Caren's Charters

OCT 15-21

Finger Lakes Vermont and Connecticut

Day 1 Fri—October 15
We will meet at the airport to begin our trip and suddenly find our way to Corning, the lovely area for fall color. Our local guide will be with us. Some time to relax and enjoy the area, walk the historic Market Street, filled with wonderful small shops and bistros; you will be delighted with the location. Dinner is served at leisure with a choice of menu.

Day 2 Sat—October 16
Breakfast is at your leisure. Discover The Rockwell Museum of Western Art where a docent will greet the group. Howdy partners! Here you‘ll see the best of the West in the East. Cowboys, Horses, Buffalo! The Rockwell Museum is home to the largest collection of Native American and American Western art on the East coast—even larger than the Smithsonian Institute‘s Western art collection! You‘ll see pieces by Remington, Russell, and even Norman Rockwell. Learn how this amazing collection ended up in the Finger Lakes of New York State.

Corning Museum of Glass. See glass in a whole new light at the world famous Corning Museum of Glass, home of the largest collection of art glass in the world. Our tour includes the Hot Glass Show, where molten gathers of glass are trans-formed into masterpieces You‘ll be amazed in the new Innovations Gallery and ex-panded collections . ―Fun With Glass” is included as well! We will each create our own glass memory!

Lunch will be at your leisure You may choose to explore The Gaffer District with more than 100 shops, outlets, boutiques, antique stores, hot glass studios, art galleries, antique markets, restaurants and an old-fashioned ice cream parlor that await you on Historic Market Street. Used as the benchmark for the national Main Street USA revitalization program, Historic Market Street is a slice of yesteryear. Learn a bit about Glenn Curtiss: Inventor with 87 U.S. patents, made first pre announced public airplane flight, held motorcycle speed record from 1907-1930, trained the first woman pilot, and so much more. Later, we‘ll board the Esperanza Rose on Keuka Lake. The Esperanza Rose is a majestic 65-foot vintage wooden cruising vessel and we‘ll be treated to dinner on board!

Day 3 Sun—October 17
After a full breakfast, depart Corning and begin your journey towards The Green MT state of Vermont! Stopping for lunch en route, you will arrive at your lake front resort in time to enjoy the spectacular views and magnificent surroundings! At The Basin Harbor Club, we will be greeted with a welcome reception that includes beer, wine or soft drinks, followed by dinner in the main dining room. The Basin Harbor Club is not your traditional property. We will be housed in individual cabins which surround the main building where meals are served.

Day 4 Mon—October 18
After a deluxe country breakfast, depart with your local guide for a full day of touring to include:

Shipwrecks Cruise: Explore and discover the incredibly well-preserved 1800‘s wooden shipwrecks that lie on the bottom of Lake Champlain. They deploy an ROV (remotely operated vehicle) and by viewing screens on board the boat, you will be part of the exploration of the wreck from the surface. Your guide will not only give you information about the wreck but also a rich narrative history of Lake Champlain.

Lake Champlain Chocolates: Learn and sample VT‘s own gourmet chocolates as you hear about the process from bean to chocolate to you!

Historic Church ST Marketplace: Lunch and shopping on own on this pedestrian walkway filled with bistros, boutiques, and street vendors/performers

Shelburne Vineyards: Award-winning winery! Taste, sample and hear their unique story!

Day 5 Tue—October 19
Lots to discover today! Enjoy more of scenic Vermont before we arrive in the quaint village of Stockbridge MA where Rockwell once lived. The Norman Rock-well Museum holds the largest collection of Norman Rockwell paintings. Continue to Mystic, CT for a two-night stay. Dinner at a local restaurant this evening.

Day 6 Wed—October 20
Katherine Hepburn’s Connecticut. Discover the Hartford Katharine Hepburn and her family knew. Visit the south end of the city where she was born and view the hospital where her father was a doctor. Travel to downtown Hartford where her mother campaigned for women’s suffrage. See Katharine‘s “climbing tree,” the market where she bought candy, the avenue where she and her brother raced trolleys with their bicycles. We‘ll see her parent’s home, the theater where she first appeared in Hartford in a play and signed “Local girl” below her signature on the autograph wall.

Lunch is included at The Gelston House before we visit the Goodspeed Opera House to enjoy a matinée performance of How To Succeed in Business Without Really Trying . The Goodspeed Opera House, built in 1876 to provide a venue for theatre ,is a gorgeous building! Today, it is known through out the state for the superior theatrical productions. Return to your hotel and dinner is on own in quaint Mystic Village.

Day 7 Thu—October 21
After breakfast we‘ll visit Mystic Seaport, The Museum of America and the Sea, and the nation’s leading maritime museum. Explore American maritime history first-hand as you climb aboard historic tall ships, stroll through a re-created 19th-century coastal village or watch a working preservation shipyard in action. .

Travel the Essex Steam and Riverboat; a coal fired 1920 steam locomotive, traveling along the Connecticut River, through the scenic towns of Deep River and Chester Our boat ride is intertwined throughout! Fly home later this evening.

Includes:

• Round trip air from/to Kansas City, Motor coach on the East Coast
• 6 night‘s lodging
• 13 meals, (6 breakfasts, 5 dinners, 2 luncheons)
• all touring and admissions as listed
• local guide service where indicated
• baggage, taxes and gratuities (except customary guide and driver gratuities)

Cost:

$1998/person, plus $153/ person insurance

$2370/person, plus $183 insurance

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