Proposed 2026 trips
Friday, June 19
Bluff Lake/Maquoketa via personal cars (no bus)
Known for all you can eat catfish dinners on Fridays – $18.99, or prime rib.
Leave Solon’s Rec Park (SRNA) at 2 p.m., doors open at 4 p.m.
Thursday, Sept. 10
Galena, no bus charge, $25 for trolley
Lunch stop at Potter’s Mill (300 Potter Drive, Bellevue)
Galena – Trolley tours, an architecturally narrated tour of homes and buildings that made Galena a riverboat and lead mining community. U.S. Grant’s home is one of eight Civil War generals who lived in Galena. Shopping options in addition!
Thursday, October 8
Breitbach’s/Gays Mills, no bus charge, $20 buffet cost
Breitbach’s is a generational family owned restaurant since 1852. A hilltop location overlooking the Mississippi River makes it a popular destination. Breitbach’s is known for their family style and comfort food and offers an all you can eat buffet made fresh daily, and completely homemade.
Gays Mill, WI – Sunrise Orchards, on the bluffs of SW Wisconsin since 1913, offering 25 apple varieties with numerous apple products.
Suggested informational/entertainment talks at Solon Public Library (TBA)
Brad Freidhof, Director, Johnson County Conservation Board
Our first encounter with Brad was in June, 2014 on a picnic at Kent Park when he came to our shelter to discuss at length all of the conservation work done in the park, from tree identification to maintenance and all things related to management of the park. A year or so later we invited him to join us at Sutliff’s where he discussed plans for the Sutliff Bridge environs. He is a most engaging speaker who never tires of talking about Johnson County’s conservation practices.
Restaurant Runs
Thursday, June 11, at noon – Jethro’s BBQ, 75 2nd St., Coralville, via personal cars
Wings, rack of ribs, steaks and chops, desserts
Solon Senior Transport
Providing volunteer transportation for seniors to medical appointments. For information and to enroll please call Cindy Jensen, 319-360-3279.
Please consider signing up as a volunteer driver!
Senior Advocates Board
Art Tellin 319-626-2816, Barry Byrne 319-354-8757, Larry Brecht 319-624-2925, Mark Hollinrake 319-551-2811, Cindy Jensen 319-360-3279, Phyllis Fiala 319-331-7447, Joyce Cook 319-541-6527, Penny Tompkins 319-471-3662, Lou Wolfe 319-321-3113, and Sandy Hanson 319-430-8655