Burlington Recreation Center
(620) 364-8484
Adult Trips
Member Registration begins August 27th, 2024
Non-Member Registration begins August 30th, 2024
Trip Cancellation Policy
If you cancel out of a trip that has a waiting list and we are able to fill your spot, you will be refunded all but $5. BRC keeps a $5 cancellation fee. If we are unable to fill your spot, no money will be refunded.
Trip Payment Policy
All trips must be paid for at time of registration, whether it is in person or over the phone. We accept cash, check, credit and debit cards. If you call in and register by phone, please have your credit card or debit card ready. Also, due to a system upgrade, we require the 3 digit code on the back of your card EACH TIME you register for an activity. Please be prepared to provide this. Your payment secures your spot on the trip. This ensures that all trips are kept full and paid for. Sorry, no exceptions will be made.
Lunch with Linda
You know the drill! Get your spot saved on the van and head to a lunch spot for the afternoon! Good food and great company!
November 20
December 18
January 29
Depart at 10:00am; Return by 3:00pm
Fee: $10 Member; $13 Non Member
Limit 13
New Theatre: An Old Fashioned Family Murder
If you like Agatha Christie’s DEATH ON THE NILE and MURDER ON THE ORIENT EXPRESS, then you’ll die for this show. In 1942, a junior homicide detective stumbles upon the murder of a famed mystery writer. Trapped in a mansion with several suspects, he finds himself outmatched by the cunning of the killer. His only hope in solving the case—his mystery loving mother, who luckily is trapped in the mansion with him.
October 2
Leave at 9:00am; Return by 5:00pm
Fee: $58 Member; $61 Non Member
Fee covers ticket and transportation
Limit: 13
Weston, MO
Let’s travel to the lovely town of Weston, MO. We will start our trip at the Green Dirt Farm & Creamery where we will have a tour of the farm and sample some of their yummy cheeses. Lunch will follow our farm tour and then we will have some time to explore the shops downtown.
· **The terrain at the facility is gravel covered and has steep walkways -please watch your step!
They suggest comfortable, closed-toe shoes that you don't mind getting dirty.
October 10
Leave at 8:30am; Return by 5:30pm
Fee: $47 Member; $50 Non Member
Limit: 13; Fee covers transportation and tour, samples
Louisburg Cider Mill
Not much goes better with Fall then apple cider and apple cider donuts! Let’s head to Louisburg
and get a tour of the Mill and the processes they use.
Your guided tour will include a discussion and observation of:
• Apple unloading area
• Pressing the apples into the cider
• Watching donuts being made
· Bottling of the cider
· Enjoy a cup of apple cider and an apple cider donut
After visiting the cider mill we will head to lunch followed by a stop for ice cream for our trip back home!
October 16
8:30am-3:30pm
Max of 13 People
$30 member; $33 Non-member
Fee covers transportation and tour
Big Boy No. 4014 Locomotive
Union Pacific announced Big Boy No. 4014 will depart on the "Heartland of America Tour" Aug. 28 from Cheyenne, Wyoming, and travel through nine other states, including Arkansas, Colorado, Illinois, Iowa, Kansas, Missouri, Nebraska, Oklahoma, and Texas.. Let’s hop in the van and head to the Great Overland Station in Topeka to go check out the museum and see it in person! We will head to lunch after the locomotive departs before heading back home to Burlington!
October 17
Depart at 9:30am; Return by 4:00pm
Fee: $25 Member; $28 Non-Member
Fee covers transportation and admission to museum
Tallgrass Prairie Tour
Let’s head to the Prairie. During the fall months the grass turns from green to a beautiful red. We will take a guided tour of the prairie and the ranch headquarters. After our tour we will head to lunch at Ad Astra Steakhouse.
October 23
8:30am-4:00pm
Max of 12 People
$25 Member; $28 Non Member
Fee covers transportation and tour
Vintage Market Days: “Dear Santa”
Are you ready for the BEST vintage, home decor, handmade treasures, antiques, trendy boutique clothing, original art, jewelry, yummy treats and artisanal goods?
Vintage Market Days of Kansas City is an upscale vintage-inspired shopping experience featuring local, regional and national vendors with the best vintage, antiques, upcycled treasures, boutique clothing, handmade jewelry, original art and so much more!
November 1
8:30am--5:00pm
Max of 10 People
$30 Member; $33 Non member
Fee covers ticket and transportation
Prairie Band Casino
Let’s get out for some fun and try our luck at the casino! Maybe you’ll get lucky and have some extra holiday spending money when we leave! 1,200 slot machines, 27 high energy game tables and a Bingo Hall. Don’t forget some yummy food to go along with it!
November 6
Depart at 8:30am; Return by 5:00pm
Fee: $20 Member; $23 Non-Member
Fee covers transportation
Topeka Air Combat Museum
Located at the Topeka Regional Airport on Forbes Field in Topeka, Kansas, the Combat Air Museum is a federally recognized educational organization dedicated to the creation of facilities and resources for the education of the local and regional communities through the collection, preservation, conservation and exhibition of aircraft, information, artifacts, technology and art associated with the military aviation history of the United States of America.
On exhibit at the Museum:
· 47 aircraft ranging from the earliest aviation period to the present day
· Largest collection of WWI replica aircraft in the Mid-West (12)
· Historic aircraft engines of many sizes and types, including a rare Whittle Gas Turbine Engine
· An extensive display of artifacts and dioramas and a growing gallery of military aviation art
We will have lunch after our tour of the museum and a stop for ice cream before heading back home.
December 4
Leave at 8:30am; Return by 5:00pm
Fee: $25 Member; $28 Non Member
Limit: 13
New Theatre: Nunsense
One of the longest-running Broadway comedies, NUNSENSE is a hilarious spoof about five nuns who get caught up in a series of misadventures. After the convent’s cook accidentally serves food that poisons a large group of nuns, they start dropping like flies. Doing their best to honor them, the remaining sisters plan a talent show to raise the money to bury their dearly departed, and hilarity ensues.
December 11
9:00pm-5:00pm
$58 Member; $61 Non Member
Max of 13 People
Dinner & Christmas Lights in Topeka
Let’s get into the Christmas spirit! We will start our trip by having a nice dinner. After dinner we will head to Shawnee Lake where we will drive through Winter Wonderland and if time allows and everyone would like to some area homes.
December 16
4:00pm-9:00pm
Max of 13 People
$20 Member; $23 Non-Member
Fee covers transportation
Holiday Homes Tour
Several local homes will have open houses to celebrate the most wonderful time of the year! BRC will take a van, so join the fun of seeing the homes with others. The fee covers transportation only. Tickets for the home tour must be purchased at BRC or Hoover’s Thriftway in advance for $7 or at the door for $10.
Sunday, December 15
12:45pm-3:00pm
Max of 13 People
$2.00/to ride van
Home Tour ticket purchased separately