All Bus Trips have been on hold due to COVID.

We're hoping to return in Fall 2021 or early 2022. Look for future updates in the bulletin or our home page...

Wildlife Safari and More

Thursday, May 9, 2024
Leader: Jim Northrop

Spring is here and so is our first Obsidian bus trip. Sign up now to visit the recently renovated Creswell Historic Schoolhouse, Wildlife Safari, and the Douglas County Museum. Our own Verlean McCoy, Obsidian and chair of the Creswell Heritage Foundation, will tell us about the seven-year, $365,000 effort to save, restore, and transform an 1875 schoolhouse, church, clubhouse, and finally a library, into a community center. The restoration is remarkable; just in time for the 150th anniversary of the schoolhouse next year. After coffee and pastry across the street at the Creswell Bakery (on your own), we head down I-5 to Winston. If you have not visited Wildlife Safari before, you are in for a treat. This 600-acre animal park features over 500 animals from around the world, roaming freely as though in the wild. Our 56-passenger motor coach will provide views from on high as we slowly drive the 4.5 mile loop, with our onboard safari guide narrating. After lunch, we switch seats to the other side of the bus and go through the park a second time. Bring your lunch or purchase burgers, sandwiches, and salads ($10 to $17.75) at the Safari Grill. Explore animal exhibits, a petting zoo, gift shop, and artwork in the Safari Village. We head next to the Douglas County Museum. You could spend a day exploring the Smithsonian-quality exhibits in this gem of a museum. We will have about one and a half hours to take in the train depot, loggers bunkhouse, Oregon Trail exhibit, David Douglas Natural History Area, and much more. Did you know that a 1959 explosion of a dynamite truck leveled eight city blocks in Roseburg? There is something for all, and a gift shop to boot. Cost is $80 for members and $83 for nonmembers. We board the bus at 7:45 a.m. at Valley River Center, west of Regal Cinemas and next to the bike path and river. The bus departs at 8:00 a.m. Our expected return is around 5:00 p.m. Bring a water bottle. Optional: a snack, binoculars, a lunch, or lunch money. Make payment to "Obsidians Bus Trips" and send to Judy Garwood, 4145 East Amazon Drive, Eugene, OR 97405. You can contact Judy at 541-683-5539. Payment is due before April 29. Please join us for an exciting and informative day. Limited to 40 persons.

Jet Boat Trip

Tuesday, June 4, 2024
Leader: Barbara Beard

Trip sponsored by the bus committee. Meet at 7:00 AM at the Amtrak Station to get your boarding pass from Judy Adamcyk. The Amtrak train #504 departs at 7:45 for Portland where the group will be met by a local bus company and driven to the dock to load onto the Portland Spirit Company's jet boat. Enjoy a 3 1/2 hour ride to Multnomah Falls and back. The group will be driven by the local bus company back to the Portland Amtrak Station where they will ride Amtrak train #507 back to Eugene. Train departs Portland at 6:09 pm, arriving back in Eugene at approximately 8:47pm. Check in with Judy Adamcyk. There is wi-fi on the train. Please send check for $65 to Judy Garwood 4145 East Amazon Drive, Eugene Oregon. 97405. Payment is due no later than April 2.