Bright and early Friday morning, the troupe headed to Washington D.C to check out the sights. The mention of a bus tour lead to some groans, but soon enough students were rushing to the window taking pictures. The bus tour turned into a walking tour through the FDR memorial, the Korean War Memorial, the Vietnam War Memorial, with a quick pass by the Lincoln memorial. Following the tour of the monuments, a bus tour was taken down Embassy Row and to a large Cathedral.  Friday Afternoon, students toured the Smithsonian museums.

Saturday saw the group in Virginia, and the group bus dead. When students awakened to journey to Williamsburg, they found that the bus was moved. Consequently, between 14 and 16 people were stuffed into vans, hired to drive to Williamsburg. Colonial Williamsburg was big and interesting, from the oyster shell pathways to the wigmakers shop. The main street was free of all traffic excepting horses and all the employees of Williamsburg were in their colonial gear. Saturday afternoon (in a new bus) students were dropped off at a large outlet mall for all their shopping needs.  The group returned Saturday evening to Williamsburg for a lantern tour of the different shops of colonial trade’s people.

Sunday the group traveled back in time to Yorktown and Jamestown. In York the group learned of early medicinal practices, army life and punishment and army surgery as well as the everyday life of Yortownians in the 18th century.  In Jamestown, students visited a Powhatan village, learned about weapons and armour, and went on a Jamestown boat. A special highlight of Sundays Virginia trip was the visit to a beach. The weather was 31 degrees Celsius, and almost everyone has a picture of himself or herself in the water

Monday was the trip home.  Slowly the landscape lost it’s green, and the trees became less and less leafy. In total, it is estimated that the group spent over 40 hours on a bus over the course of the week. All the members now have stories about Canadians living in igloos and they all have tans.  Be sure to find someone who was on the trip to find out more about Wendy wearing a “Drunk” sign, someone trying to steal Sean’s wallet, Matt singing, the Umbrella Lady, no audio cable for the bus’s televisions, Gladys, and about the boys vs. girls fight.