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Escorted Tours Departing Abilene, Texas Big Spring, Texas Midland, Texas San Angelo, Texas 3262 South 27th Street, Abilene, Texas 79605 (325) 692-1308 or 1-888-692-1308 August 2021 August 2021 Edition 2 Index 2022 February: Day Trips…………………………...…….…….3-4 Israel & Jordan……....…………………………...7 2021 Tours…………………………..……..…...4-6 2022 Tours..…………………………………...7-12 March: Texas Coastal Wonders…………………………..7 Charleston, Beaufort, Savannah………………….8 April: 2021 Big Bend National Park…………………………..7 Branson Music Fest.…………..………………….8 August: Big River……………………….……………………….3 May: Ohio’s Amish Country…………………………….4 Spring Mystery Tour……………………………..8 Alaska Cruise Tour..……………………………...9 September: Show Me More!........……………………………...4 June: Cowboys & Legends…………..…………………..5 Palo Duro Canyon………………………………..9 Colors of the Northeast.…………………………5 Exploring the Dakotas……………………………9 October: July: Autumn at the Arboretum…………………………3 Canadian Rockies by Rail………………………10 Fiddler on the Roof……………………………………3 Cowgirls & Cowboys………..…………………….3 August: Oberammergau Passion Play..…………………..12 November: Cape Cod and More!............................................10 All About Autumn……….......................................6 Branson Christmas…………..….…………………6 Smoky Mountain Christmas………………………6 December: Bilbrey Tours Tips Grapevine Christmas……..……………………….4 The Gift of Christmas……...……………...…………..6 1. You may sign up on a tour after final Christmas with the Petersens………………………...4 payment date if space is available. 2. Book early on International Tours, Cruises and Fly-Ins to guarantee your seat PASSPORT due to airline availability. REQUIREMENTS 3. We recommend purchasing Travel Protection Insurance to protect your money Passports are required for all travel outside the in the event of an illness to you or an United States. immediate family member. Ask for a copy of the insurance policy. August 2021 Edition 3 Day Trips Big River Fiddler on the Roof Granbury Opera House Granbury Opera House Saturday, August 21, 2021 Saturday, October 23, 2021 Departing Abilene Departing Abilene Highlights Include: Highlights Include: Shopping and browsing around Granbury, TX’s Shopping and browsing around Granbury, TX’s historic town square historic town square Big River: The Adventures of Huckleberry Finn; Fiddler on the Roof; Set in the little village of Mark Twain’s timeless classic sweeps us down the Anatevka, the story centers on Tevye, a poor mighty Mississippi as the irrepressible Huck Finn milkman, and his five daughters. With the help of a helps his friend, Jim, escape to freedom at the colorful and tight-knit Jewish community, Tevye mouth of the Ohio River. Their adventures along tries to protect his daughters and instill them with the way are hilarious, suspenseful and heartwarm- traditional values in the face of changing social ing, bringing to life your favorite characters from mores. Rich in historical and ethnic detail, Fiddler the novel. Propelled by an award-winning score on the Roof's universal theme of tradition cuts from Roger Miller, the king of country music, this across barriers of race, class, nationality and jaunty journey provides a brilliantly theatrical religion, leaving audiences crying tears of laughter, celebration of pure Americana. joy and sadness. Lunch is included Lunch is included $139 per person $139 per person Full payment due upon booking Full payment due upon booking Autumn at the Arboretum Cowgirls & Cowboys Wednesday, October 20, 2021 Including Ft Worth Stockyards Departing Abilene Thursday, October 28, 2021 Highlights Include: Departing Abilene Dallas Arboretum is a Highlights Include: favorite Fall tradition. National Cowgirl Museum and Hall of Fame is The fall festival is a the only museum in the world dedicated to spectacular show of color honoring women of the American West who have with 4,500 Chrysanthe- displayed extraordinary courage in their trailblazing mums, along with efforts. 150,000 fall blooming John Wayne: An American Experience exhibit plants. is structured to give you an intimate tour of the life Internationally acclaimed of John Wayne. Starting with his early childhood Pumpkin Village features and career, each room highlights an aspect of The more than 90,000 pumpkins, squash, and gourds. Duke’s legacy. Named “One of the World’s 15 Most Breathtaking Gardens” by Architectural Digest. Shopping and lunch on your own in Fort Worth’s Lunch included Historic Stockyards $135 per person $125 per person $25 due upon booking - Final due September 8, 2021 Full payment due upon booking August 2021 Edition 4 Grapevine Christmas Thursday, December 2, 2021 2021 Tours Departing Abilene Ohio’s Amish Country Highlights Include: August 28 - September 6, 2021 Discover the magic in Grapevine, the Christmas (10 days – 9 nights) Capital of Texas! Gaylord Texan Resort Departing Abilene, Big Spring, Midland and San Angelo in Grapevine brings Highlights Include: the magic of a winter 3 nights in Sugar Creek, OH wonderland indoor Amish and Mennonite Heritage Center with its annual ICE! Lamp and Light Candles Exhibit. Featuring Lehman’s General Store more than 2 million Miller Dry Goods and Quilts pounds of colorful, Wedding feast in Amish home hand-carved sculp- Cyclorama mural, Behalt! tures created by more Warther Carvings than 40 ice sculptors into symbols of Christmas and Amish musical “The Best of Me” holiday characters. ICE! also boasts one-and-a-half John Glenn’s boyhood home-New Concord, OH million twinkling lights, 12,000 ornaments, a 52- Indianapolis Motor Speedway foot-tall rotating Christmas tree, and a life-sized Frankfort, KY City Tour gingerbread house. Meals: 9 continental breakfasts, 12 lunches or dinners Shopping at Grapevine Mills mall with more than 180 discount stores to include Burlington, Ann $2598 per person (2 people per room) Taylor, Chico’s Outlet, Marshalls, Disney Outlet, $3234 per person (1 person per room) Neiman Marcus Last Call & Saks Fifth Ave Outlet Travel Protection Insurance: $187-248 per person $125 per person Final payment due upon booking $25 due upon booking - Final due October 15, 2021 Show Me More! Christmas with the Petersens Kansas, Missouri & Oklahoma Sunday, December 19, 2021 September 7 - 13, 2021 (7 days – 6 nights) Departing Abilene Highlights Include: Departing Abilene, Big Spring and Midland Celebrate Christmas with The Petersens as they Highlights Include: bring their original bluegrass sound to the Palace Pioneer Woman Mercantile, Pawhuska OK Theatre in Grapevine, TX. The Petersens are an Missouri Star Quilt Company, Hamilton MO award-winning Americana roots family who World War I Museum, Kansas City MO perform year-round in Branson, but also enjoy Evel Knieval Museum, Topeka KS performing in the Midwest. For authentic music, Marland Mansion - Palace on the Prairie clean comedy and family values, you won’t find a Fort Leavenworth • National Cemetery group better than The Petersens. Hallmark Crown Visitor Center Stroll through Historic Downtown Grapevine and KC Strings • Strawberry Hill Bakery marvel at the holiday lighting while checking off 3-nights Independence, MO your holiday shopping list with all the charming Meals: 6 cont. breakfasts, 7 lunches or dinners gifts local stores have to offer. $1580 per person (2 people per room) $1985 per person (1 person per room) $125 per person Travel Protection Insurance: $137 per person Final payment due upon booking Final payment due upon booking August 2021 Edition 5 Cowboys and Legends Northeast Oklahoma September 21 - 25, 2021 Colors of the Northeast (5 days – 4 nights) Niagara Falls Foliage Tour Departing Abilene, Big Spring, Midland and San Angelo Highlights Include: September 29 - October 12, 2021 Oklahoma City (14 days – 13 nights) Bartlesville Remington Park Races Departing Abilene, Big Spring, Midland and San Angelo OKC Stockyards Highlights Include: National Cowboy & Western Niagara Falls, NY Heritage Museum Maid of the Mist Niagara Cruise Pioneer Woman Mercantile Niagara Falls Observation Tower Frank Phillips Home Illuminated Falls Will Rogers Memorial & Hudson River Valley Museum Gettysburg National Military Park Will Rogers Birthplace Ranch US Military Academy at West Point Phillips Petroleum Company Museum Lucy Desilu Museum Woolaroc Museum & 3,700 acre Wildlife Preserve Lunch at the Tropicana Room Frank Lloyd Wright’s Price Tower National Baseball Hall of Fame Meals: 4 cont. breakfasts, 7 lunches or dinners United States Air Force Museum $1245 per person (2 people per room) FDR House and Gardens $1519 per person (1 person per room) Amish Tour and Dinner Travel Protection Insurance: $105-137 per person Frank Lloyd Wright’s Martin House (Buffalo NY) $25 due upon booking - Final due August 4, 2021 Kentucky Horse Park, (Lexington KY) Meals: 2 breakfasts and 11 continental breakfasts, 9 lunches or dinners Bilbrey Tours has traveled to 56 $3389 per person (2 people per room) countries: Aruba, Antigua & Barbuda, $4459 per person (1 person per room) Argentina, Australia, Austria, Bahamas, Travel Protection Insurance: $248-313 per person Barbados, Belgium, Belize, Bulgaria, Canada, $50 due upon booking - Final due July 27, 2021 Cayman Islands, Chile, Costa Rica, Curacao, Czech Republic, Denmark, England, Estonia, Fiji, Finland, France, Germany, Greece, Guatemala, Holland, Hungary, Iceland, Ireland, Italy, Jamaica, Liechtenstein, Malta, Mexico, Monaco, Nicaragua, New Zealand, Norway, Panama, Poland, Portugal, Puerto Rico, Romania,