http://www.travelblog.org/Bloggers/Bixby-History-Club/ Travel adventures in journals and photos from Bixby History Club en-us Wed, 16 Dec 2009 05:55:51 +0000 Wed, 16 Dec 2009 05:55:51 +0000 It is the last day and we are blogging in the airport waiting to depart for home sweet home While it was a short day in terms of sightseeing we experienced a ton We had a 930 appointment at Fordrsquos Theater where we learned about the Theater and Lincolnrsquos assassination. We all learned something including Mr. Boren Mrs. Bundy. They have done a tremendous job restoring and preservin http://www.travelblog.org/North-America/United-States/Oklahoma/Tulsa/blog-417614.html Today was our first and only FULL day in DC and it was AWESOME I donrsquot think the number of significant places we saw has sunk in. We started with the United States Holocaust Memorial Museum. Mrs. Bundyrsquos students did an extensive unit over the Holocaust so this was further reinforcement for her class. It was a somber reminder of an extraordinarily sad and tragic chapter in our world http://www.travelblog.org/North-America/United-States/District-of-Columbia/Washington/blog-417292.html I always want to start the daily blog with ldquowhat a dayrdquo and today was no exception We began with the Constitution Center in Philadelphia. It is an interactive museum dedicated to the Constitution. We began with a multimedia presentation which included video graphics pictures and a live actor. The presentation gave a brief history of the United States and explained some of the idea http://www.travelblog.org/North-America/United-States/District-of-Columbia/Washington/blog-416992.html We are at the end of day 5 and we finally got home before 900 It has been a great day but we are all excited about having a little bit of down time. We started the day with a quick breakfast and then we were off to Ellis Island. We took a ferry from NJ to Ellis Island. From there we had the options to watch a short play take a free guided tour watch a short video or explore on our own. It was http://www.travelblog.org/North-America/United-States/Pennsylvania/Philadelphia/blog-416635.html Another day in NYC is in the books and what a day it was We started the day a little late ask your kids about alarms clocks61514. Once we were all up and ready we picked up our tour guide Kim and started with a driving tour. Our first walking segment of the tour was in Central Park. We spent about an hour walking and covered about 5 of the park. It is over 800 acres Along the way we saw m http://www.travelblog.org/North-America/United-States/New-York/New-York/blog-416322.html Hello parents and friends We FINALLY finished day 3 and boy are we tired We started the day at the John F. Kennedy Presidential Library Museum. The tour started with a 17 minute film about JFK and his life leading up to 1960 presidential campaign. After the video we enjoyed a self guided tour of the museum which included countless artifacts and personal effects from President and Mrs. Kennedy. http://www.travelblog.org/North-America/United-States/New-York/New-York/blog-416015.html What a full day We started with a great breakfast at our hotel here in Randolph MA which is a suburb of Boston. Breakfast consisted of scrambled eggs fried potatoes pastries yogurt cereal etc. We left the hotel at 830 to pick up our tour guide Scott. He is a licensed tour guide for the Boston area and knew seemingly everything about the city and was with us all day We started with a walk http://www.travelblog.org/North-America/United-States/Massachusetts/Boston/blog-415580.html We made it It has been a long but awesome day Thank you to all of the wonderful parents that got all of our travelers to the airport on time. Checking in was a breeze thanks to youAll of the flights went really well. The only semitense moment was a hard right directly after takeoff from Tulsa. We think they were trying to avoid the storms that were headed in. We had 7 minutes to get to our gat http://www.travelblog.org/North-America/United-States/Massachusetts/Boston/blog-415251.html