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Active Adult Day Trips
Day Trips
DAY TRIP PHYSICAL ACTIVITY LEVELS
Ability to board the bus, easy, mostly sitting
Mostly sitting, with some walking Some walking, possible stairs
Lots of walking, stairs, elevation
Black Hawk Casino
Come see why Black Hawk is one of Colorado’s top destination cities. Enjoy the city on your own either spending time sightseeing, playing exciting casino games, or eating gourmet food. Fee includes transportation. Meals are on your own. Registration deadline is two weeks prior to date.
Day Date Time
Monday January 9 8:30 a.m.-3 p.m. Monday February 13 8:30 a.m.-3 p.m. Monday March 13 8:30 a.m.-3 p.m. Monday April 10 8:30 a.m.-3 p.m.
Fee: Standard $25 / Resident $20
Candlelight Dinner Playhouse, White Christmas
With a dazzling score featuring well-known standards including “Blue Skies,” I Love a Piano,” How Deep Is the Ocean” and the perennial title song, White Christmas is an uplifting musical worthy of year-round productions. Fee includes show, dinner, coffee, tea, soda, tip and transportation. Registration deadline is December 20.
Day Date Time
Tuesday January 3 5:30-10:30 p.m.
Fee: Standard $95 / Resident $76
Afternoon Tea at the Lumber Baron Inn
The Lumber Baron Inn’s Victorian parlors make the perfect setting for Denver’s newest tea house. Afternoon Tea is served the traditional English way, featuring a variety of fancy finger sandwiches alongside scones, crumpets and fresh cookies. Everything is baked fresh daily in house. Fee includes afternoon tea, food, tip and transportation. Registration deadline is January 4.
Day Date Time
Saturday January 14 2-6 p.m.
Fee: Standard $60 / Resident $48
Signing Up
Please contact Active Adults staff prior to registration for any questions regarding accessibility. Not all venues are accessible. For more information on day trip registration, accessibility, etiquette, cancellations and refunds see the trip brochure posted online or pick up a hard copy in the Columbine Lounge.
All return times are approximate.
Supper Club
Price Range for Restaurants $ = Inexpensive - Under $10 $$ = Moderate - $11-$30 $$$ = Pricey - $31-$60 $$$$ = Ultra High-End - Above $61 No cooking, no driving and no clean up, but all the fun of joining others while exploring local restaurants. Fee includes transportation. Meals are on your own. Registration deadline is two weeks before the date.
Day Date Time Location
Mon Jan 23 5-8 p.m. Maggiano’s Little Italy, Denver $$ Mon Feb 27 5-8 p.m. Parma Trattoria, Louisville $$ Mon Mar 20 5-8 p.m. Las Palmeras, Longmont $ Mon Apr 17 5-8 p.m. Chautauqua Dining Hall, Boulder $$
Fee: Standard $15 / Resident $12
ACTIVE ADULTS
Day Trips
Daniels & Fisher Historic Clock Tower Tour
Visit the 20th floor Observation Deck to see behind the mysterious clock faces, take in the breathtaking views and see the original two-story spiral staircase leading up to the bell inside the belfry. Fee includes tour and transportation. Lunch is on your own. Registration deadline is January 11.
Day Date Time
Wednesday January 25 9 a.m.-3 p.m.
Fee: Standard $50 / Resident $40
Breckenridge Snow Sculptures
Breckenridge’s International Snow Sculpture Championships is a world-renowned snow sculpting competition where 16 teams of artists hand-carve 20-ton blocks of snow into enormous, intricate works of art. We will view the sculptures the week following the sculpting. Fee includes transportation and sculpture viewing. Lunch is on your own. Registration deadline is January 13.
Day Date Time
Monday January 30 9 a.m.-4 p.m.
Fee: Standard $25 / Resident $20
Colorado Symphony Orchestra w/ Bela Fleck & Abigail Washburn
Béla Fleck & Abigail Washburn, have a musical partnership like no other. Béla Fleck is a fifteen-time Grammy Award winner and Abigail Washburn a singer-songwriter and clawhammer banjo player. Fee includes show tickets, transportation and parking. Dinner is on your own. Registration deadline is January 19.
Day Date Time
Saturday February 4 4-10 p.m.
Fee: Standard $95 / Resident $76
From pastries to passenger trains, join us for a walk about the historic heart of Arvada with a private guide. There’s much to see and discover! Fee includes tour and transportation. Lunch is on your own. Registration deadline is January 27.
Day Date Time
Friday February 10 9 a.m.-2:30 p.m.
Fee: Standard $40 / Resident $32
Snowshoe Adventure
Snowshoeing is a great way to see beautiful winter scenery and breathe the fresh mountain air! The Eldora Nordic Center has everything you need to go on your adventure; rental equipment, trail maps and friendly staff to support your snowshoe vision! Fee includes trail pass and transportation. Equipment rentals and lunch is on your own. Registration deadline is February 1.
Day Date Time
Wednesday February 15 8:30 a.m.-3:30 p.m.
Fee: Standard $50 / Resident $40
The Wild Animal Sanctuary
The Wild Animal Sanctuary is a large outdoor facility in Keenesburg, CO. TWAS rescues animals and rehabilitates them so they can live and roam freely within large natural habitats with others of their own kind. Walk and see the animals from above. Fee includes tickets and transportation. Lunch is on your own. Registration deadline is February 8.
Day Date Time
Wednesday February 22 noon-6 p.m.
Fee: Standard $45 / Resident $36
Chapungu Sculpture Park
Chapungu (Cha-POON-goo) is the name given to the monumental stone sculptures produced by the present-day Shona people in Zimbabwe, Africa. Come see the handmade sculptures in Loveland, Colorado for a powerful and deeply expressive experience. Fee includes transportation. Lunch is on your own. Registration deadline is February 21.
Day Date Time
Tuesday March 7 10 a.m.-2:30 p.m.
Fee: Standard $20 / Resident $16
Wings Over the Rockies
With over fifty iconic aircraft and the most realistic flight simulators in Colorado, Wings Over the Rockies has something for everyone! After an introduction and viewing of an 8-minute film highlighting Colorado’s Aviation Endeavors, the docent will lead you on a tour of the museum. Fee includes transportation and tour. Lunch is on your own. Registration deadline is March 1.
Day Date Time
Wednesday March 15 9:30 a.m.-3 p.m.
Fee: Standard $30 / Resident $24
Digital Dome Show
Experience Northern Colorado’s only 360° dome theater: the OtterBox Digital Dome at Fort Collins Museum of Discovery. Featuring a gigantic 39-foot diameter dome screen, all ages will be wowed by the state-of-the-art digital projection systems and surround sound. Fee includes museum, show tickets and transportation. Lunch is on your own. Registration deadline is March 15.
Day Date Time
Wednesday March 29 9 a.m.-3 p.m.
Fee: Standard $35 / Resident $28
Arvada Center for the Arts The Book Club Play
A buoyant comedy filled to the brim with literary references that will delight any bibliophile. When a documentary film maker turns the lens on a devoted book club, their longstanding group dynamics take a turn for the dramatic… and hilarious. Fee includes tickets and transportation. Dinner is on your own. Registration deadline is March 1.
Day Date Time
Saturday April 1 12:30-6:30 p.m.
Denver Zoo & Brew
Denver Zoo’s amazing animal residents enrich the lives of their visitors and connect them to nature. Visit the wide variety of animals at the zoo for a few hours, then stop for pizza and/ or brew on the way home. Fee includes zoo tickets and transportation. Food and drinks are on your own. Registration deadline is March 21.
Day Date Time
Tuesday April 4 9 a.m.-4 p.m.
Fee: Standard $45 / Resident $36
Earth Day at Barr Lake State Park
Celebrate Earth Day 2023 by connecting with nature at the beautiful Barr Lake State Park. The lake has been known as a premier bird-watching area and a walking trail circles the lake, offering prime wildlife viewing and a lovely setting for an outdoor nature walk. Fee includes transportation and park entrance. Lunch is on your own. Registration deadline is April 6.
Day Date Time
Saturday April 22 9 a.m.-2:30 p.m.
Fee: Standard $20 / Resident $16
Cookout at Lory State Park
Enjoy this staff cooked lunch at Lory State Park. From rolling valleys to mountainous hillsides, Lory State Park offers mountain biking, hiking, horseback riding, and picnicking amid some fabulous foothills scenery just minutes from Fort Collins and adjacent to Horsetooth Reservoir. Fee includes transportation, park entrance and lunch. Registration deadline is April 10.
Day Date Time
Tuesday April 25 9:30 a.m.-3 p.m.
