Arrive To: Travel to Rowleys Bay on your own -- OR -- join the Covenant Harbor van shuttle departing from the Green Bay airport at 2:30 pm. Advance Reservations Required. Claim your luggage and meet in baggage claim at 2:15 pm. You will arrive in Rowleys Bay at 4:30 pm in time for check-in, dinner and orientation.

Afternoon: Plan to arrive in Rowleys Bay in the afternoon. Check-in begins at 3:00 pm at the front desk at Rowleys Bay Resort. Pick up your program booklet and name tag from your Group Leader in the lobby. The booklet contains the final day-by-day itinerary and other program information that we will review during orientation.

Dinner: Buffet at 5:00 pm in the resort restaurant. Most meals are buffet style with lots of choices.

Evening: Gather as a group in the meeting room for ORIENTATION at 7:00 pm. Your Group Leader will give an overview of the program, provide additional information about your accommodations and answer any questions. Then you'll have a chance to introduce yourself to the group and tell a little about your hometown and hobbies.

Lodging: Rowleys Bay Resort

Meals Included: Dinner

Door County Coffee and Tea / Inn at Kristofer's Cooking Demo / Fish Boil / Evening Activity

Breakfast: Buffet at 7:30 am in the resort restaurant. The hotel owners are Swedish so you'll find Swedish pancakes almost every morning on the buffet.

Morning: FIELD TRIP: Board our bus for a 30-minute ride south to the community of Carlsville and DOOR COUNTY COFFEE AND TEA CO. Established in 1993, this small family-owned business still roasts coffee the old-fashioned way, in small batches to exacting specifications. They use the finest Specialty Class 1 Arabica coffee beans grown throughout the world, and roast in a fluidized-air bed roaster which they believe is the best in the industry. It produces a wonderfully even, perfect roast each and every time. See the roasting process, enjoy a cup of coffee or tea with a home-made bakery treat and receive a packet of coffee to take home.

Lunch: Plated lunch at 12:00 pm at The Inn at Kristofer's in Sister Bay. One of Door County's premiere fine dining restaurants, the Inn at Kristofer's offers sweeping views of the waters of Green Bay and the bluffs of Sister Bay through floor to ceiling windows. Enjoy seasonal menus featuring locally grown produce. The restaurant has been featured in The Chicago Tribune and Midwest Living Magazine.

Afternoon: Join Guest Chef Terri Milligan in the cooking school upstairs for an EXCLUSIVE COOKING DEMONSTRATION of dishes you enjoyed at lunch. Learn how to re-create your Door County experience at home -- you'll receive all the recipes. If there's time at the end you might consider walking down the street to see the goats on the roof at Al Johnson's Swedish Restaurant. Return to the resort and meet at the fire pit to join the storyteller and learn about the FAMOUS DOOR COUNTY FISH BOIL, a Door County tradition. Learn the history of this unique event while watching the preparation. There may be other fish boils in the county but none of them have THE VIEW of Newport State Park. Bring your camera to catch the fiery boil over. When the fish is done we eat!

Dinner: Buffet at 5:00 pm in the resort restaurant. Tonight the buffet features the traditional Door County Fish Boil with potatoes, onions, coleslaw, rye bread and cherry dessert. If you're not a fan of fish there will be lots of other delicious choices.

Evening: Gather in the meeting room at 7:00 pm for an evening session on THE SURPRISING ART OF TAXIDERMY with award-winning taxidermist Mike Orthober. Don't shy away from this surprise hit!

Lodging: Rowleys Bay Resort

Meals Included: Breakfast, Lunch, Dinner

Breakfast: Buffet at 7:30 am in the resort restaurant. Be sure to try the half-pound caramel pecan rolls.

Morning: FIELD TRIP: Board the bus for a quick trip over to ELLISON BAY POTTERY. You meet John Dietrick and his wife Diane McNeil and learn more about the properties of clay and how fire can take clay and turn it into something magical. John will demonstrate making a goblet at the wheel.

Lunch: Buffet at 12:30 pm in the resort restaurant.

Afternoon: Join resort owner Jewel Peterson Ourdnik in the lobby for a brief history of the resort property and the vision of her father Leonard. Move over the bakery for a BEHIND THE SCENES AT THE BAKERY and discover how they make their famous 1.5 pound cinnamon and caramel pecan rolls. You might even get a sample of skorpa. Not sure what that is? You'll know before you leave.

Dinner: Buffet at 5:00 pm in the resort restaurant.

Evening: Gather in the meeting room at 7:00 pm for an evening session with local orchard owners Mark and Mary Pat Carlson who will share stories of CHERRY PICKERS, POW'S AND ORCHARD MEMORIES. Local Door County-made products like dried cherries, cherry juice and jams will be available for purchase.

Lodging: Rowleys Bay Resort

Meals Included: Breakfast, Lunch, Dinner

Hands-On Cooking at Savory Spoon Cooking School / Free Afternoon / Free Evening

Breakfast: Buffet at 7:30 am in the resort restaurant. Before breakfast, enjoy the sounds and sights of winged flight along the shore during a bird walk guided by an area naturalist.

Morning: FIELD TRIP: Board the bus for a quick ride over to Ellison Bay where you'll meet Chef Janice Thomas at the Savory Spoon Cooking School and Marketplace. Work as a team during a HANDS-ON COOKING EXPERIENCE to create a five-course lunch. The Savory Spoon occupies the former village school house, built in 1879. This historic building was carefully restored in 2005 reclaiming itself as a local landmark. The former two-room school is now equipped with state of the art cooking and refrigeration equipment, and the finest in culinary tools and small appliances. The Marketplace also has the addition of the Schoolhouse Artisan Cheese Shop, offering over 50 types of Wisconsin Artisan Cheeses.

Lunch: Plated lunch at 12:00 pm at the Savory Spoon Cooking School. Celebrate the seasonal sights and tastes of Door County. In the blink of an eye, the work space is transformed from kitchen to casual dining. Raise your glass to your fellow cooks and savor your delicious creations. You'll receive a packet of recipes to take home.

Afternoon: FREE TIME: Free afternoon for participants to choose activities of their own interests. Information on special events and options will be provided. Some catch the ferry over to Washington Island and take the popular Cherry Train tour.

Dinner: Buffet at 5:00 pm in the resort restaurant.

Evening: FREE TIME: Free evening for participants to partake in the county's theatre, music or community events or soak up a gorgeous sunset.

Lodging: Rowleys Bay Resort

Meals Included: Breakfast, Lunch, Dinner

Commercial Fishing / Orchard Visit and Pie Making / Evening Entertainment

Breakfast: Buffet at 7:30 am in the resort restaurant.

Morning: FIELD TRIP: Board the bus for a quick ride up to the DOOR COUNTY MARITIME MUSEUM at Gill's Rock. Learn more about the commercial fishing industry that is so important to the peninsula.

Lunch: Buffet at 12:30 pm in the resort restaurant.

Afternoon: FIELD TRIP: Board the bus for a quick ride over to SEAQUIST ORCHARDS AND FARM MARKET. This family-owned business is a landmark in Door County for more than 25 years. Take a drive through the experimental orchard and learn more about cherries and apples. You'll be amazed at the creative ways they try to keep birds and deer out of the orchard. Explore the process of shaking the trees to harvest the cherries. Then venture inside to the bakery for a pie making demonstration. Everyone goes home with a slice of pie.

Dinner: Buffet at 5:15 pm in the resort restaurant.

Evening: Gather in the meeting room at 7:00 pm for a MUSICAL PERFORMANCE to close out our final evening together.

Lodging: Rowleys Bay Resort

Meals Included: Breakfast, Lunch, Dinner

Depart From: For those returning to the Green Bay airport with the Covenant Harbor van shuttle, please be in the lobby with your luggage by 8:15 am. The shuttle will depart at 8:30 am and arrive at the airport at approximately 10:30 am. IMPORTANT: Do not make any flight plans earlier than 12:30 pm.

Breakfast: Buffet at 7:30 am in the resort restaurant. Program ends with breakfast. Check-out by 11:00 am. Thank you for joining us for this Road Scholar program. Take some time on your way home to explore the riches of Door County.

Meals Included: Breakfast