2025
Washington, DC
Cherry Blossoms

Cherry Blossom parade, Monuments tour, Arlington National Cemetery, Hillwood Estate Museum, Embassy Row tour, Washington National Cathedral, Smithsonian Museum, Thomas Jefferson’s Monticello, Billy Graham Library, Lewis Ginter Botanical Garden, Upcountry History Museum
Motorcoach Tour

The Ark Encounter and Creation Museum

The Ark Encounter (life-sized recreation of Noah’s Ark); Creation Museum (a walk through Biblical history); and the Cincinnati History Museum, Museum of Natural History & Science, and an OMNIMAX Show.

Blue Angels Practice and Dolphin Cruise

A 3-hour cruise on the “Jolly Dolphin” stops at Fort McRee Beach, or Sand Island (a 40-foot sand dune island), where you can watch the Blues up close and personal. Lunch on your own at Flounders.

National Maritime Museum of the Gulf of Mexico and  Africatown Heritage House and Exhibition
First museum in the world dedicated to the Gulf Coast’s rich maritime traditions. Africatown is home to the Clotilda – the last known ship to illegally transport enslaved Africans to the United States.

2025
Pacific Northwest and California

Seattle, Mount St. Helens, Portland,  Columbia River Gorge, Hood River, Yaquina Head Lighthouse, Newport, Bandon State Natural Area, Rogue River Cruise, Redwood National Park, Avenue of the Giants, San Francisco
Airplane/motorcoach trip

“Wizard of Oz”

Alabama Shakespeare Festival
Follow the yellow brick road in this delightful stage adaptation of
L. Frank Baum’s beloved tale, in which young Dorothy Gale travels from Kansas over the rainbow to the magical Land of Oz.
Day trip by motorcoach

2025
Canadian Maritime and Coastal Wonders

Halifax, Peggy’s Cove, Mahone Bay, Lunenburg, choice of Fisheries Museum of the Atlantic or Walking Tour of Lunenburg, Cape Breton Island, Cabot Trail, Prince Edward Island, Anne of Green Gables Museum, Hopewell Rocks, Fundy Trail, Grand-Pre’ National
Historic site.
Airplane/motorcoach trip

2025
Vermont Fall Foliage

Travel through the Green Mountains of Vermont, maple farm, Church Street marketplace, Ben & Jerry’s Tour, Cider Mill, Stowe Village, Cabot Creamery, Lake Champlain Dinner Cruise, lunch at the Trapp Family Lodge (from the Sound of Music), Lake Placid, NY and the Adirondacks, Whiteface Mountain and
High Falls Gorge
Airplane/motorcoach trip

2025
Biltmore Estate’s Candlelight Christmas

Daylight Christmas House tour,  Antler Hill and Winery, Candlelight Christmas dinner; Candlelight evening tour; First White House of the Confederacy tour
Motorcoach tour

2026
Norwegian Cruise Line (NCL)
Caribbean Cruise
Leaving out of New Orleans to Cozumel, Mexico; Harvest Caye in Belize; Roatan Bay Islands, Honduras; Costa Maya, Mexico
Motorcoach to New Orleans

2026
An Elvis
Blue Christmas

Elvis Blue Christmas Dinner Show, Graceland at Christmas Private Evening Tour, Sun Studio, Memphis Rock n’ Soul Museum, Elvis’ birthplace and museum, Delta Blues Museum, tour of Clarksdale, MS, Ground Zero Blues Club.
Motorcoach trip

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Two Trains and the
Grand Canyon, Arizona

Sedona jeep tour, Chapel of the Holy Cross, Flagstaff, Verde Canyon Railroad, Grand Canyon Scenic Railroad, Bearizona Wildlife Park.
Plane trip, with motorcoach
Pictures from the trip
Blog about the trip

Blue Angels Practice Ferry Cruise

Watch the Blue Angels practice from the National Park Service Ferry in Pensacola Bay, departing from downtown Pensacola. Travel individually to downtown dock.

Branson, MO & Little Rock/Eureka Springs, AR

Musical shows, pink jeep tour, tram ride, Bible Museum, Holy Land Tour, Great Passion Play, Clinton Presidential Library and Museum
Motorcoach tour
Pictures from the trip

Joseph and the Amazing Technicolor Dreamcoat
Musical play  by Andrew Lloyd Weber, a humorous retelling of the Biblical story of Joseph, his 11 brothers, his father Jacob, and the coat of many colors.

Day trip by motorcoach

Louisiana’s River Road Plantations

Visiting historic plantations Oak Alley, Laura, Greenwood, Rosedown, Nottoway; Old State Capitol; New State Capitol; Louisiana Museum at Capitol Park; Rural Life Museum
Motorcoach tour
Pictures from the trip
Blog from the trip

Swamp Gravy

Georgia’s official folk-life play presents “Iron and Lace”, portraying the true stories of local people with original music to create a real storytelling event.
Day trip by motorcoach
Pictures from the trip

Angola Prison Rodeo

Longest running prison rodeo in the US,  includes wild horse race, barrel racing, wild cow milking, and bareback riding; arts/crafts festival with entertainment; Oxbow Rum Distillery; a ride on the guided Safari Wagon at the Global Wildlife Center, with over 3,000 animals.
Motorcoach trip
Pictures from the trip
Blog about the trip

Classic Spain

Madrid, Toledo, Cordoba,  Seville, Flamenco Show, Granada, The Alhambra, Valencia, Barcelona (optional 4 night stay in Costa Brava, post tour extension)
International flight
And motorcoach tour
Pictures from the trip

Christmas
“Circle of Lights”
Falling Waters State Park;
DeFuniak Springs: Ten million lights reflecting off a round spring-fed lake glowing in holiday splendor, driving tour past 172 homes. Visit Walton Country History Museum, shop at Market Days, see Festival of Trees.  Dinner included.
Day trip by motorcoach
Pictures from the trip

Bama Henge, Dinosaurs, and Christmas Lights

Alabama’s Barber Marina to see outdoor sculptures and the Lady of the Lake; Lunch at Lambert’s Throwed Rolls; visit The Wharf for shopping and Christmas lights.
Day trip by motorcoach
Pictures from the trip

2025
Central Florida Adventure

Daytona International Speedway Tour, Kennedy Space Center Tour, Grandview Clydesdales Horses Farm Tour, Polynesian Fire Luau dinner show, Winter Park Playhouse performance, Truffles & Trifles Gourmet Cooking School
Motorcoach trip
Pictures from the trip
Blog from the trip

2025
Seacrest Wolf Preserve and Seaside

Enjoy an immersive wolf experience at a wolf preserve and then visit the picture-perfect, pastel-colored beach houses along the coast in Seaside.
Motorcoach tour
Pictures from the trip

Jolly Sailing
Dolphin Cruise and
Scenic Bay Tour

(Two separate events) DOLPHIN CRUISE is a 1.5 hour cruise on “The Jolly Dolphin” a motorized boat along  Pensacola Bay, Santa Rosa Sound, and the Gulf of Mexico, home to many pods of bottlenose dolphins. Day trip. Transportation on your own.

“Graveside Service”
Swamp Gravy Play

Georgia’s official Folk Life Play at Cotton Hall. This year’s Swamp Gravy is hitching a ride to the graveside to tell the spooky, unexplained, and downright silly stories that happen in the cemetery. Day trip by motorcoach. Pictures from the trip

Where Discovery
Takes Flight

Tour the  assembly and delivery site for Airbus commercial aircraft, interactive aerospace exhibition and education center at Flight Works Alabama.  Lunch on your own, The Original Oyster House Restaurant on the Mobile Bay Causeway. Motorcoach trip.
Pictures from the trip