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SUPERIOR, WISCONSIN

Civilian Conservation Corps, Edmund Fitzgerald, Lewis and Clark

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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.
ActiveFor people who enjoy walking as much as two miles a day, perhaps to explore historic neighborhoods or a nature trail.
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Itinerary for Aug 4 — Aug 7, 2013

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Type: Full Service Hotel

 Description: Waterfront hotel overlooking a marina and Lake Superior.

Contact info:
300 Marina Drive
Superior, WI 54880 USA
phone: 715-392-7152
web: www.barkersislandinn.com

Room amenities: Cable TV, hairdryer, phone with dataport.

Facility amenities: On-site restaurant, indoor pool.

Smoking policy: Yes
Smoking policies vary by facility. During all group events and activities, smoking is prohibited.

Elevator: Yes

Additional nights before: Around $100.00.
Please contact hotel directly for current rates and availability.

Check in time: 3:00 PM

Day One: Sunday, August 04 - Arrive and check into beautiful Barker's Island Inn. Be greeted by... 
Arrive and check into beautiful Barker's Island Inn. Be greeted by the Road Scholar Coordinator and receive your packet and schedule. Take some time to settle into your lovely room until dinner.

Afternoon: Arrive and check into beautiful Barker's Island Inn. Be greeted by the Road Scholar Coordinator and receive your packet and schedule. Take some time to settle into your lovely room until dinner.

Dinner: Enjoy a sit down dinner and afterwards the program, coordinator will officially greet everyone, review the schedule for the week and answer any questions that the group may have.

Evening: We will take a short field trip to the Bong Veteran's Historical Center just short trip from the hotel and hear about Richard I Bong and enjoy a self-guided tour.

Lodging: Barker's Island Inn

Meals Included: Dinner
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Type: Full Service Hotel

 Description: Waterfront hotel overlooking a marina and Lake Superior.

Contact info:
300 Marina Drive
Superior, WI 54880 USA
phone: 715-392-7152
web: www.barkersislandinn.com

Room amenities: Cable TV, hairdryer, phone with dataport.

Facility amenities: On-site restaurant, indoor pool.

Smoking policy: Yes
Smoking policies vary by facility. During all group events and activities, smoking is prohibited.

Elevator: Yes

Additional nights before: Around $100.00.
Please contact hotel directly for current rates and availability.

Check in time: 3:00 PM

Day Two: Monday, August 05 - Today we will be treated to several fascinating lectures about our... 
Today we will be treated to several fascinating lectures about our areas of study and prepare for our day long field trip tomorrow.

Breakfast: Breakfast will be in The Galley restaurant - a full service restaurant overlooking the largest marina on Lake Superior. You will be treated to a sit down meal.

Morning: Landmarks in Log & Stone: The Story of the CCC - lecture and slide show - from the Director of the Richard I Bong Veteran's Historical Center. Learn the history of this amazing legacy. After a short break, enjoy the lecture and slide show presentation from the retired director of the Maritime Museum on Lake Superior shipwrecks.

Lunch: A delicious lunch will be served in the Galley Restaurant in the hotel. Again, this will be a plated, sit down meal.

Afternoon: The Story of the Edmund Fitzgerald - lecture and slide show will be presented and then we head over to Fairlawn Mansion for a guided tour and dinner.

Dinner: Dinner at Fairlawn Mansion.

Evening: To be announced

Lodging: Barker's Island Inn

Meals Included: Breakfast, Lunch, Dinner
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Type: Full Service Hotel

 Description: Waterfront hotel overlooking a marina and Lake Superior.

Contact info:
300 Marina Drive
Superior, WI 54880 USA
phone: 715-392-7152
web: www.barkersislandinn.com

Room amenities: Cable TV, hairdryer, phone with dataport.

Facility amenities: On-site restaurant, indoor pool.

Smoking policy: Yes
Smoking policies vary by facility. During all group events and activities, smoking is prohibited.

Elevator: Yes

Additional nights before: Around $100.00.
Please contact hotel directly for current rates and availability.

Check in time: 3:00 PM

Day Three: Tuesday, August 06 - A day long field trip to Jay Cooke State Park and Gooseberry Falls. 
Breakfast: In the Galley Restaurant

Morning: FIELD TRIP: Coach bus trip to Pattison State Park to see the beautiful architectures created by the CCC and the falls.

Lunch: Lunch will be at Grandma's Saloon & Deli located in beautiful Canal Park, Duluth.

Afternoon: After lunch will walk just a few feet to the Maritime Museum for a self guided tour. We will then re board the bus and travel to Jay Cooke State Park where we will see more beautiful creations by the CCC.

Dinner: We will have another delicious meal served at the hotel.

Evening: Free time.

Lodging: Barker's Island Inn

Meals Included: Breakfast, Lunch, Dinner
Day Four: Wednesday, August 07 - Program Wrap Up, our last day together! 
Breakfast: In the Galley Restaurant.

Morning: Our retired director from the Maritime Museum is back to give us a presentation on Lewis and Clark expedition.

Lunch: Bid farewell to all with boxed lunches to go!.

Meals Included: Breakfast, Lunch


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Superior, WI
Fairlawn MansionOne of "America's Castles", this 42 room Victorian mansion, built in 1889, was the private residence of Matrin and Grace Pattison and family. Fairlawn recalls the elegance and prosperity of Superior's early boomtown days.
For additional information, visit: www.superiorpublicmuseums.org
Richard I. Bong World War II Heritage CenterInteractive exhibits, fully restored P-38 Lightening, and Pacific-European Theater displays will let you experience history through the eyes of those who lived it.
For additional information, visit: www.bongheritagecenter.org
S.S. Meteor Maritime MuseumLaunched from Superior in 1896, she is the world's only remaining innovative "whaleback" ship. Hear the ship's whistle and see the original 1896 steam engine as you tour from pilothouse to cargo holds.
For additional information, visit: www.superiorpublicmuseums.org
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