Road Trip Mania

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Road Trip Mania

By Hilary Lee Fergenson
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Description of travel organization and trip

• Tenafly Adult School Travel Club
• Overnight guided bus tours throughout America.
• Trip included doing some volunteer work
• Visits were in Maryland and Virginia
• Visited Baltimore, Williamsburg, Hampton, and
  Newport News

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Inner Harbor of Baltimore, Maryland

• Tour guide acknowledged Inner Harbors landmarks
• Maryland Science Center
• World Trade Center
• Baltimore Aquarium
• ESPN zone and Barnes and Noble
• Hard Rock Cafe

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Baltimore Aquarium

• Dolphin show
• Viewed different kinds of tropical creatures
• Waved to scuba diver
• Tropical rainforest
• Gift shop
• Bubble pipes

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Long ride from Baltimore to Williamsburg

• Bus ride for another 5 hours
• Slept and listened to music
• Looked out the window at scenery
• Chatted and sang songs
• Read books
• Wrote in journal

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Arrival in Williamsburg, Virginia

• Check into Holiday Inn hotel
• Dinner buffet at EJs Landing
• Bus ride to Old Dominion Opry
• Bear country jamboree folk music
• Elvis Presley impersonator
• Female dancer throwing popcorn

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Day 2 at Colonial Williamsburg

• Jamestown
• Carriage ride
• Pictures in stocks
• Governors house
• Bassett Hall
• Court

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Evening agenda for Day 2

• Down time
• Dinner at Holiday Inn hotel
• Bus ride back to Williamsburg
• Practice marching on field
• Return to hotel to swim
• Refreshments after swimming in pool

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Day 3 Adventures at Busch Gardens

• Rides
• Lunch at Grogans Grille
• Imaginique Show
• Shopping
• Fireworks

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Day 4 Adventures

• Check out of Holiday Inn hotel
• Williamsburg Doll Factory
• DeWitt Wallace Decorative Arts Museum
• Lunch at The Trellis restaurant
• One-hour drive to Hampton, Virginia
• Settle at La Quinta Inn hotel

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Day 5 was very rainy!

• Showers, clouds, thunder, and lightning
• Outdoor activities were hard to do
• Volunteer work was todays alternative
• Food Bank of the Virginia Peninsula
• Huge warehouse in Newport News
• We helped to sort out goods.

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Day 5 Activities after volunteer work

• Thanked Food Bank staff for pizza
• Visited Fort Monroe museum in Hampton
• Toured inside of the Chamberlin Hotel
• Learned a lot of ancient history
• Rode around Hampton and Chesapeake Bay
• Dinner at Bennigans restaurant

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Day 6 Adventures

• Free breakfast at La Quinta Inn
• Visited Virginia Air and Space Center
• Had lunch at the Cosmic Café
• Rode on the Hampton Carousel
• Miss Hampton II Harbor Cruise
• Dinner, karaoke, and dancing at Cozzys

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Day 7 Adventures

• Breakfast and check out of hotel
• Visited Hampton History Museum
• Toured the Art Market
• Lunch at Captain Georges Seafood Restaurant
• Depart Hampton, Virginia for Tenafly, New Jersey
• Long, peaceful bus ride home

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Works Cited

• http//www.aqua.org/animals.html
• http//www.geocities.com/jmgould/monroe.html
• www.buschgardens.com
• www.captaingeorges.com
• www.colonialwilliamsburg.com
• www.cozzys.com
• www.dollfactory.com
• www.downtownhampton.com
• www.holidayinn.com
• www.lq.com