AACA Central Divisional Tour
October 18-22, 2025
The Runaway Scrape Tour
Hotel Accomodations
Check-In Saturday, Oct. 18th
The Menger Hotel - San Antonio
The Menger Hotel will honor our group rates of $169.99 + tax before the tour. Arrive early and explore San Antonio on your own. Spanish colonial missions, Art Museums, Historical sites, and the Riverwalk await you. Please explore the Alamo, Navarro House, and the Governor’s Palace all within walking distance of The Menger.
Tour Check-in at the Lobby on the 18th. There will be an evening reception in the dining room and courtyard with drinks, cash bar, & heavy hor d’oerves.
Check-In 10/18/25
Check-Out 10/19/25
The Menger Hotel
204 Alamo Plaza
San Antonio, Texas 78205
(210) 223-4361
Online Reservations
Day 1 - Sunday, Oct. 19th
San Antonio to Gonzales
The Alamo has fallen! Santa Anna is chasing the Texian Army.
We’ll meet in the Alamo Courtyard for the tour launch and historical background of the events unfolding. Hotel check-out, mount your steed, and flee to Sequin for lunch. Visit the historical village and meet Juan Sequin. Load up and move out to Gonzales meeting at the Jail House Museum on the square.
Please call the Holiday Inn Express directly at (830) 672-2777 to make your reservation. Group rate of $125 + tax under AACA Runaway Scrape.
Check-In 10/19/25
Check-Out 10/20/25
Holiday Inn Express
126 Middle Buster Rd
Gonzales, TX 78629
(830) 672-2777
Alternate historical hotel – The Alcalde Hotel in downtown Gonzales where Bonnie & Clyde overnighted as well as Elvis.
Please call the hotel directly at (830) 519-4500 to make your reservation. $125 +tax. AACA Runaway Scrape.
Check-In 10/19/25
Check-Out 10/20/25
The Alcalde Hotel
Day 2 - Monday, Oct. 20th
Gonazles to Brenham
Sam Houston rallies the Texians!
We start at the Gonzales County Museum, to see the original “Come and Take It” cannon and honor the “Immortal Thirty-two”. We again flee eastward to gather at the Oak tree where Sam Houston rallied the Texians after the fall of The Alamo and learning of the Goliad Massacre. Proceeding on to Shiner, we stop at the brewery for BBQ lunch before continuing on to San Felipe to visit the Stephen Austin Colony museum & settlement remains. We hustle northward to overnight in Brenham.
Limited rooms are available at the Best Western due to the RoundTop Antique Fair.
Please call Best Western Brenham to book your room at $161.99+tax under AACA Runaway Scrape.
Check-In 10/20/25
Check-Out 10/21/25
Best Western – Brenham
1503 Hwy 290 East
Brenham, TX 77833
(979) 251-7791
A large block of rooms are available at $124 + tax under AACA Runaway Scrape.
Please call Super 8 directly at (979) 830-8885 to reserve your room.
Check-In 10/20/25
Check-Out 10/21/25
Super 8 Hotel
2209 Hwy 290 E
Brenham, TX 77833
(979) 830-8885
Day 3 - Tuesday, Oct. 21st
Brenham to New Caney
Texas Signs Declaration of Independence from Mexico!
Our first stop is the Blue Bell Creamery in the morning, before proceeding on to Washington-on-the-Brazos where the Texas Declaration of Independence was signed. Rennovations are taking place and we hope the Star of the Republic museum will be open. After a catered lunch, we continue fleeing to our overnight in New Caney.
A large block of rooms are reserved under AACA Runaway Scrape for $99.99 + tax.
Please call Best Western-New Caney directly to make your reservation at (281) 354-7222.
Check-In 10/21/25
Check-Out 10/22/25
New Caney Inn & Suite
22033 US Hwy 59 North
New Caney, TX 77357
(281) 354-7222
Day 4 - Wednesday, Oct. 22nd
New Caney to San Jacinto
Sam Houston Turns South to Attack!
From New Caney, we head east around Harris town, then south to take the Lynchburg Ferry (where Texians crossed) to San Jacinto. We’ll explore the battlefield, the theater, and monument museum, before an early afternoon closing banquet at the nearby Monument Inn. After the banquet, participants may depart for home or proceed on to the
AACA Central Divisional Meet in Galveston, Texas.
For those participants attending the Central Division Fall Meet at the Moody Gardens and Convention Center, Galveston, Texas please make your reservations through TBA.
Moody Gardens Hotel
One Hope Boulevard Galveston, Texas 77554
Hotel Reservations: 409-683-1299
Tour Director: Kip Lankenau
Email: Kip@kipmotor.com Phone: (972) 243-0440 wk or (214) 498-0531 cell.
This event is still in the planning stages. Any information changes will be posted when available.
