Trips

Click here to visit the official Thrive55+ Active Living Center website.

Spots go fast on all our trips and some are already filled up. We do our best to get you the best seats for the best price with a quality trip!  Check our flyers in the Thrive55+ Active Living Center, in our Discover 55+ newsletter or on our Facebook page for added information.

We offer day and extended trips around the USA and abroad. Great for singles, couples, families – there’s something for everyone and all ages. Trips are open to the public.

Questions about a particular trip??  If you just want to know if there is a spot for you you may call 860-441-6785 or if a more specific question call 860-441-6623.  THANK YOU for traveling with us!

Payment must be made upon registering for a day trip. No refunds unless your spot can be filled.

    TUESDAY, OCTOBER 8TH- Dining Out at Steak Loaf

    Posted on October 1, 2019 by Groton

    The community gives to the Groton Senior Center; Dining Out is our way of giving back to the community. Each month a Restaurant is featured. Ride the senior van or meet us there. Order a full entrée or just appetizers. An evening outing, socializing and enjoyment! Please join us Tuesdays for a “socially nutritional” evening .
    Registration is required for either event
    www.grotonrec.com please let us know if you need a GSC bus transportation.

    Monday, December 30th- New York Botanical Garden Holiday Train Show exhibit

    Posted on September 20, 2019 by Groton

    Our day trips fill up fast, so be sure to book early! Another great trip we have coming up is great is our Monday, December 30th (so during winter break for many!) trip to the New York Botanical Garden for the Holiday Train Show exhibit.

    It is not to be missed & enjoyed by all!

    $106/116  Includes: Deluxe motor coach transportation, Friendship Tours Tour Director, driver gratuity and admissions to NYBG and the Holiday Train Show.

    You can register at Groton Recreation office, Groton Senior Center or online at www.GrotonRec.com

    Aqua Turf Club for a Polka Celebration Oct 15th

    Posted on September 18, 2019 by Groton

    Won’t YOU please join us on our trip to the lovely Aqua Turf Club for a Polka celebration? We go Tuesday, October 15!  We dine  and dance Polka!

    This East Coast Band is one of the finest Polka Bands around!

    Enjoy an energetic day filled with both Polka dance standards and your favorite American traditional music!!

    Featuring: The Polka Family Band,. Enjoy an energetic day filled with both Polka dance standards and your favorite American traditional music!! Dancing for this one! Fantastic venue plus coffee & donuts, door prizes, complimentary glass of beer or wine. MENU: Family Style: Salad/Mac & Cheese/Kielbasa & Kraut/Stuffed Cabbage/Pierogies/ Vegetable/ Dessert.  $50/resident   20 person max  We depart GSC at 10 am   Only 55 plus

    www.GrotonRec.com  or 860-441-6785

     

    Friday, November 15, 2019- Concert time: Buddy Guy- limited seats

    Posted on September 11, 2019 by Groton

    Rock and Roll Hall of Fame inductee Buddy Guy in concert

    Friday, November 15, 2019 | 8:00 pm at Garde Arts Center

    The concert is 2  1/2 hour show approx.

    At age 82, Buddy Guy is a Rock and Roll Hall of Fame inductee, a major influence on rock titans like Jimi Hendrix, Eric Clapton, and Stevie Ray Vaughan, a pioneer of Chicago’s fabled West Side sound, and a living link to the city’s halcyon days of electric blues. He has received seven Grammy Awards, a 2015 Lifetime Achievement Grammy Award, 34 Blues Music Awards (the most any artist has received), the Billboard Magazine Century Award for distinguished artistic achievement, a Kennedy Center Honor, and the Presidential National Medal of Arts. Rolling Stone magazine ranked him #23 in its “100 Greatest Guitarists of All Time.”

    We provide the ride from GSC to GAC so you have no parking worries. We depart GSC at  7 pm.  

    Our seats are Orchestra Center J, K and L rows. 

    $68 pp  To register online www.GrotonRec.com  or call 860-536-5680 or 860-441-6785

    Day trip to the BIG E Fair Friday, Sept 13th

    Posted on September 11, 2019 by Groton

    Day trip to the BIG E Fair Friday, Sept 13th

    Friday, Sept. 13 is Be A Kid For A Day, Military Appreciation Day.  It is also the FIRST day of the BIG E so all will be freshly presented & clean.

    We are taking our own (so, no other pickups) motor coach bus to the BIG E.

    The Big E, also known as The Eastern States Exposition, is billed as “New England’s Great State fair”. It is the largest agricultural event on the eastern seaboard and the seventh-largest fair in the nation.

    $50 pp includes deluxe coach transportation,driver gratuity and admission to the fair.

    Wear your walking shoes for this one!!

    We leave Groton Senior Center at 8:30AM  We depart The BIG E at 5 pm.

    www.GrotonRec.com  860-441-6785