SPRING TRIPS WITH OLLI
SPRING
(021) Day-Trip: MSU Horticultural Gardens & Museum
Everything will be coming up roses, perennials and annuals on this motorcoach trip to East Lansing! If you enjoy gardening mixed with a measure of natural and cultural history, this trip is for you. We will begin the day at the MSU gardens where we will enjoy a guided tour of the 4-H Children’s Garden, and the Horticultural Demonstration Gardens. The children’s gardens are delightful and include a tree house built out of twigs and limbs, a garden house, an amphitheater and themed gardens, such as pizza and Peter Rabbit. The demonstration gardens include impressive floral displays that include annuals, perennials and roses. Lunch will follow at Clara’s Lansing Station where you will have your choice of seven entrees. After lunch we head to the MSU Museum which has three floors of exhibits devoted to natural and cultural history with an emphasis on the Great Lakes regions. This will be a self-guided tour. The trip includes admission to the gardens and museum; a guided tour of the garden; lunch; deluxe motorcoach transportation from SVSU to East Lansing; and snacks on the bus. Please note that this trip does require some walking.
Friday: May 30 from 8 a.m. - 6 p.m.
Price: $69 Members; $89 Non-Members
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(022) Day Trip & Pre-Trip Class: Hemingway on the Road
Join Mike Federspiel, a CMU History professor and current President of the Michigan Hemingway Society, on true adventure. We’ll head off for the Petosky area where Ernest Hemingway spent his summers on Walloon Lake. On the bus, you’ll listen to some interesting background on Hemingway’s formative years and watch some videos. Our day will include: a stop at the Little Traverse Historical Museum; lunch at the City Park Grill in downtown Petosky, where you will have an opportunity to sit on "his" barstool; time in Horton’s Bay and Walloon Lake to see the General Store, Red Fox Inn and Windermere Cottage; and a little free time to shop in Petosky. The price includes deluxe motorcoach transportation from SVSU, lunch, admission to the museum and snacks on the bus. It also includes a pre-trip class on Monday, June 2nd with Federspiel, which will provide more biographical and literal information on Hemingway. It is suggested that you read The Nick Adams Stories prior to the day trip.
Pre-Trip Class - Monday Night: June 2 from 6:30 - 8:30 p.m.
Monday Day Trip: June 16 from 7:30 a.m. - 7:00 p.m.
Price: $89 Members; $109 Non-Members
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(023) Day Trip: Detroit - Much More than Sports Teams & Casinos
Join Bob Goldsmith with Detroit Tour Connections for an interesting day in the "big city" which will feature downtown highlights, historic churches and theaters, ethic communities, private clubs and more. Bob will join us on the motorcoach for a portion of the tour, which he will narrate as we drive by many historic and interesting sites. We will also step off the bus and tour a number of locations with Bob and another guide. Bob was born in Detroit, grew up in Southfield, and then went to college and law school at the U of M. He started giving tours of Detroit for Preservation Wayne in 2001. His law practice is now in a downtown skyscraper and he lives in an apartment near the Fox Theatre and Comerica Park. We’ll enjoy lunch at Fishbone’s Rhythm Kitchen Café which has captured the fine dining and festive atmosphere of the New Orleans French Quarter. Our family style lunch will include some Cajun dishes, plus some more traditional fare. The trip includes the tours, lunch, deluxe motorcoach transportation from SVSU to Detroit, and snacks on the bus. Please note that this trip does require some walking.
Tuesday: June 10 from 8 a.m. - 6 p.m.
Price: $79 Members; $99 Non-Members
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(018) Overnight Trip: 4th Annual OLLI Stratford Extravaganza
Join OLLI members and friends for a two-day whirlwind motorcoach trip to Stratford, Ontario. We’ll see three shows, including two Shakespearean plays. The package includes: A+ seating at Cabaret, Romeo and Juliet, and Love’s Labour’s Lost; your choice of a chat with the actors, warehouse tour, or shopping in town; lodging at the Festival Inn; lunch on Wednesday at the delightful Trattoria Fabrizio; dinner on Wednesday and breakfast on Thursday at the Festival Inn; round-trip deluxe motorcoach transportation from SVSU to Stratford, and to all the shows and meals; and beverages and snacks on the bus. Learn more about the shows by visiting the Stratford Festival website at www.stratfordshakespearefestival.com Sign up early, this trip always fills up quickly.
Wednesday and Thursday: June 25 & 26 (leave SVSU at 8 a.m. and return approximately 10 pm)
Trip Fee: Double Occupancy: Members $475; Non-Members $505. Single Occupancy: Members $555; Non-Members $585
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