Each TIAA member is invited to participate and may bring one guest at the member price. Others may join us at the nonmember price. Register for events by contacting the TIAA office at admin@tialumni.org or 214-567-8444. Payment (by check only) is due seven days prior to event to reserve your place on the bus. Make check payable to TIAA and mail to TIAA, PO Box 740181, Dallas, TX 75374. You are invited to enjoy slide shows of past Travel events at your leisure and to consider joining us in these future events.

Texas Freshwater Fisheries Center, Athens, Wednesday, Nov. 2, 9 a.m. - 3 p.m. - Jump into our bus to visit this 107-acre site with over 300,000 gallons of indoor/outdoor aquariums displaying fish, waterfowl, alligators and amphibians. Enjoy an educational and entertaining event that promotes freshwater sport fishing, conservation and stewardship of aquatic resources in Texas. See the Luncker Buncker where wide-mouth bass live and learn how they protect the egg, sperm and six million fingerlings as they grow large enough to be released to our lakes every year. We will depart the Texins Activity Center at 9 a.m., enjoy the dive show at 11 followed by a tram tour of the outside hatchery. Then we'll eat at Lake Athens Marina at our own expense and return to Texins about 3 p.m. Price is $20 for members and $22 for nonmembers, which includes center admission. Register by Oct. 26

Homestead Heritage Village Fair, Elm Mott, Saturday, Nov. 26, 8:30 a.m. - 4 p.m. - Join us as we visit the Homestead Fair. This exposition of fine crafts and heirloom skills is a fun and educational festival with activities for the entire family. Take a self-guided walking tour of traditional craft workshops and a working homestead. Help milk a cow, lend a hand at the old-fashioned timber frame barn raising or watch a master craftsman fashion a fine Windsor chair straight from a rough log. Watch a sheepdog work, pottery making, blacksmithing, woodworking, quilting, weaving, spinning, basketry, boot making, cheese making and more. Enjoy lunch on our own at the Cafe Homestead, which features daily specials, smoked barbecued brisket, deli-style sandwiches, pies and real homemade ice cream. Take home a loaf of delicious, homemade, whole grain bread, baked daily, or try the wood-fired brick oven breads. Depart Texins Activities Center at 8:30 a.m., arrive at Elm Mott by 10 a.m. and return to TI about 4 p.m. Cost is $20 for members and $22 for non-members. Register by Nov. 19.

"A Walk thru Winter Wonderland "Musical, Arlington, Saturday, Dec. 10, 1:30 - 10:30 p.m. - Get in the Christmas spirit at Johnnie High's musical revue at the Arlington Music Hall. They have a cast of nine professional singers and an eight-member backup band and perform all types of wholesome music: country, Christian and holiday classics. Depart Texins Activities Center at 1:30 p.m., attend the show at 3 p.m., eat next door at Babe's Chicken Dinner House on our own after the show and then ride around the northwest Arlington subdivision of Interlochen to see their spectacular Christmas lights. Return to TI about 8:30 p.m. Cost is $29 for members and $32 for nonmembers. Register by Dec. 3.

Arlington Baptist College (a.k.a. Top O' Hill Terrace casino) tour, Arlington, Friday, Jan. 6, 10 a.m. - 4 p.m. - See this hidden gem, which was one of the top attractions during the 2011 Super Bowl. This Texas Historical Site became a casino in 1926 with escape tunnels, a secret room for hiding the gambling paraphernalia during Texas Ranger law enforcement raids, a tea room and a brothel. Bootleggers used to run whiskey up the 1000-foot hill (highest point in Tarrant County) during Prohibition. Over the next 20 years, the visiting luminaries included Howard Hughes, Joe Louis, Bonnie & Clyde, Jack Dempsey, Dean Martin, Frank Sinatra, Buster Keaton, W.C. Fields, Gene Autry, Will Rogers, Hedy Lamarr, Lana Turner, Bugsy Siegel, Tommy Dorsey, Mae West, Walter Winchell, Tom Mix and John Wayne. Ginger Rogers, a local girl, used to dance here and Jack Ruby gambled here. We will depart Texins at 10:30 a.m., eat lunch at Catfish Sam's in Arlington at our own expense, enjoy a 90-minute history lesson and a guided, easy-walking tour beginning at 1 p.m. and return about 4 p.m. Cost is $15 for members and $17 for nonmembers. Register by Dec. 30.

Dallas Museum of Art Basement Tour, Dallas, Tuesday, Jan. 17 - Join us for an once-in-a-lifetime opportunity to view the fabulous art stored in the basement of the DMA. Close to 80% of the artwork owned by the museum is not on display but stored safely for later use. Their collection contains over 24,000 works of art spanning 5,000 years of human creativity and is especially known for its arts of the ancient Americas, Africa, Indonesia and South Asia; European and American paintings, sculpture and decorative arts; and American and international contemporary art. This will be a walking tour of the DMA basement to see and hear about these fabulous treasures. Trip details will be announced later.

Tentatively Planned Events - Subject to Change

Fort Worth Livestock Expo and Rodeo, Fort Worth, Saturday, Feb. 4.

SEA LIFE Aquarium at Grapevine Mills, Grapevine, Wednesday, Feb. 22.

Glassblowing Demo at UT Arlington, Friday, March 2.

Clark Gardens Spring Festival, Weatherford, Saturday, March 24.
 
Texas Rangers vs. NY Yankees, early April.

Sharkarosa Animal Park, Pilot Point, early April.

Bluebonnet Festival, Ennis, Saturday, April 21.

Wyly Theater, Dallas, late May.

Rough Riders Baseball Game, early June.

Ham's Orchard, Terrell, mid-July.

Quality Hill Homes Tour, Ft. Worth, early August.

Choctaw Casino, Durant, early September.

Tour OMOT Art at North Park, late September.

D/FW Operations, DFW, mid-October.

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