Afternoon: Check-in for the hotel starts at 4:00 pm. Registration host will give you your packet upon check-in. Road Scholar staff will meet you at 5:00 pm in the Conference Room at Sea Palms Resort. Orientation is at 5 pm, followed by dinner and get acquainted.

Dinner: Dining Room of conference center.

Evening: Get Acquainted games for grandparents and grandkids allows the two generations to get to know each other better.

Lodging: Sea Palms Golf and Tennis Resort

Meals Included: Dinner

Fort Frederica and St. Simons Field Trip, Beach Mock Turtle Activity, Lamplight Ghost Walk

Breakfast: Located in assigned room of the hotel conference center. TBA

Morning: Join us on a field trip to see and explore Fort Frederica and St. Simons. These island treasures provide an historical perspective of the colonial and Civil War era of Georgia. Fort Frederica was the focus of defense for the fledgling English colony of Georgia. The remains of the fortified settlement, established in 1736 by the founder of Georgia, Gen. James Edward Oglethorpe, include ruins of the fort, barracks, walls, moat, and several houses. See the film "History Uncovered".

Lunch: Lunch will be at a popular island restaurant called Mullet Bay.

Afternoon: After lunch take a trip to the beach for a "mock nest" adventure. We may also go seining if the tides are right. If not, we'll be seining on Sapelo or Jekyll Islands or both. After we are finished, we can all jump into the swimming pool at the hotel and cool off until time for dinner.

Dinner: Dinner will be at the hotel.

Evening: This fun lamplight walking tour of Olde St. Simons and the waterfront will introduce you to the ghost stories of the island. Have fun!

Lodging: Sea Palms Golf and Tennis Resort

Meals Included: Breakfast, Lunch, Dinner

Breakfast: Breakfast at the hotel.

Morning: Have fun as you mold sand and create your own sand sulpture while "sandcasting".

Lunch: Lunch at the hotel.

Afternoon: Welcome aboard the Lady Jane - a United States Coast Guard certified 49 passenger steel shrimping vessel recently retired after years of loyal service to the shrimping industry. She has been painstakingly refurbished for your cruising pleasure. sort the shrimp from her catch of Bonnethead, Blacktip, Sand shark, Horseshoe Crab,Puffer Fish, Amberjack, Crocker, Spot, Whiting, Bluecrab and Skate. Sit back and enjoy boiled shrimp First Mate John Tyre has prepared, If you're worried about bad weather, relax! Each cruise will be in protected waters of St. Simon Sound. LadyJane provides an air conditioned cabin, restroom, large open decks with ample room for you to walk around and enjoy the view.

Dinner: Dinner at the hotel.

Evening: Explore the beach at night, and learn about the amazing journey of loggerhead sea turtles nesting along the Georgia Coast. We will begin with a 30-45 minute presentation at the Georgia Sea Turtle Center about the natural history of sea turtles, followed by a guided beach tour in search of a nesting turtle. For the safety of the turtles and compliance with the Jekyll Island Lighting Ordinance, flashlights, camera and video camera lights are not allowed on the Walks. Infrared night vision cameras are allowed at the discretion of the walk guide and/or GSTC Staff. Walk Guides will have a special, turtle-friendly, approved flashlight.

Lodging: Sea Palms Golf and Tennis Resort

Meals Included: Breakfast, Lunch, Dinner

Grands at Jekyll Island Historic District/Kids at Boneyard Beach, Georgia Sea Turtle Center, Ring Shouters

Breakfast: Breakfast at the hotel.

Morning: The grandchildren will explore the beaches on Jekyll Island. The grandparents will be taking a field trip on the trolley seeing the millionaire village and cottages on Jekyll Island. Grandparents will be getting on and off the trolley to go inside cottages, Faith Chapel, and the Jekyll Island Hotel. Kids will visit Boneyard Beach. North End Beach, best walked at low tide, shows dramatic evidence of erosion, with the exposed roots of dead, decorticated oaks and pines producing a boneyard beach that wraps around to the eastern side of the island. The oaks have flat root mats and the pines have deep, vertical roots. During storms, the heavier oaks tend to tip over and remain, while the pines snap off at the roots and are carried off by the tides. It is one of the most photographed areas of Jekyll Island for natural beauty in the world. Grandparents will join grandchildren at Boneyard Beach after their trolley tour.

Lunch: We'll all meet back for lunch at Sea Jays on Jekyll Island.

Afternoon: Through sea turtle rehabilitation, research and education programs, the Georgia Sea Turtle Center will increase awareness of habitat and wildlife conservation challenges, promote responsibility for ecosystem health and empower individuals to act locally, regionally, and globally to protect the environment. The Georgia Sea Turtle Center is a hospital for ill and injured sea turtles. We are the only hospital of its kind in the state of Georgia. The Center is open to the general public and offers an interactive Exhibit Gallery and Rehabilitation Pavilion with a number of viewable sea turtle patients. We will have a guide take us through the hospital and exhibit area.

Dinner: Dinner at the hotel.

Evening: Sit back and relax with a local entertainment group called the Ring Shouters. They were invited to participate in the inaugural parade in Washington this year.

Lodging: Sea Palms Golf and Tennis Resort

Meals Included: Breakfast, Lunch, Dinner

Breakfast: Breakfast at the hotel.

Morning: We will travel to Darien, GA, about a 25 minute drive from St. Simons. We'll gather at the Darien dock to go over on the ferry to Sapelo Island. Once we arrive at the Sapelo dock, a bus will pick us up for the field trip. Visitors to Sapelo Island can see virtually every facet of a barrier island's natural community, from the forested uplands, to the vast salt marsh, and the complex beach and dunes systems. The mainland Visitor Center brings to life both the natural and cultural history of Sapelo highlight the African-American community of Hog Hammock, University of Georgia Marine Institute, Reynolds Mansion and newly restored lighthouse.

Lunch: Picnic lunch under the beach pavilion on Sapelo Island or we may have lunch at the RJ Reynolds Mansion if they do not have guests in the mansion.

Afternoon: Field trip continues on Sapelo.

Dinner: Dinner at the hotel.

Evening: Sit back and relax as you learn about colonial life in Georgia. The instructor will talk about life in the colonies; what they wore, what they ate and their way of life. She will bring colonial clothing and dress some of the participants for a "look" at colonial dress.

Lodging: Sea Palms Golf and Tennis Resort

Meals Included: Breakfast, Lunch, Dinner

Breakfast: Breakfast at the hotel.

Morning: Driftwood Education Center will bring in the reptiles this final morning. Believe it or not, it is a hands on experience that includes many different reptiles. The favorite so far has been the snakes!

Lunch: Program ends at 10:30 am.

Meals Included: Breakfast