TRIP PRESENTATION ALERT: We are meeting Thursday, April 25th at 3 pm to go over the details of this fabulous trip. This will also be your last day to get these prices. Call 860-441-6785 to attend meeting.

Sunny Portugal with Optional 4-Night Madeira Island Post Tour Extension October 24 – November 2, 2024. HIGHLIGHTS: Lisbon, Choice on Tour: “Calcadas” Walking Tour or “The Way of the Cod” Tour, Belem, Cork Factory, Evora, Winery Visit, Alentejo, Lagos, Algarve, Silves, Setúbal, Portuguese Riviera, Obidos, Sintra, Choice on Tour: National Palace of Sintra or Free Time, UNESCO World Heritage Sites.

The link to all the details: gateway.gocollette.com/link/1229176

Next week at Thrive 55+ Active Living Center we have lots of yum and fun to enrich your life! Here is our featured entrée menu for the month. We trip to enjoy WICKED then we also look into to traveling to Portugal before we PARTY Friday evening. Hope to see you!

Days are getting warmer and that means time to hike! Did you know Town of Groton has its own television studio… a GMTV ‘YouTube’ channel… and on occasion a show focusing on our hikes? GMTV stands for Groton Municipal Television.  Need a place to hike? Please check out any of these videos – you might even see yourself if you have hiked with us in recent years

Groton Thrive 55+ O.A.T.S. Hike Sheep Farm (youtube.com)

Groton Thrive 55+ O.A.T.S. Hike Merritt Family Forest (youtube.com)

Groton Senior Center O.A.T.S. Hike from Coogan Farm Nature & Heritage Center to Denison Pequotsepos (youtube.com)

Groton Senior Center O.A.T.S. Hike Beebe Pond Park Trail (youtube.com)

Groton Senior Center O.A.T.S. Hike Copp Family Park (youtube.com)

Groton Senior Center O.A.T.S. King Property Trail – YouTube   now known as SASSACUS PRESERVE

Groton Thrive 55+ O.A.T.S. Hike Candlewood Ridge (youtube.com)

Groton Thrive 55+ O.A.T.S. Hike Sheep Farm (youtube.com)

WEDNESDAY, MAY 8 – NEW YORK BOTANICAL GARDENS  We have been overdue a visit to the gorgeous NY BOTANICAL GARDENS so off we go! Founded in 1891, the NYBG is a 250-acre green oasis amid the dense concrete of New York City. As well as a rose garden with more than 650 varieties and a 50-acre forest, the garden also has an impressive Victorian-era glasshouse and a Home Gardening Center for amateur enthusiasts. We travel via deluxe coach bus and arrive as they open for the day. There is so much to take in. Do as you please while there and enjoy lunch on your own. We depart NYBG at 3:30 pm to be home about 6 pm. There will be rest stops on the way to and from. We depart Thrive 55+ at 7am. Cost is $102 resident/ $112 non resident.

SATURDAY, JUNE 22 – HISTORICAL HARLEM This popular daytrip is back! With our own deluxe coach bus and tour director on this trip, we pack in a special tour of the famous APOLLO THEATRE followed by an amazing lunch at SYLVIA’S RESTAURANT. We then culminate our day with a guided riding tour of HISTORICAL HARLEM. We depart Thrive 55+ at 7:45 am We return approx. 8:00 pm. Cost is $193 per person.

WEDNESDAY, JUNE 26 THE GOODSPEED – SOUTH PACIFIC  We are off to East Haddam to enjoy the 2:00 pm show of SOUTH PACIFIC. On a lush tropical island during World War II, battles of the heart are center stage in the Goodspeed premiere of the soaring Rodgers and Hammerstein classic. A lovestruck nurse and a young lieutenant are pulled into the tide of separate romances in an exotic world of risk and passion. But prejudice clouds their potential paradise. Get swept away by twin love stories and a rapturous score that includes “Some Enchanted Evening,” “I’m Gonna Wash That Man Right Outta My Hair,” “Bali Ha’i” and more. Show is approx. 2.5 hrs (including intermission). We depart Thrive 55+ at 12:45 pm. Cost is $75 resident/ $85 non resident.