Friday, May 20, 2011

HOME!
Last stop for dinner. ETA around 10:30.
On our way home headed out of Washington DC.

Washington National Cathedral. 

One of the stain glass windows of the National Cathedral, with an actual rock from the moon. 

Inside National Cathedral. 
National Archives, lunch, now headed to National Cathedral.
On the bus now headed to the National Archives.

View from the spot where Martin Luther King JR stood for his "I Have a Dream Speech"

Korean War Memorial. 

Lincoln Memorial. 

Vietnam Veterans Memorial.  

Vietnam Veterans Memorial. 

Ohio column at the WW II Memorial. 

WW II Memorial. 
Final Day in DC. Lincoln Memorial, WW II, Korean, and Vietnam Memorial first up.

Thursday, May 19, 2011

Day 3 in the books. Final Day tomorrow!

Washington Monument from terrace of the JFK Center for the Performing Arts. 

JFK
On the way to the JFK Center for Performing Arts.
Headed to dinner at Union Station.

Spirit of St. Louis inside the Air and Space Museum. 
In the Museum of Natural History, headed to the Air and Space Museum next.

Antenna from the North Tower of the of the twin towers located in the Newseum. 

Capitol Building from Newseum 6th floor. 
On the bus headed to the Newseum and the Smithsonians.

Lunch Cruise

Students enjoying the cruise. 

Chaperones enjoying the weather!
Bus loaded headed to the lunch cruise.

Capitol Rotunda

Library of Congress

Capitol Building
On the way to the Capitol Building.

Wednesday, May 18, 2011

Just wrapped up dinner and shopping at the Pentagon City Mall. Headed back to the Hotel Long day and eventful day. Tomorrow the same!

Everts Middle School wreath. 

Group that laid the wreath at the Tomb of the Unknown Soldier. 

Thomas Jefferson

Helicopter flying over DC. 

Washington Monument and White House to the left in the gap. 

FDR
Just leaving the Holocaust Museum. Very surreal experience Headed to the FDR and Jefferson Memorials.

Washington Monument

Washington Monument looking East. 

Washington Monument looking North. 

Washington Monument looking West. 

Washington Monument looking South. 
Headed to the Washington Monument for lunch and tour.

Potomac River Wharf at Mount Vernon. 

Mount Vernon. Home of George Washington. 
On the Road to Mount Vernon.

Tuesday, May 17, 2011

The White House
Dinner at Pickett's Buffett. Headed to White House.

View from Little Round Top, Gettysburg Battlefield.  

Gettysburg from observation tower. 

Gettysburg Gift Shop

Gettysburg Gift Shop
Quick stop at Sideling Hill travel stop for lunch. Back on the road to Gettysburg!

Rest stop in PA. 
Now in Pennsylvania.
Trip off to a good start. Just crossed into West Virginia!