Lombard Park District

ACTIVE ADULT 56 FOUR WINDS CASINO TRIP (Ages 55+) Do you feel lucky? Join Lombard Park District as we travel to Four Winds Casino! Price includes motor bus transportation with restrooms on board, $15 of free slot play and $10 towards food. Deadline to register is October 16. Please note: no refunds after 10/16. Registration Deadline: 10/16 Location: Sunset Knoll Recreation Center Code Day Date Time R/NR Fee 313204-01 W 11/01 8:00 am - 4:00 pm $70/$80 CHICAGO CHRISTMAS LIGHTS & CHRISTKINDLMARKET (Ages 55+) The annual Chicago Christmas Lights tour is back to brighten up the Holidays! After an early afternoon departure, visit the colorful Christkindlmarket at Daley Plaza. Called the most authentic traditional holiday market of its kind outside of Europe, it offers a unique shopping experience. Enjoy a late, great lunch at the Grand Lux Café, located in the heart of the Magnificent Mile on North Michigan Avenue. After lunch we'll enjoy a narrated, guided bus tour of the breathtaking Christmas Lights, the Magnificent Mile Lights Festival along Michigan Avenue, the Macy's Christmas windows and the Chicago Christmas Tree and Skating Rink at Millenium Park. To end the evening, we will head over to Lincoln Park Zoo for their annual Zoo Lights celebration. Enjoy the Zoo as it becomes a twinkling winter wonderland! Registration Deadline: 11/21 Location: Sunset Knoll Recreation Center Code Day Date Time R/NR Fee 313205-01 Tu 12/12 12:00 - 7:00 pm $140/$150 DAY TRIPS SPONSORED BY: GET YOUR KICKS ON ROUTE 66! (Ages 55+) Whether you missed this trip in 2021 or are eager to do it again, don't miss out on this fun and educational trip. Trail blaze an American icon as we tour a portion of America's mother road: Route 66! John Weiss, a renowned author of Route 66 books and expert guide, joins us in Joliet, IL to give us a fascinating narrated guided tour of the scenic byway and roadside attractions to Pontiac, IL. This stretch of the highway, near its Chicago origin, once stretched all the way to Santa Monica, CA. After a stop at the Route 66 Visitor Center in Joliet we begin our journey south to Wilmington to see such famous sights as the "Gemini Giant", the Eagle Hotel and the Milltown Market where we stop for coffee & rolls. In Gardner, IL we visit the 1906 two-cell jail and a historic streetcar diner. In Dwight, IL see the 1933 Ambler- Beckler Texaco gas station, once the longest operating station on the entire 2,448- mile stretch of Route 66. At the Old Route 66 Café, our group enjoys lunch at this family-owned restaurant filled with nostalgic memorabilia. After lunch, it's on the road again to Odell, IL to tour the old Standard Oil Station, listed on the National Register of Historic Places. In Pontiac, IL one of the great small towns on the entire 66 route, we tour the Route 66 Hall of Fame & Museum. Here we learn the story of the people and places that have been firmly entrenched as a part of Americana. One of the displays entitled, "Route 66-A photo journal" truly captures the spirit of 66 while others feature artifacts and antiques from the roads illustrious history. We'll also see the town's "Murals on Main St.", a unique assortment of 20 outdoor murals and the Pontiac-Oakland Auto Museum to get a nostalgic glimpse back at the autos that once traveled the highway. On our return journey north, stop for a special treat at the famed Polk-A-Dot Diner in Braidwood and to see the fiberglass statues of Elvis, Marilyn Monroe, James Dean and the Blues Brothers! Relive the freedom, passion and spirit Route 66 once gave America! Registration Deadline: 08/15 Location: Sunset Knoll Recreation Center Code Day Date Time R/NR Fee 313203-01 Th 09/21 8:00 am - 6:00 pm $130/$140 EAST TROY ELECTRIC DINNER TRAIN (Ages 55+) There is nothing like the romance and luxury of dining aboard first-class railroad cars the way people did a generation ago. Travelers will board a moto coach bus to East Troy, WI to experience dining aboard award-winning Art Deco railroad cars while enjoying a delicious lunch. These meticulously restored coaches of the Chicago South Shore & South Bend Railroad serve as your dining room as the East Troy Electric Railroad presents the last remaining electric inter-urban dining car train in North America. Built in 1927, the train operates on the original Milwaukee Electric Railway Company's inter-urban track and takes a leisurely trip to Phantom Lake, before returning to the East Troy depot and museum. On your way, we will stop at the landmark Elegant Farmer Farm Market. You'll have time here to shop at their Farm Kitchen Bakery and Market featured on TV's Food Network. The market is known for its one-of-a-kind apple pie baked in a paper bag! Please note: no refunds after 09/04. Registration Deadline: 09/04 Location: Sunset Knoll Recreation Center Code Day Date Time R/NR Fee 313203-02 Th 10/19 9:00 am - 5:00 pm $160/$170 PROGRAM MANAGER: KATIE MANHEIM | kmanheim@lombardparks.com AUTUMN 2023

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