June 17, 2010 - Thursday
Appx Return: 8:00 PM

Price: $99 per person

"Where the Locals Eat"

Irving, NY

Meet our guide and enjoy great food with local atmosphere on this progressive meal. Start off with a homemade breakfast treat and coffee where everybody knows everybody and you’ll soon feel right at “home.”

Next, shop for those famous huge bags of cookies at Petri Baking Products. Drive over the ridge for a homemade lunch. Stick your fork into the Blue Plate Specials. Continue on over the next ridge for a beautiful scenic drive. You’ll see rolling hills dotted with cows, Amish homes, spectacular views, and little, almost forgotten towns, along the way.

Complete your meal with a homemade dessert. This neat diner will take you back to the 50’s. Select one dessert: raspberry streusel puff pastry, apple streusel puff pastry, or an ice cream sandwich.

The last stop will be Dunkirk Boardwalk Market where there are several boutiques including a wine store with tasting, Irish Pub, three gift shops, ice cream shop, and fishing pier for your enjoyment.

Departure Times

Office
Rockside Road & I-77
Akron

7:00 AM
6:45 AM
6:15 AM

June 24, 2010 - Thursday
Appx Return: 8:00 PM

Price: $120 per person

"Historic Float Trip"

Connellsville, Pennsylvania

Float from Connellsville to the historic district of Dawson down the Youghiogheny River and back through time. This float trip is a unique soft adventure that won't just take you down the river, but will take you back in time. Don't worry, you won't get wet! This historic tour offers an exceptional way to experience history.

A guide dressed in 1750's garb will navigate and narrate while you sit back and relax. This historical narrative will follow the French and Indian War, the Whiskey Rebellion, the Coal and Coke industries in Western Pennsylvania, and how they shaped our nation. You will see remnants of these days long past and draw your own conclusions to why this is the most important valley in the early development of our country.

Your journey will end in Dawson, where you can enjoy a delicious lunch at The James Cochran/Vanderbilt United Methodist Church.

Also, stroll the streets and tour the Washington Coal and Coke headquarters, which have been transformed into a small museum and gift shop.

Before departing for home, stop at Lenox Glass Outlet for an opportunity to shop for that special gift.

This Historic Float Trip is ideal for all ages.

Departure Times

Office
Rockside Road & I-77
Akron

6:30 AM
6:45 AM
7:15 AM

June 29, 2010 - Tuesday
Appx Return: 7:00 PM

Price: $92 per person

A "Farmish Tour" at the Bookamer Family Circle Farm

Meadville, PA

This new, wonderful tour is not Amish, but it’s “Farmish.” From morning until late afternoon the Bookamer family, including Ma, Pa, three boys, and three girls, will show you a farm like you’ve never experienced. Have you ever met a donkey with a pace maker? Ever seen an alpaca swim or a goat use a seesaw?

This tour has it all, great food with entertainment as you enjoy your lunch, spinning demonstrations, a hayride, a sawmill demo, and you can even help make ice cream to eat with your homemade pie. How about a game of horse shoes?

While you’re having all this fun, you’ll be learning about animal housing, nutrition, general care, and animal husbandry, all from the Bookamer children.

For the shoppers in the group, the farm market will be open with fresh produce, homemade knitted and crocheted items, saw mill items, and homemade baked goods, all available while listening to the Picks and Hammers folk music band.

Departure Times

Office
Rockside Road & I-77
Akron

6:15 AM
6:30 AM
7:15 AM