Road Scholar

Highlights

• I like to spend much of the day exploring
• Whether walking through historic neighborhoods at a moderate pace or out and about on a coach, I prefer to keep my days full
• Stairs don’t bother me, and I love to keep up with the group

Highlights

• Walking is the best way to get to know a new place
• I’m energetic and enjoy a good physical challenge, so I’m always ready to spend the day on the move
• Whether it’s public transit, city streets or village cobblestones, I’m game

Highlights

• Explore Castle Tarasp, a Romansh castle surrounded by picturesque hamlets
• Walk and learn about the Swiss National Park, the largest protected area in Switzerland and the oldest National Park in the Alps
• Ride gondolas, funiculars and historic trains as you take in some of Europe’s most spectacular views

Highlights

• Learn to build and use your own floor quilt frame, a technique that differs from quilting in a hoop
• Practice traditional quilt block piecing, foundation paper piecing, English paper piecing, appliqué with freezer paper, back basting appliqué, hand quilting and more
• Depending on the date, spend the week learning about and creating an Basket Quilt, Shipshewana Blessing Quilt or crafting a Women of the Bible Quilt from “Patterns of Faith” with the quilt’s designer

Highlights

• Get a first-hand look into forestry at Wisconsin's first red pine plantation study site
• Search for loons and Bald Eagles during a canoeing excursion with a naturalist
• Venture into the Northwoods bog habitat, and encounter dramatic geology during hikes in Porcupine Mountains Wilderness State Park

Highlights

• Visit Roosevelt International Park on Campobello Island, stopover for thousands of migrating birds, and enjoy the breathtaking vistas of Fundy Bay, Grand Manan, and Passamaquoddy Bay
• Hike the spectacular trails of West Quoddy Head State Park and enjoy a visit to the West Quoddy Head Light, the easternmost point of land in the US
• Explore the Canadian Maritime Islands of Head Harbor Passage aboard a working lobster boat, the Pier Pressure, and encounter porpoise, seals, and hopefully whales

Highlights

• Experience the extraordinary Barnes Foundation at its new Philadelphia campus, explore the galleries of the Philadelphia Museum of Art and see bronze casts of Rodin’s greatest works at the Rodin Museum
• Examine architecture from three centuries and visit acclaimed landmarks of American history at Independence National Historical Park
• Enjoy a performance of opera, theater, ballet or another cultural event from current offerings

Highlights

• Stay in cottages on the grounds of the exclusive Roosevelt retreat in Roosevelt-Campobello International Park
• Learn about island life for Franklin and Eleanor through expert lectures, walks along beaches they loved, tea time and more in the places they once occupied
• Visit the Library Eleanor supported, the church where Franklin was a warden and watch for whales on Passamaquoddy Bay and in the Bay of Fundy where he once sailed