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PARA4life Day Trips

PARA4life Active Adults
 

For any PARA4life day trip related questions, please call the McAbee Center at 205.562.3235 or email Kim Brown.

 

Silver Star Casino

Masks may be required by the casino

  • SilverStar Casino trips are the third Wednesday of each month with the exception of November & December (no trip due to the holidays). Cost is $60 which includes $25 bonus play, $13 resort credit and motor coach transportation. 
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  • Bus leaves promptly from:
  • -McAbee Center at 8:00 a.m.

    -Return time is approximately 7:00 p.m.
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    • MUST BRING CURRENT STATE PHOTO ID.
  • We suggest dressing for comfort and wearing or bringing a coat as temperatures vary.
     

2026 Trip Dates:

- January 21

- February 18

- March 18

- April 15

- May 20

- June 17

- July 15

- August 18

- September 16

- October 21

 

AGES

21+

COST

$60per person*

 

*Includes motorcoach transportation, $25 free play, and $13 food credit

Blue Bell Creamery

March 10, 2026

Enjoy a self-guided visit to Blue Bell Creamery where you will observe the ice-cream production process. Explore the Ice Cream Parlor and Country Store for sweet treats and souvenirs!

 

Lunch is Dutch treat at Booker’s BBQ – a local favorite serving homestyle Southern comfort food.

 

Departure: 8:00AM (McAbee)

Return: 4:00PM

 

Registration Deadline: March 6

 

LOCATIONS

Sylacauga, AL

AGES

Any

COST

$50

per person

 

Eleven86 Real Artesian Water Tour

May 12, 2026

In the heart of Alabama lies a quiet town not known by many people. But deep in the small town of Autaugaville lies a confined aquifer that holds Eleven86 Real Artesian Water.    

 

Join PARA4Life as we tour and sample some of the purest water on Earth, untouched by man for thousands of years, being filtered by rock and sand.

 

Lunch will be Dutch treat at Cindy’s Café in Prattville.

 

Departure: 8:00AM (McAbee)

 

Registration Deadline: May 1st

LOCATIONS

Autaugaville, AL

AGES

Any

COST

$50

per person

 

 

 

WHERE WOULD YOU LIKE TO GO?
LET US KNOW! Email Kim Brown.

 

Due to the price of motorcoach travel, we continue to work on great day trips that are cost-effective, comfortable, and reasonably priced for you.

Please bear with us, we promise... some great day-aways are coming soon!