REGISTRATION IS NOT NECESSARY FOR THIS MEETING!

Our December General Meeting will be at Sun & Ski, 6100 Westheimer Rd., Houston, TX 77057 on Monday Dec. 14, 2020.

There will be no snacks or wine, and no additional 10% discount. The normal 10% Space City discount will be in effect. The Business meeting will start at 7:00 to discuss upcoming Trips and Activities. There will be a talk about new ski equipment, and there will be several nice door prizes.

Hi friends,

Hope y’all are doing well – all things considered. Lately I have been reflecting on my past and future vacations. I guess I am participating in armchair travel! The reflection has led to a great appreciation of all the wonderful travel opportunities I have had. Over the last 35 years a majority of those trips have been with SCSC – going to spectacular places with great people, making wonderful memories. And I plan to keep adding to the travel list and memory files despite this darn slowdown due to COVID-19! Both the summer/fall SCSC trips I had planned to take are now on my calendar for next year.  And there are 4 great ski trips to choose from. The signup for all 4 ski trips will start Monday, August 17 at 7 pm.

We all know there are uncertainties about travel especially in the early part of 2021. However, the travel industry and the medical doctors and scientists are doing much and as fast as they can to make travel and just day to day living safer and more enjoyable. There are articles that say all kinds of things, but there are so many unique variables that I will let you do your own research and make your own decisions. As we get closer to trip dates the trip leaders will have more info about a particular resort’s handling of the situation.

For now the idea is that “The Show Must Go On!” At least the planning must happen and hopefully, fingers crossed, the activities will occur. The good thing to realize is what a great club SCSC is and we want to keep our members engaged and interested. I have to say where else can you find a group that plans in one year ski trips in 3 states and adventure trips from the American West to the Mediterranean Sea to the Netherlands and finally to the land of the Kiwi and Down Under! Take a look at the great list of destinations below – with activities of skiing, boarding, cruising, hiking, biking and sightseeing! Articles describing these trips are here on the Trips Page and in the August Sitzmarke. Get with the Trip Coordinators or myself if you have questions. We are still looking at more U.S. trip options were we can drive. There are many fun places not that far away that we often overlook when globetrotting.

Below are reminders of some of the new things about trip signup:

1. It is still through Club Express (CE) on the SCSC website. What is new is that the prices posted are credit card prices. Any payment made by check is discounted by 2.99%. SCSC has taken very large losses the last two years by covering 10s of thousands of dollars for credit card fees, so this change was necessary. But there is still the opportunity to pay less with a check. When you mark payment by check and print your invoice it calculates your reduced price.
2. Another CE change is that the deposit is set 15%. Final payment dates are often divided into 2 payments just days apart. It is not the payment schedule but the $ amount that caused this change. CE won’t allow more than a $2000 payment. Any of the International trips exceed this amount and if someone is signing up 2 people on a ski trip that triggers it.

Enough of the mechanics! Start looking at these places and dates and see if you want to put one or more on your 2021 calendar.

Hello all from my desk at the dining table. Like everyone, I’ve been socially distanced for what seems like months. I have a comfortable store of TP, paper towels, pounds of beans and pasta. I have my face masks ready for the grocery runs, and my hand washing soap ready for my return. Situation – new normal!!

I have pandemic skills and scars. Skills include lots of new recipes, an elementary but growing understanding of Zoom, and an inventory of YouTube workouts. Scars include my poor foot when I dropped a landscape rock on it.  How about you?  I think it would be fun to share our Covid chaos and conquests.

Hopefully, we will soon be inching toward a less restrictive lifestyle. Lynn has had a remarkable response to the reinstatement of the monthly dinners. We will let everyone know when we have information around resuming monthly meetings, and what those will look like. In the meantime, Lynn and Bil have come up with some fun games and activities for our weekly Zoom happy hours. Please join us – we have had a steady, and growing participation.  Stay safe and look for the blessings. 

Beverly President