.m.; Return 6:30 p.m.
immense limestone cave, you will experience a rare glimpse into
a truly unspoiled ecological community. Our trail follows a clear Gardeners, shoppers, and history
running creek upstream to the head of the canyon where a buffs will all find something of interest in
stunning waterfall tumbles 40 feet over fern-covered travertine, beautiful Fredericksburg. First stop is Wildseed
replenishing an emerald pool below. Here you will be able to step Farms for a leisurely tour of the grounds. Visit
into a grotto behind the falls and examine cave formations and the nursery, and check out the award-winning wildflower seeds,
plant life seen in few other places in Texas. garden accessories, specialty foods, and many other items. After
90 minutes at the Farms we will leave for downtown
The Canyon Trail hike is a little less than a mile round trip and Fredericksburg for lunch on your own, shopping, and enjoying
takes approximately 1 ½ hours. There are 125 uneven steps the sites this award-winning town offers. There will be plenty of
built into the natural slope of the landscape to enter and exit storage on the bus for your purchases.
the canyon. You will encounter a few additional steps, rocks and After touring Fredericksburg, we will stop on the way home for
roots, as we hike along the trail next to the creek. “Pie Happy Hour” at the famous Blue Bonnet Café in Marble
Falls. Save an empty spot for pie and coffee.
NOTE: It is strongly recommended that you bring a hiking NOTE: This tour includes much walking as well as several
pole or walking stick, camera, water, weather appropriate re-boardings of the bus.
clothing and supportive shoes. This adventure tour is not Ticket cost includes transportation and Pie Happy Hour.
for those who are mobility impaired.
Volunteer Trip Leader: Cheryl Jakubowski
Ticket cost includes transportation, guided tour, water, and
energy bar. Esther’s Follies – Austin - NEW!
Volunteer Trip Leader: Jerilee Prather Pappadeaux Seafood Kitchen
Thursday, Oct. 13, $78 pp
State Fair of Texas – Dallas - NEW! Depart SCPL 4:30 p.m.; Return 10:30 p.m.
Meals on your own
Thursday, Oct. 13, $36 pp
Depart SCPL 7:30 a.m.; Return 8:30 p.m.
Howdy, folks! Welcome to the State To start our evening at Pappadeaux,
Fair! We are headed back to one of the nation’s their famous signature salad will be on our
largest attractions and to meet the new Big tables when we arrive. When you purchase
Tex. There is so much to see including livestock your tickets you will select from one of the four
shows, arts, crafts, photo exhibits galore, plus two buildings full dinner entrees: Ginger Salmon, a char-grilled fillet; Pan Grilled
of every model of car imaginable. The beautiful art-deco Texas Tilapia, topped with toasted hazelnuts; Seafood Mixed Grill with
Hall of State is worth a visit. Take a ride on the huge Ferris dirty rice; or Rosemary Chicken. Dessert choices are vanilla
wheel, enjoy the midway rides, or sit and listen to music from cheesecake with fresh strawberries OR chocolate cake. During
one of the many stages. And don’t forgot the food! – A grand total your visit, a cash bar will be available with ample time for a
of 200 food vendors on the grounds. The Tower Pavilion boasts beverage of your choice. Coffee, tea, gratuity and tax are included.
food and more food along with the fair’s famous corny dog!
Following dinner we will go to Esther’s Follies for non-stop
To keep the cost of the trip down, we travel on Senior Citizen Day laughter. This show is a good mix of skits with timely current
when our admission is free. If you are under 60, your entrance events and magic that will amaze you. Esther’s Follies never
fee will be an additional $18 at the fair gate. disappoints us. The material is fresh, funnier that you remember
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