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"WISH YOU WERE HERE!"
Have you ever received one of those postcards with the above, disingenuous add-on, something written by the sender to make the receiver feel better about missing out on all the fun?! Well, this is our email equivalent!
The 2010/2011 school year begins with a bang -- and the fall semester trip to New England -- in just two and half more weeks. Actually, the first day of school will be Tuesday, August 31st; we depart for Acadia National Park, Maine, on Labor Day, September 6th (the following week). But seriously, we really do wish you could be with us. Parents are always welcome, as, too, are other close friends and supporters for the school -- with adequate notice and preparation. Text or email me to let me know of your interest. I'd enjoy the adult company, if only for part of the trip!
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Acadia National Park
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 Sept 6-8: Travel Days
Sept 9, 10:
Whale watching
Kayaking
Community Service for park
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Boston, Salem, Lexington, Concord, Plymouth, Cape Cod
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 Sept 11: Travel Day (Vermont, NH)
Sept 12-14:
Boston's Freedom Trail (Paul Revere House, Boston Massacre, Tea Party, other sites)
Retracing Paul Revere's midnight ride thru Lexington & Concord
Walden Pond (& the Romantic writers' homes)
JFK Presidential Library & USS Constitution
Plymouth Rock Visitor's Center
Cape Cod scenic drive (& beaches)
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The Big Apple
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 Sept 15: Travel Day (Boston to NYC, via FDR's Hyde Park)
Sept 16-17:
Ground Zero
The Metropolitan Museum of Art
Statue of Liberty & Ellis Island
Empire State Building
Central Park
Teddy Roosevelt Birthplace
Coney Island
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Philadelphia, Washington D.C., Virginia
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 Sept 18-20:
Independence Hall & Christ Church
Smithsonian American History Museum
Mount Vernon
Colonial Williamsburg
Monticello
Montpelier
Sept 21 (Travel Day):
VA to TX!
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As
many miles as we put on our Veritas van last year, this year promises
to hold even more travel. We'll be heading out to Carlsbad Caverns in
October and down to Corpus Christi in November. In January we'll make
our mid-term retreat trek to the school condo in NC and at the end of
the semester we travel all the way up to Yellowstone and the Grand
Tetons in Wyoming. It won't put more miles on the van, but I've
blocked out a two-window in April for an optional trip to the alpine
countries of Europe (Bavaria, Germany, Austria, and Switzerland). If
that trip is a bust I've got another domestic trip in mind.
I'm
going to try real hard to post photos on our website as we experience
things throughout the year, so log on often, especially during and
immediately after scheduled trips, to experience these special events
with us!
'Til next time,
Jerry Sams
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