BALDWIN SENIOR TRAVELERS
ON THE BEAUTIFUL EASTERN SHORE
Baldwin Senior Travelers
2023 Newsletter
Last updated November 14, 2023
UPCOMING TRIPS
Click on the name of the trip to view the flyer or brochure for that trip. Click on the names of the Hosts for the trip to send them an email for more information OR to sign up for the trip.
November 27 to December 1, 2023
Hosts: Sandra and Fred Bostrom
FULL.
Enjoy the fabulous Rockettes Christmas Show and a choice of one of NYC plays. Ice Skate or shop famous NYC department stores and see decorated showcase windows along with the famous Christmas Tree. Breakfast at Ellen's Stardust Diner when servers are upcoming actors/actresses who entertain you while you enjoy NYC breakfast! Tour New York Harbor with a stop at the Statute of Liberty and Ellis Island. Also, visit the 9/11 Memorial and spend time at the 9/11 museum. To sign up for the trip, use this link:
https://gateway.gocollette.com/link/1142734
Bellingrath Garden at Christmas
December 5, 2023
FULL
Rae and Mary Jane
Magic Christmas in Lights is a walking tour of the Gardens also we will visit the Bellingrath Home. Hot cocoa and snacks available for purchase on Live Oak Plaza. Dinner is not included in price, but hot evening meals available in the Magnolia Café nightly from 4 to 8 p.m.; beer and wine are available for purchase in the Magnolia Café and on Live Oak Plaza, as well as Irish coffee at the midpoint of the walking tour.
Thursday, December 7, 2023
Hosts: Noah and Mary Funderburg
Cost: $40.00/person
11:00 a.m. to 1:30 p.m.
Once again we will be holding our Christmas luncheon at Oak Hollow Farm. Come start the holiday season off by enjoying a time of fun and fellowship with your friends in BST. We will have approximately an hour of visiting and enjoying hors d'oeuvres, followed by a buffet luncheon around Noon, with a brief program at the end.
Christmas Carol and Wind Creek Casino
December 10-11, 2023
Hosts: Rae Miller and Mary Jane Vines
FULL
Cooking school is an additional $65/person
Come to the Alabama Shakespeare Festival Theater in Montgomery (lunch before play not included) for Charles Dickens’ play A CHRISTMAS CAROL. After the play, we will travel to Nanny’s Place (Greenville) for supper (included). Then head for Wind Creek Casino, (you will receive a $15 voucher for gambling) where we will spend the night. Monday breakfast and lunch, are not included (you will receive a $10 voucher for food). If you choose the cooking school (11 am-2 pm) for lunch, it is an extra $65. We should be home by 4:00 on Monday.
Mobile Symphony Orchestra Christmas Concert
December 17, 2023
FULL
Rae and Mary Jane
Enjoy a Christmas Symphony of your favorite holiday music. Cost of meal not included. We will be eating at T P Crockmiers.
2024
Beer and Bingo at Fairhope Brewing
Tuesday, January 8, 2024
Escorts: Frida Schnitzler and Alan Carrio
Cost: $16.00
We have reserved the entire Fairhope Brewing Company for a private lunch and bingo. After lunch, we will play bingo with prizes for winners. Space is limited to 45 people, so be sure to sign up early. Come and have lunch with your friends and play bingo. Great way to start the New Year!
Lunch – ham or turkey sandwich, chips, dessert.
Beer and wine, not included in the event price, will be available for purchase throughout our visit. Bottled water will be provided for anyone who does not drink beer or wine.
January 16, 2024
Hosts: Denise Day and Tena Kilgore
Cost: $15.00, but you receive $15.00 in free play
Bus Departs: Daphne Target Parking Lot at 9:00 AM
Pickup: Rouses in Spanish Fort at 9:15
Pickup: Tillman’s Corner Walmart in Mobile at 9:40
Madame Buttermilk - A Chickasaw Theatre Play
Sunday January 28th, 2024 2:00pm
Denise Day and Tena Kilgore
Cost: $45.00/person
Carly Speranza has always dreamed of singing the lead in the very famous Opera Carmen. When she wins the role, however, she quickly learns that there’s been a terrible misunderstanding. It’s not Carmen . . . it’s the Car Men, a Country-Western group. But Carly promised to be there, and she keeps her promise.
February 7, 2024
Hosts: Carol Balch and Susan Ames
Cost $12.00
Meet at the West End of Fairhope Civic Center no later than 9:45 and we will walk to 457 Oak Ave. (It’s about a half-mile.) For those who cannot walk, you can take your car to the Castles to be there by 9:55. A lunch reservation at Tamara’s Restaurant is available for those who want to have lunch on your own with the group after the tour. It is near the FH Civic Center, so we will walk there as well. Please let us know if you plan to do lunch. Maximum number is 30.
February 20-21, 2024
Frida Schnitzler and Alan Carrio
$152/pp double - $207 single
LEAVING AT 8:00AM FROM DAPHNE, SPANISH FORT OR MOBILE. HIGHLIGHTS OF BSL WILL BE THE WELCOME CENTER AND ST ROSE DE LIMA CHURCH. THEN FREE TIME IN BSL FOR LUNCH AND SHOPPING. WE WILL SPEND THE NIGHT AT THE SLIVER SLIPPER CASINO & EVERYONE WILL GET A $25 GAMBLING CREDIT. RETURN TO DOWNTOWN BSL AFTER CHECK IN TO HEAR THE ST ROSE DE LIMA CHOIR WITH TIME FOR DINNER IN TOWN OR A RETURN TO THE CASINO FOR GAMBLING/DINNER. NEXT DAY IS OCEAN SPRINGS AND A PRIVATE TOUR OF THE WALTER ANDERSON MUSEUM. FREE TIME FOR LUNCH AND SHOPPING
NOTE: THE SILVER SLIPPER HOTEL REQUIRES A $50
REFUNDABLE CHARGE PER ROOM WHEN WE CHECK IN. THIS IS TO COVER INCIDENTALS PER ROOM.
March 2-28, 2024
$11,699/double - $13,799/single. Travel protection is an additional $599/per person
https://gateway.gocollette.com/link/1163752
Ain't Too Proud to Beg - Life and Times of the Temptations
FULL
Hosts: Carol Balch and Susan Ames
Ain’t Too Proud has quickly become one of the hottest tickets on Broadway and is now touring the country to satisfy the demand. Ain’t Too Proud is a new rising musical that started its journey from the streets of Detroit and is now touching the heights of fame. Five guys, one dream and dance moves which make history, what a combo! The signature dance moves of Ain’t Too Proud give viewers the adrenaline rush and all the thrills.
To Kill a Mockingbird - Monroeville, AL
April 13, 2024
WAITLIST
Come join hosts Susan Ames and Carol Balch at the Daphne Target Parking Lot at 10:30 a.m. to travel to Monroeville, Alabama on Saturday, April 13, 2024, to see a production of "To Kill A Mockingbird," the play based on the award-winning book by Harper Lee. We will have dinner at David’s Catfish in Monroeville (on your own) after the production and will return to Daphne after the performance. Tickets are limited so sign up early!
Alaska Discovery Land and Cruise
May 15-26, 2024
Cost: $5099/double - $7699/single. Travel protection is an additional $599/per person
https://gateway.gocollette.com/link/1165519
July 6-14, 2024
Rae Miller and Mary Jane Vines
Cost: $5049 double / $5349 single
Sweden pre-trip $889 dbl / $1199 single
Iceland post-trip $1,149 dbl /$1749 single
Trip Insurance is $449 per person and is required
Highlights: Oslo, Fram Museum, Stave Church, Flåm Railway, Sognefjord, Briksdal Glacier, Geirangerfjord Cruise, Bergen
https://gateway.gocollette.com/link/1163315
September 25 - October 5, 2024
Cost: $4949 double/ $6249 single
Trip Insurance is $449 per person and is required
Hosts: Frida Schnitzler and Alan Carrio
11 days and 14 meals. Highlights: Athens, Taverna Dinner Show, Acropolis, The Parthenon, Mykonos Old Town, Santorini Island, Oia Village, Ancient Akrotiri, Wine Tasting
https://gateway.gocollette.com/link/1163609
TRIPS IN THE WORKS
Maritime and Seafood Museum-Biloxi
Jan/Feb 2024 tentative
Sandra and Jackie
Caribbean Cruise
January 2024
Sandra Bostrom