b'COMMUNITY ENRICHMENT SERVICES PROGRAMS & CLASSES AT THE DES MOINES ACTIVITY CENTER Day TripsExplore the Northwest and leave the driving to us! During periods of inclement weather, we reserve the right to cancel trips. Please listen for the Highline School District report as we operate alongside school closures and delays. Reservations are required and trips often sell out quickly. All sales are final, no refunds on advance ticket purchases. Please note that a minimum of five participants is required for each trip to proceed. Victorian Christmas Festival Meeker Mansion Holiday TourThe 37th annual VictorianMeeker Mansion was built in 1890 Christmas Festival providesby Ezra and Eliza Jane Meeker and festive entertainment, activities,has been restored and preserved shopping, and more! The Singingfor public tours. This Italianate style Nativity is particularly enchanting,Victorian home features six original offering a unique and heartwarmingfireplaces, tiles and mantles, ornate performance. This event is a great wayceiling paintings and friezes, beautiful to kick off the holiday season!stained glass windows and functioningPuyallup Fairgrounds speaking tubes with nickel platedDate: Thursday, December 4 mouthpieces. Dont miss the gorgeousTime: 10:00am holiday dcor during your visit! Cost: $35Puyallup Date: Friday, December 19 Time: 10:00am Cost: $30Governors Mansion Watsons GreenhouseHoliday Tour and NurseryThe Governors Mansion is the officialBring a shopping tote and prepare residence of the states governor. Theto enter a holiday wonderland filled redbrick, Georgian-style Executivewith decorated trees, plants, dcor, Mansion has been home to Washingtonswreaths, poinsettias, and much more!Bellevue Garden dLightsgovernors since 1909 and is fully Puyallup locationrestored and furnished with many Date: Friday, December 12 If you have never seen the Garden antiques from the American Federal Time: 10:00am dLights, add this to your holiday period (1790s-1830s). The 30-minute No-host lunch at Berry Fields Caf must-do list!mansion tours showcase the first-floor Cost: $15 Garden dLights is a dazzling holiday public rooms, decorated for the holidaytradition that transforms the Bellevue season. Accessibility & other information:Fantasy Lights Drive Through Botanical Garden into a magical There is considerable walking andwonderland, featuring over half a standing with no public restrooms. TheGet ready to be mesmerized bymillion sparkling lights in whimsical mansion is accessible to walkers andover 300 elaborate displays, digitalshapes of plants, flowers, birds, wheelchairs. The walk from the bottom ofanimations, and thousands ofanimals, and cascading waterfalls. Set the driveway to the mansions front doorsparkling lights that will leave youamid the Gardens natural beauty, this is a 200-yard incline. State-issued picturespellbound! This 2-mile route will havebeloved event has enchanted visitors ID is required to tour the mansion.you dazzled as you stay dry and warmfor decades and is a cherished part ofOlympiaon the bus. the communitys holiday season. Date: Wednesday, December 10SpanawayBellevue Time: 9:30amDate: Tuesday, December 16Date: Tuesday, December 30 No-host lunch at Row RestaurantTime: 4:30pmTime: 2:30pm Cost: $20Cost: $20Cost: $2524|DES MOINES CITY CURRENTS|WINTER 2026'