TRIP- Hilmar Cheese Factory Tour & Duarte's Poinsettias

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IMPORTANT!! This trip says it is FULL , but it is not! EVERY PERSON goes on the waitlist from the beginning! We then call you back for enrollment, space available REGISTRATION OPENS Monday October 26 th by signing up for the waitlist as follows: Go online to LARPD.ORG > Guide > Seniors > Trips OR -you may SIMPLY PROCEED ON THIS PAGE by clicking on [+waiting list] button after the specified time: -9 AM resident / 10 AM non-resident - You may add one travel buddy per sign-up, if desired -For additional enrollment assistance, call Front Desk (925) 373-5700 Create your LARPD.ORG profile ahead of time to ensure smooth enrollment. First destination: Hilmar Cheese Co. 2nd stop: Duarte's Poinsettias We start out our day with a "Behind The Scenes" Motorcoach Tour - only available to motorcoach guests! Our tour guide boards the coach to narrate along the 15-minute drive through the world’s largest cheese and whey manufacturing facility, in Hilmar California. Next, disembark to enjoy free cheese tasting and Culinary Agri-tourism at its best! Our docents will guide us on a walking tour, then we can explore the exhibits and watch through the viewing windows as employees package the "Big Cheese" - a 640 lb. block of cheese. Learn how cheese is made, and then enjoy a catered seated meal hosted by LARPD, featuring a sandwich buffet complete with homemade Cheese Chowder Soup, fresh green salad and famous Cream Cheese Brownie or Cheese Pie (better than any cheesecake!). Water, iced tea, Peet's coffee included! After lunch, it's ice cream making time! In this class, you'll make your own cup of ice cream to enjoy, and finish your tour with the short "MOOvie" in the Cheese Theatre and shopping time in the gift shop. All aboard the coach again for a stop and shop at Duarte's Poinsettias!! Wander through a vast greenhouse for any color or variety of large and healthy Poinsettias, cyclamen and Christmas cactus. Just in time for Thanksgiving and Holiday shopping ... stock up! There's plenty of room in the bus storage to tote your treasures home. For more information about our Senior Trips and Registration process please view the SENIOR TRIPS page on our website. Trip Date: Tues. November 24th 9 am-5 pm $91/$100 NR Please BE IN OUR LOBBY to sign-in at 8:40 am Lunch and ice cream making class is all included !!!