2022 Spring Trips

Spring  2022 Trips:

Dazzling Displays     Thursday, March 31, 2022

Arcadia Earth and Artechouse

Enjoy two dazzling, underground immersive displays in New York City featuring our Earth, art, science and technology.  The first stop is Arcadia Earth, featuring 15 immersive rooms that magically recreate our planet’s ecosystems and ecological issues.  After lunch on your own at Chelsea Pier, we visit Artechouse, similar to the Van Gogh experience and located right under the pier.  Get ready to be dazzled!

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A Cup of the Valley Coffee and Tea Festival     Sunday, April 3, 2022

Revel 32 – Cold Springs, NY

Enjoy special tastings of coffee and tea throughout the festival, as well as exhibitions and an Ethiopian Coffee Tasting Ceremony.  Have fun with tea leaf reading, and meet the author of Theater Ghost, Sarah Alden Combs, as she signs her book and answers questions.  You will have time to enjoy the festival and get lunch on your own, and then it is off to Cold Springs to enjoy a walking tour of all that village has to offer, including the beauty of Dockside Park.

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Perfect Poetic Grandeur: Oheka Castle & Walt Whitman Birthplace     Tuesday, April 12, 2022

Long Island, NY

Visit the second largest private residence in the US, built by Otto Hermann Kahn in 1919, perched at the highest point of Long Island.  The Castle, built to resemble a French chateau, experienced its heyday during the Gilded Age and hosted Hollywood luminaries and royalty alike.  We will see the property and the amazing gardens in all its’ glory.  Lunch will follow at OHK Bar and Restaurant, and then we are off to the birthplace of Walt Whitman, a very simple farmhouse only minutes from Oheka.

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Mindfulness Among the Wildflowers: Forest Therapy Walk at Bowman’s Hill Wildflower Preserve     Wednesday, May 11, 2022

Bucks County, PA

Forest Therapy, inspired by the Japanese practice of “shinrin yoku” means to move slowly and meaningfully through nature, soaking it in with all of our senses.  Our guide will lead us on a quarter mile adventure as everything is in bloom and help us find the quiet rhythm of nature.  Following our walk, lunch is included at Bowman’s Tavern and then there will be plenty of time for strolling the streets of historic downtown New Hope, PA, before returning with a new appreciation for nature!

A Titanic Adventure     Sunday, June 5, 2022

West Point Village, PA

Visit the Village Teahouse, located in a 124-year-old Victorian home, and enjoy your adventure on the HMS Titanic!  Once aboard, guests will enjoy a tea and luncheon featuring authentic ship fare while being entertained by recreations of passenger experiences and historical interpretations of the ships last day at sea.  Smile for your boarding photo, feel free to dress in your period best, and stay dry while experiencing the luxury of the Titanic.