Tenative Trip Itinerary

Monday April 27th

Check the Weather in Washington, DC
http://forecast.weather.gov/MapClick.php?CityName=Washington&state=DC&site=LWX&textField1=38.895&textField2=-77.0373&e=1

5:30 am Arrive at Colrain Central School, load bus
6:00 am Depart for Washington
1:00 pm Arrive in Philadelphia
2:00 pm Tour Independence Hall http://www.nps.gov/inde/
3:00 pm Depart Philadelphia
6:00 pm Arrive at Washington, DC-picnic at Washington Monument http://www.nps.gov/wamo/
6:30 pm Walking tour of the monuments and the mall
(Washington, Vietnam Memorial Wall Lincoln, Korean War, WWII)
http://www.nps.gov/wamo/
http://thewall-usa.com/
http://www.nps.gov/nr/travel/wash/dc71.htm
http://www.nps.gov/kwvm/home.htm
http://www.nps.gov/nwwm
8:30 pm Check-in at motel
9:00 pm Group Meeting
9:30 pm Lights out

Tuesday April 28th

Check our weather for today

http://forecast.weather.gov/MapClick.php?CityName=Washington&state=DC&site=LWX&textField1=38.895&textField2=-77.0373&e=1

6:30 am Rise and Shine
7:00 am Breakfast
8:00 am Depart Motel
8:30 am FDR Memorial http://www.nps.gov/fdrm/home.htm
10:00 am Tour of the Capital Building (Supreme Court and Library of Congress)
http://www.nps.gov/nr/travel/wash/dc76.htm
http://www.supremecourtus.gov/
http://www.loc.gov/index.html
11:30 am Picnic Lunch at the Sculpture Garden http://www.nga.gov/feature/sculpturegarden/general/index.shtm
1:00 pm Tour of the Pentagon http://pentagon.afis.osd.mil/
2:00 pm Smithsonian Air and Space Museum http://www.nasm.si.edu/
3:30 pm National Museum of the American Indian http://www.nmai.si.edu/
4:30 pm Dinner
6:00 pm Performance at Kennedy Center http://www.kennedy-center.org/
7:30 pm Iwo Jima http://www.iwojima.com/statue/index.htm
8:15 pm Return to Motel
8:45 pm Group Meeting
9:15 pm Lights Out!!

Wednesday April 29th

Check our weather for today

http://forecast.weather.gov/MapClick.php?CityName=Washington&state=DC&site=LWX&textField1=38.895&textField2=-77.0373&e=1

6:00 am Rise and Shine
6:30 am Breakfast
7:00 am Depart Motel
8:00 am Jefferson Memorial / Tidal Basin
http://www.nps.gov/thje/
http://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Tidal_Basin
9:00 am Bureau of Engraving http://www.moneyfactory.gov/
10:00 am Holocaust Museum http://www.ushmm.org/
11:00 am Ford's Theatre/Peterson House http://www.fordstheatre.org/
http://www.mrlincolnswhitehouse.org/inside.asp?ID=635&subjectID=4
11:30 am Lunch at The Old Post Office http://www.nps.gov/opot/
12:30 pm White House http://www.whitehouse.gov/
1:30 pm Renwick Art Gallery http://americanart.si.edu/renwick/
2:00 pm National Geographic Museum http://events.nationalgeographic.com/events/locations/center/museum/
Metro Ride to Dinner http://www.wmata.com/
5:00 pm Dinner at the Ronald Reagan Building http://www.itcdc.com/
6:00 pm Portrait Gallery http://www.npg.si.edu/
8:30 pm Group Meeting
9:00 pm Lights Out!!!

Thursday April 30th

Check our weather for today

http://forecast.weather.gov/MapClick.php?CityName=Washington&state=DC&site=LWX&textField1=38.895&textField2=-77.0373&e=1

6:00 am Rise and Shine!!
6:30 am Breakfast
7:30 am Depart Motel
8:00 am Embassy Row (can you find your child's embassy?, use the link below)
National Cathedral
Vice Presidential Mansion
http://www.embassy.org/embassies/
http://www.nationalcathedral.org/
http://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Number_One_Observatory_Circle
9:30 am National Zoo http://nationalzoo.si.edu/
12:00 pm Picnic Lunch
1:00 pm Museum of American History http://americanhistory.si.edu/
3:00 pm Arlington National Cemetery http://www.arlingtoncemetery.org/
5:00 pm National Archives http://www.archives.gov/
6:00 pm Dinner at Union Station http://www.unionstationdc.com/
7:00 pm Final Drive Around DC
8:30 pm Return to Motel-Pack up
9:00 pm Group Meeting
9:30 pm Lights Out!!!

Friday May 1st


Check our weather for today

http://forecast.weather.gov/MapClick.php?CityName=Washington&state=DC&site=LWX&textField1=38.895&textField2=-77.0373&e=1

7:30 am Rise and Shine!!!
8:00 am Breakfast
9:00 am Depart for Home
1:00 pm Ellis Island/Statue of Liberty
http://www.nps.gov/elis/
http://www.nps.gov/stli/
2:00 pm Picnic Lunch/Head North
7:00 pm Return to Colrain Central School

Colrain 6th grade Trip to Washington DC

The 6th Grade Class from Colrain Central School is again going to Washington, DC. This trip is scheduled earlier than last year. The students and their chaperones will be departing the school on April 27, 2009 and returning on May 1, 2009. The itinerary remains pretty much the same as last years, but as Amy Looman has reminded us many times this itinerary is in "flux". If President Obama wants to take a walk where we are supposed to be, then we can't be there. All the students as well as the chaperones are very excited about this trip. It has been a long time coming, and many of us can't believe that it is finally here