Trips and Destinations

Looking for a cool place to go?  Check out the opportunties that we have for you!

Escape to Colorado:  July 10-16, 2008, 7th grade and up

Description:  Royal Gorge Bridge and Park, Elitch Gardens Theme & Water Park, Cheyenne Mountain Zoo, Pikes Peak, Estes Park & Rocky Mountain National Park and a Ghost Town are some of the places we can go when we escape to Colorado in July.  A planning meeting will be set up for girls that will be going and their parents after registrations are in.   This trip will be planned by girls, for girls.  Please complete the Trip Registration form from the Discovery Events book, page 83, or register online using the trip registration form.

Girl registrations only!     Adults wanting to accompany girls will need to complete application to be chaperone for this trip.  For more information, please contact Joyce Bonner.

Cost to Attend:  $400 includes transportation, lodging, attractions and some meals.  Meals while at some attraction will be girls choice and on her own. Cookie Dough can be used toward the fee after the deposit.   A nonrefundable deposit of $50 is due with registration.

Minimum: 24, Maximum: 38

Registration Opens:  Monday, April 7, 2008

Registration Closes:  Friday, April 18, 2008

Our Cabana and Hostel - Mexico City:  July 22 - Aug 1, 2009, 13-18 yr. olds

Description: Join with other girls and adults from Greater Iowa making friends, exploring new cultures and seeing the sights of Mexico at Our Cabana and a hostel in Mexico City from July 22 - August 1, 2009. Spaces are available for girls and adults on this amazing adventure. Leaving from Minneapolis you will fly to Mexico City with the participants from Greater Iowa. Once there, you will spend two nights in Ticalli, an international hostel in Mexico City, traveling to the Sun and the Moon pyramids and the Shrine of Guadalupe. Transportation by private bus will take you to Our Cabana for their Friendship session where you will meet and have an adventure of a lifetime as you continue to explore Mexico.  Participants are given the opportunity to meet and work with Girl Guides and Girl Scouts from other countries, often resulting in life-long friendships.

Our programs are cultural and include many activities and workshops based around the current WAGGGS themes and initiatives. We have a craft house where participants can learn about the traditional Mexican crafts and try making some themselves! We have a swimming pool, tennis court, volley ball court, 5 acres of grounds and seating areas where you can relax and talk with your friends. 
 
During each event we take part in a service project with the local communities and usually this involves children from the communities coming to Our Cabana to take part in a days activities that we have planned for them.