Connie Bandstra Where in the world are you reading the Crossing? Submission for the April issue have been received by March 20, 2019. No Photoshopped pictures will be included and photos reading either the January, February or March 2019 issues will be allowed. A drawing for the January, February and March submissions will be…
Connie Bandstra Where in the world are you reading the Crossing? Submission for the April issue must be received by March 20, 2019. No photo shopped pictures will be included and photos reading either the January, February or March 2019 issues will be allowed. A drawing for the January, February and March submissions will be…
Joyce Shumate TRIPS April 18 tour will be a southern Arizona road trip. Carpools will be organized in the parking lot in front of the Creative Arts and Technology Center building. First stop, the historic Empire Ranch, which has been a working cattle ranch for 140 years. Its rich history includes successive ownership by two…
TRIPS will lead a group of Quail Creek residents to the University of Arizona on Tuesday, November 13 for an all-day experience visiting the Caris Mirror Lab and the Flandrau Science Center and Planetarium. Participants will visit and observe how a team of engineers and scientists use a revolutionary new method to manufacture and…
Joyce M. Shumate On Tuesday, January 29, 2019, a small group of 22 Quail Creek residents will have the opportunity to travel on this unique 10-day private tour designed just for Quail Creek residents. You are invited to learn more about this tour at an informative session on Tuesday, September 18 at 2:00 p.m. in…
Bonnie Hyra Intrepid TRIPS participants ventured on foot and streetcar from west of I-10 to UA Old Main building discovering Tucson on this all-day tour lead by a TRIPS committee member. The group is assembled in front of the BEAR DOWN bear on University Blvd. before entering campus. Tour concluded back at San Augustin del…
Joyce Clark One of the most exciting and educational day trips to the University of Arizona campus is a visit to the Flandrau Science Center and Planetarium. On January 24, 32 Quail Creek (TRIPS) participants experienced a double full dome viewing program. During “Tucson and The Sky Beyond” everyone learned how to find the…
Maryellen Farmer Quail Creek residents know well what the Tucson Airport experience is for a harried traveler, but those taking the TRIPS Behind the Scenes Tour got an insider’s view of areas that passengers would never see and learned about the history of Tucson International Airport. Tucson Airport is celebrating 90 years of air…
Join Arizona Pathfinders on a tour to Phoenix, AZ to visit Taliesin West and the Museum of the West on Saturday, April 14, 2018. Here, on the outskirts of Scottsdale, Frank Lloyd Wright built his winter compound, Taliesin West, which today ranks among the region’s most fascinating attractions. He designed the buildings with an…
Antarctic travel is an experience unlike any other, because it is a place unlike any other. Individual characteristics of the continent can be found elsewhere, sure, but the undeveloped, untouched landscape combined with the sheer remoteness of the area make visiting Antarctica like traveling to another world. It’s a special place and it calls for…