Tag: TRIPS

TRIPS group ventures to Tucson Museum of Art

Awaiting our turn to tour the museum.

On Thursday, February 12, a lively group of Quail Creek day-trippers arrived at the Tucson Museum of Art for two docent led tours. Due to the popularity of the current exhibits, we decided not to try to find spaces in the museum parking lot. Instead, we parked very conveniently in the El Presidio garage about…

Educational Trips Committee hosts first day trip to Benson, AZ

Gallery of Dreams

On April 11 the Educational TRIPS Committee held its first minivan day trip. This was a 180 mile loop southeast to Benson, Arizona, and back to Quail Creek for 30 participants. Holy Trinity Monastery with its lovely chapel and peaceful ponds offers spiritual retreats in the village of St. David. Lovers of Southwest history and…

Quail Creek TRIPS

Joyce M. Shumate On Tuesday, November 12, the Quail Creek TRIPS Committee organized a group of 33 Quail Creek residents on a day full of experiences of Tucson Educational campuses. The group enjoyed the Steward Observatory Mirror Lab on the University of Arizona campus, having a unique opportunity to experience how UA innovations are producing…