[50plus-l] : 50+ Explorer Activities

[50+ Programs, OAK Tours, and Older Americans Klub]

Columbia Parks and Recreation's 50+ Explorers are planning all kinds of community trips in the coming weeks! Group outings leave from the Stephens Lake Activity Center (2311 E. Walnut) and return there. For more information or to register, call 874-7475 or email dsr at GoColumbiaMo.com. 

Scroll down to learn how they are exploring the community, one interesting destination at a time....

Monday, July 21 - Subtera 
Price: $5, leave at 9:45 am, return 1-1:30 pm
Tour the limestone underground storage at the Columbia Quarry. Afterward enjoy lunch together at G&D. Price does not include lunch.

Thursday, August 14 - Grayson Archery Collection	
Price: $5, leave at 10 am, return 1-1:30 pm
Be amazed at the Grayson Archery Collection housed at the Univ of MO Anthropology Museum Support Center on Rock 	Quarry Rd. More than 5000 pieces from cultures of Africa,                                                                                 
Asia, the Americas, Indonesia, and the South Pacific span  thousands of years. The Summer 2008 issue of Mizzou has an article and GREAT pictures! Ask to see our office copy. Lunch
today at HuHot Restaurant off Grindstone/Green Meadows. Price does not include lunch.

Wednesday, Sept 3 - Parks and Recreation Horticulture
Price: $5, leave at 9:45 am, return 1-1:30 pm
Meet our Parks and Rec Horticulture staff. See and hear about what they do to keep Columbia beautiful. Lunch on your own will follow at the Family Restaurant on Business Loop.

October - TBA
November - TBA

December Date TBA - Missouri Theatre
Price TBA, leave at 9:45 am, return 1-1:30 pm
Enjoy a backstage tour of the remodeled Missouri Theatre as it is decorated for the holidays. Take a trip to the newly moved Allens Flowers now located in the Strollway Center                           before lunch at Panera.