2008 TOURS

DAY TRIPS

Go Wild!!  Wilds Safari & House of Tires - June 30. 2008 (Monday)
The Wilds is North America’s largest wildlife conservation facility for endangered or threatened species. The safari (no windows) tour allows for wide-range and close-up viewing of giraffes, camels, zebras, bison, rhinos and much more!  Also, visit Blue Rock Station to marvel at the house made from trash—tires, cans, old barn wood, bottles and mud.  See llamas, goats, and rare chickens.  *$105 per person (Lunch)  **Minimum needed by June 10.

The Oak Ridge Boys - July 23, 2008 (Wednesday)
Allegany County (Maryland) Fair.  Ride the rides.  See the show!   Eat some cotton candy or funnel cake!  *$69 per person.  **Deadline to sign up is June 27. 

“Glorious” at Mountain Playhouse & Frank Lloyd Wright’s Kentuck Knob - August 20, 2008 (Wednesday)
Laugh out loud at “Glorious!”, the true story of Florence Foster Jenkins, the worst singer in the world.  New York in the 1940s was a haven for eccentric characters struggling to make their mark. Florence, a New York socialite and aspiring opera singer, became an immensely popular musical performer through the sheer strength of her personality, the devoted support of her adoring friends, and the unabashed self-confidence about the beauty of her stupendously horrendous singing voice.  Visit Frank Lloyd Wright's Kentuck Knob, built in the last decade of his life for the Hagan family of ice cream fame.  *99 pp (Lunch) ** Minimum needed by July 28

Babushkas & Hardhats Rivers of Steel Sept. 6, 2008 (Saturday) Pittsburgh–Listed in 1,000 Things You Should See and Do Before You Die.  Learn about the immigrants and the steel history of Pittsburgh with lunch at nation’s oldest Bulgarian-Macedonian Cultural Center and the traditional “cookie table”.  *$77 pp (Lunch)  **Minimum needed by August 10.

Christmas Spectacular -  Dec. 6, 2008 (Saturday) Pittsburgh—The Cathedral of Learning Nationality Rooms decorated in Christmas tradition of various countries, Phipps Conservatory (Christmas poinsettias), life-sized Santas at PPG Place, Vatican Crèche, Hartwood Acres Celebration of Lights, Dinner at Grand Concourse. *$93 pp (Dinner) **Minimum needed by Nov. 14.

GREAT GETAWAYS

I Love Elvis Tour - August 1-6, 2008 (Friday-Wednesday) Nashville, Memphis, Tupelo - Visit Elvis’ birthplace, Graceland, Beale Street, Studio B, Country Music Hall of Fame, Grand Ole Opry, and Tupelo Car Museum.  Take in a Nashville City Tour, General Jackson luncheon cruise, and “Tribute to the King” impersonator show!   Follow Elvis’ life on the Memphis “Walk a Mile in My Shoes” tour – Humes High School, Sun Studio, Super Cycle.   *$859 pp double occupancy (5 breakfasts, 1 lunch, 2 dinners)  **Minimum needed by May 30.

Smoky Mountain Getaway - Sept. 21-24, 2008 (Sunday-Wed.)
Great Smoky Mountain Railway – Scenic train ride, segments of “The Fugitive” were filmed here; Biltmore Estate – candlelight tour with musicians, daylight tour, winery; Museum of the Cherokee Indian; Native Cherokee guide; Asheville city tour; Taylor Ranch – cloggers, wagon ride, bluegrass music, BBQ, Chimney Rock Park - 1000-acre park full of natural wonders, ride a 26-story elevator within the mountain for the breathtaking 75-mile view; portions of “Last of the Mohicans” were filmed here, dulcimer entertainment, BBQ. *$505 pp double occupancy (3 breakfasts, 1 lunch, 3 dinners)  **Minimum needed by June 27.

*All tours include motorcoach transportation and driver’s tip.  
**Tours may be canceled if minimum numbers do not sign up by date shown.