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HUDSON RIVER VALLEY GETAWAY
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  • March 31
  • April 7, 14, 21, 28
  • May 5, 12
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Onondaga Historical Association Museum Bus Trip

With Travel Choice International

 

Hudson River Valley Getaway!

 

Small town America with big time views!

A weekend of food, nature and art!

Mansions, museums, picturesque towns and markets!

A not-to-be missed adventure with OHA Archivist Michael Flanagan!

 

June 6-7-8, 2008 (Friday-Sunday)

Includes 2 nights at the Best Western Poughkeepsie; 5 meals including dinner at the Culinary Institute of America & Sunday champagne brunch at Hotel Thayer at West Point; all entries and admissions; round trip motor coach transportation, all tips & gratuities; & Travel Choice International & Onondaga Historical Association Museum Escort.

Double Rooms     Single         Triple

       $499                     $579                $479                per person MEMBER

       $529                     $609                $509                per person NON MEMBER

 

Deposit: $100 per person non-refundable due with registration

Final Payment: Due Friday, May 16, 2008

 

Make checks payable to: OHA, VISA/MASTER CARD ACCEPTED

Send to: Onondaga Historical Association Museum

321 Montgomery Street

Syracuse, NY   13202

 

Cancellation: Prior to April 18, 2008 – everything but deposit

After April 18, 2008 – non-refundable

 

Trip cancellation insurance is recommended and available through Travel Choice International (445-1400) within 14 days of registration

 

ITINERARY

 

June 6, 2008 (Friday)

 

7-7:30  AM      Bus loads & departs from Town of Dewitt Parks Facility - 5889 Butternut Drive.

 

10:30   AM      Albany Institute of Art's Exhibit: Art and Nature: Hudson River School Paintings.  Walk or motor coach to Empire State Plaza for lunch on your own (2-3 blocks).

 

2:00     PM      Board motor coach for Poughkeepsie.

 

3:30     PM      Arrive Best Western – Poughkeepsie, NY

 

4:30     PM      Board motor coach for Culinary Institute of America.

 

5:00     PM      Tour of Culinary Institute.

 

6:30     PM      Dinner at CIA’s Caterina de Medici Restaurant. Business casual no jeans/sneakers.

 

June 7, 2008 (Saturday)

 

Enjoy hot breakfast buffet at the hotel.

 

8:45 AM  Board motor coach for FDR Home and Library.

 

9:00 AM Arrive Henry Wallace Visitor & Education Center and see introductory movie.

 

10:00    AM     Depart Visitor Center for guided tour of FDR home.  Time for FDR Library too.  Lunch on your own at Mrs. Nesbitt’s Café in the Henry Wallace Visitor Center.

 

1:00     PM       Board motor coach for Rhinebeck Aerodrome display of aircraft & cars 1900-35.

 

6:30     PM     Dinner at Hyde Park Brewing Company.

 

June 8, 2008 (Sunday)

 

Enjoy hot breakfast buffet at hotel.

 

9-10:30   AM     Board motor coach for West Point  & arrive at Visitors Center.       

 

11:00   AM      Sunday Champagne Brunch at Hotel Thayer located on West Point  grounds.

 

12:30   PM      Depart from Hotel Thayer for a 2 hour tour of West Point.

 

2:30     PM      Tour concludes at the Visitors Center; West Point Museum is behind it.

 

4:00     PM      Board motor coach for return to Syracuse (rest stop & dinner on your own).                               

                             

9:00     PM      Planned arrival at Town of Dewitt Parks facility.

 

 

The Onondaga Historical Association is a private, non-profit organization that operates both a public museum and the Richard and Carolyn Wright Research Center located at the Association’s home at 321 Montgomery Street. Since 1863 OHA has collected, preserved and made available historic objects and records related to the history of Syracuse and Onondaga County. The museum features two floors with seven different exhibition galleries.  For more information about OHA or to view the extensive holdings of the research center, visit OHA’s website www.cnyhistory.org.

 

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