Elyria - After breakfast, sit back and relax on our ride to Elyria, OH, the first stop on our way to Southern New England. Enjoy a choice of entrees at dinner.

Tannersville - Enjoy the fall colors as we travel to Tannersville, PA and The Chateau Resort and Conference Center. Dinner is served at the resort this evening.

Sturbridge - After a breakfast, depart with your local guide and travel to Jim Thorpe, PA, commonly referred to as The Switzerland of America. Following the 1953 death of renowned athlete and Olympic medal winner Jim Thorpe, the town voted to change the name of the town to honor this hero with hope of attracting attention and tourism to bolster the local post-industrial economy. Visit and tour the Harry Packer Mansion whose impressive facade could have been taken from a gothic novel. This is only fitting as the Mansion was used as the model for Disney World's Haunted Mansion! The interior however is anything but spooky. Fifteen-foot ceilings, marble fireplaces and gilded mirrors of the parlors reflect the elegance of the Victorian Age. Next visit the Old Jail Museum which was completed in 1871 and used as the Carbon County Prison from 1871 until January 1995. The building is best known as the site of the hanging of seven Irish coal miners known as Molly Maguires in the 1800s. This afternoon we’ll head towards Sturbridge, MA, for a three-night stay.

Sturbridge - This morning we depart for Stockbridge, MA where Norman Rockwell spent much of his life. Meet our local guide and visit the Norman Rockwell Museum, which houses the world's largest collection of original Rockwell art. Highlights include enduring favorites from Rockwell's Saturday Evening Post covers, the powerful Four Freedoms, and the nostalgic Stockbridge Main Street at Christmas. The Norman Rockwell Archive contains more than 100,000 photographs, letters, and other rare memories. Enjoy free time for lunch and shopping in the quaint village of Stockbridge, MA. Visit the famed Red Lion Inn, Yankee Curtains, and don't forget to look at the famous teapot collection inside the Red Lion Inn. Next, Tour Chesterwood, the country home, studio and gardens of Daniel Chester French, sculptor of the statue of Abraham Lincoln in the Memorial in Washington, DC, and The Minute Man, Concord, MA. We'll return to the hotel to freshen up before dinner. Relax by the fire or lend a hand as dinner is prepared for you in colonial style. Stir the chowder as it bubbles in their cast iron cauldron. See your prime rib, roasted "to a turn" as the only known Roasting Jack still operating in America rotates slowly over a crackling fire of wild cherry logs. Beware of the brimming bowl of freshly whipped cream ~ the perfect complement to New England's Best Apple Pie.

Sturbridge - We’lll meet our local guide in Hartford, CT and spend the morning getting to know Katherine Hepburn better! Yes, your tour guide will highlight Katherine Hepburn's life, visiting many places of interest including her grave. This afternoon, visit Old Sturbridge Village. This is the largest outdoor history museum in the Northeast, and a journey through time to a rural New England town of the 1830's. Visitors are invited into more than 40 original buildings, each carefully researched, restored, and brought to the museum site from towns throughout New England. There will be time to relax and enjoy the resort before our authentic Yankee dinner.

Utica - After breakfast, we depart for the Essex Steam Train and Riverboat excursion. Train enthusiasts will enjoy the coal fired 1920 Steam locomotive while traveling in coaches ranging from approximately 1919 - 1930. Next, enjoy the narrated Riverboat route along the Connecticut River through the scenic towns of Deep River and Chester. We then depart for our hotel in Utica, NY.

Elyria - We continue our journey homeward bound. We'll stop to tour the Original American Kazoo Company Museum and Factory. Established in 1916, it is now the only metal kazoo factory in North America. We'll continue on to Elyria, OH, our home for the night.

Home - Enjoy breakfast this morning. Then board the coach and continue home with wonderful memories of a your Southern New England vacation.