*Summer in the Loess Hills
| Dates: | June 27, 2025 |
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| Meets: | F from 7:30 AM to 7:00 PM |
| Location: | MCC Sarpy Center Parking Lot |
| Cost: | $149.00 |
There are still openings remaining at this time.
Experience the rugged hills, foliage and flora as you go on a breathtaking ride through the unique Loess Hills, named one of America’s 10 most outstanding Scenic Byways. The outstanding prairie and forest-covered bluffs draw people from around the world. This fun filled day includes a visit to a lavender farm, a aronia berry farm, Preparation Canyon State Park overlook, Lewis and Clark State Park’s Blue Lake and Keelboat museum,and panoramic scenic views narrated by a step-on-guide. Board the keelboat on Blue Lake, weather permitting. Bring your camera and/or binoculars along. Begin at Hitchcock State Park Nature Center in Honey Creek, IA. It provides refuge for plants and animals found nowhere else in the state. Enjoy an educational presentation about birds of prey and learn about Hitchcock’s Hawk Watch program. Lovely views exist from the center’s balcony. There’s also a 100ft observation tower for your enjoyment. Afterwards, we’ll meet our step-on guide for the day. The Loess Hills State Forrest Visitor Center in Pisgah, IA will be our final morning destination before savoring a delicious home-cooked meal at noon. There will also be a mystery destination before returning to campus.
Cost paid to MCC includes bus transportation, the luncheon, step-on guide, Hitchcock Center, mystery stop, the lavender farm, and aronia berry farm. Bring money, including cash, for shopping purchases. Our deluxe motor coach departs promptly at 7:30 a.m. from MCC’s Sarpy Center; park in the northeast parking lot. Return is approximately 7:00 p.m. Sorry no discount. Refunds will not be allowed within 14 days of the trip. Trip leader is Kevin Kowskie.
| Fee: | $149.00 |
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| Hours: | 14.50 |
| CEUs: | 1.45 |
MCC Sarpy Center Parking Lot
Kevin Kowskie
Kevin Kowskie is a graduate of the University of Nebraska at Omaha. He is passionate about travel and art. His artwork has been displayed at the College of St. Mary’s, the Bemis Center for Contemporary Arts, the Durham Museum and has been included in a group show at the Joslyn Art Museum. Kowskie’s love for foreign travel and cultural enrichment goes back as far as he can remember. While traveling with his family to Rocky Mountain National Park as a child, he developed a keen desire to expand his journeys to distant lands, and the rest was history. After traveling through much of the United States as he got older, this ambition drew him to expand his travels on an international scale—discovering destinations in Canada, Mexico and a dozen European nations. In his early thirties, Kevin and a friend devoted two weeks every year to backpacking through Europe and visiting different nations and destinations via train. He loves encountering new cultures and meeting people from diverse backgrounds. After someone suggested to him that Omaha would appreciate seminars on European travel, Kowskie followed his passion to become a noncredit instructor on the subject for MCC. Planning, organizing and leading group tours are part of his favorite pastimes. Kowskie is currently a trip leader and coordinator for MCC’s Traveling Classrooms, sharing his experience and knowledge as part of the motivated Continuing Education staff.powered by ACEweb from ACEware Systems