Vagabond Tours Baseball Games 2018

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Peoria Park District January 2018

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2018 Extended Trips Las Vegas, NV — 2/19-23 Niagara Falls & Toronto, CAN — 9/3-8 Mid-Winter Miami & Key West, FL — 2/24-3/4 Colorado High Mountain Railroads — 9/4-13 Cubs Spring Training in AZ — 3/3-8 Wonders of Australia & New Zealand — 9/6-21 Peru: Ancient Land of Mysteries — 3/10-19 Historic Boston, Salem and Cape Ann — 9/11-19 San Antonio, Padre Island & Gulf of Mexico, TX — 3/16-25 Grand Canyon, Las Vegas and the Hoover Dam — 9/13-24 Cherry Blossom Time in Washington, DC & Mt. Vernon — Lake Michigan and Lake Superior Lighthouse Tour — 9/16-20 4/5-11 New England and Canada Autumn Cruising — 9/22-30 New Orleans, LA — 4/15-21 Iceland, Land of Fire and Ice — 9/30-10/6 Greece, featuring Athens, Mykonos & Santorini — 4/17-25 The Ultimate Grand Hotel Resort Mackinac Island — 9/30-10/4 5 Days in San Francisco, CA — 4/22-26 Fall Foliage in Maine — 10/6-14 Savannah, Jekyll Island & Charleston, SC — 4/28-5/5 Pigeon Forge and Smokey Mountains Show Trip — 10/14-20 Holland, MI Tulip Festival — 5/8-10 Myrtle Beach Holiday Show Trip & Charleston, SC — 11/3-11 New York City and the Statue of Liberty — 5/17-23 Memphis-An Elvis Blue Christmas — 12/4-6 A Week in New York City — 6/5-11 ...and many more Overnight and Northern National Parks: Yellowstone & Grand Tetons — 6/8-15 Day Trips (see inside) NEW The Real Housewives of Indiana Amish Country — 6/12-15 Trips, Concerts,

Cape Cod & Martha’s Vineyard, MA — 6/16-24 Theatre, Casinos,

Nashville Show Trip — 6/18-22 Shopping and Great Volcanoes of America’s West — 8/19-27 Door County and Washington Island, WI — 8/26-29 much more! Explore Tuscany! — 8/30-9/7 Table of Contents

Vagabond Tours Baseball Games 2018

Chicago Cubs at Wrigley Field

Code Day/Date Teams Game Time Seat Location Price

#PVV76504-03 Wednesday, May 23 Cleveland vs. Chicago 7:05 p.m. Terrace Reserved Infield...... $120 Section 229 #PVV76504-04 Friday, June 8 Pittsburgh vs. Chicago 1:20 p.m. Terrace Reserved Infield…………....$136 Section 229 #PVV76504-05 Wednesday, June 20 Los Angeles vs. Chicago 1:20 p.m. Terrace Reserved Infield……….…...$136 Section 229 #PVV76504-06 Friday, July 20 St. Louis vs. Chicago 1:20 p.m. Terrace Reserved Infield…………....$140 Section 231 #PVV76504-07 Thursday, July 26 Arizona vs. Chicago 1:20 p.m. Terrace Reserved Infield……………$136 Section 229 #PVV76504-08 Saturday, Aug 11 Washington vs. Chicago TBA Terrace Reserved Infield……………$140 Section 231 #PVV76504-09 Saturday, Sept 29 St. Louis vs. Chicago TBA Terrace Reserved Infield……………$140 Section 231 #PVV76504-10 Sunday, Sept 30 St. Louis vs. Chicago 2:20 p.m. Terrace Reserved Infield……………$140 Section 229

Prices for each trip reflect different ticket prices.

Approximate departure times: 7:00 am for a 1:20 pm or 2:20 pm game 1:00 pm for a 7:05 pm game

Please call Vagabond Tours @(309)681-2863 to reserve seats on any of the above trips. Full payment will be expected within a week of signing up for you to keep your seat.

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Peoria Park District, Attn. Vagabond Tours 1125 W Lake Ave, Peoria, IL 61614

**We can also take charge cards over the phone. Las Vegas, Nevada January Monday, February 19 – Friday, February 23 Trip Code: PVV70501-29 Jumer’s Casino, Rock Island, Illinois Wednesday, January 24 Save these dates for a great Trip Code: PVV72502-01 trip to Las Vegas. Tour fee includes round trip air from Peoria, four Our group is sure to enjoy the nights lodging at the Fremont in comfort and convenience of the new, old Downtown Las Vegas, transfers Vegas-Style, all-on-one-level casino. to the hotel and escort service. You You will get $10 off your meal and will have to pay Allegiant Air for $5 to play. Transportation is by Peo- luggage handling. Meals are on your own. Call Vagabond Tours ria Park District van departing from at 309-681-2863 for more information. Expect considerable Glen Oak Park. walking on this trip.

Depart: 8:00 AM Return: 4:30 PM Depart: 11:00 AM Return: 12:30 PM Escort: TBA Escort: Donna Day Fee: $16 Fee: $468 double $568 single

Mid-Winter Miami & Key West, Florida February Saturday, February 24 - Sunday, March 4 Trip Code: PVV70501-01 Jumer’s Casino, Rock Island, Illinois Tuesday, February 6 Take a break from the cold and Trip Code: PVV72502-02 snow as we travel to Miami, Florida on this incredible nine-day Diamond Our group is sure to Tour trip at an incredible price. Tour fee enjoy the comfort and includes: convenience of the new, • deluxe motor coach transportation Vegas-Style, all-on-one- • 8 nights’ accommodations, level casino. You will get including 4 nights in the Miami area $10 off your meal and • 13 meals (8 breakfasts and 5 dinners) $5 to play. Transportation is • Lookout Mountain Incline Railway in Chattanooga by Peoria Park District • admission to enchanting Coral Castle van departing from Glen • free time in Key West with 1 hour trolley tour Oak Park. • visit to exciting South Beach to stroll the gorgeous beach or Art Deco hotels Depart: 8:00 AM Return: 4:30 PM • celebrity home-viewing cruise on Biscayne Bay Escort: TBA featuring ‘Millionaires Row’ - home of the rich and Fee: $16 famous • visit to the beautiful Bayside Marketplace on lovely Isle Casino, Bettendorf, Iowa Biscayne Bay Thursday, February 15 • tram tour at Fairchild Tropical Botanic Gardens Trip Code: PVV72502-03 • visit to beautiful oceanfront Hollywood Beach Join us on a short jaunt for the ‘Broadwalk’ day for 5 hours of gaming at the • stop at Ocmulgee National Monument Isle Casino. We will travel by Park District van and enjoy an included Call Vagabond Tours at (309) 681-2863 for a detailed buffet lunch. Each participant will trip flyer. Expect considerable walking on this tour. get $5 to play. Depart: 8:00 AM Return: 8:00 PM Depart: 8:00 AM Return: 4:00 PM Escort: TBA Escort: TBA Fee: $959 double $1,334 single Fee: $16 $939 triple

Call Vagabond Tours 681-2863 3 Peru: Ancient Land of Mysteries Saturday, March 10-Monday, March 19 March Trip Code: PVV70501-26 Cubs Spring Training in Arizona Saturday, March 3 - Thursday, March 8 We’ve already locked in pricing for this outstanding trip Trip Code: PVV76504-01 to Peru. Highlights include: • Lima Three Cubs Spring Training • culinary tasting experiences Games! Celebrate the 2016 World Series • Sacred Valley of the Incas Champion Chicago Cubs on this spring • local Andean culture training getaway with American Classic • Machu Picchu Tours. Trip includes: • Cuzco • roundtrip air from Peoria to Phoenix • Lake Titicaca • motor coach transportation in Arizona • Uros Floating Islands • 5-night stay at the Embassy Suites in Tempe, AZ • home-hosted lunch • 5 breakfasts, 3 dinners • Larco Museum • 3 Cub games • tour of downtown Phoenix and Old Town Scottsdale Call 309-681-2863 for a detailed flyer. You will need • Phoenix Botanical Gardens a passport for this trip. • Musical Instrument Museum • Dolly Steamboat cruise on Canyon Lake Depart: 7:00 AM Return: 9:00 PM • Rawhide western-themed attraction Escort: Collette Vacations • all taxes and gratuities for driver and tour director Fee: $4,949 double and one bag, trip insurance, and more!

Call 309-681-2863 for a detailed flyer.

Depart: 8:00 AM Return: 8:00 PM Passport Requirements Escort: American Classic Tours When a trip is leaving the United States, a Fee: $2,998 double $3,698 single passport is required. It MUST be valid for at least 6 months beyond the return date Isle Casino, Bettendorf, Iowa Tuesday, March 6 of the trip. Trip Code: PVV72502-04

Join us on a short jaunt for the day for 5 hours of gaming at the Isle Casino. We will travel by Park District van and enjoy an included buffet lunch. Each participant will get $5 to play.

Depart: 8:00 AM Return: 4:00 PM Escort: TBA Fee: $16

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4 www.peoriaparks.org/vagabond Chicago Flower & Garden Show, Navy Pier Bloomington, Metamora & El Paso Resale Shopping, Wednesday, March 14 Bloomington, Metamora & El Paso, Illinois Trip Code: PVV80506-03 Wednesday, March 21 The 2018 Chicago Flower & Garden Show’s theme will Trip Code: PVV78505-01 applaud all that is wonderful about Chicago’s neighborhoods, Join us on this exciting resale cultural institutions and green scene. It will treat gardening shopping trip close to home. Explore enthusiasts and newbies alike to the sights, scents and sounds six consignment and thrift shops of feature gardens with blooming perennials, annuals and in Metamora, El Paso, Eureka, trees, while water features rustle throughout the Festival Halls Bloomington & Normal for bargains, of Chicago’s acclaimed Navy Pier. The roots of the Chicago bargains, bargains! Lunch is on your Flower & Garden Show date back as far as 1847 and with own. an all-new floor plan and added gardens, it will create an experience that attendees will not soon forget by presenting Depart: 8:15 AM Return: 5:30 PM realistic, as well as DIY solutions to inspire, educate and Escort: Bonnie Davis motivate every gardener. You’ll leave the Chicago Flower Fee: $22 & Garden Show inspired with phenomenal garden and landscaping ideas! The show will also offer a marketplace with Funk’s Grove: Home of Pure Maple “Sirup”, over 100 vendors. Join us for a fun filled day and a guaranteed Shirley, Illinois way to chase those winter blues away! A Dutch treat dinner Thursday, March 22 stop will be made on the way home. Trip Code: PVV80506-04 Depart: 7:00 AM Return: 8:00 PM Late winter, when the days start getting warmer and the Escort: TBA nights are still cold, is when the sap starts flowing from the Fee: $74 maple trees. This is the perfect time for the making of pure maple sirup. Our morning will start with a tour of the Maple San Antonio, Padre Island & the Gulf of Mexico, Texas Sirup making process followed by a stop at the Funk’s Prairie Friday, March 16 - Sunday, March 25 Home and a visit to the Gem and Mineral Museum. Lunch Trip Code: PVV70501-02 will be on your own. After lunch, we’ll visit the “Cruisin’ with This Diamond Tours trip to Lincoln on 66 Visitor Center’ and McLean County Museum. San Antonio will include: Transportation will be by Peoria Park District van. Admission • deluxe motor coach fees are included. transportation Depart: 8:00 AM Return: 5:00 PM • 9 nights lodging including 5 Escort: Chris Trompeter consecutive nights in the San Fee: $40 Antonio area • 16 meals (9 breakfasts Jumer’s Casino, Rock Island, Illinois and 7 dinners) Friday, March 23 • see the Gulf of Mexico at Padre Island National Seashore Trip Code: PVV72502-05 • admission to Texas State Aquarium in Corpus Christie • visit to the Institute of Texan Cultures and San Our group is sure to enjoy the Antonio Missions comfort and convenience of the new, • tour of LBJ Ranch Vegas-Style, all-on-one-level casino. • guided tour of San Antonio You will get $10 off your meal and $5 • San Antonio’s famous Riverwalk Cruise to play. Transportation is by Peoria • visit to the famous Alamo and IMAX Theater Park District van departing from Glen presentation - ‘ALAMO...The Price of Freedom’ Oak Park. • and much more Depart: 8:00 AM Return: 4:30 PM Call Vagabond Tours at (309) 681-2863 for a detailed Escort: TBA flyer. Expect considerable walking on this tour. Fee: $16

Depart: 8:00 AM Return: 8:00 PM MARK YOUR CALENDAR Escort: Tom & Donna Chambers Book Court Spring Used Book Sale Fee: $919 double $1,159 single located in the Noble Center Auditorium! $899 triple April 21-23 Call Vagabond Tours 681-2863 5 “The American Passion Play”, Bloomington, Illinois Sunday, March 25 Trip Code: PVV74503-06 April

“The American Passion Play” takes Cherry Blossom Time in Washington, DC and Mt. Vernon you on a spiritual journey to Palestine, Thursday, April 5 - Wednesday, April 11 30 A.D. You’ll travel with the living Trip Code: PVV70501-05 Christ, meet his Apostles, and follow his This Diamond Tours trip with ministry from the Sermon on the Mount an incredible price includes: to His Resurrection and Ascension. The • roundtrip transportation on play is historically and biblically accurate and is the oldest continuously-performed a comfortable motor coach Passion Play in the United States. The performers are devoted • 6 nights hotel to bringing this magnificent scripture to life. We will travel by accommodations, including Park District vans on this short trip. We’ll make a Dutch treat 4 consecutive nights in the dinner stop in Bloomington after the show. DC area • 10 meals (6 breakfasts and Depart: 12:30 PM Return: 8:00 PM 4 dinners) Escort: TBA • two full day tours of Washington, DC Fee: $48 • night-time tour of illuminated monuments • other tours will feature the WWII Memorial, Springfield Resale Shopping Capitol Hill, Memorials & Monuments, Embassy Wednesday, March 28 Row, Washington Cathedral Trip Code: PVV78505-02 • free time at the Smithsonian • Arlington Cemetery tour We’ve found five great • admission to George Washington’s Mount Vernon consignment clothing shops in Estate and Garden the Springfield area. The clothes Call Vagabond Tours at (309) 681-2863 for a detailed are well worth the trip and you trip flyer. Expect considerable walking on this tour. never know what great deals you will find. Transportation will be by Depart: 8:00 AM Return: 8:00 PM comfortable Park District van. Escort: TBA Fee: $759 double $999 single Depart: 7:00 AM Return: 6:15 PM $739 triple Escort: Chris Trompeter Fee: $28

Blackhawks vs Jets, United Center, Chicago Thursday, March 29 Trip Code: PVV76504-02

Join us for our first ever Professional Hockey Game with Please Sign Up Early! the Chicago Blackhawks vs. the Winnipeg Jets. Game time is Thinking about taking a trip? Nothing cancels a trip 7:30 pm. Seats are in Sections 315 and 316. Sign up early! quicker than waiting until the last minute to sign up. Trips have a minimum number of participants required in order Depart: 2:00 PM Return: 1:30 AM for them to run. Please sign up early to help us avoid Escort: TBA disappointing trip cancellations. Fee: $198

6 www.peoriaparks.org/vagabond “Pretty Woman, the Musical”, Oriental Theatre, New Orleans, Louisiana Chicago, Illinois Sunday, April 15 - Saturday, April 21 Saturday, April 7 Trip Code: PVV70501-18 Trip Code: PVV74503-04 Don’t miss The Magic, The Pre-Broadway! See “Pretty Music, and The Merriment that is - Woman” at the Oriental Theatre in New Orleans! Join us for fabulous Chicago before it goes to Broadway! food, spectacular sights, and ‘All A new musical based on one of the that Jazz’. Highlights included in most beloved romantic comedies of all time, ‘Pretty Woman’, this 7-day trip are: • will have its pre-Broadway World Premiere stage production deluxe motor coach transportation • in Chicago with original music and lyrics by Grammy Award 6 nights lodging, including 4 consecutive nights in winner Bryan Adams and his longtime songwriting partner, New Orleans • Jim Vallance. Seats are in the 10 meals (6 breakfasts and 4 dinners) • orchestra center main floor. tour of a Louisiana Plantation • guided tour of New Orleans • Depart: 7:00 AM Return: 9:00 PM relaxing riverboat cruise on the Mississippi River • Escort: TBA visit to the National World War II Museum • Fee: $178 admission to Mardi Gras World Call Vagabond Tours at (309) 681-2863 for a detailed Jumer’s Casino, Rock Island, Illinois trip flyer. Expect considerable walking on this tour. Tuesday, April 10 Trip Code: PVV72502-06 Depart: 8:00 AM Return: 6:00 PM Escort: TBA Our group is sure to enjoy the Fee: $719 double $949 single comfort and convenience of the new, $699 triple Vegas-Style, all-on-one-level casino. Greece, featuring Athens, Mykonos and Santorini You will get $10 off your meal and $5 Tuesday, April 17 - Wednesday, April 25 to play. Transportation is by Peoria Trip Code: PVV70501-17 Park District van departing from Glen Oak Park. Mayflower Tours is offering this great trip to Greece at a great price under $3,000. Tour highlights include: Depart: 8:00 AM Return: 4:30 PM • roundtrip airfare Escort: TBA • 11 meals (7 breakfasts and 4 dinners) Fee: $16 • panoramic city tour of Athens • visit to the Parthenon with local guide “Pretty Woman, the Musical”, Oriental Theatre, • discover antiquities at the Acropolis Museum Chicago, Illinois • high-speed ferries between Athens and the islands Saturday, April 14 of Mykonos and Santorini Trip Code: PVV74503-05 • tours on both the islands of Mykonos and Santorini • free day on each island Pre-Broadway! See “Pretty Woman” at the Oriental Theatre Call Vagabond Tours at (309) 681-2863 for a detailed in Chicago before it goes to trip flyer. You will need a passport for this trip. Expect Broadway! A new musical based on one of the most beloved considerable walking on this trip. romantic comedies of all time, ‘Pretty Woman’, will have its Depart: 5:00 AM Return: 8:00 PM pre-Broadway World Premiere stage production in Chicago Escort: Mayflower Tours with original music and lyrics by Grammy Award winner Fee: $2,799 double $3,298 single Bryan Adams and his longtime songwriting partner, Jim Vallance. Seats are in the Passport Requirements orchestra center main floor. When a trip is leaving the United States, a Depart: 7:00 AM Return: 9:00 PM passport is required. It MUST be valid for Escort: TBA at least 6 months beyond the return date Fee: $178 of the trip. Call Vagabond Tours 681-2863 7 Isle Casino, Bettendorf, Iowa Hodgson Mill, Effingham, Illinois Thursday, April 19 Wednesday, April 25 Trip Code: PVV72502-07 Trip Code: PVV80506-05

Join us on a short jaunt Hodgson Mill has grown from a for the day for 5 hours of gaming local business into a national leader in at the Isle Casino. We will travel hundreds of wholesome whole-grain by Park District van and enjoy products, with more than 90 employees. an included buffet lunch. Each We’ll tour the company headquarters participant will get $5 to play. and production facility in Effingham. We’ll also visit the new state-of-the-art Depart: 8:00 AM Return: 4:00 PM pasta facility. Lunch will be on your own. Expect lots of fun Escort: TBA and some special treats on this trip. Fee: $16 Depart: 7:00 AM Return: 7:00 PM Bloomington Resale Shopping, Bloomington, Illinois Escort: TBA Saturday, April 21 Fee: $62 Trip Code: PVV78505-03 Tour Around Peoria Join us on this exciting resale Thursday, April 26 shopping trip close to home. Explore Trip Code: PVV80506-06 six consignment and thrift shops in Eureka, Bloomington & Normal for Let’s have some fun bargains, bargains, bargains! Lunch in our own backyard. is on your own. Join us for coffee and a sweet treat, and tour the Depart: 8:15 AM Return: 6:00 PM new facilities of Trefzger’s Escort: Bonnie Davis Bakery. We will then take Fee: $22 a van tour of Springdale Cemetery with our own tour historian, NEW TRIP: 5 Days in San Francisco Maggie Steenrod, to hear stories of prominent Peorians who Sunday, April 22 - Thursday, April 26 are buried there. Included lunch will be at Woodruff High Trip Code: PVV70501-28 School, served by the Peoria Public School’s Culinary Class. After lunch we’ll visit Forest Park Nature Center and hear Join Vagabond Tours on its first trip to San Francisco. about the park, which was the old Kickapoo Council Girl We’ll enjoy 5 days with the following highlights: Scout’s Camp Whip-per-Will. We will have time to take a • roundtrip air from Peoria to San Francisco short walk on the trails and shop at the Trailhead Nature Store. • 4 nights deluxe hotel accommodations near Fisherman’s Wharf Depart: 8:00 AM Return: 3:30 PM • 4 breakfasts, 2 lunches, and 2 dinners Escort: Maggie Steenrod • city tour of San Francisco Fee: $46 • Muir Woods and Sausalito • visit to Alcatraz • Monterey Bay Aquarium and Cannery Row • 17 mile drive along the Pacific Ocean through redwood forests, beautiful homes and golf courses • Napa Valley visit with winery stop including wine tasting and picnic lunch

Call Vagabond Tours at (309) 681-2863 for a detailed trip flyer. Expect considerable walking on this tour.

Depart: 5:00 AM Return: 8:00 PM Escort: Donna Day Fee: $2,099 double $2,585 single $1,969 triple Have a “Trolley” Old Time - San Francisco, CA 8 www.peoriaparks.org/vagabond “42 Street”, Fireside Dinner Theatre, Savannah, Jekyll Island & Charleston, S.C Ft. Atkinson, Wisconsin Saturday, April 28 - Saturday, May 5 Thursday, April 26 Trip Code: PVV70501-19 Trip Code: PVV74503-07 Join us on this popular trip with Diamond Tours to The ultimate show-biz musical, Savannah,”The Belle of Georgia”, with two days in Charleston 42ND STREET is a celebration of and a day on Jekyll Island, playground for America’s wealthy. Broadway, Times Square, and the See the enchanting beauty, enjoy Southern charm, and travel people who make the magic of musical through rich history of the beautiful South. Highlights of this theatre. Aspiring chorus girl Peggy eight-day Diamond Tour are: • Sawyer comes to the big city from deluxe motor coach transportation • Allentown PA, and soon lands her 7 nights lodging, including 3 nights in the first big job in the ensemble of a glitzy Savannah area and 2 nights in the Charleston area • new Broadway show. Then just before opening night, the 10 meals (4 dinners and 7 breakfasts) • leading lady breaks her ankle. Will Peggy be able to step in guided tour of historic Savannah including free and become a star? With a score chock-full of Broadway hits, time on historic River Street with its fine eateries including “You’re Getting To Be A Habit With Me”, “Dames”, and shops • “We’re In the Money”, “Lullaby of Broadway”, “Shuffle Off to history-rich Jekyll Island tour where the nation’s Buffalo” and “Forty-Second Street”, this show is every musical wealthiest citizens lived and played including a lover’s dream come true! A special sit-down gourmet lunch stop at the once famous “Millionaires Club” • is included in the fee. guided tour of St. Simons Island with its interesting boutiques and specialty shops • Depart: 6:00 AM Return: 9:00 PM tour of beautiful Charleston, S.C. with free time to Escort: TBA enjoy its Southern charm • Fee: $150 horse-drawn carriage tour and a harbor cruise Call Vagabond Tours at (309) 681-2863 for a detailed Cedarburg, Wisconsin and Cedar Creek Settlement trip flyer. Expect considerable walking on this tour. Saturday, April 28 Trip Code: PVV80506-07 Depart: 8:00 AM Return: 6:00 PM Escort: Marilyn Hogue Visit Cedar Creek Settlement, listed on the National Fee: $939 double $1,259 single Register of Historic Places. Browse through 5 blocks of $919 triple shops, galleries and a winery in the restored 1864 woolen mill on the banks of Cedar Creek. Shop for everything from Spirit of Peoria Birthday Party! antiques to fine arts, and jewelry to unique gift and specialty Sunday, April 29 items. Taking a walk along Washington Avenue is like taking Trip Code: PVV80506-08 a journey back 150 years in time, for many of the limestone and cream brick buildings remain unchanged. Cedar Creek 30 years ago, the Spirit settlement provides the perfect setting for a day of antiquing of Peoria paddled into Peoria and shopping. Midwest Living Magazine lists Cedarburg as for the very first time! Join the one of the favorite small town getaways, with a top 10 ranking. captain and crew for an evening of Celebration, entertainment, Depart: 6:00 AM Return: 10:00 PM food and a cruise. A full hot Escort: TBA dinner buffet will be served, along with live music by Chuck Fee: $82 & the C-Notes. Boarding will begin at 4:30 pm and the cruise from 5-7 pm. Let’s join in this celebration birthday party with the Spirit of Peoria!

Depart: 4:30 PM Return: 7:00 PM Escort: Spirit of Peoria Fee: $46

Call Vagabond Tours 681-2863 9 NEW TRIP: Holland Tulip Festival May Tuesday, May 8 – Thursday, May 10 Trip Code: PVV70501-16 “Rise Up, O Men”, The Church Basement Ladies, Circa ‘21 Dinner Theatre, Rock Island, Illinois This is the first time Wednesday, May 2 we have offered the Holland Trip Code: PVV74503-08 Tulip Festival. Tour package An all-new musical featuring the men includes the following: of the church and your favorite church • motor coach basement ladies who serve them. See what transportation happens when the roosters enter the hen • 2 Nights Lodging house. A plated lunch with a fantastic choice • 2 Breakfasts of desserts will be served. • 2 Dinners, including “Church Supper” Depart: 10:00 AM Return: 5:45 PM • Dutch Village Escort: TBA • Veldheer Tulip Gardens Fee: $100 • DeKlomp Wooden Shoe and Delft Factory Store Jumer’s Casino, Rock Island, Illinois • Windmill Island Gardens and DeZwaan Windmill Friday, May 4 • Volksparade Trip Code: PVV72502-08 • Evening Show • Gift for All Our group is sure to enjoy the • Luggage handling, all taxes and meal gratuities comfort and convenience of the new, Vegas-Style, all-on-one-level casino. Call 309-681-2863 for a detailed flyer. Expect You will get $10 off your meal and considerable walking on this tour. $5 to play. Transportation is by Peoria Park District van departing from Glen Depart: 7:00 AM Return: 9:00 PM Oak Park. Escort: TBA Depart: 8:00 AM Return: 4:30 PM Fee: $459 double Escort: TBA Fee: $16 Lilac Park, Lombard, Illinois & Oak Brook Shopping Wednesday, May 9 “Madagascar, A Musical Adventure” & the Niabi Zoo, Trip Code: PVV78505-04 Rock Island, Illinois Saturday, May 5 All ages will enjoy a stroll through Trip Code: PVV80506-09 the Lombard Park District’s Lilac Park, Spend a fun Saturday with the kids or an 8.5 acre horticultural showcase grandkids. Join Alex the Lion, Marty the featuring 700 lilacs and 25,000 tulips! Zebra, Melman the Giraffe, Gloria the hip Lunch will be on your own, with time hip Hippo and, of course, those hilarious in the afternoon for shopping at Oak plotting penguins as they bound onto the Brook Mall. stage in the musical adventure of a lifetime. Based on the smash DreamWorks animated motion picture, Depart: 7:00 AM Return: 8:00 PM “MADAGASCAR - A MUSICAL ADVENTURE” follows all of Escort: TBA your favorite crack-a-lackin’ friends as they escape from their Fee: $60 home in New York’s Central Park Zoo and find themselves on an unexpected journey. Lunch will be on your own at Happy TIME TO PURCHASE OR RENEW Joe’s in Coal Valley. In the afternoon, we will visit the Niabi your Peoria Zoo and Zoo, 40 sprawling acres and over 600 animals. Also included Peoria PlayHouse Children’s Museum is a ride on the Niabi Zoo Express, a miniature replica of an Memberships...starting at as little as $85 old steam engine. Depart: 7:30 AM Return: 5:30 PM Escort: TBA Fee: $68 10 www.peoriaparks.org/vagabond Tour Around Peoria NEW TRIP: Hoffman Mansion Tour & Tour of Keokuk, Iowa Thursday, May 10 Wednesday, May 16 Trip Code: PVV80506-10 Trip Code: PVV80506-11

Let’s have some fun in our Perched on the bluffs above the Mississippi River, the own backyard. Join us for coffee mansion boasts a panoramic view of the Keokuk-Hamilton and a sweet treat, and tour the Dam and Power Plant. The mansion property spans a full new facilities of Trefzger’s Bakery. city block just outside Hamilton, Illinois. ‘This is something We will then take a van tour of totally different. I like to think it is an engineering feat for Springdale Cemetery with our own tour historian, Maggie the Midwest’, Hoffman said. Also on display in the sprawling Steenrod, to hear stories of prominent Peorians who are 23,000 square foot home is Hoffman’s personal art collection buried there. Included lunch will be at Woodruff High School, with pieces from France and Italy. Included lunch will be at served by the Peoria Public School’s Culinary Class. After the Hawkeye Restaurant in Keokuk. In the afternoon we’ll lunch we’ll visit Forest Park Nature Center and hear about the have a tour of Keokuk. Did you know that Keokuk, Iowa is park, which was the old Kickapoo Council Girl Scout’s Camp the Geode Capital of the World? We’ll learn all about geodes Whip-per-Will. We will have time to take a short walk on the with an opportunity to select our own. trails and shop at the Trailhead Nature Store. Depart: 7:30 AM Return: 6:00 PM Depart: 8:00 AM Return: 3:30 PM Escort: TBA Escort: Maggie Steenrod Fee: $112 Fee: $46 New York City and the Statue of Liberty Shop Aurora Premium Outlet Mall, Aurora, Illinois Thursday, May 17 - Wednesday, May 23 Saturday, May 12 Trip Code: PVV70501-12 Trip Code: PVV78505-05 This trip with Spend the day shopping at one Diamond Tours includes of Illinois’ best outlet malls. Enjoy the following: over 150 stores such as Jones New • deluxe York, Coach, Waterford, and Armani. motor coach This trip will be by Park District vans. transportation • 6 nights hotel Depart: 7:00 AM Return: 6:00 PM accommodations, Escort: TBA including 4 in the New York City area Fee: $36 • 10 meals (6 breakfasts, 4 dinners) • two guided tours of New York City including Isle Casino, Bettendorf, Iowa Central Park, Rockefeller Center, Times Square and Tuesday, May 15 Wall Street Trip Code: PVV72502-09 • visit to Ellis Island and the Statue of Liberty • 9/11 Museum. Join us on a short jaunt for the day • No Broadway shows are included. for 5 hours of gaming at the Isle Casino. Call Vagabond Tours at (309) 681-2863 for a detailed We will travel by Park District van and trip flyer. Expect considerable walking on this tour. enjoy an included buffet lunch. Each participant will get $5 to play. Depart: 8:00 AM Return: 6:00 PM Escort: TBA Depart: 8:00 AM Fee: $799 double $1,069 single Return: 4:00 PM $779 triple Escort: TBA Fee: $16 Sign up early!

Call Vagabond Tours 681-2863 11 Bloomington Resale Shopping, Bloomington, Illinois Annual Girls’ Trip - Historic Dubuque Progressive Dinner Saturday, May 19 Thursday, May 24 Trip Code: PVV78505-06 Trip Code: PVV80506-02

Join us on this exciting resale This popular trip, hosted by all the female Vagabond shopping trip close to home. Explore escorts, takes place in Dubuque, Iowa where we will enjoy six consignment and thrift shops in a fantastic progressive luncheon in a few of the historic Eureka, Bloomington & Normal for Victorian venues. “Get a true taste of Dubuque and experience bargains, bargains, bargains! Lunch the colorful culture, rich history, and authentic cuisine of is on your own. Dubuque. The city’s most knowledgeable guides help you navigate your way and open the doors to a unique dining Depart: 8:15 AM Return: 5:30 PM experience. Travel through mid-Victorian homes and some of Escort: Bonnie Davis Dubuque’s Icons to experience the treasures and tales of the Fee: $22 city where Iowa started”. Sign up early, as this trip fills quickly.

Springfield Resale Shopping Depart: 6:30 AM Return: 9:00 PM Tuesday, May 22 Escort: All the Female Escorts Trip Code: PVV78505-07 Fee: $118 “Hamilton” - CIBC Theatre, Chicago, Illinois We’ve found five great Wednesday, May 30 consignment clothing shops in the Trip Code: PVV74503-19 Springfield area. The clothes are well worth the trip and you never The blockbuster ‘Hamilton’, a know what great deals you will find. musical with music, lyrics, and book Transportation will be by comfortable by Lin Manuel Miranda was inspired Park District van. by the 2004 biography of Alexander Hamilton. On Broadway, this show Depart: 7:00 AM Return: 6:15 PM received enthusiastic critical acclaim Escort: Chris Trompeter and won several Grammy and Fee: $28 Drama Desk Awards. This inventive new musical has been selling out everywhere! Fee includes ticket to the 1:30 pm matinee and transportation. Meals are on your own.

Depart: 7:00 AM Return: 9:00 PM Escort: TBA Fee: $306 June

Tuscola Outlet Mall, Tuscola, Illinois Saturday, June 2 Trip Code: PVV78505-08

Our trip to the Tuscola Outlet Mall will include a stop at the Amish Country Village adjacent to the mall. You’ll spend the day shopping at the two venues. We will be traveling in the comfortable 15-passenger Park Groovin’ on the Girls’ Trip - May 2017 District van. Depart: 8:00 AM Return: 5:30 PM Escort: TBA Fee: $30

12 www.peoriaparks.org/vagabond A Week in New York City Northern National Parks, featuring Yellowstone & Tuesday, June 5 - Monday, June 11 Grand Tetons Trip Code: PVV70501-07 Friday, June 8 – Friday, June 15 Trip Code: PVV70501-27 A New York City trip you won’t want to miss! Included in this seven-day trip are the following: This eight-day trip in conjunction with Collette Vacations • air fare from Peoria to New York with roundtrip is one of their most popular destinations. It includes the airport transfers following highlights: • 6 nights lodging at the Edison Hotel right in the • roundtrip airfare from Peoria Times Square area • 2 night stay in Salt Lake City • orchestra seating to two Broadway shows • Tour of Salt Lake City • dinner at Sardi’s • Four night stay in Jackson, WY, “Crown Jewel of • dinner before the theatre at Carmine’s Italian Restaurant the Northern Rockies” • 3 day Grayline all loops tour • Cowboy songs & poetry with chuck wagon dinner • six hour private guided tour • Yellowstone National Park Tour • Statue of Liberty/Ellis Island • visit to Jackson Hole, WY • tickets to top of Rockefeller Center and lunch at • Grand Teton National Park Rock Center Café • Park City, Utah with visit to Olympic Park • Tour of Radio City Music Hall • 7 breakfasts and 3 dinners • brunch at the revolving restaurant atop the • Optional tours available: white water rafting, scenic Marriott Marquis gentle float trip, or a rodeo. • visit to 9/11 Memorial and museum • all applicable taxes and luggage handling for one Call 681-2863 for a detailed flyer. Expect considerable bag walking on this tour.

We have only reserved 32 seats, so please register early. Depart: 8:00 AM Return: 6:00 PM Deposit of $200 is due at time of registration. Call Vagabond Escort: Collette Vacations Tours at (309) 681-2863 for a detailed trip flyer. Expect Fee: $2,499 double $3,149 single considerable walking on this tour.

Depart: 6:00 AM Return: 6:00 PM Escort: Donna Day Fee: $2,796 double $3,482 single $2,618 triple

Old Faithful - Yellowstone National Park

Call Vagabond Tours 681-2863 13 Choice of Museum Drop-Offs, Chicago, Illinois Isle Casino, Bettendorf, Iowa Saturday, June 9 Tuesday, June 12 Trip Code: PVV80506-13 Trip Code: PVV72502-10

We are offering four museum drop-offs in Chicago, with Join us on a short jaunt for the admission costs on your own. day for 5 hours of gaming at the The Museum of Science and Industry is housed in Isle Casino. We will travel by Park the only remaining building from the 1893 World’s Fair. District van and enjoy an included Admission: Adults $30; Child 3-11 yrs $20. Admission fees buffet lunch. Each participant will include museum entry and one of the following: Coal Mine, get $5 to play. Submarine, or Omnimax. The Field Museum of Natural History includes a large Depart: 8:00 AM Return: 4:00 PM collection of dinosaur skeletons, a comprehensive set of human Escort: TBA cultural anthropology exhibits, two prized African elephants, Fee: $16 23 human mummies, SUE the largest Tyrannosaurus Rex skeleton currently known, and much more! Basic Admission: The Real Housewives of Indiana Amish Country Adults $24, Senior $21, Child 3-11 $17. Tuesday, June 12 – Friday, Jun 15 The Shedd Aquarium is located on the shores of Trip Code: PVV70501-30 Lake Michigan and brings you eye to eye with more than 32,500aquatic animals. General admission: Adults $39.95; Forget Reality TV! Come Child 3-11 $29.95 and includes access to the Caribbean Reef, with Vagabond Tours to Waters of the World and Amazon Rising exhibits. There are meet the real housewives extra charges for special exhibits. of the Indiana Amish on a The Art Institute of Chicago covers all areas of art full-day guided tour. It including American, Impressionist, European painting and will be a first-hand look at sculpture, Asian, Contemporary, Photography, Architecture a day-in-the-life of Amish and Design. Adult $25; Seniors 65+ $19; Student $19. Women. You will see how Admission prices are subject to change. household chores are performed without electrical Depart: 6:30 AM Return: 9:30 PM appliances and you will meet Escort: TBA women who are running a business without modern Fee: $60 Transportation Only technology. Also included in this package are the following: • Amish Acres Shoofly Pie demo • Wine tasting at the Barn Loft Grill • Amish quilting demo • “Plain & Fancy” at the Round Barn Theatre • Amish countryside tour • Free time at Shipshewana Flea Market • three nights lodging • three breakfasts and three dinners

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Depart: 6:30 AM Return: 7:00 PM Escort: TBA Fee: $628 double $798 single $588 triple $568 quad Please Sign Up Early! Museum of Science & Industry - Chicago, Illinois Thinking about taking a trip? Nothing cancels a trip quicker than waiting until the last minute to sign up. Trips have a minimum number of participants required in order for them to run. Please sign up early to help us avoid disappointing trip cancellations. 14 www.peoriaparks.org/vagabond NEW TRIP: Annual Scottish Festival and Highland Games, The Best of Nashville Show Trip, Tennessee Itasca, Illinois Monday, June 18 – Friday, June 22 Saturday, June 16 Trip Code: PVV70501-24 Trip Code: PVV80506-14 Join us on this fun show trip to The Illinois Saint Nashville. Our itinerary includes: Andrew Society is proud • roundtrip transportation to present one of the most to Nashville unique and well-known • 4 nights lodging in a festivals in the Midwest, Nashville hotel the annual Scottish Festival • 4 continental breakfasts and 4 dinners including and Highland Games! This an exclusive dinner party with entertainment summer celebration offers an extensive array of Scottish and • Guided tour of Nashville, Belle Meade Plantation festival attractions including; champion supreme piping and the Opryland Hotel and drumming competition, Highland Dance Competition, • visits to the Grand Ole Opry Show and Back Stage Traditional and Celtic Rock live musical performances, tour and Country Music Hall of Fame Museum genealogy and cultural exhibits, Parade of Clan Tartans, Dogs • buffet/show at Nashville Nightlife Dinner Theater of Scotland presentation, and Traditional Scottish Cuisine. Meals are on your own. Call Vagabond Tours at 681-2863 for a detailed flyer.

Depart: 6:30 AM Return: 8:00 PM Depart: 8:00 AM Return: 8:00 PM Escort: TBA Escort: Mike & Karen Stringer Fee: $68 Fee: $679 double $858 single $659 triple

Cape Cod & Martha’s Vineyard, Massachusetts Fairmount Thoroughbred Racing, Collinsville, IL Saturday, June 16 - Sunday, June 24 Tuesday, June 19 Trip Code: PVV70501-04 Trip Code: PVV72502-11

This exciting Diamond Tours trip to Cape Cod & Plymouth You can bet on this trip! Enjoy will include: an afternoon of thoroughbred racing • 8 nights lodging including 4 in the quaint Cape at Fairmount Park in Collinsville, Cod area IL. Tour fee includes motor coach • 8 breakfasts and 6 dinners transportation only. Admission and • a visit to Plymouth, MA and the famous Plymouth meals are on your own. Rock • guided tour of historic seaside towns of Hyannis Depart: 8:30 AM Return: 8:00 PM and Sandwich Escort: TBA • a visit to lovely, artistic Martha’s Vineyard Fee: $60 Transportation Only • tour the Outer Cape and Provincetown • visit to the JFK Museum Lumiere Place Casino, St. Louis, Missouri • Niagara Falls, American side Tuesday, June 19 Trip Code: PVV72502-12 Call Vagabond Tours at (309) 681-2863 for a detailed Lumière Place Casino is a trip flyer. Expect considerable walking on this tour. gaming, dining and entertainment hot spot in the heart of downtown Depart: 8:00 AM Return: 8:00 PM St. Louis. The award-winning casino Escort: Chris Trompeter features approximately 2,000 slots, Fee: $899 double $1,153 single 55 tables and a dedicated 13-table $879 triple poker room, brimming with the hottest new video technology andall your favorite table games. Meals will be on your own.

Depart: 8:30 AM Return: 8:00 PM Escort: TBA Fee: $36 Call Vagabond Tours 681-2863 15 Bloomington Resale Shopping, Bloomington, Illinois “The Bridges of Madison County”, Wednesday, June 20 Circa ‘21 Dinner Theatre, Rock Island, Illinois Trip Code: PVV78505-09 Wednesday, June 27 Trip Code: PVV74503-09 Join us on this exciting resale shopping trip close to home. Explore Romance comes sweeping down the six consignment and thrift shops plains in a passionate musical that will in Eureka, Bloomington & Normal leave you breathless. You’ve read the book for bargains, bargains, bargains! It’s and seen the movie, now experience this Senior Day at the Bromenn Shop. new musical live on stage. This show was Lunch is on your own. a winner of the 2014 Tony Award for Best Score and Orchestrations! A plated lunch Depart: 8:15 AM Return: 5:30 PM with a fantastic choice of desserts will be served. Escort: Bonnie Davis Depart: 10:00 AM Return: 5:45 PM Fee: $22 Escort: TBA Fee: $100 Jumer’s Casino, Rock Island, Illinois Friday, June 22 NEW TRIP: Illinois Railway Museum, Union, Illinois Trip Code: PVV72502-13 Saturday, June 30 Trip Code: PVV80506-16 Our group is sure to enjoy Let’s visit America’s Largest the comfort and convenience of the Railway Museum. Experience new, Vegas-Style, all-on-one-level exciting rides on historic railway casino. You will get $10 off your equipment from the Golden Age of meal and $5 to play. Transportation railroading, see educational exhibits is by Peoria Park District van and displays, and enjoy the train-themed playground. See departing from Glen Oak Park. many unique cars and locomotives including the Nebraska Zephyr, the Electroliner, the only remaining “Green Hornet” Depart: 8:00 AM Return: 4:30 PM streetcar, a 10,000 horsepower turbine locomotive, fully Escort: TBA restored Pullman cars, two Russian locomotives, a horse-drawn Fee: $16 streetcar from 1859 and much, much, more. Rides for the day on the electric cars and the steam and diesel trains are included Galena Visit in June in the admission fee! We’ll depart the museum at 3:00 pm. Saturday, June 23 Trip Code: PVV80506-15 Depart: 7:30 AM Return: 6:30 PM Escort: TBA June will be a nice time to visit Galena, one of the fine Fee: $74 Adults historic old towns in northern Illinois. Unique shops, elegant $70 Children 3-11 years homes and fine food are all found in this quaint settlement. NEW TRIP: The Brothers SIX, Carthage, Illinois You will also enjoy the beautiful drive along the mighty Saturday, June 30 Mississippi. Meals are on your own. Trip Code: PVV74503-10 Depart: 7:00 AM Return: 9:00 PM Another great Branson show is coming to Carthage, Escort: TBA Illinois. SIX, a contemporary vocal band on power-mode, Fee: $58 features six real brothers who take musical entertainment to a whole new level. Critically acclaimed and dubbed as ‘an orchestra of human voices’ and ‘masters of showmanship’, these multi-talented brothers sound like a band using only their mouths. Once you experience it, you will understand the power of SIX! This trip includes a lunch at the Lake Hill Winery. Depart: 9:30 AM Return: 6:30 PM Escort: TBA Fee: $108 16 www.peoriaparks.org/vagabond Chinatown Summer Fair, Chicago, Illinois Sunday, July 15 July Trip Code: PVV80506-17 “The Cher Show”, Pre-Broadway, Chicago, Illinois This iconic and popular Saturday, July 7 annual celebration of Far East Trip Code: PVV74503-01 Culture returns for its 40th “The Cher Show” is based on the life festive year. Highlights include of Cherilyn Sarkisian La Piere Bono Allman the Dragon & Lion Dance or, as her friends call her, Cher! The kid on Procession, artisans, plenty a tricycle, vowing to be famous. The teenage of great cuisine, and activities phenom who crashes by twenty. The glam for families. It’s a great way to TV star who quits at the top. The would-be spend a Sunday in the summer. actress with an Oscar. The rock goddess with a hundred Meals will be on your own. million records sold. The legend who’s done it all, still scared to walk on stage. The wife, mother, daughter, sister, friend. The Depart: 7:00 AM Return: 7:00 PM woman, looking for love. The ultimate survivor, chasing her Escort: TBA dream. They’re all here, dressed to kill, singing their socks off, Fee: $60 telling it like it is. And they’re all the star of The Cher Show. Isle Casino, Bettendorf, Iowa Featuring her beloved chart-topping hits, The Cher Show Thursday, July 19 will feature the story by Rick Elice (Tony Award-winning best Trip Code: PVV72502-14 musical Jersey Boys), direction, choreography, orchestrations, arrangements and musical supervision all by Tony award Join us on a short jaunt for the day winners. The show is a 2:00 pm matinee at the Oriental for 5 hours of gaming at the Isle Casino. Theatre. Seats are in the Loge section. We will travel by Park District van and Depart: 7:00 AM Return: 9:30 PM enjoy an included buffet lunch. Each Escort: TBA participant will get $5 to play. Fee: $174 Depart: 8:00 AM Return: 4:00 PM “The Cher Show”, Pre-Broadway, Chicago, Illinois Escort: TBA Saturday, July 14 Fee: $16 Trip Code: PVV74503-02 St. Louis Art Museum, St. Louis Zoo or Shopping, “The Cher Show” is based on the life of St. Louis, Missouri Cherilyn Sarkisian La Piere Bono Allman or, Saturday, July 28 as her friends call her, Cher! The kid on a Trip Code: PVV80506-18 tricycle, vowing to be famous. The teenage phenom who crashes by twenty. The glam We are offering a day in St. Louis with your choice of TV star who quits at the top. The would-be actress with an drop-offs. You will pay for transportation only. First option Oscar. The rock goddess with a hundred million records sold. is the St. Louis Art Museum, one of the principal U.S. Art The legend who’s done it all, still scared to walk on stage. The Museums with paintings, sculptures, cultural objects and wife, mother, daughter, sister, friend. The woman, looking ancient masterpieces from all corners of the world. Admission for love. The ultimate survivor, chasing her dream. They’re is free. Second option is the St. Louis Zoo which has over 90 all here, dressed to kill, singing their socks off, telling it like acres of animal exhibits including Polar Bear Point, Sea Lion it is. And they’re all the star of The Cher Show. Featuring her Sound, Stingrays at Caribbean Cove, Big Cat Country, Primate beloved chart-topping hits, The Cher Show will feature the House, the Zoo Line Railroad, and much more. General story by Rick Elice (Tony Award-winning best musical Jersey Admission is free. There may be admission costs for special Boys), direction, choreography, orchestrations, arrangements exhibits and the train ride. The third option is the Galleria and musical supervision all by Tony award winners. The show for shopping at the best upscale mall in St. Louis. Meals are is a 2:00 pm matinee at the Oriental Theatre. Seats are in the on your own. Loge section. Depart: 6:45 AM Return: 9:30 PM Depart: 7:00 AM Return: 9:30 PM Escort: TBA Escort: TBA Fee: $60 Transportation Only Fee: $174 Call Vagabond Tours 681-2863 17 Door County & Washington Island, Wisconsin August Sunday, August 26 – Wednesday, August 29 Trip Code: PVV70501-31 NEW TRIP: The Brett Family Show, Carthage, Illinois Saturday, August 4 Our adventure begins the moment we step on the Trip Code: PVV74503-11 bus and head north to Door County, the “Cape Cod of the Midwest”. We’ll take the ferry over to Washington Island one We are loving the Branson shows that are coming to day where we will have a guided tour on our own motor coach Carthage, Illinois. The Brett Family Show, a power-packed, with a “local islander”. Beverly will take us to visit a Norwegian two-hour show, features Branson’s #1 Patriotic Tribute and Stave Chapel, the ‘Den Norske Grenda’ and Schoolhouse Beach son Brydon’s Harlem Globetrotter style basketball routine. As with its uniquely smooth stones. Another day will be spent singers, songwriters, dancers and musicians, each member traveling around the peninsula to see a lighthouse and other of this family has the star-power to deliver a full-length solo Door County attractions. And no trip to the ‘Door’ would be performance. When their talents combine in this Brett Family complete without a traditional Fish Boil at the Old Post Office Show, it creates a truly captivating experience that continues to Restaurant and dinner at Al Johnson’s Swedish Restaurant, prove that family entertainment can be the best there is. This with the goats on the roof. We’ve even invited Katie Dahl, trip includes a lunch at the Lake Hill Winery. a local folk singer, back to entertain us at our own private concert around the campfire. Included in this trip is: Depart: 9:30 AM Return: 6:30 PM • motor coach transportation with our favorite Escort: TBA Wisconsin bus driver Fee: $108 • 3 nights lodging at the Open Hearth Lodge in Sister Bay • 7 meals Great Volcanoes of America’s West • Guided Tour of Washington Island Sunday, August 19 - Monday, August 27 • private concert around the campfire with Katie Dahl Trip Code: PVV70501-13 • Fish Creek shopping This 9-day trip with Mayflower • shopping for cherry and cheese items Tours will showcase the awesome • all taxes and tips on these services and luggage handling natural beauty of the Pacific Northwest. Tour highlights include: The trip to Door County fills up fast every year, so sign • roundtrip air with transfers up early! • 15 meals (8 breakfasts, 2 lunches and 5 dinners) • see Mt. Rainier, Mt. St. Helens and Mt. Hood Depart: 6:30 AM Return: 8:00 PM • tour along the Columbia River Gorge and see Escort: Chris Trompeter Multnomah Falls Fee: $TBA • tour and lunch at Timberline Lodge on Mt. Hood • visit Newberry National Volcanic Monument featuring Paulina Falls and nearby High Desert Museum • Volcanic Mt. Bachelor and brilliant blue waters of Crater Lake National Park • see glacier-capped Mt. Shasta, one of the most impressive mountains in the country • full day at Lassen Volcanic Park with geothermal activity such as bubbling mud pots and hissing steam vents • tour and wine tasting at a Napa Valley winery • Napa Valley Wine Train with delicious gourmet dinner with wine

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Depart: 6:00 AM Return: 8:00 PM Escort: Mayflower Tours All aboard! Washington Island, WI - August 2017 Fee: $3,424 double 18 www.peoriaparks.org/vagabond Explore Tuscany! Colorado’s High Mountain Railroads Thursday, August 30 – Friday, September 7 Tuesday, September 4 – Thursday, September 13 Trip Code: PVV70501-32 Trip Code: PVV70501-11

Plan ahead for this great trip with Collette Vacations to Go West, Young Man! That’s enchanting Tuscany. Trip includes: what we’re going to do on our • Spa resort town of Monticatini Terme fantastic trip to Colorado. This trip • cultural tour of Florence will include six different train rides • guided tour of Lucca with its Renaissance walls and through some of America’s most Romanesque churches spectacular mountain scenery. Our ten-day tour includes: • Gothic Line built by the Germans, one of their last • 9 breakfasts, 2 lunches, and 4 dinners lines of defense during WW II • Georgetown Scenic Railroad • Leaning Tower of Pisa • Ride on Amtrak’s Colorado Zephyr across Colorado • cooking class and winery tour • Ride on Silverton Durango Railroad • tour of Siena • Corkscrew Mountain jeep tour • cheese farm visit, and more • travel to Chamas, New Mexico aboard the Cumbres and Toltec Railroad Call 309-681-2863 for a detailed flyer. You will need a • Ride the Royal Gorge Railroad passport for this trip. Expect considerable walking on • Visit Manitou Cliff Dwellings this tour. • Pikes Peak Cog Railroad

Depart: 8:00 AM Return: 8:00 PM Call Vagabond Tours at 681-2863 for a detailed flyer. Escort: Collette Vacations Depart: 7:00 AM Return: 7:00 PM Fee: $3,149 double Escort: Susie & Bruce Culler Fee: $2,199 double $2,792 single $2,099 triple $1,999 quad September “Mamma Mia”, Circa ‘21 Dinner Theatre, Rock Island, Illinois Niagara Falls and Toronto, Canada Wednesday, September 5 Monday, September 3 - Saturday, September 8 Trip Code: PVV74503-12 Trip Code: PVV70501-15 We are offering this great trip with Diamond Tours to ABBA-SOLUTELY FABULOUS! Niagara Falls & Toronto. Trip includes: This is the ultimate feel-good show with • deluxe motor coach transportation the story-telling magic of ABBA’s timeless • 5 nights lodging including 3 consecutive nights in songs propelling the enchanting tale of Niagara Falls, Canada love, laughter, friendship, and a trip • 8 meals (5 breakfasts and 3 dinners) down the aisle you’ll never forget! A • visit to Niagara Falls with Hornblower Cruise plated lunch with a fantastic choice of desserts will be served. • visit to Niagara-on-the-Lake and Queen Victoria Park Depart: 10:00 AM Return: 5:45 PM • visit to Casa Loma, Canada’s most magnificent castle Escort: TBA • tour of Toronto Fee: $100 • optional gaming at Fallsview Casino Call Vagabond Tours at (309) 681-2863 for a detailed trip flyer. You will need a passport for this trip. Expect considerable walking on this tour. Depart: 8:00 AM Return: 6:00 PM Escort: TBA Fee: $609 double $789 single $589 triple

Scenic Niagara Falls - October 2016 Call Vagabond Tours 681-2863 19 Wonders of Australia and New Zealand Grand Canyon, Las Vegas and the Hoover Dam Thursday, September 6 - Friday, September 21 Thursday, September 13 – Monday, September 24 Trip Code: PVV70501-23 Trip Code: PVV70501-33

This is the trip of a lifetime Grand sights await us out west as we travel across the you’ve been waiting for - 16 days prairie, through the Colorado Mountains, and on to the Grand visiting both Australia and New Canyon, Petrified Forest, Zion National Park, and the Hoover Zealand. Highlights include: Dam. This majestic, 12-day Diamond Tour adventure includes: • roundtrip airfare • round trip motor coach transportation • 20 meals (13 breakfasts, • 11 nights lodging 2 lunches and 5 dinners) • 15 meals (8 breakfasts and 7 dinners) • cultural and craft demonstrations at Tjapukai • Hoover Dam Visitors Center Aboriginal Park • visit to Grand Canyon National Park including an • cruise and snorkel on Australia’s Outer Barrier Reef IMAX Grand Canyon Movie • tour Sydney’s famed Opera House • Visit to magnificent Zion National Park and Petrified • discover local history in 2 of Dunedin’s most Forest National Park popular museums • Guided tour of spectacular Valley of Fire State Park • scenic train ride on the Taleri Gorge Railway in Dunedin • Route 66 Museum and Will Rogers Museum • explore the Otago Peninsula and visit New Zealand’s only breeding colony of Royal Albatross Call Vagabond Tours at 681-2863 for a detailed trip • tour Larnach Castle, the only castle in New Zealand flyer. Expect considerable walking on this tour. • cruise along the magnificent scenery of Milford Sound • encounter the magic and mystique of the Glow Depart: 8:00 AM Return: 8:00 PM Worm Grotto in Te Anair Escort: TBA • relax aboard a cruise on Lake Wakatipa in Queenstown Fee: $1,299 double $1,804 single Call Vagabond Tours at (309) 681-2863 for a detailed $1,279 triple trip flyer. You will need a passport for this trip. Expect considerable walking on this tour. Depart: 6:00 AM Return: 8:00 PM Escort: Mayflower Tours Fee: $6,249 double Historic Boston, Salem and Cape Ann Tuesday, September 11 – Wednesday, September 19 Trip Code: PVV70501-03 We are offering this Diamond Tours trip to Boston that includes: • motor coach transportation • eight nights lodging, including four nights in the Boston area • 14 meals (eight breakfasts, six dinners) • Guided tour of the city of Boston • visit to the John F. Kennedy Presidential Library& Museum • Guided tour of Lexington and Concord • Visit to famous Faneuil Hall/Quincy Markethouse • Visit to Cambridge Having a “Dam” Good Time! • Full day guided tour of scenic coastal Massachusetts Vagabond Tours Grand Canyon Trip Call Vagabond Tours at 681-2863 for a detailed trip flyer. Expect considerable walking on this tour. Depart: 8:00 AM Return: 6:00 PM Escort: TBA Fee: $970 double $1,345 single $950 triple 20 www.peoriaparks.org/vagabond Lake Michigan and Lake Superior Lighthouse Tour NEW TRIP: Farm to Table Tour, Dubuque, Iowa Sunday, September 16 – Thursday, September 20 Thursday, September 27 Trip Code: PVV70501-34 Trip Code: PVV80506-19 Join us on this first ever celebration of local farms, food Everyone loves and community in Dubuque, Iowa. Our first stop is Convivium lighthouses! We are offering Urban Farmstead which brings people together through food you this opportunity to visit production, preparation, education and enjoyment. We’ll tour the shores of Lake Superior the community gardens and “get our hands dirty” as we have and Lake Michigan and seven a demo/cooking class talking about the use of the ingredients lighthouses. This trip includes we have just toured. Lunch will be served after the demo. In the following: the afternoon, we visit a family-owned organic farm where • 4 nights lodging they have certified 100% grass-fed beef. We’ll tour the farm • 4 breakfasts, 2 lunches and sample the meat. We’ll also visit the Rescue Mission and 2 dinners Greenhouse and end up at the Brazen Open Kitchen with • 7 lighthouses menu options from local farms. • Step-on guide in Marquette • Pictured Rocks Boat Cruise & Munising Falls Depart: 6:30 AM Return: 9:00 PM • Step-on guide in Green Bay Escort: TBA Fee: $130 Call Vagabond Tours at 309-681-2863 for a detailed flyer. The Ultimate Grand Hotel Resort Mackinac Island Trip Expect some walking on this tour. Sunday, September 30 – Thursday, October 4 Trip Code: PVV70501-35 Depart: 6:30 AM Return: 7:00 PM Escort: TBA Savor the beauty of autumn with this tour to Michigan’s Fee: TBA hidden gems and experience the tradition of the Mackinac Island’s Grand Hotel as you unwind in the warm hospitality New England and Canada Autumn Cruising that has been charming guests since 1887. This trip includes: Saturday, September 22 - Sunday, September 30 • roundtrip motor coach transportation Trip Code: PVV70501-14 • 4 nights lodging including 2 nights at the Grand Hotel • breakfast at each hotel, 2 lunches, 4 dinners We are offering this • ballroom dancing with the Grand Hotel Orchestra great trip in cooperation • Ferry to Mackinac Island with Mayflower Tours. Tour • Carriage tour on the island highlights included: • Visits to Frederik Meijer Gardens, Cross in the Woods • 22 meals (8 dinners, Shrine, Fort Mackinac and Bronner’s Christmas 6 lunches and 8 breakfasts) Wonderland • 1 night in New York City • luggage handling • guided tour of New York City • all taxes and gratuities on activities listed • 7-day cruise aboard Norwegian Cruise Lines’ Norwegian Escape cruise ship Depart: 6:00 AM Return: 8:00 PM • visit picturesque Portland, Maine Escort: Marilyn Hogue • stop at Bar Harbor Fee: $1,599 double $2,128 single • visit Saint John, New Brunswick, home to the $1,542 triple $1,484 quad highest tides in the world • visit Halifax, Nova Scotia

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Depart: 7:00 AM Return: 6:00 PM Escort: Mayflower Tours Fee: $2,639 double, inside cabin stateroom The Front Porch of the Grand Hotel Mackinac Island, MI Call Vagabond Tours 681-2863 21 Iceland, Land of Fire and Ice Fall Foliage in Maine Sunday, September 30 - Saturday, October 6 Saturday, October 6 – Sunday, October 14 Trip Code: PVV70501-21 Trip Code: PVV70501-22 Iceland is a unique destination that offers pristine nature, We’re offering this tour to boasting geysers, geothermal pools, waterfalls and wildlife, Maine with Diamond Tours! breathtaking landscapes and vibrant culture deeply rooted Included in this package are the in ancient heritage. This 7-day excursion with Mayflower following: Tours includes: • airfare and transfers • motor coach transportation • 5 nights in Selfoss • 8 nights lodging including • 7 meals (5 breakfasts and 2 dinners) 4 nights in the Portland area • city tour of Reykjavik • 14 meals (8 breakfasts, 6 dinners) • full day adventure of volcanoes, waterfalls, • guided tour of Portland geothermal activity and nature • guided tour of quaint Kennebunkport • relax in the Blue Lagoon • tour of historic Victoria Mansion • whale watching excursion with onboard naturalist • tour of Pineland Farms, a picturesque working farm • full day Golden Circle tour including Thingvellir • visit to Boothbay Harbor and Boothbay Railway Village National Park, a UNESCO World Heritage site • visit to the Seashore Trolley Museum and Call Vagabond Tours at (309) 681-2863 for a detailed countryside trolley ride flyer. You will need a passport for this trip. Expect considerable walking on this tour. Call Vagabond Tours at 309-681-2863 for a detailed trip flyer. Expect considerable walking on this tour. Depart: 8:00 AM Return: 8:00 PM Escort: Mayflower Tours Depart: 8:00 AM Return: 6:00 PM Fee: $2,879 double Escort: TBA Fee: $999 double $1,439 single $979 triple

Pigeon Forge & Smoky Mountains Show Trip Sunday, October 14 – Saturday, October 20 Trip Code: PVV70501-25

Our show trip to the Smoky Mountains includes the following: Aurora Borealis - Reykjavik, Iceland • motor coach transportation • 6 nights lodging including 4 consecutive nights in the Smokies October • 10 meals (6 breakfasts and 4 dinners) “Mama Won’t Fly”, Circa ‘21 Dinner Theatre, • 3 dinner shows: Soul of Motown, America’s Hit Rock Island, Illinois Parade, and the Hatfield-McCoy Show Wednesday, October 3 • one evening show - Smoky Mountain Opry Show Trip Code: PVV74503-13 • one morning show - Magic Beyond Belief • admission to Titanic, the World’s Largest Museum An outrageously hilarious race against Attraction the clock begins when Savannah Sprunt • guided tour of the Great Smoky Mountains National Fairchild Honeycutt agrees to get her Park feisty mother all the way from Alabama to • plus free time in historic downtown Gatlinburg California in time for her brother’s wedding. Savannah’s problem: Mama Won’t Fly. It’s a Call Vagabond Tours at 681-2863 for a detailed flyer. zany family roadtrip! A plated lunch with a fantastic choice of desserts will be served. Depart: 8:00 AM Return: 6:00 PM Depart: 10:00 AM Return: 5:45 PM Escort: TBA Escort: TBA Fee: $739 double $994 single Fee: $100 $719 triple 22 www.peoriaparks.org/vagabond November December Myrtle Beach Holiday Show Trip & Charleston, SC NEW TRIP: An Elvis Blue Christmas, Memphis, Tennessee Saturday, November 3 – Sunday, November 11 Tuesday, December 4 – Thursday, December 6 Trip Code: PVV70501-06 Trip Code: PVV70501-36

We’re offering this trip with Diamond Tours - a Holiday This is an exclusive one-of-a-kind Spectacular Event. It Show Trip to Myrtle Beach! Included is the following: begins with a two-night stay at the brand new Guest House • roundtrip motor coach transportation at Graceland. Also included are two signature Elvis Events • 8 nights lodging, including 4 consecutive nights in - an Elvis Blue Christmas Dinner Show and Graceland at the Myrtle Beach area Christmas (including a Private Evening Tour). The highlight • 14 meals: 8 breakfasts, and 6 dinners of this evening is, of course, your visit to the Mansion. You’ll • three evening Christmas Shows: Legends in Concert, see holiday decorations including hundreds of blue lights Carolina Opry, and Alabama Theatre along the driveway, a life-size Nativity scene and Santa on • Christmas Matinee Show his sleigh. The interior is decked out in Christmas decor and • Cruise on Charleston Harbor includes his traditional red velvet drapes and the Presley family • Visit to Broadway at the Beach Christmas artifacts - just as they were displayed by Elvis. Also • visit to the amazing Brookgreen Gardens included in this package are two dinners, two breakfasts and a • and much more! tour of Memphis with a visit to Sun Studios and the Memphis Rock n’ Soul Museum. Call Vagabond Tours at 681-2863 for Call Vagabond Tours at 309-681-2863 for a detailed flyer. a detailed flyer.

Depart: 8:00 AM Return: 6:00 PM Depart: 7:00 AM Return: 9:00 PM Escort: TBA Escort: TBA Fee: $942 double $1,182 single Fee: $821 double $999 single $922 triple $799 triple $782 quad

“Elf, the Musical”, Fireside Dinner Theatre, Ft. Atkinson, Wisconsin Thursday, November 15 Trip Code: PVV74503-14

Based on the beloved holiday film, this hilarious fish-out-of-water comedy is now a must-see holiday musical. Buddy, a young orphan, mistakenly crawls into Santa’s bag of gifts and is transported to the North Pole. The would-be elf is raised, unaware that he is actually a human, until his enormous size and poor toy-making abilities cause him to face the truth. With Santa’s permission, Buddy embarks on a journey to New York City to find his birth father and discover his true identity. Faced with the harsh realities that his father is on the naughty list and his half-brother doesn’t even believe in Santa, Buddy is determined to win over his new family and help New York remember the true spirit of Christmas. This modern day holiday classic is sure to make everyone embrace their inner elf! A special sit-down gourmet lunch is included in the fee.

Depart: 6:00 AM Return: 9:00 PM Escort: TBA “Getting Artsy” on the Asheville, NC trip Fee: $150 November 2017

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Hats Off to Our Volunteer Vagabond Escorts! Did you know that all of our Vagabond Tours are led by professional volunteer escorts? The success of our program depends on their dedication, commitment and long hours of service. Kudos to all of our escorts! Registration Form Vagabond Tours 1 - REGISTRANT INFORMATION First/Last Name ______Birthdate_____/_____/_____ Male Female Address______City, State, ZIP______Home Phone #______Cell Phone # ______E-mail ______

2 - TRIP REGISTRATION (Please fill out completely. For overnight trips and trips with meal choice, also complete Section 3) Trip Trip Name/ Registrant’s Trip Code Date First & Last name Fee

Additional Registrants/First & Last Name(s) Address Phone Trip Fee

TOTAL $ 3 - MEAL AND/OR ROOM CHOICE (if applicable)

Meal Choice (if applicable) Overnight Room Choice (if applicable) Non-Smoking Smoking

Peoria Park District ... Winner of the 2010 National Gold Medal Award for excellence in parks and recreation.

Peoria Park District, 1125 W. Lake Avenue, Peoria, IL 61614 Vagabond Escorts Becky Cassidy 256-1197 Marilyn Hogue 387-6887 Tom & Donna Chambers 360-2553 Tom Huston 361-2469 Bruce & Susie Culler 697-8184 Carole Rogers 868-0713 Bonnie Davis 681-2810 Karen & Michael Stringer 453-3903 Donna & Bob Day 688-3870 Maggie Steenrod 694-3907 Shirley Gray 696-0053 Larry & Laura Stetler 697-3096 Donna Hettiger 688-7668 Chris Trompeter 688-4736

Vagabond Tours and Park District Staff Donna Day, Coordinator of Vagabond Tours...... 681-2863 Chris Trompeter, Vagabond Tours Office Assistant...... 681-2864 Steve Montez, Supervisor of Arts & Leisure Services...... 681-2865 Trish Blattenberger, Assistant to the Executive Director...... 681-2803 Peoria Park Board of Trustees Timothy Cassidy...... President Robert Johnson, Sr...... Vice President Joyce Harant, Jacqueline Petty, Warren E. Rayford, Matthew Ryan, Nancy Snowden...... Trustees Emily Cahill...... Executive Director, Peoria Park District