Tuesday, May 26
5:30 am --- buses arrive at Buckeye Valley Middle School
6:00 am --- depart for tour
9:00 am --- rest stop
11:30 am --- lunch: Gateway Travel Plaza – Breezewood, PA ($8 to each)
12:30 pm --- depart lunch
3:00 pm --- group photo (included)
3:30 pm --- WWII, Vietnam, Lincoln & Korean Memorials – depart Korean Memorial @ 5:15p
5:45 pm --- dinner: The Shops @ National Place food court ($10 to each)
7:00 pm --- t-shirt shopping near Ford’s Theatre
7:45 pm --- White House picture stop – Lafayette Park
8:30 pm --- subway ride: McPherson Square to Rosslyn (included)
9:00 pm --- Iwo Jima Memorial
10:00 pm --- hotel check-in: Best Western Hotel - Rockville, MD 301/424-4940
night chaperone staff on duty
Wednesday, May 27
6:00 am --- wake up
6:30 am --- full American breakfast @ hotel (included)
7:30 am --- depart for tour
8:45 am --- Mount Vernon tour (included)
11:00 am --- depart Mt. Vernon
11:30 am --- Smithsonians – choice of: American & Natural History Museums, National
Air & Space Museum, National Gallery of Art, National Archives
Lunch: at Smithsonians ($12 to each)
3:00 pm --- depart from Natural History Museum – mall side
3:15 pm --- Arlington National Cemetery: Kennedy graves, Challenger/Columbus Memorials,
Audie Murphy gravesite, Changing of the Guard @ Tomb of the Unknowns
5:15 pm --- depart Arlington
6:00 pm --- dinner: Old Country Buffet - Woodbridge (included) pending
7:45 pm --- MLK / FDR / Jefferson Memorials
9:00 pm --- depart for hotel
9:15 pm --- arrive at hotel, night chaperone staff on duty
Thursday, May 28
5:45 am --- wake up
6:15 am --- full American breakfast @ hotel (included)
7:00 am --- depart load luggage on buses, depart hotel by 7:30a
8:30 am --- arrive on Capitol Hill – clear security – see Exhibition Hall
9:20 am --- U.S. Capitol Building tour - pending
10:45 am --- pick up photos, depart DC
11:30 am --- lunch: Lake Forest Mall food court ($8 to each), depart lunch at 12:15p
2:45 pm --- rest stop – Breezewood, PA
6:30 pm --- dinner: fast food ($8 to each), depart by 7:30p
10:00 pm --- arrive back at Buckeye Valley Middle School