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Itinerary |
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Day # 1, Friday, October 15, 2010 |
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09:00am |
Depart: Daytripping |
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Santa Rosa, CA |
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11:10am |
Airport Arrival & Check In |
Continental Airlines |
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08:00pm |
Hotel Arrival & Check In |
Thayer Hotel |
West Point, NY |
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Day # 2, Saturday, October 16, 2010 |
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12:30pm |
Lunch at The Park |
West Point Tours |
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A historic landmark hotel located on a bluff overlooking the Hudson River and directly on the grounds of West Point. The Thayer Hotel offers an excellent lunch in elegant surroundings.
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02:15pm |
Tour West Point |
West Point Tours |
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This tour is a combined bus and walking tour with a step-on-guide on our bus which tells the story of West Point, its role in the Revolution, its famous history along with stories about graduates who shaped our nation. The tour will bring the long grey line to the present as you learn of the cadet experience and West Point’s continuing role in training the leaders of tomorrow. This tour goes around the post with stops at the Main Cadet Chapel, Trophy Point overlooking the Hudson River and the Plain.You are off the bus for approximately 1 hour. Easy walking.
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10:00pm |
Commander Cruise |
West Point Tours |
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Cruise through the dramatic Hudson Highlands on an historic maritime landmark, the Commander is an authentic 1917 river boat.
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Day # 3, Sunday, October 17, 2010 |
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12:30pm |
Lunch |
Norman Rockwell Museum |
Stockbridge, MA |
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01:30pm |
Tour |
Norman Rockwell Museum |
Stockbridge, MA |
Website
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05:00pm |
Dinner |
Red Lion |
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Since 1773, The Red Lion Inn has been welcoming travelers to the beauty of the Berkshires with traditional New England hospitality. The inn has hosted five presidents and numerous other notable figures, including Nathaniel Hawthorne, William Cullen Bryant and Henry Wadsworth Longfellow. An outstanding collection of early American furnishings and china adorn the guest rooms and common areas, much of which was assembled over a century ago. Located at the center of the historic village of Stockbridge, it is one of the few inns in New England that has been operated continuously since before the year 1800.
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Day # 4, Monday, October 18, 2010 |
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10:00am |
CIA Tour |
CIA Hyde Park |
Hyde Park, NY |
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11:30am |
Catarina Restaurant |
CIA Hyde Park |
Hyde Park, NY |
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03:30pm |
Hudson River Art Gallery Tour |
Frances Lehman Loeb Art Center |
Poughkeepsie, NY |
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Day # 5, Tuesday, October 19, 2010 |
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01:15am |
Lunch at FDR Library Cafe |
FDR Library & Museum |
Hyde Park, NY |
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03:45pm |
Kykuit & Pocantico Chapel |
Kykuit |
Sleepy Hollow, NY |
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Kykuit & The Union Church of Pocantico Hills
Kykuit tour that includes the main house and a visit to the lovely Inner Garden and West Terrace, with its splendid Hudson River views.PLUS a visit to The Union Church of Pocantico Hills. The church contains stained glass windows by Henri Matisse and Marc Chagall commissioned by members of the Rockefeller family in the 1950s and 1960s.
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10:00pm |
Tour Springwood FDR Home |
FDR Library & Museum |
Hyde Park, NY |
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12:00am |
FDR Museum Tour |
FDR Library & Museum |
Hyde Park, NY |
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Explore the life and times of America's only four-term president
in the FDR Library's Museum. Multimedia shows, fascinating
artifacts, and rare documents bring you face to face with history.
The exhibits trace a story from FDR's birth at Hyde Park in 1882 through the dramatic years of his presidency. There is also an extensive gallery devoted to the life and career of First Lady
Eleanor Roosevelt.
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Day # 6, Wednesday, October 20, 2010 |
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11:00am |
ValKil House Tour |
ValKil |
Hyde Park, NY |
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01:00pm |
Hotel Arrival & Check In |
Mohonk Mountain House |
New Paltz, NY |
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Day # 8, Friday, October 22, 2010 |
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11:10am |
Airport Arrival & Check In |
Continental Airlines |
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07:00pm |
Return: Daytripping |
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Santa Rosa, CA |
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