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LOCALLY HOSTED TOURS

• Meet at Crowne Plaza (Hwy 35 & Alta Mesa)
• Stop in Ben Wheeler, a tiny East Texas town named for a 19th century mail carrier. Visit Moore's, a general store, reincarnated as a restaurant and misic venue. Refurbished wood-and-brick buildings from the 1930s house eateries, artists' studios, galleries, and gift shops. (lunch on your own)

• Leave for the Tyler Rose Museum & Garden, the spectacular attraction that preserves and displays the story of Tyler's rose growing industry and the pageantry of the Texas Rose Festival.

• Depart for dinner and music at The Potpourri House and Gift Shop

• Board Motor Coach for a tour (with step-on guide) of the Azalea & Spring Flower Trail, ten miles of residential gardens and historic home-sites covered with azaleas, tulips, wisteria and dogwood. Included is a guided tour of the 1859 Goodman-LeGrand Home & Gardens and the Main Street Flower Market.
• Lunch on your own in Downtown Tyler on the Square. (Try Don Juan's Mexican Restaurant or Jakes Roof-Top Restaurant or Ricks on the Square)

• Leave for the Apache Belles Spring Show

• Board Motor Coach for wine tour and dinner at Kiepersol Estates Vineyard & Winery, 60 acres of vineyards that are the food & wine destination in East Texas. (Dress Code for dinner: no shorts, sandals, t-shirts, ball caps or running shoes)

• Depart for Roseland Plantation. This interesting, informative tour covers the rich plantation history from pre-civil war to today, including five buildings dating from the 1850s.
• Wine tasting and lunch at the Savannah Winery & Bistro in Canton.

• Estimated arrival at Crowne Plaza in Fort Worth

CALLING ALL TRAIN BUFFS - TRIP UNDER CONSTRUCTION

• Depart Radisson Inn South at 7:00 am
• Visit Lady Bird Johnson Wildflower Center in Austin (Picnic lunch provided)
• Self-guided driving tour of the LBJ Ranch including a tour of the Presidential Texas White House.
• Check into Sunday House Inn in Fredericksburg.(complimentary breakfast included)
• Dinner at the Rathskellar Basement Restaurant at 7 pm.

• 5:00 pm - depart for dinner at the Hill Top Café "Fabulous Fresh Food, Casual Country Atmosphere!"
• 8:00 pm - Rockbox Theater featuring music & comedy of the Golden Era of Rock n' Roll

• 9:00 am - visit Wildseed Farms featuring The Meadows & the Butterfly Haus…a genuine Texas Hill Country Adventure!
• Guided tour of the Eyfells and Eyfells Sculpture Ranch including sculpture and paintings by Johann and Kristin Eyfells
• Wine tasting at Grape Creek Vineyards, "Tuscany in Texas". Boxed lunch on the Patio.
• Dinner on your own in Luckenbach, Texas - where "Everybody's Somebody"

• 9:00 am depart for Fort Worth by way of ???????? - home around 5 or 6 pm

WAY OUT WINERIES of TEXAS July 3-5, 2009

• Met at Radisson Inn-South (on Altamesa & Hwy. 35)
• Barking Rocks Winery, Granbury - Small batches of premium wines handcrafted in an old rock barn by a native Texas and son of Italian immigrants
• Bluff Dale Vineyards - Unique bistro-style tasting room. Sat on porch overlooking the vineyards and breathtaking vistas of the Bluff Dale hillsides.
• Complimentary lunch served on board
• Brennan Vineyards, Comanche - "Sophisticated Wine with Texas Roots." Located in Historic 1879 McCrary House on beautifully landscaped, creek-side campus.
• Checked into Comfort Inn, Early, TX. Brought a swim suit as indoor pool and hot tub were included.

• Departed for dinner at The Turtle Restaurant in Brownwood Pecan Crusted Chicken breast with carrots and potatoes in a honey butter sauce with dinner salad and Sorbettos for dessert

• Complimentary breakfast at Comfort Inn

• Departed for Rising Star Vineyards - Handcrafted wines from estate-grown grapes, featuring traditional varietals and unique blends.
• We stopped for lunch on our way to Lampasas (not included)
• Texas Legato Winery - Family owned and operated, specializing in Malbec, Merlot, and Petite Syrah and a port named Sojourn
• Pillar Bluff Vineyards - Specializing in French varietals such as Chardonnay, Cabernet Sauvignon, Merlot, Bordeaux blends and Viognier
• Alamosa Wine Cellars - Speciality wines include Texas Port, Orange Muscat and Sherry as well as warm climate varietals Sangiovese, Syrah, Tempranillo

• Departrd for dinner at Humphrey Pete's Steakhouse - choose from grilled pork chops, fried catfish, chicken fried steak or California grilled chicken salad
• FOURTH OF JULY FIREWORKS in Comanche

• Complimentary breakfast at Comfort Inn

• Departed for Dublin for tour and lunch at Dr. Pepper Museum and Old Doc's Soda Shop (gratuities not included but welcomed)

• Tour Billy the Kid Museum in Hico (small donations appreciated)
• Red Caboose Winery - Progressive winery designed with spirit of conservation. Using geothermal and solar principals, enjoy winemaking at its greatest. Designed by an architect, our last stop was a highlight of our trip.

THE NEW GREAT PASSION PLAY Eureka Springs, Arkansas - September 21-25, 2009

Passion Play Stage

• Met at Radisson Inn-South

• Toured the Oklahoma City National Memorial and Museum
• Complimentary Lunch on Board our Motor Coach
• Checked into Days Inn, Eureka Springs. Dinner on your own

• Optional Ghost Tour of the Crescent Hotel.
  

• Left for boat trip on "Belle of the Ozarks", lunch included.
• Toured the many exhibits on the grounds of the Great Passion Play, including Parables of the Potter, Sacred Arts, Bible, and the Museum of Earth History. Walked through Moses' Tabernacle in the Wilderness with costumed re-enactors along the way.
  

• "TOP OF THE MOUNTAIN" dinner theater began, featuring two time Branson entertainers of the year and 7 times Texas Group of the year.
• GREAT PASSION PLAY
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• After breakfast, enjoyed a walking tour of Eureka Springs.
• Trolley stopped at Days Inn.

• Departed for War Eagle Mill (a working water-powered reproduction of an 1873 grist mill.)
• Lunch at the BEAN PALACE RESTAURANT.

• Left for Fayetteville and a visit to the Botanical Gardens of the Ozarks.
• Checked into Comfort Inn, Fayetteville

• Left for Downtown Square. Dinner on our own.

• After breakfast, checked out of Comfort Inn, Fayetteville.

• Driving tour of Prairie Grove Battlefield State Park, one of America's most intact Civil War battlefields (with step-on guide). Guided tour of Arkansas Air Museum. Relived the barnstorming days of early aviation.
• Lunch on our own as we drove to Fort Smith, AR

• Guided tour of "Miss Laura's Social Club", the first bordello listed on The National Register of Historic Places. (donations accepted)
• Checked into Comfort Inn, Fort Smith.

• Departed for dinner theater at the LIGHTHOUSE INN on the Arkansas River.

• Following breakfast, departed for Oklahoma City.

• Lunch and guided tour of the National Cowboy & Western Heritage Museum. Through stunning works of art and awesome artifacts, the Museum told America's story as it unfolded across the West.

• Estimated time of arrival at Radisson Inn-South..