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2007 Mini Vacations

Exciting choices of upcoming 2-5 day tours, personally escorted by Terry and Linda Mansfield.

January

JANUARY 26-28: CITRUS FIESTA - TEXAS VALLEY Winter Special - $289 DBL
Highlights include: Orange Parade, Market Days exhibits, Citrus Producers Fashion Show & coronation of the Queen of the Citrus Fiesta, Mission Museum

February

FEBRUARY 2-3: STAGE DOOR CANTEEN CORPUS CHRISTI - $205 DBL
Highlights include: Goliad Mission tour, Corpus Christi 14th annual Stage Door Canteen aboard the USS Lexington, featuring a variety show & the big band sound of Ken Herring.     

FEB. 19-21 MARDI GRAS - LAKE CHARLES, LA            $325 DBL
Highlights include: Mardi Gras Parade, Mardi Gras Museum,Block Party, Creole Nature Trail,Cajun Music & Dancing, Gala Ball Extravaganza. L' Auberge du Lac Resort Hotel 

March

MARCH 1-3: CAJUN MYSTIQUE WINTER SPECIAL - $319 DBL
Highlights include: Avery Island Tobasco Factory Tour, Jungle Gardens, Shadows on the Teche plantation home & garden tour, Rip Van Winkle home & gardens on Jefferson Island, Konriko Rice Tour, Jean La Fitte Cajun Museum, Mulattes, Luncheon at Rose Villa.

MARCH 19-23: NATCHEZ SPRING PILGRIMAGE' - $599 DBL
Highlights include: Benningrath Gardens,Natchez Antebellum Home tours, Confederate Pageant, Jefferson College, Natchez Trace Parkway, Southern Exposure comedy.

MARCH 26-28: EAST TEXAS AZALEA TRAIL -$349 dbl
Highlights include: Dallas Botanical Garden, Flower Show Exhibits, Tyler Azalea Trail Showcase of homes, Azalea Arts & Crafts Fair, Tyler Municipal Rose Garden & museum. Nacogdoches Azalea Garden

MARCH 29-31: Tulip Extravaganza Hot Springs, AK - $375 dbl
Highlights include: Garvin Woodland Gardens, Arlington Hotel Tour, Choice of facial or bath, Anthony's  Chapel, Hot Springs  National Park Tour

April

APRIL 9-13: BRANSON FAN FESTIVAL -$625 DBL
Highlights include: 4 Branson shows including the fan festival (preview of Branson shows and meeting the stars). Special Branson city tour including Downtown Branson, the new Titanic Museum

APRIL 23-25: Fiesta San Antonio - $370 dbl
Highlights Include: SAS Shoe Factory Outlet, Fiesta in Blue Music Show, Fiesta River Boat Parade, Fiesta Flower Show, El Mercado Fiesta - crafts & food

May

MAY 14-17: PICTURESQUE BIG BEND - $499 dbl
Highlights Include: Judge Roy Bean Home, Big Bend National Park: cactus garden, Chisos Mountain Lodge, Ranger Talks, Park Museum in Alpine,, Paisano Pete, & historic Fort Stockton

June

JUNE 11-14: LEGENDS OF THE PALO DURO CANYON - $495 DBL
Highlights Include: The musical "Texas"  with barbecue dinner, Panhandle Plains Museum.  cowboy breakfast, Palo Duro Canyon

JUNE 22-23: FIESTA NOCHE DEL RIO SAN ANTONIO - $215 DBL
Highlights include: San Antonio River Walk, The Alamo, SAS Shoe Factory Outlet, Institute of Texas Cultures, Fiesta Noche Del Rio evening music show on the river with reserved seats.

July

JULY 7-8: GREAT TEXAS BALLOON RACE, LONGVIEW - $195 DBL
Highlights Include: Texas Country Music Hall of Fame, Balloon Glow, Texas Balloon Race, East Texas Oil Museum, Kilgore Rangerette Museum.

JULY 19-21: "OKLAHOMA" AN AFFAIR OF THE HEART IN TULSA - $379 DBL   
Highlights include: Woolarac, "Oklahoma" musical with dinner, Oklahoma Aquarium, Annual shopping adventure at "An Affair of the Heart" an arts & crafts show in the coliseum.

August

AUGUST 6-8: GRANDBURY MUSIC VACATION - $305 DBL
Highlights include: 2 music shows, Robert Browning Library tour, Grandbury shopping, Texas Ranger Museum, Dr. Pepper Museum in Waco., Ft. Hood Military Museum

AUGUST 20-21: MESQUITE TWO STEP - $220 DBL
Highlights include: Texas Civil War Museum, Cook Western Art Museum in Corsicana, Mesquite Championship Rodeo with dinner, Fair Park Hall of State in Dallas   

September

SEPTEMBER 6-9: A GATHERING OF THE COWBOYS IN LUBBOCK - $525 DBL
Highlights include: Cowboy Breakfast & the Story & Demonstration of the Horse Whisperer, Frontier Texas, a virtual reality experience, Horse Parade, Cowboy Exposition in Lubbock featuring cowboy story-tellers, poets, & music, special exhibits, National Windmill Museum.

SEPTEMBER 24-28 (or JUNE 4-8): BRANSON & THE GREAT PASSION PLAY - $599 DBL
Highlights: 4 Branson Shows, The Great Passion Play in Eureka Springs, Thorn Crown Chapel, Christ of the Ozarks, Parable of the Potter, Christian Art Museum.

October

OCTOBER 5-6:THE PROMISE GLEN ROSE - $220 DBL
Highlights include: TBN Walk through Old Jerusalem tour, virtual reality film: The Story of Paul, The Promise (a musical of Christ's life), Amon Carter Museum of Western Art, Corsicana's Collin Street Bakery.         

OCTOBER 9: NEW ORLEANS CAJUN COUNTRY & THE RIVER ROAD - $645 DBL
Highlights Include: Vicksburg, The River Road, Natchez, Dinner at Cock of the Walk, Rosedown Plantation, Martin Accordions, New Orleans tour, lunch at  Court of Two Sisters, Mississippi River Cruise, French Quarter.

OCTOBER 18-20: TEXAS STATE FAIR & THE TYLER ROSE FESTIVAL - $345 DBL
Highlights include: Texas State Fair, Starlight Parade, Coronation of Rose Queen, Municipal Rose Garden & Museum, Tea with the Queen,  David Allen Roses , Traditions Restaurant.

November

NOVEMBER 5-6 :WURSTFEST IN NEW BRAUNFELS - $239 DBL
Highlights include: Lost Maples State Natural Area, Wurstfest, German melodrama, German food, music, & dancing, New Braunfels tour with shopping. 

NOVEMBER 12-16: BRANSON CHRISTMAS - $699 DBL
Highlights include: 5 Branson Christmas shows featuring Shoji Tabuchi, Daniel O'Donnel. Andy Williams & others. Holiday light tour.    

NOVEMBER 21-22: THANKSGIVING AT THE FREDONIA - $182 DBL
Highlights include: Thanksgiving feast at the Fredonia Hotel, history tour of Nacogdoches, Marshall Christmas Lights, Texas Music Hall of Fame The Wishing Well & Pottery Tent for shopping.

NOVEMBER 26-30: BRANSON CHRISTMAS - $699 DBL
Highlights include: 5 Branson Christmas shows featuring Shoji Tabuchi, Daniel O'Donnel. Andy Williams & others. Holiday light tour.            

December

DECEMBER 7-9: CHRISTMAS AT FORT CONCHO SAN ANGELO $375 DBL
Highlights include: San Angelo Christmas lights tour, dinner and a cowboy  Christmas show, Annual Fort Concho Christmas celebration, SAS Shoe Factory Outlet , Fredericksburg Christmas shopping                     

DECEMBER 10-12: SAN ANTONIO CHRISTMAS - $359 DBL
Highlights include: San Marcos Outlets, River Walk & Christmas lights, SAS Factory Outlet, Air Force Band of  the West Christmas concert, El Mercado, King William District, Institute of Texas Cultures Museum.

DECEMBER 14-15: A DAZZLING CAPITOL CHRISTMAS  AUSTIN - $235 DBL
Highlights include: Austin Christmas lights, Plaid Christmas Tidings music show, "Story of Texas" Bob Bullock Museum, Austin Capitol tour & welcome center, San Marcos Factory Outlet. 

DECEMBER 31-JANUARY 1, 2008: NEW YEAR'S EVE CELEBRATION IN NACOGDOCHES AT THE FREDONIA HOTEL -$289 DBL
Highlights include: Special New Year's celebration at the Fredonia Hotel with party favors, dancing, decadent dinner buffet, champagne toast & midnight snack to welcome in the new year.

 
 

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