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…
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Clubs & Classes, Sports, May 2026
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…
Features, March 2026
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…
Features, March 2026
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…
Features, March 2026
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…
Clubs & Classes, January 2026
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.
January 2026, Front Page
Set Sail Toward New Horizons—Let’s Travel Club
Michael LaBaw and Joyce Shumate Residents of Quail Creek who love to explore the world won’t want to miss the first Let’s Travel Club meeting of the new year! On Friday, Jan. 16, at 2 p.m., the meeting will feature a special presentation hosted by World Travel Agency, LLC, a Quail Creek–based virtuoso member agency…
December 2025, Front Page
Let’s Travel Club Enjoyed Walking Tour of El Presidio
Linn Myrick Let’s Travel Club members enjoyed a beautiful Veterans Day by taking a private, guided, two-mile walking tour of El Presidio and Downtown Tucson. Scott Darlage, owner and tour guide of Strolls and Stories Tours, offers this tour. We began with a discussion of Tucson’s founding in 1775 as a walled Spanish Colonial Presidio…
Clubs & Classes, September 2025
Let’s Travel Club
Linn Myrick A group of 10 members of Let’s Travel Club rode in a 15-passenger van, driven by club member Ted Myrick, to Williams, Ariz., where we started our journey via train to Grand Canyon National Park. After overnighting at the Grand Canyon Railway Hotel (adjacent to the train depot), we embarked on a two-hour…