Day Trips

Virginia Christmas Spectacular

Saturday, December 11, 2021 | 9:15am-4:00pm

Come experience the splendor of Christmas as Thomas Road Baptist Church in Lynchburg, VA  presents the 2021 Virginia Christmas Spectacular, featuring the legendary Living Christmas Tree.  The production is filled with an encouraging story, uplifting music, dazzling lights, hundreds of musicians, dancers, performers, and a 37-foot Christmas tree!  Lunch on your own. Health and safety protocols required by the Commonwealth of Virginia will be in effect.

Activity Level - Easy 

Open to all.

Location: Lynchburg, VA

Lewis Ginter GardenFest of Lights

Thursday, December 16, 2021 | 2:45pm-8:30pm

This trip is SOLD OUT.

Dominion Energy’s GardenFest of Lights at the Lewis Ginter Botanical Gardens in Richmond is the region’s ultimate holiday extravaganza featuring lights, decorations, a live, cut 25-foot-tree in the Conservatory, and much more.  Enjoy holiday shopping in the Garden Shop and dining on your own at the restaurant. Health and safety protocols required by the Commonwealth of Virginia will be in effect.

Activity Level - Easy

Open to all.

Location: Richmond, VA

SHOPPING AT SHORT PUMP TOWN CENTER

Tuesday, January 11, 2022 | 9:30am-4:30pm

Enjoy the opportunity to spend the day at the open-air Short Pump Mall in Richmond. You can shop for after-Christmas discounts, enjoy a long, leisurely lunch, or create a masterpiece at Color Me Mine painting and pottery studio. Lunch on your own at The Mall. Health and safety protocols required by the Commonwealth will be in effect.

Activity Level:  Easy

Open to all.

Location: Richmond, VA

FULL TEA EXPERIENCE

Thursday, February 17, 2022 | 9:30am-3:30pm

 Join us for a delightful full English tea experience at Miss Minerva’s Team Room & Gifts in Downtown Culpeper, VA. You will select your choice of flavor for an endless pot of tea. A selection of scones with house-made cream and jam, tea sandwiches and savories, and assorted petit desserts will complement your full tea service. There will be time to shop in the gift shop for a variety of teas, cups and saucers, kettles and cozies, and assorted tea service items.

Price includes full tea and pastry service, as well as tax and gratuity. 

Activity Level:  Easy

Open to all.

Location: Warrenton, VA

RIVERSIDE CENTER - Camelot

Wednesday, March 16, 2022 | 9:30am-6:30pm

An idealistic young King Arthur hopes to create a kingdom built on honor and dignity, embodied by his Knights of The Round Table.  His ideals are tested when his lovely queen, Guinevere, falls in love with the young Knight, Lancelot, and the fate of the kingdom hangs in the balance. This is a Lerner and Lowe’s award-winning, soaring musical based on T.H. White’s novel.  Health and safety protocols required by the Commonweatlh will be in effect.

Activity Level:  Easy

Open to all.

Location: Fredericksburg, VA

Odyssey Cherry Blossom Cruise

Thursday, March 31, 2022 | 8:00am-5:30pm

Join us as we set sail on the Potomac River aboard the glass-enclosed “ODYSSEY’’,  a one-level glass- enclosed-ship.  The Odyssey, sailing under historic bridges, will travel past Washington, DC’s greatest landmarks such as The Jefferson Memorial.  A three-course lunch is included along with live entertainment.

Open to all.

Location: Potomac River

The Quarry Gardens at Schuyler

Wednesday, June 8, 2022 | 9:00am-5:00pm

Enjoy a private tour of the Quarry Gardens at Schuyler which are nestled into a 600-acre property owned by Armand and Bernice Thiebolt. This is a landscape carved by industry and renewed by nature: 40 acres of private gardens with trails through plant communities around a group of retired soapstone quarries.  Health and safety protocols required by the Commonwealth will be in effect.

Activity Level:  Moderate

Open to all.

Location: Schuyler, VA