Day 6: Tour 102331563 – East Coast Edventure
Friday, May 27, 2011 *** DELAYED FLIGHT *** Important FLIGHT INFORMATION at the bottom of this page. Major delay. More information below. Updated as of 9:38 PM (ET). ****************************** Please note: Due to a CBS programming decision, they will NOT be filming on the CBS Plaza, therefore our Itinerary is being adjusted (we will not be part of the Early Show.) Instead, we will be taking advantage of New York’s “Fleet Week”. More to come… Our first stop on Manhattan this morning was our tour of the USS Iwo Jima on display while docked at Pier 88 along the Hudson River. Our walk through Central Park brought us to the Bethesda Fountain. We found “Hans Christian” where “a bronze man still can tell stories his own way” (Saturday in the Park, by Chicago). Our Subway ride from Grand Central Terminal to Times Square was a highlight. Fun in Times Square (inside Toys R Us – the world’s largest toy store). Looks like an on-time departure. Expected arrival at Long Beach Airport of 9:33 pm. Log on to jetBlue.com or call (800) jet-blue for accurate updated flight arrival information. Flight 217 (JFK-LGB). ****************************** ****************************** Flight Update: Our Flight Path is being held up. We are currently being held on the Tarmac here at JFK Airport. Please check jetBlue for any updates. We have been informed that “there is deep band of weather from Canada to the Carolinas”. More information via the Weather Channel and jetBlue. Safety First! After being sent...
Day Three – Tour 112331572, 3-Day Tour to San Francisco / Sacramento / Coloma
REVISED UPDATE: GROUP SEEMS AHEAD OF SCHEDULE: ESTIMATE ARRIVAL TIME AT School is 9:15 PM Flight has landed. Group is enroute by bus to the School. As you can tell our flight is on time. Here’s hoping our busses will be in Long Beach when we arrive. NO SCHOOL tomorrow! Yippee!! Catch some of excitement earlier today from the pictures shown below: Today was beautiful day in the rolling hills east of Sacramento for our visit to the place where the HUGELY important California Gold Rush began. Here’s some of group at the sawmill replica. James Marshall found a nugget in the tail race back in Jan. 1848. This is not the actual mill site or structuure but a replica of where gold was discovered in Coloma. This is pretty much a perfect replica. The real one burned down, and the American River changed course a few times. But we get the idea! The group did some scenic hiking at the top of the hill overlooking Coloma and the American River. You see some of them here at the statue of James Marshall at the top of the hill. Panning for their own gold is a highlight. During the Wagons HO! Program, students learn about the issues, practical concerns, and the challenges of making the ambitious trek to California during wild and wooly times of the Gold Rush. Next stop was a visit to Sutter’s Fort. The wilderness outpost that turned into the comforting destination for those brave enough to harken to the cry, “Go West Young Man, Go West!” – Here...
Day 5: Tour 102331563 – 6-Day East Coast Edventure
Thursday, May 26, 2011 As a gift from France in 1886, The Statue of Liberty has served as a beacon for those who call America home. “Give me your tired, your poor, Your huddled masses yearning to breathe free, The wretched refuse of your teeming shore; Send these, the homeless, tempest-tost to me, I lift my lamp beside the golden door!” – Emma Lazarus (from “The New Colossus” 1883). Ellis Island, America’s “Golden Door” – They came seeking Freedom, Opportunity, and New Lives. Over 12 million immigrants came through between 1892 and 1954. Rockefeller Center is home to the “Top of the Rock” Observation...
Day Two – Tour 112331572, 3-Day Tour to San Francisco / Sacramento / Coloma
Students bids farewell to “The City by the Bay” and heads east to our very Capital destination. But not without an “energy” stop and tour of the Jelly Belly Factory on the way. 🙂 Portrait of California’s only governor to become president of the United States made entirely of Jelly-bellies. A little bit of rain on the SVCS parade, but it didn’t dampen any spirits. A great visit of the California State Capitol building. Outside the California State Capitol, SVCS students pause to pay respect at the Vietnam Memorial. The rain did not hamper our visitation of the significant memorials and monuments here on the Capitol grounds. The one room yellow School House in historic Old Town Sacramento. There’s clearly no way to get out away from learning on this trip! SVCS students enjoying a classroom session circa 1854. No one got their hand slapped as they were all attending to their 3 R’s. Group orientation before touring the California State Railroad Museum. Look Out! Kids – there’s a huge railroad train on the...
Day 4: Tour 102331563 – 6-Day East Coast Edventure
Wednesday, May 25, 2011 Following a short devotion from Mrs. Jordan we visited the Gettysburg Military Park Visitors Center with a movie & the famed Cyclorama (the largest painting in America). We were led on a tour of the Battlefield by our Licensed Battlefield Guide, Andie. l Overlooking the Battlefield from atop Little Round Top. A small group standing in front of the monument erected honoring the California Regiment at “The Angle” where Pickett’s Charge met the “High Watermark” on July 3, 1863. After a 3 1/2 hour drive, these young men & women surely cleaned up well… ready to “paint the town”! New York, Here we come! We ate dinner at John’s Pizzeria in Times Square then watched the musical...