Connecticut's In-Bound Journey is set for August 12-17, 2024
This is a great opportunity for our club to make this Journey shine!
Please contact Bunny Sprunger, Journey Coordinator, if you are interested in helping make this journey a wonderful time. Members are welcome to join the ambassadors for any of the events. Especially, please join in for the Welcome or Farewell Party. Just register for the event on that event's notice (see the list of events to register).
We will host 9 Ambassadors in our homes and show them the highlights of our communities and region.
This is the plan so far for the week of August 12-17, 2024
Monday, August 12 – Welcome Day
Event Leader: Rose Marie Everett
*We meet the ambassadors arriving from Santa Barbara.
*Ambassadors settle in and get acquainted with their hosts.
*In the evening Ambassadors attend the Welcome Party
*Welcome Party at Rose Marie’s house
*Members bring a side dish or dessert to share.
Tuesday, August 13 – San Juan Bautista/Wine Tasting Day
Event Leader: Shirley Foreman
*Drive to San Juan Bautista to tour the Mission and view the San Andreas fault.
*In the afternoon we have lunch and wine tasting.
Wednesday, August 14 – San Francisco Day
Tour Leader: Rose Marie Everett
*We meet in the Hyatt Regency Lobby at 9:30 AM. We use BART (or other means) to travel to San Francisco.
*Cable car ride (sit on outside and hold on), then we visit: Palace of Fine Arts, Crissy Field, the Golden Gate bridge, and Sausalito. We take the 3:10 PM Golden Gate ferry to San Francisco (meet at the side entrance), tour the Ferry building, take a group picture, and walk to the Embarcadero BART station where we ride BART home.
Thursday, August 15 – Santa Cruz Day
Tour Leader: Dave Rice
*Arrive at 9:00 am to visit Henry Cowell Redwoods State Park in Felton.
*After we enjoy our picnic lunch, we drive to Santa Cruz to walk along West Cliff Drive and enjoy the scenery. Then, we visit the Santa Cruz Museum of Natural History
https://www.santacruzmuseum.org/ and afterwards enjoy dinner at Zelda’s or another local restaurant.
Friday, August 16 – Stanford & Farewell Day
Event Leaders: Dave Rice/Shirley Foreman
*In the morning, we tour the Stanford Campus including a tour of the Anderson and Cantor museums. After the tour we enjoy lunch at the Cantor Café.
*In the afternoon, we visit the Stanford Shopping Mall or other shopping center.
*The Farewell Party will be held in the evening, 5 pm – 9 pm at Shirley’s house
*Members bring a side dish or dessert to share.
