Day Tours

NEW SHANGHAI CIRCUS *Easy
Saturday, February 18 ~ 2:30pm - 6:30pm
Tour Leader: Penny Moore
Be amazed at the woman who folds herself into a barrel and the human building blocks. The acrobats in this troupe are excellent and perform perfectly. The staging is eye-catching as well. Come, let your inner child out for the afternoon!
Price: $49.00 (members) $54.50 (non-members) Includes transportation and tour leader.

CHEWELAH CASINO *Easy
Tuesday, February 21 ~ 9:30am - 3:30pm
Tour Leader: Erna Zaiss
February Blahs? Chase them away, join this fun group at the casino. Nice comfortable ride plus good food, especially breakfast! Lots of slots, always the chance of a BIG winner!
Price: $13.00 (members) $18.50 (non-members) Includes transportation and tour leader.

HUNTWOOD-CABELA’S-BUCK KNIVES
Wednesday, February 22 ~ 9:15am - 3:30pm **Moderate
Tour Leader: Loretta Ryals
A fun day has been planned for men and women alike. We start off the day at Huntwood Cabinets in Liberty Lake. This is the most advanced woodworking plant in the world. The design and construction of the new facility spanned over three years and included many upgrades needed to prepare for the future success. We will have a tour of both the showroom and the factory. From there we’ll travel over to Cabela’s for some shopping and lunch. The 125,000-square-foot retail showroom is an educational and entertainment attraction, featuring a décor of museum-quality animal displays, aquarium and trophy animals interacting in realistic re-creations of their natural habitats. And for our last stop it’s off to the Buck Knife factory for a tour of their facilities (All visitors must be wearing closed toes shoes for admittance). This gives us a chance to see how their knives are made. There will also be time to visit their mini museum and gift shop.
Price: $11.00 (members) $16.50 (non-members) Includes transportation and tour leader.

A “SAVORY” DINNER *Easy
Thursday, February 23 ~ 4:30 pm
Tour Leader: Loretta Ryals
There is plenty of variety on the menu at Savory, located on the South Hill. The building is beautiful, the food is great and served by very friendly staff. They serve a variety of salads, steaks, seafood and if you’re interested they also have a breakfast frittata they make for dinner. I’ve eaten there quite a few times and have never been disappointed.  Please plan to join in for a fun evening out.
Price: $9.25 (members) $14.75 (non-members) Includes transportation and tour leader.

WINTER TEA PARTY *Easy
Friday, February 24 ~ 11am-2pm
Tour Leader: Penny Moore
You are invited as my guest to Penelope’s home for a 4 course tea party. Wear your finest hat and gloves and bring calling cards. Also please bring a poem or verse or reading for our literary reading. I am looking forward to your company!
Price: $16.50 (members) $21.75 (non-members) Includes transportation and tour leader.

HAPPY HOUR WITH YOUR CORBIN FRIENDS *Easy
Tuesday, February 28 ~ 3:15 - 5:45pm
Tour Leader: Christa Richardson
Good food, fine wine, and special friends…what else is there? The restaurant that we will be visiting has won numerous accolades for great food and wine. It  features small plate appetizers for $5 and a variety of interesting drinks like Cosmo and Kamikaze among other things.
Price: $8.75 (members) $14.25 (non-members) Includes transportation and tour leader.
 

UNIONTOWN SAUSAGE FEED *Easy
Sunday, March 4 ~ 9am - 5pm
Tour Leader: Loretta Ryals
A fun trip into the heart of the Palouse. There is so much to do and see in this small Palouse community. Enjoy a great sausage lunch, see the Artisans at Dahmen Barn and all the homemade arts and crafts and visit St. Boniface church, a local historical site with imported Italian statuary. Many homemade arts and crafts as well as baked goods are available for purchase.
Price: $37.00 (members) $42.50 (non-members) Includes transportation, lunch and tour leader.

HAM ON REGAL *Easy
Sunday, March 4 ~ 1:00 - 4:30 pm
Tour Leader: Laura Schlangen
The theme for this years’ action is “Ham Time @ Ferris High”. Seniors are free this date but it’s first come, first served so we’re hoping to get there when the doors open and get some good seats.
Price: $7.75 (members) $13.00 (non-members) Includes transportation only.

PLANETARIUM VIEWING *Easy
Friday, March 9 ~ 4:45 - 7:00pm
Tour Leader: Laura Schlangen
I am really looking forward to being in the new Planetarium at SFCC and hope you will join me. Tickets have to be purchased 3 weeks ahead to guarantee seating as the capacity is only 52. When 14 tickets are purchased, please don’t let me be “holding the bag”. Thank you!!
Price: $13.00 (members) $18.50 (non-members) Includes transportation, admission an tour leader

MARCH DINNER CLUB *Easy
Thursday, March 15 ~ 4:30pm - 6pm
Tour Leader: Irene Brady
C.I. Shenanigans has an “Early Bites” dinner special for $13.95. They are offering seafood, salmon, shrimp, pan-fried oysters, jerk chicken, flank steak, chicken fettuccini and jambalaya. Yum! The are located by the river which should be flowing pretty good; dinner and good company. No Host.
Price: $7.75 (members) $13.00 (non-members) Includes transportation and tour leader.

PROGRESSIVE LUNCH *Easy
Monday, March 19~ 10:00am-2:30pm
Tour Leader: Laura Schlangen
Our first stop for Appetizers will be at Well Quest with a Healing Touch Clinician. On to Riverview Retirement Community for a tour and super Lunch. Our last stop will be at Comfort Keepers for Dessert.
Price: $11.00 (members)$16.50 (non-members) Includes transportation, tour leader and lots of food!

CHEWELAH CASINO *Easy
Thursday, March 20 ~ 9:30am - 3:30pm
Tour Leader: Erna Zaiss
Think spring - and go with us to the casino. It’s a fun day and they have lots of slots and a senior discount on good food.
Price: $13.00 (members) $18.50 (non-members) Includes transportation and tour leader.

SANDHILL CRANE FESTIVAL IN OTHELLO **Moderate
Friday, March 23 ~ 6am - 4:30pm
Tour Leader:  Ron Krueger 
On this tour we will see hundreds (probably thousands) of Sandhill Cranes laying over at the Columbia National Wildlife Refuge to rest and fatten up before continuing their migration to Alaska. This will be a sight you will long remember. We may even see some Burrowing Owls. After we leave Spokane, we will stop in Ritzville for breakfast (on your own). Upon arrival in Othello, we will pick up our guide who will take us on a private three-hour tour of the best sighting spots. For lunch (on your own) we will go to an authentic Mexican restaurant (not part of a chain) in Othello. Before leaving town, we will visit an art gallery featuring great bird-related art, mostly done by local artisans. On the way back to Spokane, we will take a slight detour to visit Palouse Falls, which should have a tremendous amount of water cascading over the falls. There will not be much walking. But be sure to bring a pair of binoculars.
Price: $35.00 (members) $40.75 (non-members) Includes transportation and tour leader.

A DAY TO RELAX *Easy
Thursday, March 22 ~ 9:45am - 3pm
Tour Leader: Irene Schell
Now that the holiday season is past, let’s spend a relaxing day touring the Northwest Lighthouse for the Blind. Then on to sample some of the best chocolates at Hallett’s Chocolate Factory. Lunch will be at the China Buffet. Then we will do some browsing at Spencer’s Antique Shop on north Division.
Price: $8.25 (members) $13.75 (non-members) Includes transportation and tour leader.

HAPPY HOUR WITH YOUR CORBIN FRIENDS  *Easy
Wednesday, March 28 ~ 2:30 - 5pm
Tour Leader: Christa Richardson
Join me for a fun Happy Hour at a place about which the Inlander said “a creative restaurant that focuses on house- made everything, that thinks locally, avoids hormones and  pays careful attention to oft-overlooked details.” On top of this (would you believe?) they offer half-price appetizers. It can’t get any better than this.
Price: $8.75 (members) $14.75 (non-members) Includes transportation and tour leader.

EXPERIENCE A VILLAGE *Easy
Thursday, March 29 ~ 9:30am - 2:30pm
Tour Leader: Laura Schlangen
Be prepared to be amazedt the entire town Grant Yates has crafted in his backyard! We will have lunch at the Salty Dog and maybe see someplace else we might want to visit in the “City” of Deer Park.
Price: $10.50 (members) $15.75 (non-members) Includes transportation and tour leader.

SPRAGUE SAUSAGE FEED *Easy
Sunday, April 1 ~ 10:30am - 3:30pm
Tour Leader: Oscar & Irene Schell
This is No April Fool’s Joke!! We’re going to Sprague, WA. For a wonderful complete smoked sausage dinner. We will also tour a 100 plus year old Catholic Church plus do some antique shopping. Sausage will be available to purchase for you to enjoy at home. We hope you can join us for a fun day.
Price: $26.00 (members) $31.50 (non-members) Includes transportation, tour leader and meal.

YOU CAN’T TAKE IT WITH YOU
Sunday, April 1 ~ 1:15pm - 6:30pm *Easy
Tour Leader: Loretta Ryals
This isn’t an April fools joke, we have really planned a fun afternoon for you. We’ll take a short ride to Gonzaga to attend a performance of “You Can’t Take It with You”. This play was written by George Kaufman and Moss Hart, and proved to be their most successful collaboration, which was also awarded the Pulitzer Prize. This three act play is undeniably escapist theater which prompts immediate enjoyment rather than complex analysis. In other words a lot of laughs. When the show is over, we'll move on to Northern Lights where we can enjoy a wonderful meal with a view overlooking the Spokane River. Sounds like a fun day and that’s no April fools joke.
Price: $21.75 (members) $27.25 (non-members) Includes transportation and tour leader.

BREAKFAST AND A WALK
Friday, April 13 ~ 8am - noonish **Moderate
Tour Leader: Ron Krueger
After a breakfast at the Dockside in Coeur d’Alene, we’ll drive the short distance to the Centennial Trail just east of the Coeur d’Alene Resort Golf Course. We'll walk the five miles (10,000 steps) along the beautiful Coeur d’Alene Lake to Higgins Point. The course is level and the trail is asphalted. For those who don’t whish to walk a full five miles, fine: Ron will pick you up where you stop.
Price: $11.50 (members) $17.00 (non-members) Includes transportation and tour leader.

CHIMPS AND THE WIND FARM *Easy
Wednesday, April 25, 2012 ~ 6:30am - sevenish
Tour Leader: Irene Brady
You won’t want to miss this interesting visit to Ellensburg, where we will (no.1) visit the Chimpanzee & Human Communication Institute. You will be amazed at the intelligence these critters possess, for example: they know when certain holidays are coming and have even been seen sporting an Easter bonnet. (no.2) We will also visit The Puget Sound Energy’s Wild Horse Wind Project located on Whiskey Dick Mountain, where 149 turbines are at work. These machines are so fascinating, so stately-lazily turning their blades generating energy. We will have a presentation and a field trip where we will be able to enter the base of one of the towers. Lunch will be at Bar 14. Good food and fast service. This is a full day and I’m sure a very enjoyable one. Don’t delay signing up if you wish to go.
Price: $65.00 (members) $70.00 (non-members) Includes transportation, admissions and lunch.


 

CORBIN’S DAY & LONG TOUR RATINGS

*EASY ~ You should be able to walk short distances on mostly level ground. Mobility aids are acceptable.

** MODERATE ~ You should be able to get in and out of the van a few times, walk at least a mile without mobility aids and be in good health.

*** DIFFICULT ~ You should be used to walking over uneven terrain with no mobility aids, be fit and in good health.

**** CHALLENGING ~ Rough conditions on occasion. Call tour coordinator or the tour leader for further information.