Upcoming Special Events
Each year, the Fun, Fit & Over Fifty Club sponsors many special events that take place locally, in the Northwest, and around the world. We place newly-identified trips on the Weekly Update a couple of times and then transfer the information here. We keep that information posted here until the event happens.
RV Trips
As you are making reservations, please contact the trip leader so they know who is planning to attend and can coordinate with the RV Park if there are any questions by the RV park.
As you are making reservations, please contact the trip leader so they know who is planning to attend and can coordinate with the RV Park if there are any questions by the RV park.
August 12-16, 2019 Blue Valley RV Park in Walla Walla, WA
This trip is being co-led by Jaquishs and Nelsons. Nelsons go south for the winter, so here is the info for Jaquishs: jujaquish@aol.com, June 509-987-4740, Dick 509-430-8540
This trip is being co-led by Jaquishs and Nelsons. Nelsons go south for the winter, so here is the info for Jaquishs: jujaquish@aol.com, June 509-987-4740, Dick 509-430-8540
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Activities will be planned in the spring, to include a play at one of the Walla Walla playhouses.
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September 9-13, 2019 Wallowa Lake State Park
This trip is led by Bill and Mary Kay Edwards, edwardsend@gmail.com, 509-531-2540
This trip is led by Bill and Mary Kay Edwards, edwardsend@gmail.com, 509-531-2540
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On the trip for September to Wallowa Lake, OR the following are planned options for the RVer's:
1. Wallowa Lake Tramway ride to Mt. Howard. The mountain features several trails and a great place to have lunch.
2. Visit the Valley Bronze Foundry where we'll tour the foundry and learn how bronze statues are made.
3. Tour the Stein Distillery and see first hand how they make bourbon whiskey and other libations with locally grown ingredients.
4. People are welcome to bring their kayaks or canoes or they offer paddle boat rentals at the shore of the lake.
Of course we'll have our normal happy hours and shared pot luck dinners.
1. Wallowa Lake Tramway ride to Mt. Howard. The mountain features several trails and a great place to have lunch.
2. Visit the Valley Bronze Foundry where we'll tour the foundry and learn how bronze statues are made.
3. Tour the Stein Distillery and see first hand how they make bourbon whiskey and other libations with locally grown ingredients.
4. People are welcome to bring their kayaks or canoes or they offer paddle boat rentals at the shore of the lake.
Of course we'll have our normal happy hours and shared pot luck dinners.
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Hiking
SEPT 9-13, 2019 RASAR STATE PARK, WA – SIGN UP STARTS NOW Please contact Melinda d’Ouville, mdo2057@gmail.com; or at 509-942-8429 to reserve your place.Rasar State Park is a 169-acre camping park with 4,000 feet of freshwater shoreline on the Skagit River. Wildlife observation opportunities, especially for eagle watching, are excellent, particularly in early fall and winter.
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This state park offers 3 miles of hiking trails and access to multiple hikes in the Cascades. The hikes will be determined in mid-summer. There will be a variety of challenge levels for everyone to enjoy. In addition, a hike through an old grove area is planned for one of the camp day early mornings. This is the best time of the year to enjoy the beauty of the Cascades, stretch your legs, or sit back and watch the river go by.
Salmon Group Campsite has been reserved for four days. Arrive Sept 9th. Depart Sept 14. We’ve reserved 10 RVs with electricity and water and 15 tent sites. Reservation for the campsite required full payment. The cost of this State Park campground is much greater than we have incurred in the past. Therefore, a deposit is required to confirm your place upon signup so the organizer is not burdened with a large payment.
With utilities available for RV camping, the cost will be more for those sites than for tents. Based on total number of reservations divided into total cost, the RV camp sites will be 60% of cost and the tents 40% of costs. Therefore, a deposit is required to confirm your place. The deposit is to confirm your space. Deposit is $75.00 for an RV space and $50.00 for a tent space. Depending on the number of participants there will be a return of dollars to you or an additional charge. If there is limited interest in this trip the reservation will be cancelled and funds returned.
Salmon Group Campsite has been reserved for four days. Arrive Sept 9th. Depart Sept 14. We’ve reserved 10 RVs with electricity and water and 15 tent sites. Reservation for the campsite required full payment. The cost of this State Park campground is much greater than we have incurred in the past. Therefore, a deposit is required to confirm your place upon signup so the organizer is not burdened with a large payment.
With utilities available for RV camping, the cost will be more for those sites than for tents. Based on total number of reservations divided into total cost, the RV camp sites will be 60% of cost and the tents 40% of costs. Therefore, a deposit is required to confirm your place. The deposit is to confirm your space. Deposit is $75.00 for an RV space and $50.00 for a tent space. Depending on the number of participants there will be a return of dollars to you or an additional charge. If there is limited interest in this trip the reservation will be cancelled and funds returned.
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Travel
Baja California Sur, Mexico adventure
Join me for a trip south this winter (Feb/March) - kayaking, whale watching, snorkeling, hiking, birding, paddle boarding!! Will enjoy the pacific side of Baja with mother and baby gray whales and the sea of Cortez side (Jacques Cousteau’s “the world’s aquarium”) where we will kayak/snorkel about 6 days around Espiritu Santo Island. In the sea of Cortez we will swim with the whale sharks (the world’s largest fish), turn underwater summersaults with sea lion pups, swim with countless varieties of tropical fish plus, if we are lucky, flying rays, humpback whales, fin whales, leatherback sea turtles, blue whales (the world’s biggest animal), bioluminescence; okay, you get the picture but I could go on & on!! Cost about $4500 including airfare/hotels/tips, etc. If interested contact Herb Mcgilton at 509-439-0284 (chmcg98846@gmail.com). Vast kayaking experience not reqd. Probably a 16 person limit and will need early commitment and deposit. Click here for brochure.
Also, if interested we could have an add-on (across the sea of Cortez) of Copper Canyon train-ing and hiking - a canyon big enough to hold 4 grand canyons and 1.5 times as deep (but of course, Tim, not as grand). The train route is quite amazing - 39 bridges; 86 tunnels; climbs about 7000 ft in 400 miles! Need some help planning this!! Cost about $1500.
Join me for a trip south this winter (Feb/March) - kayaking, whale watching, snorkeling, hiking, birding, paddle boarding!! Will enjoy the pacific side of Baja with mother and baby gray whales and the sea of Cortez side (Jacques Cousteau’s “the world’s aquarium”) where we will kayak/snorkel about 6 days around Espiritu Santo Island. In the sea of Cortez we will swim with the whale sharks (the world’s largest fish), turn underwater summersaults with sea lion pups, swim with countless varieties of tropical fish plus, if we are lucky, flying rays, humpback whales, fin whales, leatherback sea turtles, blue whales (the world’s biggest animal), bioluminescence; okay, you get the picture but I could go on & on!! Cost about $4500 including airfare/hotels/tips, etc. If interested contact Herb Mcgilton at 509-439-0284 (chmcg98846@gmail.com). Vast kayaking experience not reqd. Probably a 16 person limit and will need early commitment and deposit. Click here for brochure.
Also, if interested we could have an add-on (across the sea of Cortez) of Copper Canyon train-ing and hiking - a canyon big enough to hold 4 grand canyons and 1.5 times as deep (but of course, Tim, not as grand). The train route is quite amazing - 39 bridges; 86 tunnels; climbs about 7000 ft in 400 miles! Need some help planning this!! Cost about $1500.