Members of the Tioga County Women’s Shooting Society are inviting the public — men, women and children — to go on a one-day bus trip to the Great American Outdoor Show on Saturday only, Feb. 4, 2023.

The $100 per person fee must be paid in advance in order to reserve a seat on the bus. The deadline to register is Tuesday, Dec. 20. For reservations, contact Michelle Lawrence at 570-404-7738 or annietackleberry@hotmail.com.

The fee includes round trip bus transportation to and from the Pennsylvania Farm Show Complex in Harrisburg,hostess service and admission to the Great American Outdoor Show, which celebrates hunting, fishing and outdoor traditions that are treasured by millions of Americans and their families. The fee does not include meals.

The nine-day show begins on Saturday, Feb. 4 and ends on Sunday, Feb. 12. It will feature nearly 1,000 exhibitors ranging from gun manufacturers to outfitters to fishing boats and RVs, and archery to art and much more covering 650,000 square feet of exhibit hall space at the complex.

Those who go will board a motorcoach at the Benedict’s Bus Service terminal in Whitneyville near Wellsboro beginning at 6 a.m. on Saturday, Feb. 4 and will depart from there around 6:15 a.m. 

Arrangements can also be made to pick up and drop off passengers at Mansfield, Blossburg, Liberty or Williamsport.

The motorcoach will stop for a fast food breakfast at McDonald’s in Selinsgrove, Pa. and arrive in Harrisburg at the complex around 10 a.m. that morning. Attendees will have lunch on their own while there.

At 4:30 p.m., the motorcoach will leave from Harrisburg with a dinner break for attendees at Marzoni’s in Selinsgrove at 5:30 p.m. and arrive at the terminal in Whitneyville at approximately 9:15 p.m. on Feb. 4.