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“Traveling—It Leaves You Speechless, Then Turns You Into A Storyteller”

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 October 2023.

Fall Trains & Foliage of New England

September 29* – October 8, 2023 (Fly)

(10 days – 9 nights)

Departing Abilene

$4089 per person (2 people per room)
$5095 per person (1 person per room)

Full payment due upon booking

Photo Courtesy of Bilbrey Tours, Inc

Highlights Include:

  • Roundtrip transportation to DFW
  • *Overnight in DFW area on Sept 29
  • Roundtrip airfare from DFW
  • Massachusetts, Maine, New Hampshire, Vermont, Connecticut, Rhode Island
  • JFK Presidential Library & Museum
  • Norman Rockwell Museum
  • Mount Washington Train Excursion
  • Franconia Notch State Park

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  • Essex Steam Train & Riverboat
  • Trapp Family Lodge
  • Bennington Monument & Museum
  • The Vermont Country Store
  • Boston City Tour
  • Quincy Market
  • Cold Hollow Cider Mill
  • Nubble Lighthouse
  • Meals:  2 breakfasts, 7 continental breakfasts, 7 lunches or dinners

State Fair of Texas

Tuesday, October 3, 2023

Departing Abilene

$ 119 per person
Full payment due upon booking

Highlights Include:

  • The State Fair of Texas has been held at historic Fair Park in Dallas since 1886.
  • Say “howdy” to Big Tex, a 55 ‘ tall cowboy, greeting visitors since 1952
  • Enjoy some of the deep-fried treats including Oreos and Twinkies

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Photo Courtesy of Visit Dallas

 

 

Autumn in the Ozarks

October 6 – 11, 2023
(6 days – 5 nights)

 

Departing Abilene, Big Spring, Midland, and San Angelo

$ 1665 per person (2 people per room) 
$ 2029 per person (1 person per room) 

Full payment due upon booking

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Highlights Include:

  • The Great Passion Play (Eureka Springs, AR)
  • Harvest Festival – Silver Dollar City (Branson, MO)
  • Dogwood Canyon Nature Park
  • Top of the Rock
  • Ancient Ozarks Natural History Museum
  • Lost Canyon Cave and Nature Trail

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  • Crystal Bridges Museum of American Art
  • Thorncrown Chapel
  • Eureka Springs Tram Tour
  • Shepherd of the Hills Inspiration Tower
  • POSTOAK Lodge (Tulsa, OK)
  • 2 nights Branson, MO
  • Meals:  1 breakfast, 4 continental breakfasts, 6 lunches or dinners

 

9 to 5:  The Musical
Granbury Opera House

Saturday, October 14, 2023

Departs Abilene

Highlights Include:

  • Shopping and browsing Granbury, TX’s historic town square
  • 9 to 5 tells the story of three female coworkers who concoct a plan to get even with their boss.  In a hilarious turn of events, Violet, Judy, and Doralee live out their wildest fantasy — giving their boss the boot! The women give their workplace a dream makeover, taking control of the company that had always kept them down.  Hey, a girl can scheme, can’t she?

$129 per person
Full payment due upon booking

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Photo Courtesy of Granbury Theatre Company

Marvels of the Midwest

October 16 – 21, 2023
(6 days – 5 nights)

Want the adventure of a Mystery Tour
without the mystery?
Come experience some of the most talked about
hidden gems discovered thus far on a Mystery Tour.
Celebrate the Marvels of the Midwest.

Departing Abilene, Big Spring, Midland, and San Angelo

$ 1449 per person (2 people per room) 
$ 1829 per person (1 person per room)

Full payment due upon booking

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Highlights Include:

  • Little Sweden (Lindsborg, KS)
  • Hemslojd
  • Swedish Buffet lunch & entertainment
  • Old Mill & Swedish Heritage Square
  • Small World Gallery
  • Strataca (650′ underground salt mine)
  • Cosmosphere
  • Lunch at an Amish Restaurant
  • Dwight D. Eisenhower Presidential Library
  • Orphan Train Complex
  • The Whole Wall Mural
  • Fling Hill Discovery Center

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Fredericksburg

Friday, October 20, 2023

Departing Abilene

$ 99 per person
$25 due upon booking
Final due September 7, 2023

Highlights Include:

  • Shop and browse downtown Fredericksburg or stroll about at Fredericksburg Trade Days
  • Arts, Crafts, Antiques, Quilts, and more
  • Wildseed Farm (optional)

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Kentucky Bluegrass Fall Foliage

Featuring Ark Encounter & Creation Museum
October 25 – November 2, 2023
(9 days – 8 nights)

Departing Abilene, Big Spring, Midland, and San Angelo

$2385 per person (2 people per room)
$2965 per person (1 person per room) 

$50 due upon booking – Final due September 7, 2023

Travel Protection Insurance
available for purchase
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Highlights include:
  • Ark Encounter (Williamstown, KY)
  • Creation Museum (Petersburg, KY)
  • My Old Kentucky Home
  • My Old Kentucky Dinner Train
  • Johnny Cash’s Boyhood Home (Dyess, AR)
  • Johnny Cash’s Storyteller Hideaway Farm & Museum
  • Entertainment by Mark Alan Cash
  • National Corvette Museum
  • Abraham Lincoln Historic Site
  • Bardstown City Tour
  • Heaven Hill Distillery Tour
  • Shaker Village at Pleasant Hill
  • 2 nights Bardstown, KY
  • 2 nights Lexington, KY
  • Meals:  8 continental breakfasts | 8 lunches or dinners

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