D TRAVEL BULLETIN May, 2020 COORDINATED TRAVEL COMMITTEE AREA 11 TRAVEL COORDINATOR Rollo Parsons (408) 268-5245 PLEASE READ! TO MAKE RESERVATIONS - FIRST Contact the Tour Escort!, then send him your check made payable to the listed travel agency. Make sure your phone number, address and branch number are on the check. Reservations are on a first paid, first served basis. Your reservation is firm only when the Tour Escort has received your Payment. BROCHURES - Brochures are available for most trips ask your Branch Travel Chairman for a copy. REFUNDS - Refunds are made as outlined in the brochures. RESPONSIBILITY - All travel events and other activities arranged for and by Sons In Retirement, Inc. and its Branches are for the convenience and pleasure of the members and their guests who desire to participate. Sons In Retirement, Inc. and its Branches do not assume any responsibility for the well being or safety of participants or passengers, or their property, in any manner pertaining to said travel or other activities. YOUR TRIP NOT IN THE BULLETIN? - Trips that are full or are not available for sign up are not included in the Bulletin. HANDICAPPED? Notify Tour Escort, before signing up, so suitable arrangements can be made. DEPARTURE - Unless otherwise specified, trips depart from the South Light Rail Parking Lot G, located at Highway 87 and Capitol Expressway in San Jose. Check Brochure for your trip! BULLETIN If you would like to receive your Bulletin via email, email your request to [email protected]. If you are not interested in travel, get your name taken off our mailing list by contacting Bill Rodman at (408) 274-4521, email [email protected], or your branch Travel Chairman. number of participants (twenty), the cost will go down and Vol. 39, No.4 May, 2020 we will make appropriate refunds. Contact one of the escorts This Travel Bulletin is published by the Sons In Retirement for a brochure, sign up and trip status information. With the Coordinated Travel Committee, representing Area #11 covid-19 pandemic there is a question whether this June trip Branches 32, 38, 39, 54, 62, 94, 114 and 125. It is sent will go. We expect to hold on to any sign-up checks until the without charge to each interested SIR in this Area. situation becomes more clear, and will either return or shred any checks if the trip doesn’t go. SPECIAL NOTICE: With the Covid-19 *****OVERNIGHT AND LONGER TRIPS***** shelter in place extensions that we’ve experienced, there is some question as to July 11-20, 2020 Canadian Rockies by Train featuring the Calgary Stampede (Br 38) Bill Rodman (408) 274- when the travel restrictions will be lifted. 4521 and Alan Patmore (408) 867-4197. Experience Contact your travel escort for updates. reserved seating at the Calgary Stampede, the world’s largest rodeo. Alberta, Banff, Lake Louise, Athabasca Glacier, Approved brochures may also be accessed Jasper, Maligne Lake, British Columbia. Spectacular views and downloaded at: http://sirbranch125.org from the dome car & an overnight private accommodation train ride into Vancouver on Via Rail’s The Canadian. The *****ONE DAY TRIPS***** train whisks you past the peaks of the Monashee Mountains and the stunning sight of Pyramid Falls cascading down Mt. June 24th, 2020 Chinese Exhibit at Blackhawk Cheadle. First class hotel accommodations at Fairmont Museum - Terra Cotta Warriors (Br 62) Escorts Jim Banff, Fairmont Chateau Lake Louise, Jasper Hotel and Hohenshelt (408-394-7226) or Roy Jordan (408-735-8765) others. Brochures available at your SIR travel table. You can We’re planning a bus trip on June 24th to the Blackhawk also view & download a brochure and application from the Museum to visit their new “into China” gallery, containing SIR 38 website: http://branch38.sirinc2.org/ Chinese items and art, including some of the remarkable Terra Cotta Warriors from Xi’an. The cost is $132 per person for the bus trip, lunch at the museum restaurant, and entrance to the museum. If we get more than the minimum August 9-17, 2020Mark Twain's Mississippi (Br Oct. 3 - 15, 2020 Normandy Beaches & Seine River 32) John Pletsch (408-274-2992/(408)-504-1255 Cell) and Cruise(Br 62) Escorts Jim Hohenshelt (408) 394-7226 Mike Console (408) 246-1080. 9 day Mississippi River Boat or Roy Jordan (408) 735-8765. Note – we are not taking cruise on the American Queen, St Louis to Red Wing, reservations for this trip at this time. Call an escort for more Minnesota. Enjoy leisurely cruise on the upper Mississippi information or questions about the status of the trip. This trip River as you visit Mark Twain's home town of Hannibal, is in October so we are hoping the covid-19 pandemic will MO and other small town America cities (Clinton IA, have abated enough that the trip will go. LaCrosse. WI and Red Wing, MN. Trip includes home pick Join us for a Grand Circle Cruise Line trip through northern up and airport transfers, round trip air to St Louis and from France. From Paris we will travel to Honfleur at the mouth Minneapolis, airline luggage fees, complimentary wines and of the Seine with a visit to the Caen Peace Museum along beer with dinners aboard the American Queen and all hop- the way. The Peace Museum has an outstanding presentation on-hop off shore tours. Prices depend on cabin choice and of the events of WW2, including the D-Day invasion. In range from $3275 (inside cabin) to $5590 (private Honfleur where our river cruise ship will be docked for 3 Veranda). Deposit of $500 plus optional travel insurance days, we will make a walking tour of the port and perhaps ($194 to $368) payable to Talbot Tours Trust Account. Mail take an optional tour to the beautiful coastal cliffs at Etretat. deposits to John Pletsch, 2697 Suisun Ave, San Jose, CA The following day we visit the Normandy beaches, with an 95121. Final Payment is due April 11, 2020. Contact John opportunity to walk along Omaha beach. We also visit the or Mike for information and brochure. Brochures also American Military Cemetery and view the 328-foot cliffs the available at SIR travel table. Allies had to scale at Pointe du Hoc. The next day we will cruise up the Seine to Rouen, where Joan of Arc was Sep 6-12, 2020 Chicago as Never Seen Before imprisoned, tried, and burned at the stake in 1431. The cruise (BR 32) John Pletsch/Mike Console. Pack only once. Six then proceeds to Les Andelys, Vernon and Pontoise, and nights at the Palmer House Hilton. Deluxe motor coach tour ends with 2 nights in Paris. This part of the Seine was with Professional Tour Manager that includes Chicago's top particularly attractive to Impressionist artists such as Claude attractions: Tour of Wrigley Field, Narrated Architectural Monet and Vincent Van Gogh. The stop in Vernon features a Chicago River cruise, The Untouchables Tour (the story of visit to Giverny (Monet’s garden, with scenes that appear in the gangster 1930's era), Skydeck at top of Willis (formerly many of his works). In Pontoise, a “Path of Van Gogh” tour Sears) Tower, Frank Lloyd Wright Oak Park Studio, Art of Auvers-sur-Oise is an option. The cruise ends with 2 Institute of Chicago, Day trip to Racine, WI to see nights in Paris. The stay in Paris includes a panoramic tour F.L.Wright's SC Johnson Wax Headquarters+ Wingspread of the famous sites (Eiffel Tower, Arc de Triomphe etc.), a home, Catigny Park (former 500 acre estate of Col Robert walking tour of a Paris residential neighborhood, a visit to McCormick (Editor of Chicago Tribune)+ WWII Museum Montmartre, and some free time. The cost is $5275 to $5675 dedicated to the 1st Infantry Division. per person double occupancy (depending on cabin choice), Your trip includes: Home pick up + airport transfers, round including round trip air fare from San Francisco. Single trip air, 11 meals (6 breakfaast, 2 dinners, 3 lunches), occupancy is sold out. A 4-night pre-trip to Brittany (St. admission fees, baggage handling and airline baggage fees. Malo) and the town and famous abbey of Mont St. Michel Total Cost including est airfare $2997 per person (dbl occ) for $995, and a 3-night post trip in Paris for $745 are ($3757 single occ). Deposit including Travel Protection available. ($388 ($540 single) Check/Major Credit Cards payable to Talbot Tours Trust Account.540 single) or $250 without Travel Protection. Mail to John Pletsch, 2697 Suisun Ave, San Jose, CA 95121. For brochure call John (408) 274- 2992 or (408-504-1255) OR Mike Console (408) 246- 1080. Brochures also available at luncheon Travel Table. Final Payment due June 28, 2020 October 9-16, 2020 Niagara Falls &The Grand Hotel (BR54) Co-escorts Joe Salamida (408-767-2838) Arkady (Archie) Belogolovsky (408-253-3956) Scenic drives, museums, The Grand Hotel on Mackinac Island, horse drawn carriage rides and the magical Niagara Falls. Tour Highlights River Rouge Truck plant, Greenfield Village, Henry Ford Museum, Mackinac Island, Mighty Mac suspension bridge, City tour by horse drawn carriage around Mackinac Island, Frankenmuth, MI, IMAX Movie, hydro Floral Clock, Whirlpool Rapids, Table Rock, Maid of the Mist Cruise. Trip Includes, Home pick-up Airport transfers, Round-trip Airfare, Seven nights accommodations, Deluxe Motor-coach and Driver, 12 meals Admission fees as noted Baggage Handling (fees Included).Prices start at $3343. pp/dbl --$4003 pp/single, travel protection available at additional cost. Make checks payable to Joe Salamida,1670 Tarragon Drive, Gilroy, CA 95020-5746 Brochures available at branch travel chair or above listed escorts.