Afternoon: Check-in is at the Admiral Semmes Hotel at 3 PM. From 4-5:30 PM you can register with Road Scholar. From 5:30-6:00 PM orientation for the program week will be in the ballroom. University history and all handout materials (schedule, menus, field trips, etc.) will be discussed. Any questions about the schedule or the program will be answered at this time. (Please note: schedule is subject to change based on weather and instructor availability.)

Dinner: Dinner served in the hotel dining room.

Evening: Each person will introduce themselves and tell something that might connect them to someone else in the group. There will also be time at the end to answer any new questions that may arise.

Lodging: Admiral Semmes Hotel

Meals Included: Dinner

Morning classes include the History of Bellingrath Gardens and Home and Mobile History /Afternoon class on the the Battle of Mobile Bay/Evening class on the Architecture of the Area/Meals are in the hotel dining room

Breakfast: Breakfast served in the hotel dining room.

Morning: Explore Bellingrath Gardens and Home conducted by the property’s curator. Discover how this local attraction was chosen as the only Alabama property featured on the A&E series, America’s Castles. Learn about the 65-acre garden estate, its opening to the public in 1932, and the original owners, Mr. and Mrs. Bellingrath. Dive into Mobile history! During a class with a local expert, discover the influence and contributions of Native Americans, Africans, Spanish, French, and British on our city. Learn about Mobile’s role in the Civil War, Reconstruction, and World War II.

Lunch: Lunch served in the hotel dining room.

Afternoon: "Damn the torpedoes, full speed ahead!" Sail into a class on the Battle of Mobile Bay. A local expert discusses the battle and Mobile, Alabama – the Confederacy’s last major port on Gulf of Mexico during the Civil War.

Dinner: Dinner served in the hotel dining room.

Evening: Enjoy a class with an architectural historian. Learn about Mobile’s architecture in discussions surrounding 18th and 19th century styles including bungalow, Creole, Antebellum, Victorian, and Italianate. Topics may include churches, homes, and commercial buildings. Discover how details followed individual tastes and trends of the time.

Lodging: Admiral Semmes Hotel

Meals Included: Breakfast, Lunch, Dinner

Morning classes include the History of Bellingrath Gardens and Home and Mobile History /Free afternoon to explore the area/ Dinner on your own/Evening class with the Azalea Trail Maids

Breakfast: Breakfast served in the hotel dining room.

Morning: Explore Bellingrath Gardens and Home conducted by the property’s curator. Discover how this local attraction was chosen as the only Alabama property featured on the A&E series, America’s Castles. Learn about the 65-acre garden estate, its opening to the public in 1932, and the original owners, Mr. and Mrs. Bellingrath. Dive into Mobile history! During a class with a local expert, discover the influence and contributions of Native Americans, Africans, Spanish, French, and British on our city. Learn about Mobile’s role in the Civil War, Reconstruction, and World War II.

Lunch: Lunch served in the hotel dining room.

Afternoon: Enjoy a free afternoon as you explore Mobile on your own. Discover downtown Mobile as you can walk around the historic district or venture out into the city.

Dinner: Dinner will be on your own.

Evening: This evening, enjoy a special presentation on Mobile’s famous Azalea Trail Maids. These fifty young women, selected from area high schools, wear traditional hooped antebellum dresses with pantaloons, gloves, and dainty umbrellas. The Azalea Trail Maids are true ambassadors to the city and exemplify Mobile’s southern charm. This class will definitely remain on your list of favorites for years to come.

Lodging: Admiral Semmes Hotel

Meals Included: Breakfast, Lunch

Morning field trips include guided bus tour of historic Mobile and Richards DAR house/Lunch at Wintzells/ Spend the afternoon at Bellingrath Gardens and Home/Evening class on historic architecture/Breakfast and dinner served in the hotel dining room.

Breakfast: Breakfast served in the hotel dining room.

Morning: Continue your classroom history discussion with the instructor as you roll through the streets for a guided bus tour of the Mobile area. View historic landmarks, beautiful 18th and 19th century homes, and majestic live oaks. Then, drive past the city’s port area where you will learn about the Mobile economy. Visit the Richards DAR House, furnished and administered by the Daughters of the American Revolution as a Period House-Museum. Built in 1860, this handsome historic home, a Town House of the Italianate style, tells in superb architectural detail of fashionable life during Mobile's affluent antebellum days. The House is famous for its iron lace that lavishly decorates the front facade. While you're there, enjoy tea and cookies as you experience Mobile's true southern hospitality.

Lunch: Lunch at Wintzells - For the freshest seafood in Mobile and other Southern favorites Wintzell's - 70 years and still shuckin'.

Afternoon: Tour one of A&E’s “American Castles” – Bellingrath Gardens and Home. Step back in time for a journey through the magnificent 15-room mansion. The home showcases its original collection of treasured antiques, furniture, silver, china, crystal, and cut glass. The exterior features handmade brick and ironwork from a landmark 19th century Mobile hotel. Nestled among beautiful live oaks, Spanish moss, and scenic Fowl River, the 65-acre gardens boast blooms every day of the year. During Spring, enjoy azaleas, tulips, daffodils, hyacinths, pansies, camellias, Japanese magnolias, ornamental kale and cabbage, foxglove, delphinium, violas and poppies.

Dinner: Dinner served in the hotel dining room.

Evening: Finish up your lessons on historic architecture. Learn about Mobile’s architecture in discussions surrounding 18th and 19th century styles including bungalow, Creole, Antebellum, Victorian, and Italianate. Topics may include churches, homes, and commercial buildings. Discover how details followed individual tastes and trends of the time.

Lodging: Admiral Semmes Hotel

Meals Included: Breakfast, Lunch, Dinner

Morning field trip to the History Museum of Mobile/Lunch on your own in downtown Mobile/Afternoon spent on an area walking tour and at a Museum home/ Evening class/ Breakfast and dinner served in the hotel dining room.

Breakfast: Breakfast served in the hotel dining room.

Morning: 21st Century innovative exhibits come alive during your field trip to The History Museum of Mobile. Explore Mobile as the first Americans saw it. Relive the passage on an African slave ship. Listen to the stories of Civil War soldiers, and feel the power of nature’s raging storm, the hurricane. Get your hands on history in the Discovery Room, an interactive gallery for the young and young at heart. Visit The Shop in the Southern Market for a unique gift or memento.

Lunch: The bus will take you to the downtown area. You will be able to board a free downtown trolley to stop and eat wherever you would like. From seafood to sandwiches and salads, you can find many wonderful restaurants to enjoy. Don't miss "Three Georges" candy store for your homemade candy dessert.

Afternoon: After your walking tour, visit the Oakleigh House Museum and the Cox-Deasy House. View exhibits of beautiful furnishings with fine period collections of furniture, portraits, silver, china, jewellery, interesting kitchen implements, and toys.

Dinner: Dinner served in the hotel.

Evening: Enjoy a class to discover the history, fun, and ambience of Mardi Gras with a local expert. Understand the true meaning behind the carnival season and where it orginated first.

Lodging: Admiral Semmes Hotel

Meals Included: Breakfast, Dinner

Breakfast: Breakfast served in the hotel dining room

Morning: Check out of lodging rooms. Discover Jubilee, a natural phenomenon that takes place from time to time on the shores of Mobile Bay in Alabama. Occurring mainly on warm summer nights, often in the early pre-dawn hours, the event initiates a joyous community beach party. Learn what this rare celebration is all about and why it benefits coastal residents.

Lunch: Box lunch to go.

Meals Included: Breakfast, Lunch