August 2025
“If happiness is the goal then adventures should be top priority.“
Bilbrey Tours is Abilene’s leading resource for tourism opportunities, providing the time to travel, relax, and enjoy the amazing things this country has to offer. Read below to learn about the featured destinations for August 2025.
Ohio’s Amish Country
including ARK Encounter
August 2 – 11, 2025
(10 nights – 9 days)
Departing Abilene, Big Spring, Midland and San Angelo
$2875 per person (2 people per room)
$3589 per person (1 person per room)
Full payment due upon booking
Highlights Include:
• 3 nights in Sugar Creek, OH
• Amish and Mennonite Heritage Center
• Guided Amish Tour of Holmes County, OH
• Ohio Market (flea market)
• Hershberger Bakery & Farmer’s Market
• Amish home meal
• Warther Carvings
• John Glenn’s boyhood home – New Concord, OH
• Indianapolis Motor Speedway
• ARK Encounter—Williamstown, KY
• Old Friends Farm (retired race horses)
• Meals: 9 continental breakfasts,
8 lunches or dinners
Columbia & Snake River Cruise
American Cruise Lines Riverboat
August 26 – September 3, 2025 (Fly)
(9 nights – 8 days)
Departing Abilene
$7810 per person (2 people per room)
$8560 per person (1 person per room)
Full payment due upon booking
Highlights Include:
• Roundtrip transportation to DFW
• Roundtrip air from DFW
• 1-night in Clarkston, WA
• 7-night riverboat cruise aboard American
Song, in a Private Balcony Stateroom
• Clarkston, WA / Richland, WA
• Hood River, OR
• Astoria, OR
• Kalama, WA
• Portland, OR
• Scheduled shore activities and entertainment
• Meals and beverages aboard American Song