Corning's Crafts Through The Centuries With Your Grandchild

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Enjoy frontier-style fun at historic Watson Homestead, where you and your grandchild will try your hand at blacksmithing, glassblowing, ice cream making and much more!
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Overview

Trip type
Group Tour
Lodging level
Standard - 3 star
Physical level
Moderate
Trip pace
Balanced schedule

Highlights

    • Explore the Benjamin Patterson Inn Museum complex, including the inn built in 1796, one-room schoolhouse, early 19th-century log cabin and agricultural exhibit
    • Discover glassmaking past and present at the Corning Museum of Glass, with its studio, Innovation Center and hot-glass show
    • At the Glenn Curtiss Museum see

What's this trip about?

    Enjoy frontier-style fun at historic Watson Homestead, where you and your grandchild will try your hand at blacksmithing, glassblowing, ice cream making and much more!

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Details

Itinerary focusClassic Highlights
Group sizeIntimate group - 12 max
Age range12 to 8 years
Flights and transportAll internal ground transport included
Start CityPainted Post
End CityPainted Post

Travel Themes

  • 50 Plus
  • Hiking & Walking
  • Education / Learning

Destinations

Activities

  • Educational/ Learning
  • Hiking
  • Historic Sightseeing
  • History

Trip includes

    • 5 nights of accommodations
    • 1 expert-led lecture
    • 8 expert-led field trips
    • 14 hands-on experiences
    • An experienced Group Leader
    • Customary gratuities throughout the program
    • Road Scholar Assurance Plan
    • Taxes

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Travel Map

Day 1

Meals: Dinner

Accommodation: Watson Homestead Conference & Retreat Center

Check-in & Reg., Swimming, Welcome Dinner, Orientation

Activity note: Check-in from 3:00 p.m.

Afternoon: Program Registration: 3:00 p.m. When you check in and...

Day 2

Meals: Breakfast, Lunch and Dinner

Accommodation: Watson Homestead Conference & Retreat Center

Glenn Curtiss Museum, Watkins Glen Gorge Hike, Tower Climb

Activity note: Getting on/off a motor coach; driving about 75 miles round trip with stops...

Day 3

Meals: Breakfast, Lunch and Dinner

Accommodation: Watson Homestead Conference & Retreat Center

Blacksmithing at Heritage Village, Slippy Slide, Ceramics

Activity note: Getting on/off a bus; driving about 35 miles round trip, approximately 1/2 ...

Day 4

Meals: Breakfast, Lunch and Dinner

Accommodation: Watson Homestead Conference & Retreat Center

Glass Blowing at Corning Museum of Glass, Archery Class

Activity note: Getting on/off a bus; driving about 35 miles round trip, approximately 1/2 ho...

Day 5

Meals: Breakfast, Lunch and Dinner

Accommodation: Watson Homestead Conference & Retreat Center

Woods Hike, Creek Crawl, Crafts, Ice Cream Crank, Campfire

Activity note: Walking up to 1 mile; varied terrain.

Breakfast: Dining Room buffet...

Day 6

Meals: Breakfast

Accommodation: Watson Homestead Conference & Retreat Center

Nine Patch Paper Quilt Squares Art, Program Concludes

Activity note: Check-out 10:00 a.m.

Breakfast: Dining Room buffet.

Morning: Jenny Monroe will lead...

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Dates & Availability

Price From $1,199
Price per day$200
Last Updated: 11/13/2018

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Logistics

Accommodation

Watson Homestead Conference & Retreat Center

5 nights  Painted Post

Participants at Watson Homestead — welcoming Road Scholar retreats since 1982 — stay in comfortable, motel-style rooms in the Main Lodge, at the heart of which is the soaring, wood-beamed dining room. Other lodge facilities include a heated indoor pool (open May through November), mini-golf and library. The quiet setting invites Road Scholars to enjoy a meditative walk in the seven-circuit stone labyrinth, relax in the gazebo or contemplate the night sky from the patio. The grounds include an 1839 one-room schoolhouse that is listed on the National Register of Historic Places. Good to know: No TVs in guest rooms; TV located in lounge. Alcohol allowed. Housekeeping daily.

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Meals Included

5 Breakfasts, 4 Lunches and 5 Dinners

The following choices may be available when requested in advance: Low Fat, Low Salt, Vegetarian, Gluten Free

Age Requirements
12 to 8 years
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Trip ID
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