Joyce Shumate The June speaker for the Let’s Travel Club is Jared Suydam, an Environmental Education Program Coordinator with Pima County Conservation Lands and Resources. Mr. Suydam specializes in interpreting the natural and cultural history of the Sonoran Desert bioregion, with a particular emphasis on the political and social ecology of the Arizona borderlands. With…
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June 2026, Features
Let’s Travel
Joyce Shumate On May 7, Let’s Travel Club members toured the University of Arizona Health Sciences Building, including a private tour of the new healthcare technology classrooms. Also had a docent-led tour of the Coit Museum of Pharmacy.
June 2026, Features
Let’s Travel Club
Linn Myrick On Monday, May 11, sixteen members of Let’s Travel Club beat the heat and participated in a “Murals of Tucson Walking Tour.” We started our adventure by carpooling to the Mercado San Agustin, then taking the streetcar to meet our tour guide. On this custom, private, guided 90-minute walking tour, Mauro Trejo, founder…
May 2026, Clubs & Classes
Tucson Sun Tran’s “Learn to Ride” Summer Sessions
Joyce Shumate Let’s Travel Club’s May meeting will be on May 29, two weeks after our usual third Friday of the month, at the same place and time. The Tucson Transit community outreach manager, Luz Navarrete, will tell us all about the three ways to get around Tucson without driving: Sun Tran, Sun Link, and…
May 2026, Sports, Clubs & Classes
Let’s Travel Club
Linn Myrick Fifteen Let’s Travel Club members participated in a walking tour titled “El Presidio and Downtown Tucson” on March 24. Scott Darlage, owner and tour guide of Strolls and Stories Tours, shared fascinating tales along our private, two-mile tour. Included in our tour was a visit to the historic Pima county courthouse to see…
March 2026, Features
Meet Tucson Historian Mauro A. Trejo, IV
Joyce Shumate The Let’s Travel Club is excited to host Mauro A. Trejo, IV, as its presenter on March 20. A seventh-generation Tucsonan, Mauro Trejo is a renowned public historian whose family roots in the area date back to 1780. He is the founder of Trejo’s Walking Tours: The Real History of Tucson, through which…
March 2026, Features
Let’s Travel Club
Linn Myrick Members of Let’s Travel Club carpooled on Jan. 26 to enjoy a winter day at the Arizona-Sonora Desert Museum. After a chilly start, temperatures rebounded nicely, making for a very pleasant day. The Arizona-Sonora Desert Museum spans 21 acres, and 85% of the museum is outdoors. Upon our arrival, we participated in two…
March 2026, Features
Let’s Travel Club
Clubs & Classes, February 2026
Let’s Travel Club
Linn Myrick On Jan. 16 members of Let’s Travel Club carpooled to Tucson on a day trip, “Exploring Black History in Arizona and Lunch.” The date was intentional to align closely with the observance of Martin Luther King, Jr. Day. His adoption of nonviolent resistance to achieve equal rights for Black Americans earned him the…
January 2026, Clubs & Classes
Let’s Travel Club Visits Iconic Locations
Joyce Shumate The Let’s Travel Club recently enjoyed a memorable day trip to two iconic Arizona locations: Frank Lloyd Wright’s Taliesin West and the historic Wrigley Mansion, which were beautifully decorated for the Christmas holiday.