Arrive To: Travel to Lake Geneva on your own -- OR -- join the Covenant Harbor van shuttle departing from the Milwaukee airport at 4:00 pm. Advance Reservation Required. Claim your luggage and meet at the GoRiteway kiosk by 3:45 pm. You will arrive in Lake Geneva at 5:30 pm in time for check-in, dinner and orientation.

Afternoon: Plan to arrive in Lake Geneva in the afternoon. Check-in begins at 4:00 pm in the lobby of the Geneva Bay Centre at Covenant Harbor Bible Camp and Retreat Center. Please, no early check-ins; however, if you do arrive early, you are welcome to bring in your luggage and wait in the lounge until your room is ready. Pick up your program booklet, name tag and room key from your Group Leader who will be in the lobby. The booklet will contain the final day-by-day schedule and other program information that we will review during orientation.

Dinner: At 6:00 pm in the lower level dining room. Meals served at the retreat center are buffet style. At dinner you'll find a salad bar with fresh greens and an array of toppings along with hot entrees and a dessert. Be sure to pace yourself, there are a lot of choices. Find a seat in the dining room and take your glass to the beverage center for your choice of milk, soda, iced tea, coffee or ice water. Meal times are a great opportunity to meet your fellow participants and talk about past programs you have attended.

Evening: Gather as a group in the meeting room for ORIENTATION at 7:15 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: Covenant Harbor

Meals Included: Dinner

Breakfast: At 8:00 am in the lower level dining room. You'll find a variety of hot and cold dishes along with fresh fruit and juice.

Morning: Class 9:00-10:00 am. Join Jim Slauson from the Milwaukee Institute of Art and Design for a primer in architecture from Stonehenge to Calatrava. Take a 30-minute break at 10:00 am. Class 10:30-111:30 pm. Mr. Slauson continues his lecture and discussion.

Lunch: At 11:30 am in the lower level dining room.

Afternoon: Board our motor coach at 12:30 pm for our FIELD TRIP to Madison and Spring Green. Approximate travel time to Madison is 1 hour 30 minutes. We'll pass the Frank Lloyd Wright inspired Monona Terrace and the Wisconsin State Capitol. Travel time to Spring Green is approximately 40 minutes. Our first stop for our visit of FRANK LLOYD WRIGHT'S TALIESIN will be the visitor center where we'll meet our docents and board our shuttles for a quick ride over to the estate. Enjoy a two hour docent led exploration of the main house. You'll hear stories of Mr. Wright's family life, his architectural innovations, and his love of the surrounding countryside. Taliesin was always a work in progress, Mr. Wright worked on it for 48 years. You're sure to find a favorite room, piece of furniture, or other object. You'll have some time to explore the bookstore before we depart for dinner.

Dinner: At 6:00 pm at the historic Old Feed Mill Restaurant in Mazomanie. Your dinner consists of your choice of the restaurant's signature dish, pot roast or chicken marsala along with a salad, vegetable and fresh baked bread using wheat grown on the Taliesin estate farm.

Evening: Return to Lake Geneva after dinner.

Lodging: Covenant Harbor

Meals Included: Breakfast, Lunch, Dinner

Breakfast: At 8:00 am in the lower level dining room.

Morning: Board our motor coach at 9:00 am for our FIELD TRIP to Milwaukee. Travel time is approximately 1 hour 15 minutes. We'll meet our docents at the MILWAUKEE ART MUSEUM on the shore of Lake Michigan for a 1 hour ARCHITECTURE TALK about the history of the museum including buildings designed by Eero Saarinen, David Kahler and of course SANTIAGO CALATRAVA. There is so much to see in this treasure of a museum. Learn how they moved the ribs for the "wings" through downtown Milwaukee, feel the smooth texture of the poured concrete walls and don't forget to go see the parking garage - it's worth a visit.

Lunch: At 11:30 am at the museum. Enjoy a box lunch consisting of a sandwich, chips, soda or water, fruit cup and a cookie. We'll eat right in the museum with views of the collection and lake. At noon you'll want to temporarily leave your lunch and head to the pedestrian walkway to watch the "wings" close and open. The whole process takes about 10 minutes. Take your camera!

Afternoon: After lunch you'll have some time for INDEPENDENT EXPLORATION of the museum. Take some time to explore the Bradley Collection donated to the museum by Mrs. Peg Bradley. She donated her collection and the money to build a building to house it. Re-board motor coach at 2:45 pm for return to Lake Geneva.

Dinner: At 6:00 in the lower level dining room.

Evening: Tonight's entertainment begins at 7:15 pm. Enjoy an evening of classical music performed by Dr. Trevor Stephenson from Madison, Wisconsin.

Lodging: Covenant Harbor

Meals Included: Breakfast, Lunch, Dinner

Depart From: For those returning to the Milwaukee airport with the Covenant Harbor van shuttle, you will depart from Ten Chimneys after lunch. We'll take your luggage with us on the motor coach. The shuttle will depart at 1:30 pm for the airport and arrive at approximately 2:30 pm. IMPORTANT: Do not make any flight plans earlier than 4:30 pm.

Breakfast: At 8:00 am in the lower level dining room. Check-out of rooms prior to boarding motor coach. Luggage can be left at the front desk for safekeeping.

Morning: Board our motor coach at 9:00 am for our FIELD TRIP to the small community of Genesee Depot. Travel time is approximately 1 hour. This is where Broadway actors Alfred Lunt and Lynn Fontanne built their home, TEN CHIMNEYS. Yes, there are actually ten chimneys. You'll hear this story and more during a two hour docent-led exploration of the house and estate. The home contains all the original furnishings and you'll feel like the Lunts have just stepped out.

Lunch: At 12:15 pm at the estate program center. Enjoy a box lunch consisting of a wrap, fruit cup and dessert bar.

Afternoon: After lunch you'll have some time for INDEPENDENT EXPLORATION of the wonderful exhibits in the Visitor Center and learn even more about the Lunts. Thank you for visiting Darling! Re-board motor coach for return to Lake Geneva. Approximate return at 2:30 PM. Independent departures.

Meals Included: Breakfast, Lunch