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600 Million Years of Natural History From Pangaea to the Connecticut River

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EasyFor people looking to exercise their minds more than their bodies. There’s minimal walking and not too many stairs.
ModerateThese programs get you on your feet and include activities such as walking up to a mile in a day through a city and standing in a museum for a few hours.
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Rain hat/sun visor, rain jacket and umbrella recommended for occasional rainy day. Pen and notebook for lectures and binoculars for field trips recommended.

Itinerary for Jul 16 — Jul 19, 2013

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 Description: The Deerfield Inn is an original historic inn that opened in 1884, located in the hearth of Old Deerfield founded in 1673, an idyllic village surrounded by tranquil life, working farms, the Deerfield River, rolling hills and history that dates back 10,000 years. It has been the home of the Pocumtuck Indian people who farmed the rich soil on the banks of the Deerfield and Connecticut Rivers and English colonists who came here in the 1600s. The Inn is in the heart of Historic Deerfield, a museum complex of fourteen museum houses and the Flynt Center of Early New England Life. This area is known as a little piece of paradise and called the Happy Valley due to the fertile soil and clean water that produces an abundance of fruit, vegetables, fowl and fish that are taken avantage of in the Deerfield Inn's kitchen. The Deerfield Inn has an elegant Main Dining Room, Champney's Tavern, and the Beehive Parlor that will be home to participants. The Deerfield Inn is next door store to the Museum Store. Additional amenities include beautifully appointed guest rooms. A post office, Deerfield Academy, Bement School and Eaglebrook School are all close by and provide a quaint New England educational atmosphere.

Ship Information: 81 Old Main Street, Deerfield, MA 01342.

Contact info:
81 Old Main Street
P.O. Box 321
Deerfield, MA 01342 USA
phone: 800-926-3865 x4137745587
web: www.deerfieldinn.com

Room amenities: Fine Inn amenities including television, soap, shampoo, lotion and other personal items. Complimentary tea and cookies served on most afternoons.

Facility amenities: All rooms are artfully decorated with well appointed Colonial decor and some antiques. The rooms are named for original English settlers of Deerfield. There are 3 rooms available with 2 beds and one room that a cot can be added. All other rooms have one bed - kings and queens. Two bed rooms will given to unrelated roommates first. Beautiful grounds, fine dining room, casual cafe with seating inside and outside, Tavern Bar and Beehive Parlor which serves an old fashioned tea and cookies repast. Shorts walk on the street to museum houses and other fine buildings.

Smoking policy: No
Smoking policies vary by facility. During all group events and activities, smoking is prohibited.

Elevator: Yes

Additional nights before: starting at $140/night + tax
Call 800-926-3865 to make reservations to come early or stay late. Special Road Scholar rate for extended stay, based on availability, is equal to the Historic Deerfield member rate for time of year. Rooms vary starting at $140/night plus 5.7% MA tax.

Check in time: 3:00 PM

Day One: Tuesday, July 16 - Arrival & Registration, Check-in & Orientation, Introduction to the... 
Arrival & Registration, Check-in & Orientation, Introduction to the Connecticut River Valley

Arrive To: Welcome to Deerfield! Room registration at the Deerfield Inn is available starting at 3:00pm. Program check-in is at the Historic Deerfield Visitors' Center in Hall Tavern. Your orientation to the program begins at 5:00pm. ORIENTATION: Your arrival packet will contain an updated schedule of presentations, field trips, and other program related activities that we will review during orientation. Please be aware that local circumstances may require adjusting program elements. In the event of changes, we will notify you as quickly as possible. We appreciate your understanding. (If you arrive late due to travel delays, the hotel desk staff will give you your packet when you check-in.)

Dinner: Welcome dinner at the Deerfield Inn, built in 1884 and located in the center of the National Historic Landmark village of Deerfield. The Inn uses the finest and freshest naturally-raised produce in its restaurant, and menus reflect the change in seasons.

Evening: INTRODUCTORY TALK: "Sense of Place: Deerfield and the Connecticut River Valley" led by Faith Deering, Historic Deerfield museum educator. With humor and poety, Faith will acquaint participants with the Deerfield as a natural setting with a long geological history that created a valley that has provided a rich haven to flora and fauna as well as the various human communities that have settled the valley.

Lodging: Deerfield Inn

Meals Included: Dinner
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Type: Inn

 Description: The Deerfield Inn is an original historic inn that opened in 1884, located in the hearth of Old Deerfield founded in 1673, an idyllic village surrounded by tranquil life, working farms, the Deerfield River, rolling hills and history that dates back 10,000 years. It has been the home of the Pocumtuck Indian people who farmed the rich soil on the banks of the Deerfield and Connecticut Rivers and English colonists who came here in the 1600s. The Inn is in the heart of Historic Deerfield, a museum complex of fourteen museum houses and the Flynt Center of Early New England Life. This area is known as a little piece of paradise and called the Happy Valley due to the fertile soil and clean water that produces an abundance of fruit, vegetables, fowl and fish that are taken avantage of in the Deerfield Inn's kitchen. The Deerfield Inn has an elegant Main Dining Room, Champney's Tavern, and the Beehive Parlor that will be home to participants. The Deerfield Inn is next door store to the Museum Store. Additional amenities include beautifully appointed guest rooms. A post office, Deerfield Academy, Bement School and Eaglebrook School are all close by and provide a quaint New England educational atmosphere.

Ship Information: 81 Old Main Street, Deerfield, MA 01342.

Contact info:
81 Old Main Street
P.O. Box 321
Deerfield, MA 01342 USA
phone: 800-926-3865 x4137745587
web: www.deerfieldinn.com

Room amenities: Fine Inn amenities including television, soap, shampoo, lotion and other personal items. Complimentary tea and cookies served on most afternoons.

Facility amenities: All rooms are artfully decorated with well appointed Colonial decor and some antiques. The rooms are named for original English settlers of Deerfield. There are 3 rooms available with 2 beds and one room that a cot can be added. All other rooms have one bed - kings and queens. Two bed rooms will given to unrelated roommates first. Beautiful grounds, fine dining room, casual cafe with seating inside and outside, Tavern Bar and Beehive Parlor which serves an old fashioned tea and cookies repast. Shorts walk on the street to museum houses and other fine buildings.

Smoking policy: No
Smoking policies vary by facility. During all group events and activities, smoking is prohibited.

Elevator: Yes

Additional nights before: starting at $140/night + tax
Call 800-926-3865 to make reservations to come early or stay late. Special Road Scholar rate for extended stay, based on availability, is equal to the Historic Deerfield member rate for time of year. Rooms vary starting at $140/night plus 5.7% MA tax.

Check in time: 3:00 PM

Day Two: Wednesday, July 17 - Dinosaurs, Dunes, and Drifting Continents: the Geological History of... 
Dinosaurs, Dunes, and Drifting Continents: the Geological History of the Connecticut River Valley and "Between River and Ridge: A Nature Walk through Old Deerfield"

Breakfast: The hearty continental breakfast features the Deerfield Inn's homemade granola.

Morning: LECTURE: “Dinosaur, Dunes, and Drifting Continents: Natural History of the Connecticut River Valley” with noted local geologist and author, Richard Little, will illuminate 600 million years of geological time that created the Connecticut Valley, where you will find specimens of some of the oldest rocks in the world. Following this fascinating presentation, we’ll hear a lecture from Daria D'Arienzo, local archivist, on the life and work of Orra White Hitchcock, wife of Edward Hitchcock, professor and, later, president of Amherst College. Hitchcock (1793-1863) popularized the science of geology and led the movement to make geology part of the American college curriculum. He served as state geologist in Vermont as well as Massachusetts, made many geological discoveries, and joined the early serious study of dinosaur fossil footsprints. Orra was the primary illustrator of works and D'Arienzo will show and discuss the illustration of the natural world in the Connecticut Valley and illustrations of geological concepts that were used in Amherst College classrooms

Lunch: Picnic lunch on "The Street." Enjoy an informal box lunch from the Deerfield Inn to enjoy on the street at your leisure.

Afternoon: FIELD TRIP: We'll take a morning walk along Channing Blake Footpath in Old Deerfield led by Historic Deerfield museum educator, Faith Deering. Meadows, farmlands and forests offer a rich ecosystem with a great diversity of plants and animals. Through an interpretive walk, open your eyes and minds to the wildlife between river and ridge. Along the way, Faith will identify plants, birds and insects, answer questions about the natural history of the area and read some selections from naturalists of the past, who have loved and treasured this landscape. You will also have some time to visit the Historic Deerfield Museum houses of your choice with an entry ticket good until 4:30pm on Friday.

Dinner: A hearty dinner from the Deerfield Inn featuring local produce.

Evening: FREE EVENING. Please refer to the “Free Time Activities” section for suggestions of what you can see and do.

Lodging: Deerfield Inn

Meals Included: Breakfast, Lunch, Dinner
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Type: Inn

 Description: The Deerfield Inn is an original historic inn that opened in 1884, located in the hearth of Old Deerfield founded in 1673, an idyllic village surrounded by tranquil life, working farms, the Deerfield River, rolling hills and history that dates back 10,000 years. It has been the home of the Pocumtuck Indian people who farmed the rich soil on the banks of the Deerfield and Connecticut Rivers and English colonists who came here in the 1600s. The Inn is in the heart of Historic Deerfield, a museum complex of fourteen museum houses and the Flynt Center of Early New England Life. This area is known as a little piece of paradise and called the Happy Valley due to the fertile soil and clean water that produces an abundance of fruit, vegetables, fowl and fish that are taken avantage of in the Deerfield Inn's kitchen. The Deerfield Inn has an elegant Main Dining Room, Champney's Tavern, and the Beehive Parlor that will be home to participants. The Deerfield Inn is next door store to the Museum Store. Additional amenities include beautifully appointed guest rooms. A post office, Deerfield Academy, Bement School and Eaglebrook School are all close by and provide a quaint New England educational atmosphere.

Ship Information: 81 Old Main Street, Deerfield, MA 01342.

Contact info:
81 Old Main Street
P.O. Box 321
Deerfield, MA 01342 USA
phone: 800-926-3865 x4137745587
web: www.deerfieldinn.com

Room amenities: Fine Inn amenities including television, soap, shampoo, lotion and other personal items. Complimentary tea and cookies served on most afternoons.

Facility amenities: All rooms are artfully decorated with well appointed Colonial decor and some antiques. The rooms are named for original English settlers of Deerfield. There are 3 rooms available with 2 beds and one room that a cot can be added. All other rooms have one bed - kings and queens. Two bed rooms will given to unrelated roommates first. Beautiful grounds, fine dining room, casual cafe with seating inside and outside, Tavern Bar and Beehive Parlor which serves an old fashioned tea and cookies repast. Shorts walk on the street to museum houses and other fine buildings.

Smoking policy: No
Smoking policies vary by facility. During all group events and activities, smoking is prohibited.

Elevator: Yes

Additional nights before: starting at $140/night + tax
Call 800-926-3865 to make reservations to come early or stay late. Special Road Scholar rate for extended stay, based on availability, is equal to the Historic Deerfield member rate for time of year. Rooms vary starting at $140/night plus 5.7% MA tax.

Check in time: 3:00 PM

Day Three: Thursday, July 18 - World-class Class Collection of Dinosaur Footprints and Local History... 
World-class Class Collection of Dinosaur Footprints and Local History of the Study of Geology

Breakfast: The hearty continental breakfast features the Deerfield Inn's homemade granola.

Morning: Visit the Memorial Hall Museum in Deerfield where you will learn about the early days of Edward Hitchcock who started his career of teaching and geology at Deerfield Academy. Enjoy a bonus tour of a Historic Deerfield museum house that illustrates a "Walk Through Time from 1725 to 1850."

Lunch: Enjoy a picnic lunch on Mt. Sugarloaf, South Deerfield. Composed of a prominent sandstone rock called Sugarloaf Arkose, Mt. Sugarloaf is a fine example of the Connecticut Valley's geological history. Its summit offers some of the best scenic views of the broad agricultural landscape of the Connecticut River Valley. Richard Little accompanies and orients the group on this part of the field trip.

Afternoon: FIELD TRIP: Beneski Museum of Natural History, Amherst College. Following an orientation, we'll have an expert-led exploration of this quite amazing museum that tells the story of Edward Hitchcock's discoveries, including the largest dinosaur track collection in the world. The museum contains three floors of exhibits and more than 1,700 individual specimens on display. Participants may choose to enjoy a side visit to the Emily Dickinson Museum at her home, "The Homestead." Enthusiastic and expert guides will illuminate the life of this fascinating and captivating American poet. We will then travel to the Dinosaur Footprints reservation in Holyoke, Massachusetts, to see actual footprint fossil preserved in situ by the Connecticut River that are protected and maintained by the Trustees of Reservations. If you choose, you can take a walk along the river.

Dinner: Dinner at a local restaurant featuring a bountiful meal of home-style cooking near the Dinosaur Footprints Reservation.

Evening: Return to the Deerfield Inn around 8:00 p.m. for a relaxing evening.

Lodging: Deerfield Inn

Meals Included: Breakfast, Lunch, Dinner
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Type: Inn

 Description: The Deerfield Inn is an original historic inn that opened in 1884, located in the hearth of Old Deerfield founded in 1673, an idyllic village surrounded by tranquil life, working farms, the Deerfield River, rolling hills and history that dates back 10,000 years. It has been the home of the Pocumtuck Indian people who farmed the rich soil on the banks of the Deerfield and Connecticut Rivers and English colonists who came here in the 1600s. The Inn is in the heart of Historic Deerfield, a museum complex of fourteen museum houses and the Flynt Center of Early New England Life. This area is known as a little piece of paradise and called the Happy Valley due to the fertile soil and clean water that produces an abundance of fruit, vegetables, fowl and fish that are taken avantage of in the Deerfield Inn's kitchen. The Deerfield Inn has an elegant Main Dining Room, Champney's Tavern, and the Beehive Parlor that will be home to participants. The Deerfield Inn is next door store to the Museum Store. Additional amenities include beautifully appointed guest rooms. A post office, Deerfield Academy, Bement School and Eaglebrook School are all close by and provide a quaint New England educational atmosphere.

Ship Information: 81 Old Main Street, Deerfield, MA 01342.

Contact info:
81 Old Main Street
P.O. Box 321
Deerfield, MA 01342 USA
phone: 800-926-3865 x4137745587
web: www.deerfieldinn.com

Room amenities: Fine Inn amenities including television, soap, shampoo, lotion and other personal items. Complimentary tea and cookies served on most afternoons.

Facility amenities: All rooms are artfully decorated with well appointed Colonial decor and some antiques. The rooms are named for original English settlers of Deerfield. There are 3 rooms available with 2 beds and one room that a cot can be added. All other rooms have one bed - kings and queens. Two bed rooms will given to unrelated roommates first. Beautiful grounds, fine dining room, casual cafe with seating inside and outside, Tavern Bar and Beehive Parlor which serves an old fashioned tea and cookies repast. Shorts walk on the street to museum houses and other fine buildings.

Smoking policy: No
Smoking policies vary by facility. During all group events and activities, smoking is prohibited.

Elevator: Yes

Additional nights before: starting at $140/night + tax
Call 800-926-3865 to make reservations to come early or stay late. Special Road Scholar rate for extended stay, based on availability, is equal to the Historic Deerfield member rate for time of year. Rooms vary starting at $140/night plus 5.7% MA tax.

Check in time: 3:00 PM

Day Four: Friday, July 19 - Rock Park, Great Falls Discovery Center, Study Cruise on the... 
Rock Park, Great Falls Discovery Center, Study Cruise on the Connecticut River and Program Concludes

Breakfast: Hearty continental Breakfast at Deerfield Inn featuring the Inn's homemade granola

Morning: FIELD TRIP: Greenfield Community College Rock Park. The GCC Rock Park was begun in the early 1980s by Prof. Richard Little as a way to preserve the rare armored mud ball samples he discovered in suspension cable bridge foundations on the banks of the Connecticut River. Samples from other sites were added to create an outdoor display of large specimens from the region. New specimens were acquired over the years, sometimes carried back by students from field trip locations. We’ll also explore the Great Falls Discovery Center, the interpretive center for the Connecticut River Watershed, located in Turners Falls, Massachusetts. The Center is located in historic mill buildings. Exhibits include depictions of different wildlife habitats of the watershed and the different species found in each. STUDY CRUISE: Enjoy a relaxing, yet informative cruise on the Connecticut River through magnificent French King Gorge to Barton's Cove (river conditions permitting). Geologist Steve Winters will provide interpretation and commentary. .

Lunch: The program concludes with a farewell lunch at the Deerfield Inn. Please be sure you have checked out of the hotel by 11:00 a.m. You will also have some time to visit the Historic Deerfield Museum houses of your choice with an entry ticket good until 4:30pm on Friday. We hope you have enjoyed this learning adventure and will join us for other fascinating and rewarding programs in association with Historic Deerfield. Best wishes for all your journeys!

Lodging: Deerfield Inn

Meals Included: Breakfast, Lunch


Free Time Opportunities


Deerfield, MA
Amherst History MuseumFree time activity in Amherst Field Trip The Amherst History Museum opened in 1916 and is governed by the Amherst Historical Society, which was founded in 1899. Housed in the 1750-era Strong House, the Amherst History Museum takes visitors on a journey from the town's colonial past, through its industrial age and into the computer-driven present. The Museum is filled with decorative arts, paintings, household implements, agricultural tools and other pieces of history from the nearly three hundred years since Amherst was settled. The collections range from the ordinary to the unique, and capture a sense of every day life often missing from history books. The period rooms of the Amherst History Museum are a blend of the old and the new, of 19th century Victorian taste combined with the hallmarks of the 20th century. Floral motifs curl around imported Delftware, pewter plates, blue and white Staffordshire china mingles with an 18th century grandfather clock, and a Victorian calling card holder sits company with stately Georgian paneling. In addition to the period rooms, rotating exhibits and special programming, the Museum provides educational tours for school children and students throughout the year. The museum is about 5 blocks from the Natural History Museum of Amherst College that in destination of the day's field trip. Admission not included in program price.
For additional information, visit: www.amhersthistory.org/
Emily Dickinson MuseumFree time activity in Amherst. Emily Dickinson Museum consists of two historic houses,The Homestead and The Evergreens, in the center of Amherst, Massachusetts, closely associated with the poet Emily Dickinson and members of her family during the nineteenth and early twentieth centuries. The Homestead was the birthplace and home of the poet Emily Dickinson. The Evergreens, next door, was home to her brother Austin, his wife Susan, and their three children. The Emily Dickinson Museum was created in 2003 when the two houses merged under the ownership of Amherst College. The Museum is dedicated to educating diverse audiences about Emily Dickinson’s life, family, creative work, times, and enduring relevance, and to preserving and interpreting the Homestead and The Evergreens as historical resources for the benefit of scholars and the general public. The museum is about 3 blocks from the Natural History Museum of Amherst College that in destination of the day's field trip. Admission not included in program price.
For additional information, visit: www.emilydickinsonmuseum.org/hours.html
Memorial LibrariesFree time activity in Old Deerfield. The libraries of Deerfield’s two museums, Historic Deerfield and the Pocumtuck Valley Memorial Association, are housed together in one building, known as the Memorial Libraries. The Henry N. Flynt Library serves primarily as a research center for Historic Deerfield’s collections and programs. Holdings are particularly strong in the decorative arts, architecture, and material culture of early New England, and include approximately 21,000 printed volumes, numerous periodicals, and more than 2,000 microforms accessible through an online catalog. The Pocumtuck Valley Memorial Association Library collections document the life and thought of Deerfield from the close of the 17th century to the 20th. The library’s 24,000 books, many with histories of local ownership, include literature, sermons, history, travel, biography, and works on agriculture, animal husbandry, and domestic economy. The library also has an extensive manuscript collection, rich in material on families and local history. Hours: 9:00 a.m. to 5:00 p.m. Tues - Fri.
For additional information, visit: www.historic-deerfield.org/library
Memorial Hall MusuemFree time activity in Old Deerfield. Museum hours: 11:00 a.m. to 5:00 p.m, Tues. - Fri. Return to Memorial Hall Museum during the week after organized tour on Monday.The village museum, Memorial Hall, is one of New England's oldest museums. When Deerfield Academy's original 1798 school building became available, antiquarian George Sheldon organized the collection of artifacts he was assembling and in 1880, Memorial Hall opened. The museum's extraordinary collection of furnishings, paintings, textiles and Indian artifacts is "the finest collection of local antiquities in New England and one of America's oldest museums."
For additional information, visit: www.deerfield-ma.org/
Historic Deerfield Cooks' GardenFree time activity in Old Deerfield. This kitchen garden serves as a source of fresh ingredients for the museum’s open hearth cooking demonstrations and classes. The garden contains an assortment of useful plants commonly found in New England during the 18th and early 19th centuries. The Cooks’ Garden was dedicated in 2006 in memory of Margaret Quinn Orloske, a member of the museum who enjoyed open hearth cooking and gardening, and with thousands of others died on September 11, 2001. Funds from the Margaret Quinn Orloske Endowment are used to replenish heirloom plants, for general garden maintenance, and for support of the open hearth cooking program
For additional information, visit: www.historic-deerfield.org/outdoors
Chaning Blake Foot PathFree time activity in Old Deerfield; also there is a guide walk along the path scheduled during program. A fully accessible footpath open seasonally, the Channing Blake Foot Path takes visitors past a working farm and through meadows to the Deerfield River. Interpretive panels along the one-third mile walk describe local geology, natural history, and Native and European presence.
For additional information, visit: www.historic-deerfield.org/outdoors
Historic Deerfield Museum StoreFree time activity in Old Deerfield. Historic Deerfield Museum Store offers a wide array of gifts and books. Find a variety of American crafts, jewelry, and reproductions as well as souvenirs. The bookshop features thousands of titles on art, history, craft, and architecture. A children’s book section offers books for young readers of all ages.
For additional information, visit: www.historic-deerfield.org/museum-store-page
Magic Wings Butterfly ConservatoryFree time activities in Deerfield accessible by personal car. Enjoy other local attraction along Deefield's main artery, routes 5 & 10. Magic Wings Butterfly conservatory, 8,000-square foot conservatory is home to nearly 4,000 free-flying butterflies from all over the world! Summer hours 9:00 a.m. to 6:00 p.m. Spring, Fall and Winter hours: 9:00 a.m. to 5:00 p.m. Admissions are not included.
For additional information, visit: www.magicwings.com/
Yankee CandleFree time activity in Deerfield accessible by car. Flagship store for Yankee Candle, based in South Deerfield, Massachusetts. World's Largest Candle Store. It's a candle lover's dream - over 160 of our famous, true-to-life scents, plus beautiful accessories, accents and collectibles. Come Experience Wax Works - The Newest Area of Yankee Candle Village! Enjoy Wax Hands, Wax Souvenirs, Wax Art and so much more. Candlemaking Museum. Ever wonder how Colonial Americans lit their homes? See fascinating, free daily demonstrations of nineteenth-century candlemaking.Open everyday 10:00 a.m to 6:00 p.m.
For additional information, visit: www.yankeecandle.com/cgi-bin/ycbvp/ycContent.jsp?page=%2fNavigation%2fNon+Product+Left%2fAbout+Yankee+Candle%2fVisit+a+Flagship+Store
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