Checking in very early on the morning of April 1st.
Each busful of students gathered in a different room.
Alan and his partner for the trip, Alex.
It took 7 buses to transport the whole 8th-grade class.
Mr. Auble was in charge of Alan's bus.
First rest stop on the turnpike.
lunch
Arrived at Gettysburg.
Little Round Top
view from Little Round Top
Heading out on the road again for dinner.
Dinner
The 4H Center where they stayed.
Next morning: downtown DC.
Iwo Jima Memorial
Arlington Cemetery
Alan's bus group.
Teachers/Chaperons
Bus group
American History Museum
Washington Monument
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Apollo-Soyuz display at the Air and Space Museum
Soyuz module
Alan's group and chaperon, Tom Geyer.
Jefferson Monument across the Tidal Basin.
Tomb of the Unknown Soldier
Challenger Memorial
Korean War Memorial
WWII Memorial
Dining room at the 4H Center
Gameroom at the 4H Center. The kids had a chance to socialize
on their last night of the trip.
Alan, though, had sought permission to bring a memory stick
with Dwarf Fortress on it, so he played that on one of the
Center's computers.