Fall Finger Lakes Trip: Sep. 8–10, 2015 A Smorgasbord for

OLLI SPECIAL EVENTS COMMITTEE presents
Fall Finger Lakes Trip: Sep. 8–10, 2015
A Smorgasbord for the Senses
Depart Big Y, Lee 7:30 am Tues. Sep. 8. Return Thurs. Sep. 10 at 6 pm.
Where we’ll stay: The childhood home of Thomas J. Watson, founder of IBM
Corporation, now the Watson Homestead Conference & Retreat Center. Rooms
feature 2 double beds with private baths built in 1990 to house a burgeoning
Elderhostel market. www.watsonhomestead.com
Lunch upon arrival. Bags placed in your rooms while dining. Departure at 1:15 to KEUKA LAKE.
Discover the mechanical genius who is the inventor of naval aviation.
*Inventor of 87 U.S. Patents * First pre-announced public airplane flight
*Developed 8 cycle engine that led to the motorcycle
Supper at the Watson Homestead followed by an evening program with Dr. Barbara Snedecor: A slide-illustrated lecture on
Mark Twain in Elmira. How Elmira influenced Clements toward abolitionist cause. See photos of his beloved Quarry Farm
where almost all of his popular novels were written during the 20 summers the Clements family spent in Elmira.
Sep. 9th: After a full breakfast depart for CORNING MUSEUM OF GLASS. Each of us will blow
an ornament & make fused glass sun catcher. Then on to recently expanded $56 million wing
opened in March 2015. Lunch at Museum in café. Hot Glass demonstrations. Enjoy 2 special
exhibits: Ennion & His Legacy: Mold-Blown Glass from Ancient Rome On to Rakow Library
for America’s Favorite Dish: Celebrating a Century of Pyrex.
Cross the Chemung River for walking tour of historic Market Street.
Spirited end at BOTTLES & WINES for tasting of over 100 Finger Lakes wineries.
Evening Program with JENNY MONROE: Tales of Iroquois clan mother’s influence on women’s rights movement connecting
us with Seneca Falls site and matrilineal culture from confederacy founding in 1400’s to today.
Sept. 10th: Travel between two of the largest Finger Lakes passing
vineyards and quaint Watkins Glen, Women’s Rights National Historical
Park in Seneca Falls, tour of Wesleyan Chapel, site of 1st women’s
convention in 1848 plus time for Museum and exhibits. Lunch on your own!
Cost: $540/person/double occupancy; $75 additional for single occupancy. Includes bus, tips, admissions, guides,
2 nights accommodations, tours, lectures, 7 meals and great company! Detailed information mailed to participants.
NEED RESERVATIONS FOR 20 PEOPLE TO COMMIT TRIP.
RESERVATIONS REQUIRED BY APRIL 30, 2015
Special Events chair: Arline Breskin 413.446.4102
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