Dates: August 17, 2024
Meets: Sa from 8:30 AM to 10:30 PM
Location: MCC Sarpy Center Parking Lot
Registration Fee: $169.00
There are still openings remaining at this time.
Imagine visiting breathtaking waterfalls, exploring shops and restaurants of a Historical Downtown District, and experiencing a Riverfest celebration. This adventure awaits you when we travel to Sioux Falls, SD. Begin the morning with a visit to the Falls of the Big Sioux River located in Falls Park. Bring your camera for the fantastic views! Known to the Lakota Sioux as “Laughing Waters’, the river winds through the city culminating in the center of Sioux Falls. Enjoy the views of the beautiful triple waterfalls from three different lookout platforms. Visit the 5-story observation tower and gift shop. Then catch the fun at the Historic Downtown District. Experience the charm of locally owned unique shops, museums, SculptureWalk (over 55 original sculptures displayed throughout Historic Downtown Sioux Falls). Also, enjoy a delicious group luncheon. Later in the afternoon, good times await you at the banks on the downtown riverfront from 6th Street to south of 8th Street where you’ll hear live music, see art, and browse retail and food vendors. The event embraces the beauty of the Big Sioux River. A fast-food dinner stop is planned during the journey home.
Cost paid to MCC is for motorcoach transportation, the group luncheon (including tax and gratuity), and your guide. Bring money for other meals and shopping. Our deluxe motor coach departs promptly at 08:30 a.m. from Sarpy Center; park and meet the bus at the northeast parking lot. Return is approximately 10:30 p.m. Refunds will not be allowed within 14 days of the trip. Trip leader is Kevin Kowskie. Must be 21 or older.
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Requirement: moderate walking
Cost paid to MCC is for motorcoach transportation, the group luncheon (including tax and gratuity), and your guide. Bring money for other meals and shopping. Our deluxe motor coach departs promptly at 08:30 a.m. from Sarpy Center; park and meet the bus at the northeast parking lot. Return is approximately 10:30 p.m. Refunds will not be allowed within 14 days of the trip. Trip leader is Kevin Kowskie. Must be 21 or older
| Fee: | $169.00 |
|---|---|
| Hours: | 14.00 |
| CEUs: | 1.40 |
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.
