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On the Road Again
New York City. Douglass Community Center in Leesburg is offering a bus trip to New York City Saturday, Dec. 20. Transportation will be by luxury motor coach. Departure is at 6:30 a.m. from the Loudoun commuter bus lot in Leesburg.The price is $60. Those younger than 18 must be accompanied by a parent or guardian.
To register, visit the Douglass Community Center at 407 E. Market St., Leesburg; call 703-771-5913; or e-mail dcc@loudoun.gov.
Senior citizen trips. Loudoun County Parks, Recreation and Community Services announces trips for senior citizens 55 and older to San Antonio, New Orleans, New York City, Las Vegas and the Grand Canyon.
All trips are by motor coach and include stops en route to and from the destination. Price includes transportation, lodging with continental breakfast, most dinners and all attractions. Fliers on each trip are available at senior centers.
San Antonio: Eleven-day, 10-night trip, Jan. 30-Feb. 9. Cost is $960 each for double occupancy and $1,320 each for single occupancy. Deadline for registration is Dec. 14.
New Orleans: Nine-day, eight-night trip, March 14-22. Cost is $828 each for double occupancy and $1,152 each for single occupancy. Two-thirds of payment is due with registration; balance due Jan. 15.
New York City: Four-day, three-night trip April 17-20. Includes brief visit to Philadelphia. Cost is $474 each for double occupancy and $666 each for single occupancy. Half of payment is due with registration; balance due Feb. 13.
Las Vegas and the Grand Canyon: Thirteen-day, 12-night trip, May 27-June 8. Cost is $1,225 each for double occupancy and $1,740 each for single occupancy. One-fifth of payment is due with registration, with additional payments due Feb. 2, Mar. 2, April 1 and May 1.
Call Mark Humphrey at the Cascades Senior Center at 703-430-2397 or pick up a flier at any senior center in Loudoun County. Registration available at any Loudoun County Parks, Recreation and Community Services facility.
Historic drive: For residents looking for a scenic and informative trip, the Journey Through Hallowed Ground Partnership has an interactive Web site and a guide book about the 175-mile corridor that runs from Gettysburg in Pennsylvania to Monticello in Charlottesville.
The Web site allows visitors to plan their own itinerary based on themes like presidents, African American history, natural history and scenic views. There is also a guidebook, written by noted travel book author David Edwin Lillard, which features 12 detailed maps of the corridor, county-by-county guides to the sites, attractions and back roads, and eight "Create Your Own Journeys" and shops and stops in historic downtowns, lodgings, wineries, restaurants, farmers markets, antiques, live entertainment, galleries and museums.
The Journey Through Hallowed Ground includes nine presidential homes, numerous wineries, 13 national park units, the largest collection of Civil War sites, shops, fine restaurants and 16 historic communities.
The route also offers opportunities to hike, bike and explore scenic rivers, roads and landscapes.
The region, also known as “Where America Happened,” has sites spanning 400 years of history and, according to partnership, is a trip that can be made on one tank of gas.
Call 540-882-4929, write The Journey Through Hallowed Ground Partnership, P.O. Box 77, Waterford, VA 20197 or log on to www.hallowedground.org.
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