06/28/2026
**UPDATE** This trip is likely to be full. If you haven't sent in your reservation, please hold onto it. We will update if anything changes. We will mail receipts to everyone who's reservation is confirmed. Cancelled checks are an immediate indicator that your reservation is confirmed. We will return any checks received after the trip is full.
Fall Bus Trip: Thursday, September 3rd. Classic Mississippi riverboat sightseeing cruise along the scenic waterways of the Jersey Shore aboard the River Queen and have lunch at the Shrimp Box Restaurant. This 90-minute cruise will take us through the calm waters of the Manasquan River, Point Pleasant Canal, and Barnegat Bay. We will sail aboard an authentic replica of a Mississippi Riverboat featuring mahogany decks and a climate-controlled lower deck alongside an open-air upper deck. We will sail past natural coastal landscapes, ospreys, herons, working harbors, and historic waterfront homes. We will depart the Institute at 9am and return at approximately 6pm. The cost for this trip, which includes transportation, lunch, sightseeing cruise and all gratuities, is $135 per person, and reservations are required. ONLY A FEW SEATS REMAIN. If you are unable to print the attached registration slip for the bus trip, you are welcome to write down your name, address, phone number, number of tickets that you would like to purchase, with your check number and mail it in with your check to Macungie Institute, 510 E. Main Street, Macungie, PA 18062. The specific form is not needed, but the information is. We hope that you will join us!