New Market
Hi everyone, this is Steven from Virginia blogging about day 1 of the ’08 Virginia Trip. As you know we left you tearfully at 4:00 AM from Grayslake. As we drove south through Chicago most of us took a snooze. Pretty soon everyone was awake and excited. As we drove we entertained ourselves with the movies Gods and Generals and Apollo 13, reading, homework, cards, and other various fun activities during our long, long drive. We ate lunch at either Wendy’s or Taco Bell. Some of our classmates celebrated Cinco de Mayo at Taco Bell. We drove some more and eventually ate dinner at Cracker Barrel. Within minutes after leaving Cracker Barrel we arrived at our destination, Days Inn in New Market Virginia. That’s all for today folks. Keep posted for the 2nd episode of ’08 Virginia Trip.
Luray Caverns
Hi everybody my name is Michael Dimock blogging about Luray Caverns on day 2. At Luray caverns we got a sweet tour of a whole cavern. The cavern was found by Andrew Campbell on August 13, 1878. We saw most of the famous landmarks, Such as Pluto’s ghost. It was named this because when they first discovered it they thought it looked like a ghost. They later found out it was just a rock. Another place that I liked the most was Dream Lake. We saw many other cool rock formations.
Monticello
Hi everyone, this is Marissa and Cory blogging about Monticello. We visited the house on Tuesday. The grounds to the house are huge! The house itself is very large and very beautiful. Monticello is Italian for Little Mountain and was designed and owned by Thomas Jefferson. The house itself has 27 different room, three floors and 7 skylights. the house was filled with old artifacts and paintings on the walls. as an assignment, we had to sketch a picture of one of the plants in the garden. We had a blast. The house is located on a large hill that overlooks the hills surrounding it. The view is breathtaking. In the house, Jefferson invented some things that made things easier. One of them was an automatic door that opened with the slight tap with your hand. another one was a weekly calendar that hangs from the clock. Well, this is Marissa and Cory signing out!