Tuesday in DC

We started the day in Williamsburg. As we toured the old town and were told about life there in the 1700's several of us got to dress up for the occasion. After touring the town we got to do a little shopping in Ye olde shops and then took off for a three hour trip back to DC. Our first stop was the Air and Space Smithsonian. The students seemed to have a good time looking and wandering. We spent about an hour and a half there, not near long enough for some and of course too long for others. Following the museum we walked to the National Archives. Where Mr. Mehrhoff was yelled at for using his camera even though he had shut off his flash already. You can't take some poeple anywhere.

Following the Archives where we saw the Delcaration, Constitution and the Bill of Rights. We walked to the Hard Rock for some shopping and a meal. Heavy on the shopping. Our last stop of the night was a brief stop at the Kennedy preforming arts Center to look at the City by night from the terrace. A truely impressive sight at night.

Guest bloggers:

-Gage Ray
We have found ourselves as a whole collectively tired as we retire to our rooms, but know full well that we have gained much knowledge. I not sure if they don't educate us in Iowa well or what the deal is but, we are always learning somthing we had not previously known. We been everywhere around the capitol but the capitol itself. You'll have to identify with me as I am currently to distressed and tired to write everything we've done but I can assure curious persons reading this, this is quite trip and there is no possible way we can walk away without a greater appretication of history and our nations capital.

-Eric McKee
There was a lot of interesting things to do today. My favorite part was the Smithsonian Museum. There was a lot interesting planes and air crafts in there. The whole time I kept thinking my dad would like this stuff. It was also cool to get to see the Delclaration of Independence. I thought it was cool that most of the places we were walking famous people like George Washington had also walked there in the past. This city has so much history, I just wish we had enough time to see it all.

-Makaye Smith
Well, I have to say that these past two days have been quite tiring. Today was definitely not as bad as yesterday, as I actually got to sleep in a real bed, instead of plane seats or bus seats. Anyways, today we toured the Colonial Williamsburg before heading off to a 3-hour bus ride to Washington D.C. In D.C, we went to the Air and Space Museum. That was really cool, especially to see the different space crafts, etc. Then we went to the National Archive. The whole time we were there, I kept thinking, wow Nicholas Cage was in this very building, bought the same type of Declaration of Independence copy as I did, when he filmed National Treasure. I wish we could see and learn a lot more, but the experience has been great so far.

Tomorrow we will see the White house (from the outside), the capital from the Inside. the holocaust Museum, and a Night tour of the Memorials including Washington's, Jefferson's Lincoln's, the Vietnam Wall, the Korean War Memorial, the WWII Memorial and the Roosevelt Memorial. Another big day.