Weekly Lessons & Information Packets include descriptions and logistics about the upcoming Tours and Topics that are emailed and posted on this website at the beginning of each week.
Click on the titles below in blue font to view, download, and/or print the Weekly Lessons & Information Packets of past or upcoming tours.
Retirement Living: Rediscovering San Diego & Beyond
Donna Eckstein, PhD
9:30 AM to 11:00 (Zoom Meetings)
9:30 AM to 12:00 PM (Onsite Tours)
End of Semester Celebration!
Old Town Trolley Tours (Onsite)
SAN DIEGO RESIDENTS GET
FREE ADMISSION THROUGH JANUARY 31
Jan. 24 (Tu) & Jan. 26 (Th), 2023
9:30 AM to Noon
Read: International Holocaust Remembrance Day (Appendix B)
Honoring the Life & Legacy of
Martin Luther King, Jr.
Tuesday, Jan. 17 & Thursday, Jan. 19, 2023
Presentation by Docent Terry Kaltenbach
Tuesday, January 10, 2023
Onsite Tour with Docent Terry Kaltenbach
Thursday, January 12, 2023
Co-Presenter: Doug Eckstein (On Zoom)
(My favorite Oregon Tour Guide!)
January 3 (Tu), 2023
Mission Trails Regional Park’s
Visitor Information Center & Theater’s Newest Film
(On Zoom due to predictions of rain)
Docent: Ranger Susie
January 5 (Th), 2023
Celebrating the 2022 Holidays in San Diego
Dec. 13 (Tu) & Dec. 15 (Th), 2022
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Celebrate the Holidays @ The Lodge at Torrey Pines
-And-
Hullabaloo for the Holidays & Holiday Lights
Del Mar Highland Town Center
-And-
52nd Annual San Diego Bay Parade of Lights
“At First Light” Lightshow Spectacular
Holiday Festival & Historical Overview:
Hotel del Coronado & Coronado Island
Dec. 6 (Tu) & Dec. 8 (Th), 2022
Watch: 24 Hrs. at the Hotel Del (7:22)
Lucille Ball Desi Arnaz Museum
Tuesday, Nov. 29, 2022
Temecula Olive Oil Company
Onsite Tour - 2424 San Diego Avenue - S.D. 92110
Thursday, Dec. 1, 2022
10:00 AM - Noon!
Tuesday, Nov. 15, 2022
Ramona Valley Vineyard Association &
2022 Ramona Holiday Wine Trail
Presentation by Bill Schweitzer
Thursday, Nov. 17, 2022
Great Smoky Mountains in the Fall
-AND-
Tuesday, Nov. 8, 2022
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Presentation by Jeanne Weidner,
Chair, Voter Empowerment, League of Women Voters
Thursday, Nov. 10, 2022
Old Town’s Day of Dead &
Butterfly Farms (Intro)
Tuesday, Nov. 1, 2022
Fred’s Urban Farms
Spring Valley
Thursday, Nov. 3, 2022
From Ecuador to The United States
Presentation & Handout by Myriam Plua
(RSD Classmate)
Thursday, October 27, 2022
Oh The Places We’ve Been…
Lifelong Learning from each Other!
Our Everyday Life in Ghana (West Africa):
2002 -2008
Presentation & Handout by Christiane Kniel
(RSD Classmate)
Tuesday, October 17, 2022
My Hispanic Heritage (Part 1)
& My Mexican American Identity (Part 2)
Presentations & Handout by Jim Hurtado
(RSD Classmate)
Part 1: Thursday, October 19, 2022
Part 2: Tuesday, October 24, 2022
Exploring the Channel Islands National Park
Presentations by Donna Eckstein, PhD
Oct. 11 (Tu) and Oct. 13 (Th), 2022
Mission Trails Regional Park Visitor & Interpretative Center
Onsite Docents Bill & Heidi
Oct. 4, 2022 (Tues.)
-AND-
Behind the Scenes at The Old Globe
Onsite Docents Michael & Patty
Oct. 5, 2022 (Thursday)
Current Production: Come Fall in Love
San Diego Little Blue Penguins & Beyond
Scripps Institution of Oceanography
Presentation by Kayla Strate
Sept. 27 (Tu) & Sept. 29 (Th), 2022
Rediscovering San Diego’s
Refreshing & Delicious Ice Cream Shops
Guest Speakers:
Shawntá Fleming, Owner, Handel’s Homemade Ice Cream in Del Mar
Dan Szpak, RN, Founder - Nonprofit Scoop San Diego (TBC)
Sept. 20 (Tu) & Sept. 22 (Th), 2022
The Production & Sale of Cocoa: An International Perspective
Presentation by Christiane Kniel
Sept. 13 (Tu), 2022
Gourmet Chocolates: Internationally & Locally
Presentation by Donna Eckstein, PhD
Sept 15 (Th), 2022
Registration & Course Overview
Rediscovering San Diego’s Refreshing & Delicious
Chocolate Treats
Presentations by Iris Meyers, Owner
Iris Delights Artisanal Chocolates
Sept. 6 (Tu) & Sept. 8 (Th), 2022
9:30 AM – 12 Noon
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