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TRIPS FOR THE “OVER 55” - Prince William Area

BLUEBIRD

POLICY M ANUAL

The current Bluebird policy manual is available at the Prince William Area Agency on Aging office located at Prince William County Building - 5 County Complex, Suite 240, at the Woodbridge and Manassas Senior Centers and online at www.pwcgov.org/bluebird. It is your responsibility to make yourself aware of important information concerning your Bluebird experience.

Payment Policy Payments for trips are due within two weeks of making the reservation. Check, exact cash, money order or credit card is accepted. If you do not make your payment within those two weeks your name can be dropped from the reservation list without notice. Receipts for payments can be emailed. When making your payment, request a receipt by providing an active email address. If you don’t have email, request a confirmation be mailed.

Refunds and Cancellations

If you need to cancel your reservation, please call Quality Tour Transportation and speak with one of the agents handling the Bluebird Tour program. All cancellations are subject to an administrative fee of $5.00 for day trips and $10.00 for overnight trips. A refund will only be given if there is someone on the “standby list” to take your space Trip cancellation insurance is available only for the overnight tours and it is highly suggested.

Schedule and Trip Information Schedules for the Bluebird trips can be printed from the web page: www.pwcgov.org/bluebird. To receive trip information via email, send a request to [email protected]. Call 703-792-7433 (RIDE) to check if a current trip is operating as scheduled.

Guidelines for Tipping The suggested gratuity for a driver is $2-$3 per day. The gratuity for sightseeing guides is included in cost of tour. A docent is usually not tipped for their service. If a meal is included in a tour, all taxes and gratuities have already been included in the tour cost (excluding alcoholic beverages). Tour Escorts do not expect tips, but do appreciate them.

Trip Insurance TRIP CANCELLATION INSURANCE IS AVAILABLE ONLY ON OVERNIGHT TOURS AND IS NOT INCLUDED in the price of the overnight trips. However, insurance is available through Our Travel Guard Chartism and is available for each individual. Rates are based on the cost of the tour and your age. The insurance provides trip cancellation coverage, trip interruption coverage, baggage up to $500, emergency accident/sickness medical expenses up to $2,500, and emergency evacuation repatriation of remains up to $25,000. The insurance must be paid for with your first deposit or payment on the trip. The cost will be provided on request.

Seating Policy for One Day Trips Passengers boarding in Manassas sit on the Driver’s side of the bus. Passengers boarding in Woodbridge sit on the Door side of the bus.

Departure Points

One Day Tours Manassas at Walmart located at 9401 Liberia Avenue. We load in the parking lot away from the store. No parking overnight. Woodbridge at Featherstone Shopping Center located at 14527 Jefferson Davis Highway. We load in the parking lot to the side of McDonald’s. No parking overnight.

Overnight Tours

The public parking lot next door to the Manassas Sr. Center located at 9320 Mosby Street, Manassas, VA 20110. The A. J. Ferlazzo Building located at 15941 Donald Curtis Drive, Woodbridge, VA 22191. For this pickup point, you will receive a parking permit in with your baggage tags and itinerary.

Return Times

The bus driver will make the decision as to which location will be dropped off first. The decision will be based on the factors that affect driving.

Note: All return times are approximate.

The driver will provide a more exact time

on the return day of the trip.

Alcohol

NOTE: No consumption of alcohol is

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RESERVATIONS

Reservations commence on the date listed

under each tour destination in this schedule.

For Reservations & Information, call Quality

Tours between 8:00 a.m. & 5:00 p.m.

Monday-Friday at (703) 339-0333 or visit our

office at 8025 Mims Street, Lorton, VA

Monday-Friday between 8:00 a.m. and 4:00

p.m. or email us at:

[email protected]

No reservation may be taken before the

reservation date begins. On reservation day,

reservations can be made for up to four

persons per phone call. Reservations will

continue to be taken after that date up to one

week prior to trip departure or until the tour is

full, whichever comes first. One day tours

must have a minimum of twenty persons to

run and an overnight tour must have a

minimum of thirty persons to run.

All tours may take place on a Quality Tour

Transport motor coach. Three (3) days after

the initial reservation date, remaining space

will be opened to residents over 18 years of

age as well as groups from Prince William

County and neighboring counties. To ensure a

reservation, all fees and/or bus fares must be

paid in full 14 days after the reservation date

or your reservation may be cancelled.

Installment payments may be arranged for any

tour with the reservationist at time of booking.

Checks are to be made payable to Quality

Tour Transport, Inc. and mailed to:

Quality Tour Transport, Inc.

P.O. Box 1520

Lorton, VA 22199

We ask that you issue a check for each tour

booked and indicate the date of the tour on

each check. If you pay by cash, you must

present the exact amount. Payment can also

be made by credit card. Trip money will be

accepted as soon as the reservation has been

confirmed. Please refer to the Bluebird Tour

Program Policy Manual for full details of the

policies governing the Bluebird Program.

You may pick up a copy at the Manassas or

Woodbridge Senior Center, or the Central

Office of the Agency on Aging.

BLUEBIRD TRAVEL ADVISORY

COMMITTEE

CHAIRPERSON

Chester H. Smith – 703-368-9552

VICE CHAIRPERSON

Gerry Nowinski – 703-494-5489

Joyce Andrew -703-392-9745

Bill Barnhart – 703-791-2197

Diane Fulton – 703-590-3512

Jill Gentry – 703-335-1529

Fran Harrod – 703-791-6381

Wanda Pulliam – 703-670-3731

Carol Scarton - 703-361-3181

Robert Skipper- 703-530-7758

Nan Wehmeyer – 703-670-0319

Find Us on the Web:

www.pwcgov.org/aoa/bluebird

or also at

www.qualitytour.com or www.dctrails.com

BLUEBIRD NAME TAGS ARE AVAILABLE

AT A COST OF $8. CONTACT CHESTER

SMITH AT 703-368-9552

BLUEBIRD QUARTERLY MEETING July 7, 2017, 10:00 a.m. in the Board Chambers of

the McCoart Building.

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Bluebird Social: Monday, May 8, 2017

Hibachi Grill in Woodbridge

12:30 p.m.

A courtesy bus departs Manassas at 11:45

a.m.

MAY Monday, May 1

Sherwood gardens &

Baltim ore harbor

cruise

Baltimore, MD

Cost: $70 pp **PRICE SUBSIDIZED BY BLUEBIRD COMMITTEE

Reservations Opened: February 1 Enjoy the approximately 80,000 tulip bulbs planted annually along with other spring flowering bulbs. Dogwoods, flowering cherries, wisteria and magnolias bloom throughout the gardens. One will also enjoy the brightly colored azaleas and old English boxwoods. Some of these plants date back as far as the 18th century and were collected from gardens of Colonial estates in Southern Maryland. We will then enjoy lunch at Sabatino’s Italian Restaurant followed by a harbor cruise. We will depart Manassas at 7:30 a.m. and Woodbridge at 8:15 a.m. Return time is approximately 6:15 p.m. and Woodbridge at 5:30 p.m. SOLD OUT. WAIT LIST ONLY

Saturday, May 6 THE 90

th Shenandoah

apple blossom parade

& FESTIVAL

Winchester, VA

Cost: $57 pp

Reservations Opened: February 6 The Shenandoah Apple Blossom Festival is a series of more than thirty events, but the biggest and most extravagant is the Grand Parade. The Festival is held in Winchester, Virginia in the beautiful and historic Northern Shenandoah Valley. In addition to the parade with our reserved seats, we will attend Weekend in The Park with hundreds of crafts folks and food vendors for lunch on your own. We will depart Woodbridge at 7:30 a.m. . and Manassas at 815 a.m. Return time is approximately 6:30 p.m. No food is included on this tour and walking on uneven terrain is involved at Weekend in the Park. Reserved seats for the parade and admission to the Park are included.

Saturday, May 6 Em bassy open house

Washington, DC


Reservations Opened: February 6 We will meet our guide at the Navy Memorial/Archives Metro Station. We will proceed to Embassy Row to begin our tour as

we stroll the halls and gardens of these beautiful private buildings. Let your imagination run across the globe. Immerse yourself in International Cultures. The embassies offer indigenous treats, cultural performances, touring, and shopping for exotic crafts and goods from their countries. A Passport is included for stamping as you visit each country. Lunch is included at a local area restaurant and then continue our tour of the Embassies. The names of the Embassies that will be open have not yet been announced. We will depart Manassas at 8:30 a.m. and Woodbridge at 9:15 a.m. Return time is approximately 5:00 p.m. NOTE: This tour is limited to 40 participants. SOLD OUT. WAIT LIST ONLY

Wednesday, May 10 William paca house &

gardens &

ANNAPOLIS harbor

cruise

Baltimore, MD


Reservations Opened: February 6 This five-part Georgian mansion was built in the 1760s by William Paca, one of Maryland’s four Signers of the Declaration of Independence and the state’s third Governor. Carefully restored by Historic Annapolis beginning in 1965, today it is recognized as one of the finest 18th-century homes in the country and a National Historic Landmark. Guided tours of the house, which features period furnishings and paintings, reveal the inner workings of an upper-class household in colonial and revolutionary Annapolis. The gardens have been painstakingly restored to its original splendor as a picturesque retreat from the bustle of the city. Visitors can view native and heirloom plants while exploring the terraced landscape’s formal Parterres, naturalistic Wilderness, and practical Kitchen garden. The garden frequently hosts weddings, receptions, and other special events. After lunch that is included, we will take a delightful harbor cruise with views of the US Naval Academy. We will depart Manassas at 7:30 a.m. and Woodbridge at 8:15 a.m. Return time in the area is approximately 4:30 p.m. SOLD OUT. WAIT LIST ONLY

Saturday, May 13 THE GAITHERS AT

AM ERICAN M USIC

THEATRE

Lancaster, PA

Cost: $135 pp Reservations Opened: February 10

A full afternoon of entertainment and meaningful music is a rare treat anytime, but when the occasion includes the best-loved voices in gospel music, it’s a must-see celebration! If you attend just one musical event this year, this event hosted by Bill Gaither and featuring these artists is one you can’t miss. It will leave you encouraged, grateful and most certainly

smiling! Buffet lunch is prior to the performance at the Eden

Resort. We will depart Manassas at 8:15 a.m. and Woodbridge at 9:00 a.m. We will arrive back in the area at approximately 9:00 p.m. SOLD OUT. WAIT LIST ONLY

Monday, May 15 NATIONAL M USEUM OF

AFRICAN AM ERICAN

HISTORY AND CULTURE

Washington, DC

Cost: $36 pp Reservations Open: Immediately

More than 100 years after it was originally proposed, the Smithsonian National Museum of African American History and Culture is opening its doors in Washington, D.C. This national museum helps to tell a richer and fuller story of those Americans of African descent. A hundred years in the making the story can now be revealed. The Sweet Home Cafe inside the museum offers food that satisfies the hunger — and a space that satisfies the mind. It has four serving stations, each representing a region of the United States: The North States, Western Range, Agriculture South and Creole Coast. The idea is to expand people's understanding of just how much African-Americans have contributed to our nation's culinary heritage. We will depart Manassas at 8:00 a.m. and Woodbridge at 8:45 a.m. Return time is approximately 2:00 p.m.

Wednesday, May 17 UNITED STATES NAVAL

ACADEM Y

Annapolis, MD


Reservations Open: Immediately Since 1845 the U.S. Naval Academy has been sitting on a 338-acre campus along the banks of the Severn River. At the Visitor’s Center you will be able to visit the tax free Naval Academy Gift Shop and see the film. We will then take a walking tour of the Yard conducted by official Naval Academy tour guides, who discuss the history and traditions of the academy and midshipmen life. Highlights of the tour include the Naval Academy Chapel, Bancroft Hall, the midshipmen’s dormitory with five miles of hallways, Tecumseh Court, where a statue of the Indian warrior watches over the impressive noon formation of midshipmen and the crypt of John Paul Jones, the Revolutionary War naval hero. After the tour, we will be able to see the inspiring noon formation followed by an outstanding buffet lunch at the Naval Academy Club featuring salmon and flatiron steak. Lunch will be followed by a guided tour of the Naval Academy Museum located in Preble Hall. Here you can see more than 50,000 naval artifacts. We will depart Manassas at 7:00 a.m. and Woodbridge at 7:45 a.m. Return time is approximately 5:00 p.m. A driver’s license photo ID only is required and we ask you to make your reservation as your name is listed on your ID. As you can no doubt tell, there is considerable walking on the grounds tour for 1-1/4 hours and periods of time on your feet for the noon formation and the museum. Wear comfortable shoes should you decide to go.

Friday-Sunday, May 19-21 m usic & rails

Elkins, West Virginia

Cost: $715 Single and $565 Twin pp Reservations Opened: February 8

This is the most excitement you can have in three days! Climb deep into un-inhabited mountains on two Wild and Wonderful Train Rides, then come back to earth and enjoy Forge. This is as good as it gets! Your tour includes two dinners, one hobo lunch and two continental breakfasts as well as three train rides. A $100 deposit per person is due with reservation. Full refund is cancelled 45 days prior to departure. We will depart Woodbridge, at 6:15 a.m. and Manassas at 7:00 a.m. Return time is approximately 7:00 p.m.

The Itinerary

The Cheat Mountain Salamander has climate controlled passenger cars and provides a ride through the wild, high-mountain wilderness of West Virginia. Much of this trip Day 1 – Arriving in Elkins, WV you enjoy a two-night stay at the Holiday Inn Express in the Elkins Railyard. The Railyard is a beautiful development project that consists of the Durbin & Greenbrier Valley Rail Depot, American Mountain Theater, the Railyard Restaurant & Gift Shop, a small amphitheater, and is the future site of a Railyard Museum complete with repair barns and turntable – and you are in the middle of it all. Your evening entertainment begins with a meal at Elkins’ newest theater, The Gandy Dancer. In a beautiful new dining room, you enjoy a very nice meal. Followed by the Mountain Memories Show Band and a musical variety show that is filled with high energy family-friendly comedy and music. Day 2 – This morning you enjoy a ride on the Cass Scenic Railroad. This is a historic timber train that will take you to Whitaker Station where you see how logs were cabled out of the forest onto the train then hauled to market. You will then continue up the mountain to Spruce of a paper mill until 1950. Here in this high mountain valley you change trains, boarding the Cheat Mountain Salamander for a trip back down the mountain to Elkins. We will then board the Cheat Mountain Salamander’s climate controlled passenger cars for a 2 1/2 hour ride through the wild, high-mountain wilderness of West Virginia. A photo stop is made at the High Falls of the Cheat River, 18 feet tall and 150 feet across, this beautiful location is 5 miles from the closest road. After High Falls your train follows the tumbling Cheat through another 21 miles of scenic wilderness. This is unspoiled and uninhabited forest, with gorgeous tree topped mountain vistas, where hardwoods and evergreens grow to the edge of boulder strewn white water rivers. During the ride, you enjoy a Sandwich Buffet served in the “Red Spruce” dining car. This evening we will enjoy dinner in a Timber Baron's Mansion followed by the American Mountain Theater Evening Variety Show, a two-hour show featuring a variety of musical styles that includes country, gospel, pop and patriotic tunes that is blended together with a little homespun humor to provide you a warm and wonderful evening of Wows and Giggles. Day 3 – This morning we depart Elkins for Frostburg, MD where we will board the Western Scenic Railroad for a scenic ride through the mountains of western Maryland to Cumberland. Our dinner which is included will be in Hancock, Maryland at the Park-N-Dine. On our bus ride home, relax and reflect on your one-of-a-kind weekend.

Monday-Saturday, May 29-June 3 Real housewives of

Indiana & OHIO

Featuring Walnut Creek,

Ohio & Nappanee, IN

Cost: $1120 Single or $870 Twin pp Reservations Opened: February 21

We are very familiar with the Pennsylvania Dutch, but how much to you know about the Amish of Ohio and Indiana. We think Pennsylvania is the only place you can find real Amish, but just like lots of other settlers, they moved west and found fertile farming grounds in Ohio and Indiana where they could settle down and live life according to their religious principles. Our tour includes four unique dinners – dinner with an Amish family, an Amish wedding feast, a Threshers dinner, a dinner at Amish Acres, a dinner in Pittsburgh, PA and five breakfasts and one lunch. We will spend two nights in Walnut Creek, two nights at Amish Acres in Nappanee and one night in Pittsburgh, PA. A $100 deposit per person is due with reservation. Full refund if cancelled 45 days prior to departure. We will depart Manassas at 6:15 a.m. and Woodbridge at 7:00 a.m. Arrival time back in the area is approximately 7:00 p.m.

The Itinerary

Day 1: Today, travel to Ohio Amish Country. You will be lodging in either Berlin or Millersburg, OH for the night. Dinner at the Berlin Farmstead Restaurant as you enjoy a family-style dinner. You will enjoy the beauty of the country setting and the bounty of the country kitchen. Day 2: Guided Ohio Amish Touring This morning following breakfast meet your Amish guide and begin your day. Stop at Heini's Cheese Start with a visit to Heini's Cheese House & Country Mall, family owned since 1935. View cheese making, free samples of over 50 Amish cheeses, Heritage curtain & lace, smoked Amish meats, homemade jellies, homemade Amish fudge & candles, hand-dipped ice cream, Amish gifts & souvenirs, party trays & gifts packages, bulk foods & candy, and more. Visit Troyer's Handmade Candies to make and take your very own buckeye candies. While here, be sure to sample some of Lydia’s most popular confections such as cashew crunch, caramel butter puffs, cream truffles, turtle bars and more! Tour the Millersburg Victorian Mansion, the historic Millersburg Victorian mansion built around the turn of the 20th century and featured on HGTV’s Victorian America. Enjoy a tour of the mansion filled with history and possibly ghosts! The home is listed on the National Register of Historic Places. Visit the Hersberger Farm & Bakery, the bakery features famous fry pies, stuffed cookies, cream sticks, breads and more!! Take home some of the homemade jams, jellies, noodles and other treats. While there enjoy looking at Big Ben, the largest Belgian draft horse in the US!! Then visit one of the areas local cheese factories. Sample over 50 different varieties of cheese and watch cheese making in progress through glass windows. Learn to Make Shoofly Pie. We will travel to Nappanee, IN where upon arrival at Amish Acres we’ll enjoy a fun hands-on group activity in the Amish Acres bakery kitchen as we learn how to make a Shoofly Pie in the kitchen with Frieda the

Amish baker and take home our tasty creation. Lodging for two nights at Amish Acres. Wine Tasting in the Barn Loft Grill before our Threshers Dinner & Round Barn Theatre Show. Enjoy a famous family-style Thresher’s with hearth baked bread, to platters of steaming country chicken, cider baked ham, and beef; the menu brings “Oohs and Aah’s” from hungry “Threshers” of all ages. Topping off the day, here in the Round Barn Theater is a theatrical production of “Plain and Fancy,” the story of life and love on an Amish farm. Day 3: Real Indiana Amish Housewives Tour Meet your local guide this morning for a Real Indiana Amish Housewives Tour. Forget reality TV instead meet the real housewives of Amish Country. Get a first-hand look at a day in the life of a real Amish woman and the cottage industries they’ve created. Visit with an authentic Amish housewife to learn how household chores are done without electrical appliances. Learn how the families make a living without modern technology ruling everyday life! Cinnamon Roll Demonstration Enjoy a cinnamon roll demo with Elaine or Mary Lou. Haystack Lunch Visit Carolyn’s home for a haystack lunch and peanut butter crumb pie making demo. Basket Weaving & Visit with Amish School Teacher Chat with a basket weaver about her thriving business. Meet an Amish school teacher and find out how she manages her classes in a one room school, here everyone will have after school treat – a whoopee pie!! Amish Quilting Bee & Dinner in Amish Homestead This evening Elaine Jones invites you to join her and her family and friends in an Amish quilting bee. Enjoy a delicious home cooked traditional Amish meal and then pull up a chair around original quilt frames filled with hand pieced Amish quilts. They will demonstrate how to piece, mark and get the quilt ready to sew. Then you will sit beside the ladies and participate, watch, learn or just chat as they lead both the novice and experienced quilter in an old-fashioned quilting bee. Men in the group are welcome to join Elaine’s husband for conversation in the barn. Dinner at the Amish Homestead. Day 4: Brownbag Backroads Tour This morning travel the scenic backroads passing horse drawn buggies, tidy farm homes and white washed barns. Learn about the fascinating lifestyle of the Amish as your knowledgeable guide tells all about the area and the history, traditions, and customs of the Amish. You will stop at a variety of welcoming country stores and quaint shops as you load your brown bag with goodies. Overnight Lodging, Pittsburgh with dinner at Buca di Beppo where. all meals are served family-style with salad, pasta, entree, dessert and beverage. Day 5: Expanded continental breakfast then depart for home.

JUNE Sunday, June 4

Riverside Dinner

Theatre presents

som e enchanted

evening

Fredericksburg, VA


Reservations Open: Immediately

SOME ENCHANTED EVENING – THE SONGS OF RODGERS & HAMMERSTEIN will celebrate Riverside’s twentieth-anniversary season. The season opens with this glorious celebration of the most memorable songs of the team that established the Broadway musical as a totally American genre, Richard Rodgers and Oscar Hammerstein. Their parade of hit shows across a span of nearly seventeen years of collaboration made Broadway shine with such landmark musicals as Oklahoma, Carousel, South Pacific, The King and I, Me and Juliet, Cinderella, Flower Drum Song, and The Sound of Music. More than just a collection of over thirty iconic R&H compositions, this production interplays their songs in a dialogue between five performers as they develop their personalities and express their perspectives on relationships. From a backstage setting in the first act that features ensemble performances, to an on stage second act devoted to solo performances, listening to the classic songs of R&H styled by each character will be like hearing the music and lyrics for the very first time. Don’t miss the passion and beauty of Richard Rodgers” music and the deceptively simple yet moving lyrics of Oscar Hammerstein live on stage. We will depart Manassas at 11:30 a.m. and Woodbridge at 12:15 a.m. Return time is approximately 5:30 p.m.

Saturday, June 10 The Nationals vs. the

Texas rangers

Washington, DC


Reservations Open: May 9 We have great seats out of the direct sunlight in the right field corner just past first base. You will also be in the area with easy access to the restrooms and the food vendors. The game starts at 12:05 p.m. Be there to encourage our home team for the season that perhaps will take them to a national championship. We will depart Manassas at 9:45 a.m. and Woodbridge at 10:30 a.m. Return time is approximately 4:45 p.m. There is no food included

Tuesday, June 13 9/11 m em orial and

Observation Tower at

One World Trade

Center

New York, NY


Reservations Open: Immediately Our first stop will be We South Street Seaport, Lower Manhattan’s east-side shopping destination. The Pier 17 shopping mall offers a distinct mix of shops, restaurants, cafés and stunning views of the East River. Enjoy lunch on your own. We will then proceed to meet our guide for a special 90-minute tour of the 9/11 Memorial guided by New Yorkers who have a personal connection to that tragic day. Hear their personal stories and the touching recounts of tragedy and heroism of many other everyday citizens. The tour begins at St. Paul's Chapel, the oldest public building in New York City in continuous use. This church miraculously survived the falling buildings and debris from the 9/11 attacks despite it

being only a block away. It became a makeshift rescue center during the aftermath and its iron fence became a bulletin board where family members posted notices of their missing loved ones. Today, with the mementos received from people around the world, the church serves as a tribute site. You’ll hear about the heroic emergency responders at the Firefighter's 9/11 Memorial Wall, and see Engine and Ladder Company 10/10, the fire station at Ground Zero. Enter the 9/11 Memorial, where you can pay your respects to those who lost their lives in the World Trade Center. See the Reflecting Absence Memorial, the largest manmade waterfall inside the 9/11 Memorial, symbolizing the vast void left by the tragedy. Learn how the names of the nearly 3,000 victims were placed around the waterfall next to their friends, family members, and colleagues. See the new Freedom Tower and World Trade Center rise from the ground in this beautiful 8-acre green city oasis. As the tour portion ends, your guide will give you your timed admission tickets for the Freedom Tower Observatory, a panoramic observation deck that is a marvel of engineering and architecture. The program begins in the lobby of the Freedom Tower with Voices, which is a film dedicated to the men and women of the World Trade Towers and the new One World Trade Center. You will then take the Sky Pod elevator and rise 1,250 feet above ground in 60 seconds. Before we leave the city, we will enjoy dinner at Dallas BBQ featuring chicken and ribs with all the trimmings. We will depart Manassas at 5:45 a.m. and Woodbridge at 6:30 a.m. Return time is approximately 10:30 p.m.

Thursday, June 15 STEEPED IN HISTORY

Gettysburg, PA

Cost: $149 pp Reservations Open: May 12

Ride aboard the Steam into History train likely using a diesel engine for this ride traveling from New Freedom depot to Glen Rock and return on the Northern Central Railroad route President Abraham Lincoln traveled on his way to deliver the famous Gettysburg Address. The one-hour train ride features a narrative telling about the historic route yesterday and today. Next, we proceed to The Victorian Parlor lnn located in Spring Grove where you will rediscover the elegance of an authentic Victorian tea in an historic home during a six-course tea meal. Start with fresh fruit salad with topping, then enjoy a fresh garden salad followed by a delightful dish of sweets such as scones, tea breads, muffins or brownies with Devonshire cream. The fourth course includes two kinds of tea sandwiches followed by a bowl of soup and finally a scrumptious dessert such as peaches and cream cake, chocolate cake, strawberry pie, Hawaiian cake, red velvet and other seasonal favorites. As a special touch, group members will be able to choose from an assortment of hats to wear during the tea to complement their outfit, their style or just the whimsy of the day. (Please note this site has two restrooms so we suggest group members use facilities prior to arrival. Upon arrival at The Victorian Parlor please have group members take their seats right away so service can begin and then group members can stagger use of restrooms during visit.) Tour of the Warehime-Myers Mansion in Hanover. Built in the early 1900s by one of the men who owned the Hanover Shoe Factory, this masterpiece of architecture is full of collectibles including a wonderful array of tall case clocks, glassware, porcelain and much

more. We will depart Manassas at 5:45 a.m. and

Woodbridge at 6:30 a.m. Return time is approximately 9:00 p.m.

Saturday-Wednesday, June 17-21 Sail Boston

A True M aritim e

Experience

Cost: $875 Single and $671 Twin pp Reservations Opened: March 2

This unique adventure provides yachting in Newport, a sail aboard a Tall Ship as well as opportunity to go aboard other Tall Ships anchored in Boston Harbor. In addition, we will visit many fascinating sites including those involved in the maritime history of the area. The tour includes four expanded continental breakfasts, one lunch and two dinners as well as one night in Mystic, CT, one night in Coventry, RI and two nights in Danvers, MA. A $100 deposit per person is due with reservation. Full refund is cancelled 45 days prior to departure. We will depart Manassas at 6:15 a.m. and Woodbridge at 7:00 a.m. Return time is approximately 7:00 p.m. Following is the itinerary: Day 1: U.S. Coast Guard Museum - On the grounds of the picturesque Coast Guard Academy, the museum features incredible artifacts spanning the 200-year history of America’s premier maritime service. Arrive at the Quality Inn, Mystic, CT Dinner Included Day 2: Expanded Continental Breakfast-with Hot Choices Camelot Tour of Newport - In celebration of JFK's centennial year, return to Camelot by viewing President Kennedy’s and Jackie’s close associations with the City by the Sea. Sights include St. Mary’s Church, where the couple was married and attended Mass, Newport Country Club, The Newport Reading Room on historic Bellevue Avenue, Bailey Beach where the President would go for his morning swim, and Hammersmith Farm, Jackie’s childhood home and known as the Summer White House. Newport Yachting Experience w/Panera Lunch - Enjoy your Panera boxed lunch while sailing on a tall ship sail through Newport Harbor and Narragansett Bay accompanied with all the excitement of sailing in the Sailing Capital of America aboard the classic sailing schooner Madeleine. Glide by fabulous coastal sites, magnificent gilded age mansions, Newport's Yacht Club, the towering Newport Bridge, the Rock House and more. Marble House Mansion - Tour this sumptuous Vanderbilt-owned mansion built with 500,000 cubic feet of American, Italian and African Marbles. Stroll the beautiful grounds complete with a lovely Chinese Tea House. Brick Marketplace - Located on beautiful Newport Harbor. Take time for dinner on own in this beautiful sea-side marketplace, filled with shops, attractions and restaurants. Arrive at the Hampton Inn, Coventry, RI Day 3: Expanded Continental Breakfast. Full Day Guide Service Sail Boston - Boston’s wealth of maritime history stretches from land to the sea! Join Bostonians in welcoming crews and cadets from all over the world on this extraordinary trans-Atlantic regatta. Events will include special tall ship boarding to meet the crew and explore, a spectacular cadet and crew parade and more. Spirit of Boston Tall Ship Luncheon Cruise - Spend the afternoon on Boston Harbor with an up close, personal view of

the incredible Tall Ships. A fleet of over 50 ships from 28 different countries will be docked for the only United States port of call. Enjoy a full luncheon buffet while your cruise past the Ships and many of Boston's most historic sites. Boston Maritime Tour, Guided - Discover the nautical side of this historic city including Charles Navy Yard, USS Constitution (the oldest warship in the US Navy) Boston ‘s fishing industry, Tea Party site, and more. Faneuil Hall / Quincy Market - Take time to explore and have dinner on your own at this historic center filled with shops, eateries and carts of hand-crafted gifts. Arrive at the North Shore Hotel, Danvers, MA for two nights Day 4: Expanded Continental Breakfast Salem Tour - Learn about the famous 1692 witchcraft trials that consumed this New England sea-side village. Hear about the rich maritime history. View elaborate deep-water sea captain’s homes and the famous House of Seven Gables. Visit the Old Burying Point cemetery and witch trail Memorial. Salem Maritime Historic Site - Tour the historic Customs House and learn about how this Custom Service in Salem was vital to the new United States Government. Visit the 18th Century sailing vessel, The Friendship. Rockport Artist Colony - Ready your cameras for one of New England's most photographed locations at the very tip of stunning Cape Ann. Take time for lunch on own and browse the many galleries and boutiques filled with hand crafts. Sea Captains Homes - Tour the home of Gloucester’s most successful sea captain, Captain Elias Davis. Built in 1804, the home is furnished and decorated with domestic and personal items, such as a medicine chest and instruction booklet used by Captain Davis, who also was the ship’s doctor. Next, step back 100 years and check out the 1710 White-Ellery house. Gloucester House Dinner w/ Storyteller Included - Perched on beautiful Gloucester Harbor, dinner will be at the famous Gloucester House Restaurant serving the freshest seafood and followed by enchanting tales woven from seafaring fables and folk lore. Day #5 - Expanded Continental Breakfast-with Hot Choices, Travel Home.

Tuesday, June 22 CELTIC WOM EN

WOLF TRAP AT Vienna, VA


Reservations Open: May 18 Multi-platinum international music sensation and 2017 Grammy nominee Celtic Women presents their captivating new show, Voices of Angels. Fusing fresh music, dance and cultural tradition, this inspiring live concert experience features new stage designs, stunning wardrobes, superb chorography, and magnificent arrangements of timeless Irish traditional and contemporary standards in the group’s award-winning signature style. The performance will be at 8:00 p.m. We will depart Woodbridge at 5:45 p.m. and Manassas at 6:30 p.m. Return time is approximately 11:45 p.m. There is no food stop included.

Saturday, June 24 Oklahom a

Shenandoah sum m er m usic

theatre

Winchester, VA


Reservations Opened: March 24 Chicks and ducks and geese better scurry, because here comes Oklahoma! the classic Rodgers and Hammerstein musical full of rivalry and romance in a turn-of-the-century territory on the brink of statehood. We will depart Woodbridge at 9:30 a.m. and Manassas at 10:15 a.m. Return time is approximately 6:30 p.m. Lunch is included at the Cracker Barrel in Winchester.

Tuesday, June 27 Philly from The Top

Philadelphia, PA


Reservations Open: May 22 Today we travel to Philadelphia, Pennsylvania, officially nicknamed the “City of Brotherly Love” in 2014. Upon our arrival, we enjoy an amazing Salad Bar lunch at Chima’s Brazilian Steakhouse. Please provide a meat choice when making your reservations. Your choices are chicken, beef or salmon. Following lunch, we make the short drive across the city to the One Liberty Observation Deck, Philly’s newest tourist attraction! We will ascend to the top of Philly’s enclosed observation deck for amazing 360 degree bird’s-eye views of the city and beyond from the 57th floor. From the Observatory, look out on the expansive horizon and feel the city’s invincible spirit while you take in the iconic sights, surrounding waters and panoramic views of the skyline. An interactive environment teaches you about your view from every direction, providing a comprehensive multi-lingual educational experience with the services of a guide to point out interesting facts about this site. We conclude our day in the “City of Brotherly Love” with a two-hour cruise around the city with narration by the captain. We will depart Manassas at 7:15 a.m. and Woodbridge at 8:00 a.m. Return time is approximately 6:45 p.m. A fast food rest stop will be made en route. Note: This tour is limited to 45 participants.

JULY Saturday, July 1

finding Neverland

AT THE HIPPODROME

Baltimore, MD

Cost: $158 pp Reservations Opened: March 1

Based on the Academy Award®-winning f i lm of the same name, th is breathtaking show fo l lows playwr ight J.M. Barr ie as he summons the courage

to become the wri ter – and the man – he yearns to be. Barr ie f inds the inspirat ion he’s been missing when he meets the beaut ifu l widow Sylv ia and her four young sons: Jack, George, Michael and Peter. Del ighted by the boys’ hi lar ious escapades, Barr ie conjures the magical wor ld of Neverland and writes a play unl ike any the high -society London theatergoers have ever seen. I t ’s a tremendous r isk, but as Barr ie himself has d iscovered that wh e n y o u b e l i e v e , y o u c a n f l y . Prior to the matinee performance enjoy lunch at Sabatino’s Italian Restaurant. We will depart Manassas at 8:45 a.m. and Woodbridge at 9:30 a.m. We will arrive back in the area at approximately 6:45 p.m.

Thursday-Friday, July 6-7

68th Annual

Kutztown Folk

Festival

Reading, Pennsylvania

Cost: $285 Single and $230 Twin pp Reservations Opened: March 30

The Kutztown Folk Festival is the oldest continuously operated folklife festival in America. This nine-day event continues to draw visitors from all over the world, entertaining families while providing valuable insight into the traditions of the Pennsylvania Dutch and their fascinating way of life. The festival also houses the largest quilt sale in America and has an internationally attended Quilt Auction of top prize-winning quilts. But the purpose of the festival is still fulfilled, as evidenced by the continued participation of the local Pennsylvania Dutch community as well as many of the foremost experts and scholars of this fascinating microcosm of America. This unusual nine-day festival had been featured twice in National Geographic and has been called "one of the most unique festivals on the East coast" by the Washington Post, with good reason. Our visit will be in the cool of the evening. We are also including a visit to the Boyerstown Museum that preserves Pennsylvania’s transportation history. Almost all of the vehicles, from cars and trucks to wagons and carriages, were built in Pennsylvania. We also have a tram tour scheduled at the American Treasure Museum. The private collection is so large that trams take everyone on a riding tour. The American Treasure Tour is an all indoor massive collection. Two of the major exhibits are mechanical music boxes and preserved classic automobiles. The mechanical music display includes hundreds of machines such as nickelodeons, band organs and music boxes. You will hear the great sounds of the music of days gone by. Additionally, we have a jam-packed display of animated store window advertising, dolls, doll houses, model airplanes, circus, patriotic, holiday items and many surprises. We also are including a ride aboard the Colebrookdale Railroad. Completed by soldiers’ home from the Civil War just four months after the Transcontinental Railroad united the East and West, the Colebrookdale is a record of epic engineering and heroic human drama. Eight-point-six miles long and a century-and-a-half back in time, the Secret Valley Line beckons you to experience for yourself this unexpected treasures of Southeastern Pennsylvania. Our tour includes breakfast, two lunches and overnight lodging at the Inn at Reading. A $100 deposit per person is due with reservation. Full refund if cancelled 45 days prior to departure. We will

depart Manassas at 5:45 a.m. and Woodbridge at 6:30 a.m. Return time is approximately 8:00 p.m.

Wednesday, July 12 beauty & the beast Shenandoah sum m er m usic

theatre

Winchester, VA


Reservations Opened: April 14 The heartwarming tale as old as time tells of a young woman who finds her way to an enchanted castle and brings a glimmer of hope to all those trapped in a spell, including the

castle’s beastly master. We will depart Woodbridge at 9:30 a.m. and Manassas at 10:15 a.m. Return time is approximately 6:30 p.m. Lunch is included at the Cracker Barrel in Winchester.

Friday, July 17-21 RETURN TO THE CAPE

Plymouth, MA

Cost: $1136 Single and $796 Twin pp Reservations Opened: April 17

One of the most requested places to return to is historic Cape Cod with its raw beauty as a seaside resort area. We have added a few new things for those who will take this tour for the second or third time to provide new incentives to return to the Cape. This includes 4 nights lodging at the Hampton Inn in Plymouth, 4 expanded continental breakfasts at hotels, 4 full dinners with dessert and coffee, (including a Lobster bake), touring of: Hyannis, Salem, Gloucester, Provincetown, and Martha’s Vineyard. A $100 deposit per person is due with reservation. Full refund is cancelled 45 days prior to departure. We will depart Manassas at 6:15 a.m. and Woodbridge at 7:00 a.m. Return time is approximately 6:15 p.m. DAY 1: Arrive on Cape Cod, crossing the widest man-made Canal in the entire world. You have 4 nights lodging at the beautiful Hampton Inn Plymouth. Dinner at Cracker Barrel before check-in at hotel. DAY 2: After a full buffet breakfast at your hotel, you meet your local guide and tour Hyannisport as known and loved by President John F. Kennedy. Stops will include JFK Memorial, St. Francis Xavier Church and a view of the Kennedy Compound area. Now it's onto Provincetown, the very tip of Cape Cod, traveling on the old stagecoach route, with a stop at the Chatham Lighthouse and National Seashore Park. Here, you learn all about the natural history of the Cape. A special treat will be the whale watching cruise in the Atlantic Ocean. Dinner. DAY 3: After a full buffet breakfast at your hotel, you take a scenic cruise to the storybook island of Martha's Vineyard. Here, you enjoy a narrated tour including the Oak Bluffs Gingerbread Cottages and a stop for lunch on your own and shopping in Edgartown, its streets lined with Sea Captain's mansions built when the only great industry was whaling by

harpoon. Later, return to Cape Cod. Tonight, you enjoy an old-fashioned Lobster Bake at your hotel with all the trimmings (steak also on the menu). DAY 4: Following a full buffet breakfast at your hotel, you meet your local guide and head North to Salem, one of the most famous seaside villages in New England. First, you tour the Salem Wax Museum, where you learn all about the 1692 Salem Witch Trials. Next, it's onto the House of the Seven Gables, made famous by the Victorian novel by Nathaniel Hawthorne. Don't miss walking up the secret staircase behind the fireplace! Lunch and shopping time will be on your own at lovely Pickering Wharf before taking a short drive to nearby Gloucester. Here, you have a picture stop at the much-photographed Fisherman's Statue, with the inscription "they that go down to the sea in ships". Dinner. DAY 5: After a full buffet breakfast at your hotel, you bid farewell to Cape Cod with wonderful ocean memories

Tuesday, July 25 dianna ross


Cost: $87 pp Reservations Open: June 9

One of the most successful artists of the Motown era, both as a solo artist and a member of the Supremes, Dianna Ross’’ glowing music catalog includes classics like: “I’m Coming Out,” “Upside Down,” and “Stop! In the Names of Love.” The performance will be at 8:00 p.m. We will depart Woodbridge at 5:45 p.m. and Manassas at 6:30 p.m. Return time is approximately 11:45 p.m. There is no

food stop included.

Wednesday, July 26 hair spray

Shenandoah sum m er m usic

theatre

Winchester, VA

Cost: $85 pp Reservations Opened: April 28

You can’t stop the beat with this fast-paced and fabulous musical set in 1960’s Baltimore, in an era of social progress that empowers average teen Tracy Turnblad to explore new

heights of social justice, teen romance and her hair! We will depart Woodbridge at 9:30 a.m. and Manassas at 10:15 a.m. Return time is approximately 6:30 p.m. Lunch is included at the Cracker Barrel in Winchester.

‘Saturday, July 29 KENNEDY CENTER

PRESENTS

cabaret

Washington, DC

Cost: $121 pp Reservations Open: Immediately

Step into the infamous Kit Kat Klub and leave your troubles outside. As part of its 50th anniversary, the renowned Roundabout Theatre Company presents Cabaret, the scintillating Tony winner about following your heart while the world loses its way. Welcome to the infamous Kit Kat Klub,

where the Emcee, Sally Bowles, and a raucous ensemble take the stage nightly to tantalize the crowd and leave their troubles outside. But as life in pre-WWII Germany grows more and more uncertain, will the decadent allure of Berlin nightlife be enough to get them through their dangerous times? Come hear some of the most memorable songs in theater history, including "Cabaret," "Willkommen,” and "Maybe This Time." We will depart Manassas at 11:30 a.m. and Woodbridge at 12:15 a.m. Return time is approximately 4:30 p.m. No food stop is included. Tour limited to 39 participants

Monday, July 31 Penn’s cave & Wildlife

Park

Centre Hall, PA,


We will proceed to State College, PA where we will enjoy a lunch of your choice at the Cracker Barrel. From here it is less than a half hour to America’s only all-water cavern and wildlife park nestled in Central Pennsylvania’s scenic Penn State Country. The cavern tour is a guided one-hour tour by motorboat on an underground stream. Along the limestone corridors, stalagmites, stalactites, flowstone cascades and draperies decorate the interior rooms, while underwater, trout swim and jump for food! The farm and wildlife tour is a guided 90-minute motorized tour over the thousand acres of Penn’s Cave forests and fields which have been carefully preserved as a natural habitat for birds, plants, and animals. North American animals, such as deer, elk, wolves, bears, bison, and mustangs are seen, as well as longhorn cattle. Come to Penn’s Cave – it’s a beautiful journey you will always remember! A rest stop will be made en route to the Penn’s Cave, and a fast food stop will be made on the return trip home. Note: Please make sure you are an able walker before booking onto this trip. Penn’s Cave does not have an elevator and there are 48 steps located at the main entrance to the cave. A sweater or jacket is recommended because the temperature is 52 degrees, and wear comfortable walking shoes, (no heels). This tour is not suitable for people who have trouble with mobility! We will depart Manassas at 6:45 a.m. and Woodbridge at 7:30 a.m. Arrival back in the area will be at approximately 8:45 p.m.

AUGUST Tuesday, August 1

SAWYER’S SM ITH ISLAND

EXPERIENCE

Cambridge, MD


Meet your tour guide in Cambridge and travel to Hoopers Island, while our guide educates you about Dorchester County and the way of life that has prevailed here for centuries! When you get to Hoopers Island, hop aboard the "Sawyer" and take a cruise down to Smith Island, which can only be accessed by boat Enjoy a family-style meal at the Bayside Inn Restaurant. The meal features crab balls (two per person), clam fritters, ham, corn pudding, macaroni salad, coleslaw,

vegetables, and homemade rolls. After lunch, take a walk around the island and enjoy the scenery! Then, enjoy the return ride back to Hoopers Island. We will depart Manassas at 6:30 a.m. and Woodbridge at 7:15 a.m. Return time is approximately 6:30 p.m. Note: This tour is limited to 39 participants.

Thursday-Saturday, August 3-5 ADVENTURES IN

PITTSBURGH

Pittsburgh, PA

Cost: $778 Single and $578 Twin pp Reservations Opened: May 4

By popular demand, we are presenting for the first time, a tour dedicated to the city of Pittsburgh. The tour includes two dinners and two breakfasts as well as lodging at the Springhill Suites Pittsburgh Southside for two nights. On the first day, we will have a private guide to provide an overview of Pittsburgh including the Southside within the city. This will help us become familiar with the area and prepare us for the next day. This evening we will enjoy a Pittsburgh Riverboat dining tour that features our dinner buffet and beautiful night views of the city. Day two begins with breakfast followed by a full day of touring with our local guide. Included will be Phipps Conservatory, Nationality Rooms, Heinz Chapel, history of the North Shore and PNC Park. We will also visit the World War II Memorial. Dinner will be at the Grand Concourse Restaurant at Station Square. This will be followed by an evening at the theatre featuring the musical Momma Mia. Our final day begins with breakfast followed by a visit and ride on the Dusquesne Incline built in 1877. Time will be allowed for lunch on your own before departing for home. A $100 deposit per person is due with reservation. Full refund if cancelled 45 days prior to departure We will depart Manassas at 6:15 a.m. and Woodbridge at 7:00 a.m. Arrival back in the area will be at approximately 8:00 p.m.

Tuesday, August 8 historic cape m ay

Cape May, NJ

Cost: $l43 pp Reservations Open: June 16

Today we escape to the charming seaside city of Cape May, New Jersey. Upon our arrival, we enjoy a journey aboard the Cape May Trolley for a narrated guided tour around Cape May Historic District showcasing the lovely and famous “Painted Ladies”. Cape May is noted for the large number of Victorian houses that line its streets. Popularly known as “Painted Ladies” because of their elaborate and brightly painted gingerbread trim. These Victorian gems present a beautifully harmonious appearance, despite each homes unique detailing, and have earned the town a National Historic Landmark designation. Next, we take a guided tour of Cape May’s Emlen Physick Estate, a magnificent Stick Style mansion attributed to renowned Victorian architect Frank Furness. You will tour 15 beautifully restored rooms that

give you a glimpse into the lifestyle of this Victorian-era Cape May family. We will enjoy lunch at the lovely Washington Inn followed by free time to browse along the promenade of shops at the Washington Street Mall. We will return from Cape May aboard the ferry to Lewes, Delaware. We will depart Manassas at 5:15 a.m. and Woodbridge at 6:00 a.m. Return time is approximately 8:15 p.m. Note: No rest stop will be made en route to and from Lewes, Delaware.

Thursday, August 10 Suicide bridge crab

feast cruise

Hurlock, MD


Spend an exciting three hours on a cruise aboard the Choptank Riverboat Company's reproductions of an authentic 80-foot turn-of-the-century paddle wheeler. The menu includes all-you-can-eat crabs, MD crab Soup, fried chicken, clam strips, corn on the cob, coleslaw, non-alcoholic beverages, and assorted cheesecakes. We will depart Manassas at 9:15 a.m. and Woodbridge at 10:00 a.m. Return time is approximately 6:15 p.m.

Sunday August 20 BEACH BOYS



The original group comprised singer-musician-composer Brian Wilson, his brothers Carl Wilson and Dennis Wilson, their cousin Mike Love, friend Al Jardine, and David Marks. Many changes in both musical style and personnel have occurred in their often stormy career.

The Beach Boys officially broke up in 1998 shortly after Carl Wilson's death, however Mike Love and Bruce Johnston maintain the rights to the name and continue to tour with their own band as The Beach Boys. In December 2011, the group's five remaining members - Brian, Mike, Al, Bruce and David - reformed in celebration of their 50th anniversary of the group's creation, announcing a new album and a 50-date international tour. Now, the Boys are celebrating another 50-year milestone; the release of their first huge summer smash hit, "Fun, Fun, Fun". This tour will also mark the official introduction of Jeffrey Foskett, their singer/guitarist who has been with the group since 1981, as part of their touring line-up.

We will attend the 3:00 p.m. performance. We will depart Woodbridge at 12:45 p.m. and Manassas at 1:30 p.m. Return time is approximately 6:45 p.m. There is no food stop included.

Sunday-Saturday, August 20-26 Across lake M ichigan

Adventures in

Wisconsin & M ichigan

Cost: $1528 Single and $1154 Twin pp Reservations Open: May 26

Come with us as we cross Lake Michigan with our coach and everyone aboard on a first-class experience aboard the SS Badger’s cruise from Ludington, Michigan to Manitowoc, Wisconsin and onto our tour of the unique Door Country. Framed by 300 miles of scenic Lake Michigan shoreline, Door County, Wisconsin offers a Scandinavian seaside experience in the heart of the Midwest. It's a sliver of land filled with quaint waterfront villages, fish boils, a restaurant with goats on the roof and more. We have many fascinating and beautiful sites for you to see. Our itinerary below will provide the details. This tour includes 6 breakfasts and 6 dinners as well as two lunches. A $100 deposit per person is due with reservation. Full refund is cancelled 45 days prior to departure. We will depart Manassas at 6:15 a.m. and Woodbridge at 7:00 a.m. Return time is approximately 8:30 p.m.

The Itinerary Day 1: Arrive Port Clinton, Ohio for overnight and dinner Day 2: Breakfast then proceed to Lansing, Michigan to tour the State Capitol building. Arrive Grand Rapids, Michigan to tour Frederick Meijer Gardens. Continue to Ludington, Michigan for overnight and dinner Day 3: Breakfast then board the ferry that departs across Lake Michigan to Manitowoc, Wisconsin. Lunch is included on your three-hour crossing. Depart the ferry and proceed to Wilson's Restaurant and Ice Cream Parlor in the heart of Ephraim, WI since 1906. A classic Door County landmark that possesses the enchantment to take you back in time with its old-fashioned soda fountain and ice cream specialties, home- brewed draft root beer, flame broiled burgers and juke boxes playing the classics. Stop for ice cream and refreshments on your own on our way to Rowleys Bay. Meet & Greet at the Door County Visitor Bureau then proceed to Rowleys Bay Resort for two nights. Tonight, you will enjoy an International Dinner Buffet followed by a show at the Peninsula Players Theatre, America’s oldest professional resident summer theatre. Discover this theatrical treasure nestled along the shoreline with the comfort of a new state-of-the-art, 3-season theater. Take in the sunset at the shore before an evening of stellar professional live theater. Day 4: Breakfast at Al Johnson's, a unique and authentic Swedish breakfast experience where live goats can be found grazing on the sod roof. It’s quite a sight, and it’s made this place one of the most famous restaurants in Door County. Peruse the gift shop for a special Swedish souvenir to remember your travels. We will then proceed to the Washington Island Ferry for a half-hour trip across the four-mile passageway between the tip of the County and the island known as “La Porte des Morts” or “the door of the dead.” During your boat ride learn the history of the outlying islands and an intro to Washington Island. Upon arrival board the Island’s original open air Cherry Train and enjoy a narrated tour, highlighting island features and attractions. Stops could include Stavkirke Church, Schoolhouse Beach and Jacobsen Museum. Return to the mainland early afternoon and enjoy some free time to explore Door County on your own. This evening you will take part in a Fish Boil Dinner with entertainment just as Scandinavian settlers off the Peninsula did 100 years ago. Fresh locally caught whitefish are cooked outside over an open fire along with small baby red potatoes and sweet boiling onions. During the cooking process, fish oils naturally rise to the surface which “boils over” along with water

in a fiery spectacle signaling the end of the cooking process and the beginning of dinner. Day 5: Breakfast Buffet at the resort. We will then return to Manitowoc, Wisconsin to board the SS Badger for the trip back across Lake Michigan to Ludington, MI. Dinner is included on your three-hour crossing. Overnight in Ludington. Day 6: This morning enjoy a breakfast buffet at the motel. Today we depart for Holland, Michigan where lunch is included at the Alpen Rose Restaurant as well as a trolley tour of Holland and free time to do a little shopping on your own in the unique Dutch shops. This evening we will overnight in Elyria, OH and enjoy dinner at the Golden Corral. Day 7: Enjoy breakfast at the motel before continuing our journey back home.

Monday, August 28 ANTIETAM BATTLEFIELD

Sharpsburg, MD

Cost: $99 pp Reservations Open: July 3

Travel to the Antietam Battlefield Visitor Center in Sharpsburg, Maryland and view the award-winning orientation film narrated by James Earl Jones. A major Civil War battle, the film depicts the events of The Battle of Antietam which took place on September 17, 1862. The savage twelve-hour battle is the bloodiest single-day battle in American history, with a combined total of 22,717 dead, wounded, or missing. The Battle of Antietam ended the first invasion of the Confederate Army from Northern Virginia into the North, and led to Abraham Lincoln's issuance of the preliminary Emancipation Proclamation. After viewing the film, we meet our friendly step-on guide, dressed in period attire, and embark on our tour of the battlefield which includes stops at the Cornfield, Sunken Road and Burnside Bridge. You will be able to visualize Civil War history come to life as our Antietam Battlefield Guide recreates the voices and stories of that day on the battlefield. Following our battlefield tour, we depart for the Bavarian Inn located in Shepherdstown, West Virginia for a delicious luncheon. Please provide a meal choice when making your reservations. Your choices are Sautéed Breast of Chicken Piccata, Vegetarian Lasagna, Grilled Bratwurst or Fillet of Salmon. We will depart Manassas at 6:45 a.m. and Woodbridge at 7:30 a.m. Return time is approximately 5:00 p.m.

Wednesday, August 30 Riverside Dinner

Theatre presents

Seven brides for seven

brothers

Fredericksburg, VA

Cost: $93 pp Reservations Open: July 3

SEVEN BRIDES FOR SEVEN BROTHERS is bursting with rambunctious energy, fun, and romance, this musical frontier adventure set in 1850s Oregon tells the story of Milly, a new bride who finds herself caring for her husband Adams six slovenly brothers at their wilderness ranch. With a mind to transforming the brothers into civilized marriage material, she attempts to teach them the social graces in preparation for a

church gathering in town. But the overly enthusiastic brothers take matters into their own hands when, sparked by desire, they kidnap six women from town who then become stranded at the ranch for the winter. Milly banishes the men from the house while the women are there, and by the time spring arrives, the brothers realize their error and decide to escort the women back to town. They’re met by the townsfolks rescue party who assumes the worst, and even though love has bloomed with the spring thaw, a rollicking shotgun ensues. Featured songs include Wonderful, Wonderful Day, Goin Court’n, Sobbi’n Women, A Woman Ought to Know Her Place, and Glad That You Were Born. We will depart Manassas at 10:00 a.m. and Woodbridge at 10:45 a.m. Return time is approximately 5:00 p.m.

SEPTEMBER Friday, September 1

M ount Vernon cruise

& tour

Mount Vernon, VA

Cost: $71 pp

Reservations Open: July 3 A visit to the home of George Washington is a great American adventure everyone should experience, especially when you can do it by boat! Come aboard the Spirit of Mount Vernon, offering Washington’s most unique round-trip cruise direct from Washington, D.C. to Mount Vernon, Virginia. Your cruise includes a narrated riverfront tour and admission to Mount Vernon Estate & Gardens. Following the cruise, you will be able to tour the Mansion, outbuildings, and Museum; visit Washington’s tomb, explore the Pioneer Farm and round barn, enjoy strolling in the gardens and visit the gift shop before we cruise back to Washington, D.C. We will enjoy lunch at the Mt. Vernon Inn. Note: At time of reservation provide your main entrée choice of roasted rosemary chicken, meatloaf or vegetable lasagna. We will depart Manassas at 7:45 a.m. and Woodbridge at 8:30 a.m. Return time is approximately ???p.m.

Sunday, September 10 The National’s vs. the

Philadelphia pHillies

Washington, DC


We have great seats out of the direct sunlight in the right field corner just past first base. You will also be in the area with easy access to the restrooms and the food vendors. The game starts at 1:35 p.m. Be there to encourage our home team for the season that perhaps will take them to a national championship. We will depart Manassas at 11:15 a.m. and Woodbridge at 12 Noon. Return time is approximately 5:15 p.m. There is no food included.

Wednesday, September 13 SAWYER’S PRESENTS

HARRIET TUBM AN BY

LAND AND SEA

Cambridge, MD


Travel along the "Highway to Freedom," a road along which most enslaved people who fled this area in the 1800s lived. Ride past key landmarks like the Stanley Institute, Madison, Parsons Creek and Stewart's Canal, and the New Revived Church, while our tour guide narrates. Enjoy a narrated cruise aboard the 52-ft. "Sawyer" vessel, along waterways where Harriet Tubman and her family worked and acquired some valuable information that was needed to guide fellow slaves to freedom along the Underground Railroad. After that, enjoy a home-cooked buffet-style (groups of under 30 people get a family-style meal with most of the same items) seafood meal at Old Salty's Restaurant and Gift Shop on Hoopers Island. The meal typically includes crab cakes (one per person), clam strips, fresh fish, soft-shell crabs (if available), baked lemon pepper chicken, ham, vegetables, salad, iced tea, coffee, and an assortment of homemade pie slices for dessert. After lunch, conclude your tour at the Harriet Tubman Underground Railroad Visitor Center. See exhibits that display how this region shaped her early years, and illustrate her work as a freedom fighter, leader, and liberator. On the way back to Cambridge, ride past and learn about more landmarks that were relevant to Tubman's life, including the Brodess Farm,

the Bucktown Village Store, and Scott's Chapel. We will depart Manassas at 6:30 a.m. and Woodbridge at 7:15 a.m. Return time is approximately 6:30 p.m. Note: This tour is limited to 39 participants.

Saturday, September 16 The National’s vs. the

los Angeles dodgers

Washington, DC


We have great seats out of the direct sunlight in the right field corner just past first base. You will also be in the area with easy access to the restrooms and the food vendors. The game starts at 1:35 p.m. Be there to encourage our home team for the season that perhaps will take them to a national championship. We will depart Manassas at 11:15 a.m. and Woodbridge at 12 Noon. Return time is approximately 5:15 p.m. There is no food included.

Saturday-Sunday, September 17-18 KEYSTONE COPS, CONS &

CAPERS

Lewisburg, PA

Cost: $354 Single & $319 Twin pp Reservations Open: June 14

Expect the unexpected on this unforgettable tour to Lewisburg, PA. Our first stop will be the Country Cupboard in Lewisburg. to enjoy the soup, salad & bread bar along with beverage and dessert bar. Following lunch our Keystone Cop Guide meets our group and begins our driving tour of Lewisburg with views of the Lewisburg Federal Penitentiary. We will visit the Four Friends Vineyard and Winery in Montgomery PA where you'll enjoy learning about the site including its vines and wines plus wine tasting. As a special

treat your tasting will end with a "wine shooter" served in a miniature chocolate shot glass! We will then travel to Williamsport passing the Allenwood Federal Prison Complex along the way. Our guide will take us on a driving tour of historic Millionaires' Row with a visit to the Thomas T. Taber Museum that features the Shempp Toy Train Collection as well as historic exhibits and art. Accredited by the American Association of Museums, the site features an art gallery, history of the lumber industry in the area, military exhibit, historic period rooms as well as changing exhibits. We will arrive at the Hampton Inn in downtown Williamsport, PA to check in our rooms. This evening we will enjoy a gourmet dinner at Williamsport’s Herdic House Restaurant including hot entrée, house salad, fresh vegetable, rice/potato side, coffee or tea (hot), and the site's house specialty dessert chocolate mousse cake. The next day begins with breakfast at hotel. Our Keystone Copy guide will meet us to begin our day which includes a driving tour of New Millionaires Row where today's millionaires live plus Annunciation Catholic Church, a wonderful gem along Millionaires' Row. Built in 1886, the church is a wonderful Romanesque structure with magnificent details inside including Italian marble. It is possible we may hear a few pieces on the church's organ as a special treat. Our next stop is the Rowley House, a masterpiece of Victorian architecture, located along Williamsport's historic Millionaires' Row. The site features wonderful woodwork, stained glass windows, English Minton tiles and historic furnishings. Now it is time to give our feet a rest as we aboard the Hiawatha Riverboat in Williamsport for a narrated Susquehanna River Cruise. Learn about the river's role in making Williamsport the lumber capitol of the world in the mid-1800s when logs from the north were corralled with underwater booms, about jamcrackers that risked their lives to keep the lumber flowing down river and about a conductor on the Underground Railroad that used the river to help slaves from the south flee north. While on board the Hiawatha, the group will enjoy a hot served meal by "convicts" doing time upriver aboard the Hiawatha Riverboat. Meal will include hot entrée selection, fresh garden salad, potato du jour (unless entrée comes with pasta), vegetable du jour, rolls and butter, coffee/tea/water and dessert du jour. Back aboard our land cruiser, we will proceed to the Purity Candy Company in Allenwood where a glass wall separates the factory from the store. Enjoy browsing in this delicious shoppe with a special treat for everyone upon departure. We will drop our guide at the Country Cupboard in Lewisburg where you may visit the restroom and order an early dinner on your own before departure for home. Our tour includes 1 breakfast, 2 lunches and 1 dinner. We will depart Manassas at 6:15 a.m. and Woodbridge at 7:00 a.m. Return time is approximately 7:45 p.m. A rest stop going and returning will be made NOTE; This tour is limited to 46 participants.

Wednesday, September 20 CARLISLE CURIO SITIES

Carlisle & Mechanicsburg, PA


Reservations Open: July 3 Our tour includes a wonderful kitchen shoppe and cooking school where you’ll enjoy a served meal created right before your eyes in the classroom kitchen and dining room by a chef with recipes to take home. We will also visit the Rolls-Royce Foundation for a tour of their select showpiece motorcars,

one with a complete picnic outfit in the trunk. We will also take in Meadowbrooke Gourds artisan factory where gourds are grown and hand-crafted into unique home décor treasures. Tour of the production area and browsing included. Our final stop will be the Lindt Chocolate Outlet for browsing and a short presentation about the art of chocolate tasting. We will depart Manassas at 6:15 a.m. and Woodbridge at 7:00 a.m. Return time is approximately 8:15 p.m. A fast food rest stop will be made en route home.

Sunday-Saturday, September 24-30 Trains across the

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New England Fall Foliage Special

Cost: $1351 Single and $1015 Twin pp Reservations Open: June 5

This is a golden opportunity to visit four of our New England states during the fall foliage splendor. We will visit and see sites in New York, Vermont, New Hampshire and Massachusetts. By motor coach and by rail, you will be part of an exciting adventure you will not want to miss. Make your reservation early as this tour sells out quickly. A $100 deposit per person is due with reservation. Full refund is cancelled 45 days prior to departure. We will depart Manassas at 6:15 a.m. and Woodbridge at 7:00 a.m. Return time is approximately 7:00 p.m.

The Itinerary Day #1 – Arrive at the Holiday Inn Express, Albany, NY - Dinner Included Day #2 – Expanded Continental Breakfast - With hot choices. Saratoga - North Creek Railway Excursion - Begin in scenic Saratoga Springs and journey through the heart of the rugged Adirondack Mountain Range along the mighty Hudson River with a fabulous back-drop of mammoth mountain peaks, alleys and quaint village tucked in between. North Creek Village - Take time for lunch on own and browse the shops. Wilson Castle - Tour through this 1867 authentic English manor known for its intricate architectural design, European and Far East furnishings, 84 stained glass windows and extensive art collection. Arrive at the Cortina Inn and Resort, Killington, VT - Dinner Included Day #3 – Deluxe Continental Breakfast Vermont Country Store and Covered Bridge - Stocked to the rafters with a wide variety of locally made award-winning Vermont cheeses, rows of penny candy, kitchen gadgets and endless items from the past. Take a stroll through the Kissing Bridge and visit the Grist Mill Museum. Green Mountain Flyer Rail Excursion - Ride in fully restored 1930’s antique passenger coaches pulled by a vintage locomotive. Travel along the Connecticut and Williams Rivers. Pass by covered bridges, a beautiful cascading waterfall and Brockway Mills Gorge. Cross over the rivers for breath-taking views. Woodstock Village - A true New England village nestled in the mountains. Take time for lunch on own, browsing the shops and a walk through the covered bridge. Sugarbush Farm - Visit this working farm, known for its wonderful Vermont cheeses and maple sugar. Enjoy the delicious samples. Learn about maple sugaring with a sugar house tour and enjoy the views from this hill-side farm. Arrive at the Fairfield Inn & Suites, Plymouth, NH for 3

nights Dinner Included Day #4 – Expanded Continental Breakfast - With hot choices. Castle in the Clouds - Begin with an overview presentation and learn about the history of this magnificent mansion. Tour through the picturesque Estate perched high above the lakes and surrounded by three mountains. Great photo-op for foliage vistas. North Conway Village - Ready your cameras for one of New Hampshire's most charming villages. Take in the Austrian-style train station, crisp, white church steeples and colonial era shops. Check out the yummy local food products, hand-made crafts and antiques at Zeb’s famous New England Country Store. Conway Scenic Railway - Arrive in New Hampshire's majestic White Mountains. Depart from the 1874 Victorian Station on the Valley Train and enjoy the beautiful scenery of the Mount Washington Valley as you ride through the breath-taking mountain passages. Visit the museum, outdoor railroad display, working turntable and gift shop. Kancamagus Highway - Travel New Hampshire’s most scenic roadway, filled with breath-taking, mountain vistas. Time for photo-ops. Capture great foliage shots!!! Historic Inn Dinner - Tuck into hearty New England fare in the warm atmosphere of the historic Woodstock Inn. Tuck into a hearty New England fare in the warm atmosphere of the historic Woodstock Inn. Day #5 – Expanded Continental Breakfast The Rocks Estate Maple Experience – Perched on pristine mountainous terrain, this multi-functional estate encompasses a huge Christmas tree farm, maple sugar house and production, gift shop and more. Travel through scenic mountain passages to “The Rocks”. Enjoy an interactive virtual tour at the Rocks Estate of the sap boiling process in the sugarhouse and maple museum. See and learn how sweet treats were made from Native American times to present day. Littleton, NH - Stop in this charming village for lunch on own and shopping. Mount Washington Mountaintop w/ BBQ Dinner – Get ready for a one-of-a-kind experience to the very top of New England's tallest peak at 6,228 feet! Your "Stage Driver" will enlighten you from base to summit with anecdotes, legends, history and insight into the ecological wonder of Mount Washington not to mention the incredible vistas en route. Photo-ops abound at the summit, surrounded by the 750,000-acre White Mountain National Forest, where views on a clear day may extend as far as Vermont, New York, Maine, Massachusetts, Quebec, and at times even the Atlantic Ocean! Check out the Mount Washington Observatory offering the interactive “Extreme Mt. Washington Museum”. After your descent to base camp, enjoy a yummy BBQ dinner. Day #6 – Expanded Continental Breakfast – Kellerhaus Candy - Stop at the Kellerhaus, New Hampshire’s oldest candy makers for a candy making demonstration and taste. Great gift shop with New Hampshire products. New Hampshire Lakes Region Tour - Meet your guide and discover glorious lakes region. See Squam Lake, the location of the “On Golden Pond” film. Hear about the history, geography, wildlife and enjoy the incredible scenery. Winnipesaukee Scenic Railroad with Lunch - Discover New Hampshire's largest lake by rail as you enjoy a hand-carved, roast turkey lunch (prepared by the famous Hart’s Turkey Farm) aboard vintage coaches of the Winnipesaukee Railway.

Enjoy your scenic excursion hugging the picturesque shoreline, surrounded by mountain outcrops, with views of "Grand Style Resorts", pristine woodlands, lake wild life and more. Arrive at the Best Western Merrimack Valley, Haverhill, MA Dinner at Cracker Barrel in Tewksbury, MA Day #7 – Expanded Continental Breakfast

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Thursday

5/25, 6/22, 7/13, 8/17 M gm CASINO

National Harbor MD

Reservations Open Immediately

Cost: $47 pp

MGM is a luxury resort, retail, dining, entertainment and gaming experience just minutes from Washington D.C on the banks of the Potomac River, Bigger means better. Being the largest gaming floor in the area means options, lot of options. Our tour is enhanced with a ferry ride from MGM to Alexandria, VA as well as a voucher for lunch at the casino food court. We will depart Manassas at 8:30 a.m. and Woodbridge at 9:15 a.m. Return time is approximately 4:30 p.m. These tours are limited to 46 participants.

Thursday

5/11, 6/8, 7/8, 8/3

HOLLYWOOD CASINO

Charles Town, WV

Reservations Open Immediately

Cost: $35 pp

From Charles Town Slots to BROADWAY CASINO, 5,032 gaming machines are featured along with 112 table and poker games. The property has six restaurants and a food court. You will receive a $20 rebate at the casino. Lunch is on your own at the Epic Buffet or food court. We will depart Woodbridge at 8:45 a.m. and Manassas at 9:30 a.m. Return time is approximately 5:15 p.m.

Thursday 5/4, 6/1, 7/27, 8/31

M D LIVE CASINO

Arundel, MD

Cost: $35 pp

Reservations Open: Immediately Located at Arundel Mills Mall, this casino spans twelve acres and includes 4,750 slot machines and electronic table games, acclaimed restaurants, and of course, the mall for first class shopping. It is one of the largest gaming, retail and entertainment destinations in the country. Come along to enjoy so much at one destination. The rebate is currently $20. We will depart Manassas at 8:00 a.m. and Woodbridge at 8:45 a.m. Return time is approximately 5:00 p.m.

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HIGHLIGHTS FOR 2017

To expand your travel experience, Quality Tour Transportation is partnering with Collette Travel to offer a selection of foreign destinations outside our United States. Since these are lengthier tours, we are only giving you a thumb-nail sketch concerning each. These tours will appear on the Quality web site www.qualitytour.com or www.dctrails.com An individual detailed booklet on each tour will also be available to anyone calling in for it to be mailed to you. For reservations for the International program, please call (703) 887-2468. You will be mailed a detailed brochure to help guide you and hopefully answer any questions you may have.

Iceland’s Magical Northern Lights

December 5-11, 2017 Single $3,299 – Twin: $2,999 pp

These rates reflect a $200 per person savings if booked by June 6, 2017. These rates include roundtrip air to Reykjavik

Culinary Inclusions Savor gourmet Icelandic cuisine at a popular restaurant.

Must See Inclusions Search for nature’s dazzling display on a northern lights cruise. See Jökulsárlón glacial lagoon, filled with floating icebergs. Relax in the warm, mineral-rich water of the Blue Lagoon.

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Explore Skogar Folk Museum, covering all aspects of Icelandic life. Experience the geothermal fields of Geysir and Strokkur. Learn about the local’s struggles during the 2010 volcanic explosion.

Highlights

Highlights: Reykjavik, Northern Lights Cruise, Golden Circle, Thingvellir National Park, Geysir, Gullfoss, Seljalandsfoss, Vik,

TOUR NOTES Month Destination Cost Paid Date

MAY 1 Sherwood Gardens & Baltimore Harbor Cruise $70

6 Washington Embassy Tour $108 6 Shenandoah Apple Blossom Festival $57

10 Paca Home & Garden Tour with Annapolis Harbor Cruise $74 13 American Music Theatre Presents the Gaither’s $135 15 National Museum of African American History and Culture $36 17 US Naval Academy $99

19-21 Music & Rails $715/$565 29-June 3 Real Housewives of Indiana $1120/$870

JUNE 4 Riverside Dinner Some Enchanted Evening $73

10 Nationals vs. the Texas Rangers $57

13 9/11 Memorial NYC $157

15 Steeped in History $149

17-21 Sail Boston $875/$671

22 Wolf Trap presents Celtic Women $82 24 Shenandoah Music Theatre Presents Oklahoma $65 27 Philly From the Top $113

JULY 1 Hippodrome Presents Finding Neverland $158

6-7 Kutztown Festival $285/$230 12 Shenandoah Music Theatre Presents Beauty & The Beast $65

17-21 Cape Cod-Gloucester-Martha’s Vineyard $1136/$796 25 Wolf Trap presents Dianna Ross $87 26 Shenandoah Music Theatre presents Hair Spray $85 29 Kennedy Center presents Cabaret $121

31 Penn’s Cave $117

AUGUST 1 Sawyer’s Smith Island Experience $120

3-5 Adventures in Pittsburgh $778/$578

8 Historic Cape May $143

10 Suicide Bridge $100 20 Wolf Trap presents The Beach Boys $82

20-26 Adventures in Wisconsin & Michigan $1528/$1154 28 Antietam Battlefield $99 30 Riverside presents 7 Brides for 7 Brothers $93

SEPTEMBER 1 Mt. Vernon Cruise and Home $71

10 Nationals vs. Philadelphia $72 13 Sawyer’s present Harriet Tubman By Land & Water $112 16 Nationals vs. Los Angeles Dodgers $77

17-18 Keystone Cops, Cons & Capers $354/$319 20 Carlisle Curiosities $91

24-30 Trains Across the Mountains of New England $1351/$1015

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DATES Destination Cost Paid Date 5/11, 6/8, 7/8, 8/3 Hollywood Casino $35

5/4, 6/1, 7/27, 8/31 MD Live Casino $35

5/25, 6/22, 7/13, 8/17 MGM Casino $47

December 5-11 Iceland’s Magical Northern Lights From $2999

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