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DAYSummer 2018 TRIPPER It doesn’t get much better than summertime in the Rockies! Come enjoy various aspects of our News beautiful state with the City of Auroras Excursion Program. Exciting trips, delectable dining and adventurous hikes await! Receive a private tour of Leadville, taste traditional cowboy barbecue, get up close and personal with wolves and experience the many local art and craft vendors Colorado has to offer. Be sure to check out are extended travel opportunities. The trip of a lifetime awaits! Browse through the newsletter and you are guaranteed to find an excursion that interests you! A peek inside this issue All of our day trips require moderate walking and a few stairs. Excursions with a next to the trip name usually include a walking Mark your Calendars! tour of the venue or there DAY TRIPPER SOCIAL will be a significant amount of walking required. Please Friday, July 6, 2018 • 9-11 a.m. note that if participants Receive the Day Tripper fall trip information. plan on bringing a walker or wheelchair on a trip they must notify the front desk when they register so we can ensure we have room to store them on the van. Register and pay Leave knowing Socialize over with cash, check or what trips you can coffee and Trippingly Yours, credit card. look forward to. refreshments. Konrad Becker Day Trip Social Sponsored by Recreation Specialist Aurora Center for Active Adults • 30 Del Mar Circle Aurora, CO 80011 303.739.7950 • auroragov.org/recreation Hello SUMMER Join us as we explore all that the Front Range has to offer. Many trips are in the Denver Metro area and are followed by a lunch destination. Transportation is provided and leaves from the Aurora Center for Active Adults. Register at least 1 week in advance, MANITOU WINE FESTIVAL PAINT MINES INTERPRETIVE Travel to Manitou for their annual Wine PARK & HICKORY HOUSE PICNIC* or before the deadline. Festival. Spend your day enjoying gorgeous “One of the most significant and interesting tastings from 30 Colorado Wineries, listening sites linking geology and our prehistoric past Arrive 15 minutes prior to live music and shopping the many food in a comprehensible and exciting way”-Dr. and gift vendors. Fee includes escort, Russane Low PhD Enjoy a beautiful afternoon to departure to check- transportation, & festival admission. filled with great food and astonishing geology. 255195 Jun. 2 A site of great interest to the Paleo-Indians in at the front desk. • Sat., 9:30 a.m.-5:30 p.m. who lived in the area approx. 9,000 years ago. • $97 ($77 Resident) The Paint mines showcase spectacular • Last day to register/cancel: May 3 topography as oxidized iron creates colorful clay deposits and impressive hoodoos (rock BUFFALO BILL & MINES chimneys). A pic-nic lunch will be catered by GEOLOGY MUSEUM Hickory House Barbecue. Deemed some of Start your day exploring the beautiful gems the best barbecue in the state. Fee includes, and magnificent stones which make up planet escort, transportation & meal. Earth @ the School of Mines Geology 255287 June 8 Museum. After stopping in downtown Golden • Fri., 10:30 a.m.-5:30 p.m. for lunch, head up part of the old Lariat Loop • $80 ($60 Resident) to Lookout Mtn. Here lays buried one of the • Last day to register/cancel: Jun 1 most famous men of the west. Buffalo Bill • Lunch Included Cody, famous for showcasing western class and talent all over the world with Buffalo Bills ROCKIES VS Wild West Show. Take a self-guided tour of ARIZONA DIAMONDBACKS the Buffalo Bill Museum and Grave before Join us for an afternoon to cheer on the heading back to Aurora. Fee includes escort, Rockies! Lunch and snacks are on your own transportation, & museum admission. at the ballpark. Tickets to the game are Heavy walking 255286 June 5 included in the registration fee. and several stairs • Tue., 9:15a.m.-3:45p.m. 255288 June 10 • $44 ($34 Resident) • Sun., 12-5 p.m. • Last day to register/cancel: May 25 • $49 ($38 Resident) Special Deadline • Last day to register/cancel: May 28 AURORA CENTER FOR ACTIVE ADULTS • 30 DEL MAR CIRCLE VINTAGE AERO WWII MUSEUM ROCKIES VS NEW YORK METS The vintage aero flying museum houses one of the Join us for an afternoon to cheer on the most significant and internationally recognized Rockies! Lunch and snacks are on your own collections of Golden Age Aviation and World at the ballpark. Tickets to the game are War I, II memorabilia and aircrafts. Join us for a included in the registration fee. private tour of the facilities and an open question 255391 June 21 bratwurst lunch with the owner. Fee includes • Thu., 12-5 p.m. escort, transportation, tour, and lunch. • $49 ($38 Resident) show. Meal and snacks are on your own at 255386 June 12 • Last day to register/cancel: June 7 the ballpark. Tickets to the game are included • Tue., 9:30 p.m.-2:15 p.m. in the registration fee. • $61 ($47 Resident) BOULDER FARMERS MARKET 255395 July 3 • Last day to register/cancel: May 30 Eating local just got easier with our trip to • Bratwurst Lunch Included • Tue., 4:45-11 p.m. Boulder County Famers Market. Enjoy a wide • $75 ($58 Resident) variety of Colorado vendors selling everything • Last day to register/cancel: June 18 MODEL TRAIN MUSEUM from fresh produce & local honey, to organic Taking over 5 ½ years to build, encompassing soap and art. Bring your shopping bag for a 5,500 square feet, with over 30,000 hours of fresh, fun, and fantastic day in downtown 35TH ANNUAL BRECKENRIDGE volunteer labor, The Colorado Model Railroad Boulder. Fee includes escort & transportation. ARTS FESTIVAL Museum is one of the most impressive model 255393 June 23 “The 35th Annual Breckenridge July Art railroads in the world. Stroll along with a • Sat., 7 a.m.-1:45 p.m. Festival is now ranked at #59 in Sunshine docent through the three dimensional moving • $31 ($24 Resident) Artist’s top 200 fine art festivals!!! This exhibit surrounded by handcrafted scenery, established show will feature over 100 artists 35-foot long trains, and over 600 railroad- LAZY B CHUCKWAGON from around the country. Artists will present related artifacts. Time for lunch in Greeley will ceramics, mixed media, fiber, jewelry, painting, be allotted after the museum. Fee includes, DINNER & SHOW wood, glass, sculpture and much more! You escort, transportation, & admission/docent. Come participate in an Estes Park won’t want to miss this fabulous summer 255387 June 13 summertime tradition at the Legendary Lazy weekend of art and mountain ambiance.”-MAF • Wed., 8:40 a.m.-2:15 p.m. B Chuckwagon Dinner and Western Show. Fee includes escort & transportation • $55 ($42 Resident) This must do event is perfect for any age. The 255396 July 7 day will be filled with live music, great • Sat., 7:30 a.m.-5:45 p.m. THE LITTLE MERMAID: humor, and an unbelievably tasty authentic • $59 ($45 Resident) BOULDER DINNER THEATRE cowboy meal. Fee includes escort, transportation, meal & show admission. “In a magical kingdom beneath the sea, the SENIORS ON THE MOVE – beautiful young mermaid, Ariel, longs to 255392 Jun. 24 leave her ocean home to live in the world • Sun., 10:45 a.m.-6 p.m. UNION STATION Discover how easy it is to use the RTD public above. Based on one of Hans Christian • $90 ($70 Resident) transit system. After a one-hour class at the ACAA, Andersen’s most beloved stories and the • Last day to register/cancel: May 24 we head out for a trip on the bus and light rail to classic animated film, Disney’s The Little either the restored Union Station Transit Center Mermaid is a hauntingly beautiful love story ROYAL GORGE RAILWAY (July 9) or DIA (Aug. 27). You will have time to for the ages.”-BDT Fee includes escort, “Experience America’s most spectacular rail browse around and enjoy an afternoon snack (on transportation, dinner & show. journey aboard the Royal Gorge Route your own) before heading back to the ACAA. 255388 June 17 Railroad! More than just a memorable train Keep in mind you will be gone all afternoon and • Sun., 11 a.m.-5:30 p.m. ride through the Colorado Rockies, enjoy there will be 2-3 blocks of walking (at times). Free • $100 ($80 Resident) classes of service where we combine coupons for the bus and train ride will be provided. • Last day to register/cancel: May 17 gorgeous scenery, and delicious food.” Club Car seats have been reserved as you take in 255398 July 9 (Union Station) EVERGREEN & ECHO LAKE the views of this 1,000ft. deep canyon. Fee 255413 Aug 27 (DIA) includes escort, transportation, & Club Level • Mon., 10:30 a.m.-4 p.m. LODGE PRIVATE TOUR* • Free Mike Pearl, President of the Rocky Mtn. Guide train ticket. Meal is on your own aboard the Association will take us on a private tour along train. Please inform us of any ADA the Front Range. Stopping in downtown accommodations upon booking. ROCKIES VS Evergreen, Squaw Pass, Echo Lake & Base of Mt 255394 Jun. 28 ARIZONA DIAMONDBACKS Evans, and then down into Idaho Springs. Tour • Thu., 9:30 a.m.-5 p.m. Join us for an afternoon to cheer on the will stop for lunch at the Echo Lake Lodge & • $105 ($85 Resident) Rockies! Lunch and snacks are on your own Restaurant. Fee includes escort, transportation, • Last day to register/cancel: May 1 at the ballpark. Tickets to the game are and docent. Lunch is not included.